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NOAA 1515 appeared at the southeastern solar limb on June 27th. With a maximum sunspot area of only about 5 times the total surface of the Earth, it certainly did not become the biggest sunspot group so far this solar cycle.
Nonetheless, the group was quite complex and showed interesting dynamics. For example, the images underneath taken by SDO/HMI ( http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ) on 1 and 2 July show the splitting of the main spot in less than 24 hours! Cytokinesis of solar proportions!
Over the next two days, the split-off sunspot moved towards and into the middle portion of the sunspot group. Crashing into these sunspots, this inevitably resulted in numerous medium class solar flares. The daily sunspot images underneath were taken on 1-8 July by the Uccle Equatorial Table (USET - http://www.sidc.oma.be/uset/index.php ) in white light. Superimposed on these images are the locations of the 30 M-flares (and 1 X-flare) that were produced by NOAA 1515. Clearly, one can see two regions of flare activity. The first one is to the west and south of the main spot. This region was active during most of the group's transit. The second flare-active region is in the middle portion and only became active after the split-off sunspot bumped into the middle portion (4 July and later).
On July 5th, the Sun produced 10 M-flares: 9 from NOAA 1515, and 1 from NOAA 1519. Though this is quite a lot for one day, the figure pales compared to the record 16 M-flares that were produced on 11 July 1982. That's 2 medium flares every 3 hours!
Obviously, the week from 2 to 8 July 2012 was also very flare-active, with 34 M- and 1 X-flare. One has to go back to March 1991 to get comparable figures. Not surprisingly, the week record dates back from July 1982, when -according to NOAA statistics- from 8 to 14 July 65 M- and 3 X-flares were produced!
NOAA 1515 produced 5 high energetic flares (M5 or stronger) during its transit. Underneath images show 4 of these events: the M5.6 from 2 July, the M5.3 from 4 July, the M6.1 from 5 July, and the X1.1 from 6 July. For each event, the pre-flare magnetogram is shown (SDO/HMI and GONG), as well as the outlook during maximum flare intensity (PROBA2/SWAP and GONG), and in H-alpha 15 minutes after the flare's peak (GONG - http://halpha.nso.edu/ ). Event 1 and 4 took place near the group's main spot, while event 2 and 3 were located in the group's middle portion. The H-alpha images for the first 3 events also show dark ejected material over the solar disk. The fifth event, an M6.9 flare from 8 July, is discussed in a separate contribution.
As noted in a previous comment, NOAA 1515 produced 5 high energetic events during its transit. The last of these events was an M6.9-flare on July 8th that occurred while NOAA 1515 was already close to the western solar limb.
The flare started at 16:23UT and reached its maximum x-ray intensity at 16:32UT. The images underneath show the eruption as seen by PROBA2/SWAP ( http://proba2.oma.be/ ) and in H-alpha ( http://halpha.nso.edu/ ) during the flare's peak and at 16:54UT. One can clearly see that material is ejected from the blast site.
When the clouds of ejected particles are traveling through the Sun's hot atmosphere (the corona), radio wave disturbances are created that can be recorded with ground-based radio-telescopes. This is an observing branch to which both professional as non-professional observers contribute. The image underneath shows the radio spectrum from the Humain Radioastronomy Station ( http://sidc.oma.be/humain/index.php ) as it was recorded between 16:15 and 16:45UT. In a radiospectrum, the intensity of a series of frequencies (Humain: between 45 and 445 MHz) is quickly and continuously scanned for these disturbances.
Underneath the Humain recording is also a graph obtained by Felix Verbelen, leader of the Belgian Radioastronomy Section of the Vereniging Voor Sterrenkunde ( http://www.vvs.be/werkgroepen/werkgroep-radioastronomie ). Monitoring at only one frequency (49.9 MHz: the green line on the Humain's radiospectrum), this radio-telescope is a lot more sensitive than the one from Humain.
Nonetheless, both diagrams show the 3-stage-eruption very well: A type III radio-storm between 16:23 and 16:28UT, a type II storm between 16:30 and 16:36UT (at the peak of the solar flare), and a small disturbance around 16:42UT (barely visible in the Humain recording). It should be noted that the M6.9-flare occurred after the Humain station stopped tracking the Sun, and that at that time the antenna was put back at meridian (storage position).
