THE FUTURE OF GEOMAGNETIC STORM PREDICTIONS - IMPLICATIONS FROM RECENT SOLAR AND INTERPLANETARY OBSERVATIONST

Within the last 7-8 years, there has been a substantial growth in our knowledge of the solar and interplanetary causes of geomagnetic storms at Earth. This review article will not attempt to cover all of the wo rk done during this period. This can be found elsewhere. Our emphasis here will be on recent efforts that expose important, presently unansw ered questions that must be addressed and solved before true predictab ility of storms can be possible. Hopefully, this article will encourag e some readers to join this effort and perhaps make major contribution s to the field.