Name: Space Weather Introductory Course
Start: 2023-05-22T08:45:00+02:00
End: 2023-05-25T16:20:00+02:00
Location: Royal Observatory of Belgium - Directors Building

Space Weather Introductory Course

from Monday, 22 May 2023 (08:45) to Thursday, 25 May 2023 (16:20)

Monday, 22 May 2023

08:45 morning coffee
morning coffee
08:45 - 09:00
09:00 9,8,7, ignition, 6, 5, 4, prepare for take off, 3,2,1, 0 lift off - Petra Vanlommel (STCE)
9,8,7, ignition, 6, 5, 4, prepare for take off, 3,2,1, 0 lift off
- Petra Vanlommel (STCE)
09:00 - 09:30
09:30 Introduction to Space Weather - Petra Vanlommel (STCE)
Introduction to Space Weather
- Petra Vanlommel (STCE)
09:30 - 10:15
10:15 Break
Break
10:15 - 10:30
10:30 Basic concepts - Elke D'Huys (STCE)
Basic concepts
- Elke D'Huys (STCE)
10:30 - 11:30
11:30 Space Weather Briefing of the STCE SWx Service Centre
Space Weather Briefing of the STCE SWx Service Centre
11:30 - 12:00
12:00 Basic concepts - Elke D'Huys (STCE)
Basic concepts
- Elke D'Huys (STCE)
12:00 - 12:15
12:15 Lunch
Lunch
12:15 - 13:00
13:00 Drivers of Space Weather - Elke D'Huys (STCE)
Drivers of Space Weather
- Elke D'Huys (STCE)
13:00 - 13:50
13:50 Visit - solar dome
Visit - solar dome
13:50 - 14:15
14:15 Drivers of Space Weather - Elke D'Huys
Drivers of Space Weather
- Elke D'Huys
14:15 - 15:00
15:00 Break
Break
15:00 - 15:15
15:15 JHelioviewer - Elke D'Huys
JHelioviewer
- Elke D'Huys
15:15 - 16:00
16:00 Exercise of the day
Exercise of the day
16:00 - 16:25
Tuesday, 23 May 2023

08:45 Morning coffee
Morning coffee
08:45 - 09:00
09:00 Space Weather of the day - Petra Vanlommel (STCE)
Space Weather of the day
- Petra Vanlommel (STCE)
09:00 - 09:15
09:15 Earth Environment - Magnetosphere - Jan Janssens (STCE)
Earth Environment - Magnetosphere
- Jan Janssens (STCE)
09:15 - 10:10
10:10 Coffee
Coffee
10:10 - 10:25
10:25 Solar Wind exercise - Petra Vanlommel (STCE)
Solar Wind exercise
- Petra Vanlommel (STCE)
10:25 - 11:15
11:15 Visit to the radiation expert centre - Lenka Zychova Erwin de Donder
Visit to the radiation expert centre
- Lenka Zychova
- Erwin de Donder
11:15 - 12:00
12:00 Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 12:45
12:45 Earth Environment - thermosphere & Ionosphere - Eelco Doornbos (KNMI)
Earth Environment - thermosphere & Ionosphere
- Eelco Doornbos (KNMI)
12:45 - 13:45
13:45 Coffee
Coffee
13:45 - 14:00
14:00 Solar Radio Burst and Radio observations - Petra Vanlommel (STCE) Christophe Marque
Solar Radio Burst and Radio observations
- Petra Vanlommel (STCE)
- Christophe Marque
14:00 - 14:45
Solar Radio Bursts: introduction Radio Observations at Humain
14:45 SWx impact on aviation - Petra Vanlommel (STCE)
SWx impact on aviation
- Petra Vanlommel (STCE)
14:45 - 15:30
15:30 Exercise on sensors - Petra Vanlommel (STCE)
Exercise on sensors
- Petra Vanlommel (STCE)
15:30 - 16:00
16:00 Reflection on the day
Reflection on the day
16:00 - 16:05
Wednesday, 24 May 2023

08:45 Morning Coffee
Morning Coffee
08:45 - 09:00
09:00 Space Weather of the day - Jan Janssens
Space Weather of the day
- Jan Janssens
09:00 - 09:15
09:15 SWx impacts on Earth - Jan Janssens (STCE)
SWx impacts on Earth
- Jan Janssens (STCE)
09:15 - 10:40
10:40 GNSS visit
GNSS visit
10:40 - 11:00
11:00 URSIgrams - Jan Janssens (STCE)
URSIgrams
- Jan Janssens (STCE)
11:00 - 12:05
12:05 Lunch
Lunch
12:05 - 12:50

12:50 ursigrams, part 2
ursigrams, part 2
12:50 - 13:10
13:10 From a pilot's perspective - Klaus Sievers
From a pilot's perspective
- Klaus Sievers
13:10 - 13:55
13:55 Ursigram exercise - Elke D'Huys (STCE)
Ursigram exercise
- Elke D'Huys (STCE)
13:55 - 14:35
14:35 SWx products - Elke D'Huys
SWx products
- Elke D'Huys
14:35 - 15:30
Thursday, 25 May 2023

08:45 Coffee
Coffee
08:45 - 09:00

09:00 Telecom
Telecom
09:00 - 10:30

10:30 Break
Break
10:30 - 11:00

11:00 Radar
Radar
11:00 - 12:00

12:00 lunch
lunch
12:00 - 13:00

13:00 Satellites
Satellites
13:00 - 14:00

14:00 break
break
14:00 - 14:20

14:20 aviation
aviation
14:20 - 15:10

15:10 GNSS
GNSS
15:10 - 16:00

16:00 Wrap up/Day closure
Wrap up/Day closure
16:00 - 16:10