Finally, the PROBA2-team combined images from 3 satellites (PROBA2, SDO and SOHO: http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/ ) into a movie showing the flare and the subsequent CME as it traveled through the Sun's corona. The movie can be seen at http://proba2.oma.be/swap/data/mpg/movies/campaign_movies/2012_07_07_10_49_44_2012_07_09_10_22_20_SWAP_174__LASCO_C2__AIA_304-hq-1.mp4 Underneath are 3 stills from this clip. The first image shows the flare at 16:38UT, with material visibly leaving the solar surface. The second image was taken around 18:50UT, clearly showing how the solid CME from the flare is leaving the Sun. Interestingly, the third image taken around 22:10UT, shows that a second CME was hurled into space. The particle cloud originated from the eruption of the trans-equatorial coronal arch visible in the first two images. Amazingly, the arch would reshape itself a few hours later and remained visible for another two days!
This week, the Sun's visible disk was dominated by a big and dynamic sunspot group: NOAA AR 1515. The image underneath was made by SDO/HMI and shows this region on July 5th.
Many other CMEs have been observed during the past week. Most of them were associated with the high flaring activity in NOAA AR 1515 and were directed mostly towards the south. On July 4 an M1.8 flare peaked at 16:39 UT in NOAA AR 1513 which was associated with an earth-directed CME.
The X1.1 flare was associated with a minor proton event: the greater than 10 MeV proton flux exceeded the 10 pfu threshold at 04:00 UT on July 7 and decayed steadily during that day. The proton flux levels started to increase again on July 8th in response to a strong westward CME and crossed the event threshold once more early on July 9th.
DAY | BEGIN | MAX | END | LOC | XRAY | OP | 10CM | TYPE | Cat | NOAA | NOTE |
2 | 0026 | 0035 | 0040 | S15E05 | M1.1 | 1N | 0 | V/3 III/3 | 96 | 1513 | |
2 | 1043 | 1052 | 1057 | S17E08 | M5.6 | 2B | 380 | II/1 | 99 | 1515 | |
2 | 1959 | 2007 | 2013 | S17W01 | M3.8 | 2B | 190 | V/3 | 99 | 1515 | |
2 | 2349 | 2356 | 0003 | S16W02 | M2.0 | SF | 0 | CTM/1 VI/1 | 99 | 1515 | |
4 | 0428 | 0437 | 0445 | S17W18 | M2.3 | SN | 150 | III/3 IV/1 | 99 | 1515 | |
4 | 0947 | 0955 | 0957 | S20W18 | M5.3 | 2B | 79 | 99 | 1515 | ||
4 | 1207 | 1224 | 1232 | S17W29 | M2.3 | 78 | 99 | 1515 | Location from Solar Monitor | ||
4 | 1435 | 1440 | 1442 | S18W18 | M1.3 | SN | 0 | 99 | 1515 | ||
4 | 1633 | 1639 | 1648 | N14W34 | M1.8 | 2N | 200 | III/3 V/2 II/1 | 96 | 1513 | |
4 | 2203 | 2209 | 2215 | S16W24 | M4.6 | 220 | II/1 III/2 | 99 | 1515 | Location from Solar Monitor | |
4 | 2347 | 2355 | 0002 | S16W24 | M1.2 | 0 | IV/1 | 99 | 1515 | Location from Solar Monitor | |
5 | 0105 | 0110 | 0115 | S18W26 | M2.4 | 3N | 0 | 99 | 1515 | ||
5 | 0235 | 0242 | 0247 | S18W27 | M2.2 | 0 | 99 | 1515 | Location from Solarsoft | ||
5 | 0325 | 0336 | 0339 | S18W29 | M4.7 | 0 | III/1 | 99 | 1515 | Location from solarsoft | |
5 | 0649 | 0658 | 0705 | S18W39 | M1.1 | 1F | 0 | 99 | 1515 | ||
5 | 0740 | 0745 | 0748 | S18W30 | M1.3 | 0 | 99 | 1519 | |||
