摘要:The American Meteorological Society (AMS) recently performedasignificantservicetoallconcernedabouttheso- cietal impacts of space weather and about possible steps to mitigatesuchimpacts.Inasuccinctpolicystatementadopted by the AMS Council on 9 July 2013, a space weather defini- tion and the principal socioeconomic concerns about space weather were clearly articulated: (http://www.ametsoc.org/ POLICY/2013spaceweather_amsstatement.html).