Space Weather Introductory Course

22 Feb 2021, 09:30 → 25 Feb 2021, 13:05 Europe/Brussels

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Elke D'Huys (STCE), Jan Janssens (STCE), Petra Vanlommel (STCE)

This course is intended as an entry course on Space Weather. It provides an elementary overview over the relevant aspects of space weather without invoking complicated background physics. The course is required for meteorologists and space staff that have high school knowledge of physics and will be providing Space Weather information to military and civilian end users.

The course is on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Wednesday, we take a day off giving participants the time to run through the notes before the online review examination on Thursday.

achtergrondinfo SEP_aurora.rtf steradiaal.rtfd.zip

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List of Abbreviations SWIC03_Listofabbreviations_FINAL.pdf

Monday, 22 February

1 9,8,7, ignition, 6, 5, 4, prepare for take off, 3,2,1, 0 lift off

Speaker: Dr Petra Vanlommel (STCE)

2 Introduction to Space Weather

Speaker: Petra Vanlommel (STCE)

20210222_SWIC.pdf

Slides 20180611_Introduction.pdf

3 Sensors

Speaker: Mr Jan Janssens (STCE)

SWIC07_Sensors_FINAL_No Ans.pdf

11:15 Break

4 SWx briefing of the STCE

Speaker: Jesse Andries (Royal Observatory of Belgium)

12:00 Lunch

5 Drivers of Space Weather

What triggers a flare, a CME or a particle storm? How does a coronal hole influence the solar wind?

The three hours will be cut with 2 breaks and exercises.

Speaker: Mr Jan Janssens (STCE)

SWIC07_Eruptive Sun_FINAL_No Ans.pdf

Tuesday, 23 February

6 Earth Environment - Magnetosphere

Speaker: Mr Jan Janssens (STCE)

SWIC07_Magneto-Ionosphere_Participants.pdf

10:30 Break

7 Earth Environment - Ionosphere

Speaker: Mr Jan Janssens (STCE)

11:40 Exercises

12:00 Lunch

8 Space Weather impacts on Earth

with a 10' break and 15' exercises

Speaker: Mr Jan Janssens (STCE)

SWIC07_SWx effects_FINAL_No Ans.pdf

9 Space Weather impacts on Aviation

Speaker: Petra Vanlommel (STCE)

Thursday, 25 February

10 URSIgrams: summary and exercises

Speaker: Mr Jan Janssens (STCE)

SWIC07_Practice_SIDC_JJ_FINAL.pdf

11 Wrap up exercises

Speakers: Elke D'Huys (STCE), Petra Vanlommel (STCE)

11:00 5' break

12 Knowledge and insight - Quiz

Speakers: Bram Bourgoignie (Royal Observatory of Belgium), Elke D'Huys (STCE), Mr Jan Janssens (STCE), Olivier Lemaitre (Royal Observatory of Belgium), Petra Vanlommel (STCE)

13:00 Photo