5 | 1044 | 1048 | 1050 | S19W30 | M1.8 | SN | 68 | 99 | 1515 | ||
5 | 1139 | 1144 | 1149 | S22E68 | M6.1 | SF | 290 | 99 | 1515 | ||
5 | 1305 | 1318 | 1332 | S16W43 | M1.2 | 2N | 0 | 99 | 1515 | ||
5 | 2009 | 2014 | 2028 | S18W37 | M1.6 | 150 | 99 | 1515 | Location from SolarSoft | ||
5 | 2137 | 2145 | 2151 | S12W46 | M1.6 | 1N | 270 | III/3 | 99 | 1515 | |
6 | 0137 | 0140 | 0142 | S18W41 | M2.9 | SN | 130 | 99 | 1515 | ||
6 | 0244 | 0251 | 0258 | S12W48 | M1.0 | 0 | III/1 | 99 | 1515 | Location from SolarSoft | |
6 | 0817 | 0823 | 0827 | S17W40 | M1.5 | SB | 0 | 99 | 1515 | ||
6 | 1024 | 1029 | 1032 | S17W42 | M1.8 | 1N | 0 | 99 | 1515 | ||
6 | 1326 | 1330 | 1332 | S20W45 | M1.2 | SF | 55 | III/2 | 99 | 1515 | |
6 | 1848 | 1855 | 1905 | S18W51 | M1.3 | SF | 0 | 99 | 1515 | ||
6 | 2301 | 2308 | 2314 | S13W59 | X1.1 | 520 | V/3 III/2 II/3 | 99 | 1515 | Location from SolarSoft | |
7 | 0310 | 0315 | 0323 | S17W51 | M1.2 | SF | 0 | 99 | 1515 | ||
7 | 0818 | 0828 | 0839 | S16E76 | M1.0 | 0 | 09 | 1520 | Location from Solarsoft | ||
7 | 1057 | 1103 | 1107 | S19W58 | M2.6 | SF | 0 | 99 | 1515 | ||
8 | 0541 | 0546 | 0552 | S17W65 | M1.3 | SF | 0 | 1515 | |||
8 | 0944 | 0953 | 0957 | S21W67 | M1.1 | 1F | 0 | III/1 | 1515 | ||
8 | 1206 | 1210 | 1213 | S21W69 | M1.4 | 1F | 0 | 1515 | |||
8 | 1623 | 1632 | 1642 | S17W74 | M6.9 | 1N | 640 | V/2 III/1 II/2 | 1515 |
LOC: approximate heliographic location | TYPE: radio burst type |
XRAY: X-ray flare class | Cat: Catania sunspot group number |
OP: optical flare class | NOAA: NOAA active region number |
10CM: peak 10 cm radio flux |
Solar Activity
This week, the Sun’s activity level was mostly *Moderate*, on Tuesday being *low*, but at the verge of *moderate* (with a C9.9 flare) and on Friday being *high*, with an X1.1 flare.
In total, 34 M (and 1 X) -flares were recorded!
In order to view the activity of this week, we suggest to go to the following website from which all the daily (normal and difference) movies can be accessed: http://p2web.oma.be/ssa
This page also allows for accessing all the recorded flaring events.
Below are given a few examples of this week’s solar activity:
SWAP Difference Image - M5.6 flare on Monday 02/07; at 11:53
LYRA/GOES Curves - 7 M-flares and 1 X-flare on Friday 06/07
In the beginning of the week, the solar wind was still dominated by a high speed wind stream from a large coronal hole. As a consequence, both local and interplanetary K-indices show moderate (K=3) to active (K=4) activity levels. As the effects of the coronal hole high speed wind stream subsided, geomagnetic conditions turned quiet (K max 3) in the following days. On July 5 and 6 some active periods (K=4) were observed in Dourbes, probably related to the numerous CMEs that were observed from region 1515 earlier in the week. The planetary Kp index went to minor storm level (Kp=5) during the last period of July 6, possibly related to the CME on July 4. On July 9th, Kp reached the minor storm
level again as a consequence of a glancing blow from the CME associated to the X-flare on July 7.
