A New Interactive 3-Dimensional Data Viewer for the Enlil Solar Wind Model

One of the critical models in space weather forecasting is the Enlil solar wind prediction model that can inform space weather forecasters the direction and speed of coronal mass ejections CMEs. The Enlil code calculates the propagation of the solar wind throughout the 3D heliosphere, but current visualization capabilities in the forecasting offices are restricted to 2D planes intersecting Earth. This limits forecasters to only be able to view CME properties that are traveling directly in the plane of the Earth. Here, we present a new visualization capability being developed to take advantage of the full Enlil 3D data volume and visualize the CME expansion out of the plane of the Earth that is designed to give forecasters the full view of the heliosphere. We will discuss our initial progress in deploying and running the Enlil model in an on-demand mode in a Cloud-based Testbed and will also describe the process of interacting with space weather forecasters to design a tool that meets their needs.