Name: Course: Space Weather impacts on ionospheric wave propagation - focus on GNSS and HF
Start: 2023-12-04T08:45:00+01:00
End: 2023-12-06T15:45:00+01:00
Location: Royal Observatory of Belgium - Directors Building

Course: Space Weather impacts on ionospheric wave propagation - focus on GNSS and HF

from Monday, 4 December 2023 (08:45) to Wednesday, 6 December 2023 (15:45)

Monday, 4 December 2023

09:45 Coffee and choosing a spot
Coffee and choosing a spot
09:45 - 10:00

10:00 Welcome & Round of participants
Welcome & Round of participants
10:00 - 10:25
10:25 Disturbances seen in GNSS, SATcom and Earth Observation Space Systems - Jean-Marie Chevalier (STCE) Petra Vanlommel (STCE)
Disturbances seen in GNSS, SATcom and Earth Observation Space Systems
- Jean-Marie Chevalier (STCE)
- Petra Vanlommel (STCE)
10:25 - 10:50
Trans-ionospheric systems Impact on daily space weather General
10:50 Large scale picture of the different spheres - Petra Vanlommel (STCE)
Large scale picture of the different spheres
- Petra Vanlommel (STCE)
10:50 - 11:20
11:20 Space Weather Briefing
Space Weather Briefing
11:20 - 11:50
11:50 General introduction to the ionosphere - Tobias Verhulst (RMI)
General introduction to the ionosphere
- Tobias Verhulst (RMI)
11:50 - 12:40
12:40 Lunch
Lunch
12:40 - 13:30
13:30 Ionospheric weather and climate - Tobias Verhulst (RMI)
Ionospheric weather and climate
- Tobias Verhulst (RMI)
13:30 - 14:25
14:25 Visit to the solar dome
Visit to the solar dome
14:25 - 14:55
14:55 Ionospheric disturbances - Tobias Verhulst (STCE)
Ionospheric disturbances
- Tobias Verhulst (STCE)
14:55 - 15:45
15:45 Wrap up
Wrap up
15:45 - 16:00
Tuesday, 5 December 2023
10:00 Solar drivers of ionospheric weather - Petra Vanlommel (STCE)
Solar drivers of ionospheric weather
- Petra Vanlommel (STCE)
10:00 - 10:50
10:50 break
break
10:50 - 11:10
11:10 Observations - Jean-Marie Chevalier (STCE)
Observations
- Jean-Marie Chevalier (STCE)
11:10 - 11:55
Monitoring the ionosphere, SRB, Space Weathers impacts on the ionosphere.
11:55 Extreme events and impacts - Jan Janssens (STCE)
Extreme events and impacts
- Jan Janssens (STCE)
11:55 - 12:35
Extreme events and their frequency Last 20 years impacts on GNSS signals and GNSS systems
12:35 Lunch
Lunch
12:35 - 13:35
13:35 Aviation: Impacts of ionospheric weather on GNSS and HF - Petra Vanlommel (STCE)
Aviation: Impacts of ionospheric weather on GNSS and HF
- Petra Vanlommel (STCE)
13:35 - 14:25
14:25 Visit to Radio lab
Visit to Radio lab
14:25 - 15:00
15:00 Space Weather impacts on radio communication - Antonio Martinez Picar (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Space Weather impacts on radio communication
- Antonio Martinez Picar (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
15:00 - 16:00
16:00 Wrap up
Wrap up
16:00 - 16:15
Wednesday, 6 December 2023
10:00 Space Weather impacts on military operations - Michaela Brchnelova
Space Weather impacts on military operations
- Michaela Brchnelova
10:00 - 11:00
11:00 break
break
11:00 - 11:20
11:20 Space Weather Forecasting at STCE - Elke D'Huys (STCE)
Space Weather Forecasting at STCE
- Elke D'Huys (STCE)
11:20 - 12:00
models and data used for the STCE space weather services
12:00 Discussion & conclusions - wrap up
Discussion & conclusions - wrap up
12:00 - 12:30

12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 13:15