The 'Highlights, opportunities and challenges' presented during the STCE annual meeting 2012.
http://www.spaceweather.eu/en/repository/show?id=212
Start : 2012-07-14 - End : 2012-07-22
The 39th COSPAR Scientific Assembly will be held at the Global
Education Centre, 2 Infosys Training Centre Mysore, Karnataka India
from 14 - 22 July 2012. This Assembly is open to all bona fide
scientists.
Website:
http://www.cospar-assembly.org/
Start : 2012-07-16 - End : 2012-07-27
The CISM Space Weather
Summer School is a 2-week intensive
program targeted to first-year graduate students but also attended
by undergraduates and space weather
professionals. The daily schedule
includes morning lectures, followed by afternoon laboratory
sessions where students further explore the day's topics using
CISM model simulations, observational data, and sophisticated
visualization tools. CISM is making the laboratory materials
publicly available for use by others, for example to supplement
lecture courses or for student independent study. The deadline for
applications is May 1.
Website:
http://www.bu.edu/cism/SummerSchool/overview.html
Start : 2012-07-23 - End : 2012-07-27
The Department of Astronomy and Geodynamics of the University of
Warmia and Mazury (UWM) is hosting the 2012 IGS Workshop.
This workshop will be composed or plenary sessions with invited
oral presentations, and afternoon sessions composed of poster
sessions and IGS Working Group splinter meetings. For this workshop
we are soliciting abstracts for the poster sessions.
The key dates for this workshop are as follows:
* Poster Abstract Submissions: March 25 - April 30, 2012.
* Registration: March 25- May 28, 2012.
* Hotel Reservations: March 25- May 28, 2012.
* Workshop: July 23 - July 27, 2012.
Website:
http://www.uwm.edu.pl/kaig/igs_workshop_2012/
Start : 2012-08-06 - End : 2012-08-10
The IRC's International Radiation Symposium 2012 provides a
forum for the scientific community to exchange recent results and
evolving ideas relevant to many areas of atmospheric radiation.
Quadrennially convened, the IRS assembles a global network of
scientists and students engaged in studies pertaining to the
Earth-atmosphere-Sun system, and encourages international
cooperation in radiation research crucial to understanding and
predicting Earth's dynamic climate and habitability. The IRC
invites you to Berlin and welcomes your participation in this
endeavor.
Website: http://irs2012.org/
Start : 2012-08-13 - End : 2012-08-17
An international body established since 2003, the Asia Oceania
Geosciences Society (AOGS) aims to promote geosciences and advance
its applications for the benefit of humanity in Asia and
Oceania.
Sessions:
* Atmospheric Sciences
* Biogeosciences
* Hydrological Sciences
* Ocean Sciences
* Planetary Sciences
* Solar & Terrestrial Sciences
* Solid Earth Sciences
* Interdisciplinary Working Groups
Website:
http://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2012/public.asp?page=home.htm
Start : 2012-08-13 - End : 2012-08-16
You will have a noticed the slight re-branding of these
workshops from 'Image' to 'Information' processing. We think it is
time to expand the attention of these workshops to discuss more
generally how information about the Sun can be derived, stored,
shared, transformed and analyzed using appropriate techniques from
many other disciplines. We will still be covering image processing
and computer vision techniques applied to solar physics, but we
will also be including other topics such as machine learning, data
mining and new computing strategies. The re-branding simply
acknowledges and makes explicit what the community has been doing
to determine the physics of the Sun.
Link: http://www.sipwork.org/
Start : 2012-08-14 - End : 2012-08-17
There will be 7 sessions, with 2 invited speakers per session.
The following speakers have been invited to Hinode-6:
Website:
http://www-solar.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/~hinode6/Hinode-6/Welcome.html
Start : 2012-08-20 - End : 2012-08-31
In August 2012 China will for the first time host the General
Assembly of the International Astronomical Union in Beijing. This
triennial gathering of astronomers from around the world to discuss
and debate the most recent discoveries about the universe is an
important part of the vitality of our science. Astrophysics remains
one of the most exciting areas of human endeavor, and the venue of
the Beijing GA will be equally impressive: the new China National
Convention Center that is housed in the Olympic Park in a
beautiful, spacious building and area that is full of amenities for
conference participants and visitors.
