Role of the ionosphere and space weather in military communications
from
Monday, 20 September 2027 (08:45)
to
Wednesday, 22 September 2027 (16:00)
Monday, 20 September 2027
08:50
Welcome coffee
Welcome coffee
08:50 - 09:05
09:05
Welcome and round of the participants
Welcome and round of the participants
09:05 - 09:35
09:35
Appetizer
-
Petra Vanlommel
(
STCE
)
Appetizer
Petra Vanlommel
(
STCE
)
09:35 - 10:05
What HF can commonly do SWx: Case study impact on HF radio comm - Tobias SWx: Case study of SATcom - Petra
10:05
10 min break
10 min break
10:05 - 10:15
10:15
Radio waves & plasma
-
Tobias Verhulst
(
RMI
)
Radio waves & plasma
Tobias Verhulst
(
RMI
)
10:15 - 11:00
11:00
Exercise
Exercise
11:00 - 11:15
11:15
Large scale picture of spheres around Earth
-
Petra Vanlommel
(
STCE
)
Large scale picture of spheres around Earth
Petra Vanlommel
(
STCE
)
11:15 - 11:45
11:45
visit to the solar dome
visit to the solar dome
11:45 - 12:05
12:05
Lunch
Lunch
12:05 - 13:05
13:05
Structure of the mid-latitude ionosphere
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Tobias Verhulst
(
RMI
)
Structure of the mid-latitude ionosphere
Tobias Verhulst
(
RMI
)
13:05 - 13:50
13:50
Exercise
Exercise
13:50 - 14:05
14:05
10 min break
10 min break
14:05 - 14:15
14:15
Mid-latitude ionospheric climate & weather
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Tobias Verhulst
(
RMI
)
Mid-latitude ionospheric climate & weather
Tobias Verhulst
(
RMI
)
14:15 - 15:10
15:10
Exercise
Exercise
15:10 - 15:30
15:30
Wrap up and overshoot time
Wrap up and overshoot time
15:30 - 16:05
Tuesday, 21 September 2027
08:50
Welcome coffee
Welcome coffee
08:50 - 09:05
09:05
Warm up - Communication with HF
-
Tobias Verhulst
(
RMI
)
Warm up - Communication with HF
Tobias Verhulst
(
RMI
)
09:05 - 09:25
09:25
Solar drivers (flare, solar wind, particles) of ionospheric weather
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Petra Vanlommel
(
STCE
)
Solar drivers (flare, solar wind, particles) of ionospheric weather
Petra Vanlommel
(
STCE
)
09:25 - 10:05
10:05
Bottom-side drivers of ionospheric weather & mid-latitude impacts
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Tobias Verhulst
(
RMI
)
Bottom-side drivers of ionospheric weather & mid-latitude impacts
Tobias Verhulst
(
RMI
)
10:05 - 10:35
10:35
Exercise
Exercise
10:35 - 10:55
10:55
High & low latitude ionosphere
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Tobias Verhulst
(
RMI
)
High & low latitude ionosphere
Tobias Verhulst
(
RMI
)
10:55 - 11:50
11:50
Exercise
Exercise
11:50 - 12:05
12:05
Lunch
Lunch
12:05 - 13:05
13:05
Radio communication, lower frequency bands, part 1
-
Dries Van Baelen
(
Mil.be
)
Radio communication, lower frequency bands, part 1
Dries Van Baelen
(
Mil.be
)
13:05 - 13:55
13:55
break
break
13:55 - 14:05
14:05
Radio communication, lower frequency bands, part 2
-
Dries Van Baelen
Radio communication, lower frequency bands, part 2
Dries Van Baelen
14:05 - 14:55
14:55
Break
Break
14:55 - 15:05
15:05
Radio Communication, higher frequency bands
-
Antonio Martinez
(
KSB
)
Radio Communication, higher frequency bands
Antonio Martinez
(
KSB
)
15:05 - 16:05
16:05
wrap up
wrap up
16:05 - 16:20
Wednesday, 22 September 2027
08:50
Welcome coffee
Welcome coffee
08:50 - 09:05
09:05
Warm up exercise
Warm up exercise
09:05 - 09:20
09:20
Solar radio bursts
-
Christophe Marqué
(
STCE
)
Solar radio bursts
Christophe Marqué
(
STCE
)
09:20 - 10:15
10:15
Exercise
Exercise
10:15 - 10:30
10:30
Visit of the Space Weather Room
Visit of the Space Weather Room
10:30 - 10:50
10:50
Extreme events and impacts
-
Jan Janssens
(
STCE
)
Extreme events and impacts
Jan Janssens
(
STCE
)
10:50 - 11:45
11:45
Exercise
Exercise
11:45 - 12:05
12:05
Lunch
Lunch
12:05 - 13:05
13:05
Monitoring the ionosphere
-
Joshua Dreyer
(
ROB
)
Tobias Verhulst
(
RMI
)
Jean-Marie Chevalier
(
ROB, STCE
)
Monitoring the ionosphere
Joshua Dreyer
(
ROB
)
Tobias Verhulst
(
RMI
)
Jean-Marie Chevalier
(
ROB, STCE
)
13:05 - 14:05
14:05
Exercise
Exercise
14:05 - 14:25
14:25
Practical tools and resources, dashboard (including drivers)
-
Elke D'Huys
(
STCE
)
Practical tools and resources, dashboard (including drivers)
Elke D'Huys
(
STCE
)
14:25 - 15:15
15:15
Feedback & Wrap up
Feedback & Wrap up
15:15 - 15:35