Name: Space Weather Introductory Course
Start: 2023-09-18T08:45:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-20T16:00:00+02:00
Location: Royal Observatory of Belgium - Directors Building

Space Weather Introductory Course

from Monday, September 18, 2023 (8:45 AM) to Wednesday, September 20, 2023 (4:00 PM)

Monday, September 18, 2023

8:45 AM morning coffee
morning coffee
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM
9:00 AM 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)
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
9:30 AM Introduction to Space Weather - Petra Vanlommel (STCE)
Introduction to Space Weather
- Petra Vanlommel (STCE)
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM
10:15 AM Break
Break
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
10:30 AM Basic concepts - Elke D'Huys (STCE)
Basic concepts
- Elke D'Huys (STCE)
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM Space Weather Briefing of the STCE SWx Service Centre
Space Weather Briefing of the STCE SWx Service Centre
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM Basic concepts - Elke D'Huys (STCE)
Basic concepts
- Elke D'Huys (STCE)
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
12:15 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
1:00 PM Drivers of Space Weather - Elke D'Huys (STCE)
Drivers of Space Weather
- Elke D'Huys (STCE)
1:00 PM - 1:50 PM
1:50 PM Visit - solar dome
Visit - solar dome
1:50 PM - 2:15 PM
2:15 PM Drivers of Space Weather - Elke D'Huys
Drivers of Space Weather
- Elke D'Huys
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM
3:00 PM Break
Break
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM
3:15 PM JHelioviewer - Elke D'Huys
JHelioviewer
- Elke D'Huys
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM Exercise of the day
Exercise of the day
4:00 PM - 4:25 PM
Tuesday, September 19, 2023

8:45 AM Morning coffee
Morning coffee
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM
9:00 AM Space Weather of the day - Petra Vanlommel (STCE)
Space Weather of the day
- Petra Vanlommel (STCE)
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
9:15 AM Earth Environment - Magnetosphere - Jan Janssens (STCE)
Earth Environment - Magnetosphere
- Jan Janssens (STCE)
9:15 AM - 10:10 AM
10:10 AM short break
short break
10:10 AM - 10:25 AM
10:25 AM Solar Wind exercise - Petra Vanlommel (STCE)
Solar Wind exercise
- Petra Vanlommel (STCE)
10:25 AM - 11:15 AM
11:15 AM short break
short break
11:15 AM - 11:20 AM
11:20 AM Earth Environment - thermosphere & Ionosphere - Tobias Verhulst (RMI)
Earth Environment - thermosphere & Ionosphere
- Tobias Verhulst (RMI)
11:20 AM - 12:15 PM
12:15 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
1:00 PM Visit to the radiation expert centre - Erwin de Donder Lenka Zychova
Visit to the radiation expert centre
- Erwin de Donder
- Lenka Zychova
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
1:45 PM short break
short break
1:45 PM - 1:50 PM
1:50 PM SWx impact on aviation - Petra Vanlommel (STCE)
SWx impact on aviation
- Petra Vanlommel (STCE)
1:50 PM - 2:50 PM
2:50 PM GNSS visit
GNSS visit
2:50 PM - 3:15 PM
3:15 PM Exercise on sensors - Petra Vanlommel (STCE)
Exercise on sensors
- Petra Vanlommel (STCE)
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
3:45 PM Reflection on the day
Reflection on the day
3:45 PM - 3:55 PM
Wednesday, September 20, 2023

8:45 AM Morning Coffee
Morning Coffee
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM
9:00 AM Space Weather of the day - Jan Janssens
Space Weather of the day
- Jan Janssens
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
9:15 AM SWx impacts on Earth - Jan Janssens (STCE)
SWx impacts on Earth
- Jan Janssens (STCE)
9:15 AM - 10:35 AM
10:35 AM Visit to the Radio Observations Expert Centre - Antonio Martinez Christophe Marque
Visit to the Radio Observations Expert Centre
- Antonio Martinez
- Christophe Marque
10:35 AM - 11:05 AM
11:05 AM URSIgrams - Jan Janssens (STCE)
URSIgrams
- Jan Janssens (STCE)
11:05 AM - 12:10 PM
12:10 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:10 PM - 12:55 PM

12:55 PM ursigrams, part 2
ursigrams, part 2
12:55 PM - 1:15 PM
1:15 PM From a users perspective - Michaela Brchnelova
From a users perspective
- Michaela Brchnelova
1:15 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM Ursigram exercise - Elke D'Huys (STCE)
Ursigram exercise
- Elke D'Huys (STCE)
2:00 PM - 2:40 PM
2:40 PM SWx products - Elke D'Huys
SWx products
- Elke D'Huys
2:40 PM - 3:35 PM
3:35 PM End
End
3:35 PM - 3:50 PM