The contributions of Chinese astronomy to human knowledge and
our understanding of the cosmos have been of historical
significance, from the earliest to modern times. GA participants
will have an opportunity to experience the wide range of
astronomical activities now taking place in China that include new
projects, facilities, and institutes. They will also report on, and
hear, the latest research results from every field of astronomy. An
exciting scientific programme is being developed that will hold the
interest of everyone. I am pleased to welcome all Union members and
invited guests to join us in Beijing for what will be a memorable
General Assembly.
Website:
http://www.astronomy2012.org
Start : 2012-08-22 - End : 2012-08-23
We are pleased to announce the Fermi Solar Data Analysis
Workshop to be held at Goddard Space Flight Center on August 22-23,
2012. Although primarily an Astrophysics observatory, the Fermi
Gamma-ray Space Telescope, and its Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM)
and Large Area Telescope (LAT), provide unique capabilities in the
8 keV - 300 GeV band to monitor and study both the quiescent and
flaring Sun. Fermi has already made many observations of solar
X-ray and gamma-ray emissions, and many more can be anticipated
during the next few years with the peak in solar activity expected
in 2013.
This workshop is meant to be informal and interactive. It will
start with reviews of X-ray and gamma-ray solar studies to date,
including results already obtained with the Fermi observatory.
Extensive tutorials will be given on both GBM and LAT data analysis
techniques, with time set aside for hands-on practice on your own
laptop. We invite all of those interested in learning more about
Fermi's Solar capabilities, and interested in interacting with
experts in the field, to attend this 2-day workshop.
Website:
http://fermi.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/mtgs/workshops/da2012_solar/
Start : 2012-08-27 - End : 2012-09-21
The Solar and Space Weather
Network of excellence will hold its
first Summer School and Workshop in Tbilisi Georgia. The meeting
will focus on the first results achieved within the network and is
also open to the wider international scientific community involved
in solar and space weather
modeling, monitoring and
forecasting activities.
The Summer school will be open to all early-stage researchers
from the SOLSPANET member groups as well as to other young
scientists from institutes active in solar and space weather
studies.
The week of September 17-21 will be dedicated to the
International SOLSPANET-1 workshop. The workshop is also devoted to
the memory of the great Georgian scientists, professors Rolan
Kiladze and Avtandil Pataraya.
Scientific topics will include:
* Monitoring of precursors for solar flares and CMEs- solar
weather
* MHD waves in non-equilibrium medium
* Numerical and observational studies of CMEs
* CME
manifestation in the decametre
wavelength band
* Impact of space weather
on terrestrial life and
technological systems
* Advanced computational tools and knowledge base for better
solar and spaceweather forecasting
Website:
http://www.solspanet.eu/solspanet
Start : 2012-09-02 - End : 2012-09-08
The International School of Space Science of the Consorzio
Interuniversitario per la Fisica Spaziale organizes a Course on
"Astrophysical and Space Plasmas", to be held in L'Aquila, Italy,
September 02-08, 2012, and directed by A. Ferrari, M. Tavani, B.
Coppi and R. Rosner.
The aim of the Course is to present a comprehensive discussion
of the plasma
processes relevant to the
astrophsyical context, from low energy phenomena in planetary
systems to the very high energy objects recently discovered through
X and gamma ray observatories.
Introductory lectures will be dedicated to an analysis of
observations available from ground and space observatories
enlightening the thermal and non-thermal plasma
processes necessary for their
interpretation. At the same time the theoretical tools, analytical
and numerical, necessary for their interpretation will be presented
from an institutional point of view. Finally current models of the
astrophysical objects and phenomena will be discussed with
particular attention to the critical points with the objective of
selecting new research lines.
Website:
http://www.cifs-isss.org/
Start : 2012-09-10 - End : 2012-09-14
The Summer school is part of the training program of the Marie
Curie Initial Training Network TRANSMIT, funded by the European
Commission. Young scientists involved in TRANSMIT shall be trained
and educated for being aware and getting basic understanding of
ionospheric threats in different fields of application. Awareness
and knowledge of ionospheric threats is the starting point of
subsequent work to reduce or mitigate them in practical
applications.
