Name: Role of the ionosphere and space weather in military communications
Start: 2027-09-20T08:45:00+02:00
End: 2027-09-22T16:00:00+02:00
Location: Royal Observatory of Belgium - Directors Building

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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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