Well recognized experts in their fields will give lectures to
better understand/learn about:
* Physical nature of ionospheric perturbations at all scales
* Ionospheric impact on radio wave propagation
* Detection/Monitoring of ionospheric perturbations
* Estimation the degree of ionospheric perturbation
* Mitigation techniques for avoiding threats in technical
systems
It is expected that lectures and discussions at the summer
school will help in particular early stage researchers to improve
their scientific work.
Website:
http://www.transmit-ionosphere.net/
Start : 2012-09-10 - End : 2012-09-14
We are pleased to announce that the fifth Solar Orbiter Workshop
will take place in Brugge, Belgium from Monday September 10 to
Thursday September 13. Friday September 14 will be dedicated to a
Science Working Team (SWT) meeting. The workshop will focus on the
science questions addressed by this exciting and recently approved
mission, which is a partnership between ESA
and NASA
. The scientific synergy of Solar
Orbiter with Solar Probe Plus and other missions will also be
highlighted.
Website:
http://www.stce.be/solarorbiter5/
Start : 2012-09-17 - End : 2012-09-22
The School of Astrophysics 'Francesco Lucchin' is addressed to
PhD students in Astronomy and Physics, as well as to interested
young researchers. The school aims at providing a comprehensive
background in Astronomy and Astrophysics, from both a theoretical
and an observational point of view.
The main purpose of the school is to provide common cultural
ground on hot topics of research, both observational and
theoretical, to young astronomers. This will reveal the potential
links between the various projects in which the PhD students and
young researchers are involved, and encourage collaborative
research for the future.
The school is open to students and young researchers of all
backgrounds (experimental, observational, theoretical).
The topics of the school are:
* The Sun: a Plasma
Physics Laboratory (Chair:
Francesca Zuccarello)
* Formation of the solar system: clues from exploration (Chair:
Priscilla Cerroni)
Website:
http://www.iasf-roma.inaf.it/IAPS/AstroSchool/
Start : 2012-09-17 - End : 2012-09-26
The International Space Weather
Initiative (ISWI) is a program of
international cooperation to advance the space weather
science by a combination of
instrument deployment, analysis and interpretation of space weather
data from the deployed instruments
in conjunction with space data, and communicate the results to the
public and students. ISWI is a follow-up activity to the successful
IHY 2007, but focusing exclusively on space weather
. The goal of the ISWI is to
develop the scientific insight necessary to understand the science,
and to reconstruct and forecast near-Earth space weather
. This includes instrumentation,
data analysis, modeling, education, training, and public outreach.
ISWI has conducted many programs not only to popularise space
science all over the world but also to create favorable conditions
for joint research and training in some sort of global framework.
In the framework of IHY and ISWI, some research groups have been
established in several countries. In order to establish the strong
space research group, particularly in Asia-Oceania countries, a
training to the young students and researchers is necessary. In the
framework of this program, the Space Science Center of National
Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN) is honored to host the
2012 ISWI and MAGDAS School in Space Science, the school to young
solar physicists and geophysicists, to be held on 17-26 September
2012 in Bandung Indonesia.
Website:
http://iswimagdas2012.dirgantara-lapan.or.id/
Start : 2012-09-18 - End : 2012-09-20
In-situ observations by spacecraft provide [note in no
particular order] the ground truth for comparison and constraining
models, have transformed our ideas of the heliosphere
, provide a natural laboratory for
plasma
physics, have challenged our
pre-conceived ideas, and have discovered completely unexpected
phenomena. This workshop will focus on in-situ observations of the
heliosphere
made by the unprecedented suite of
instruments currently returning observations, including the STEREO
spacecraft, near-Earth spacecraft
(ACE,WIND
, SOHO
) and the Voyager spacecraft that
are probing the region approaching the heliopause. It is a follow
on from the ACE/WIND
/STEREO
... workshop held in Kennebunkport
in June 2010. The program will include an overview of recent
results from current missions, invited presentations, and splinter
sessions with a heavy emphasis on discussion. These sessions will
focus on the solar cycle variations, solar wind
, solar energetic particles,
suprathermal ions, coronal and interplanetary transients, and
anomalous and galactic cosmic rays.
Website:
http://stereo.ssl.berkeley.edu/meetings/Sept.2012meeting/
Start : 2012-09-20 - End : 2012-09-23
Every year, the International Meteor
Organization (IMO) organizes the
International Meteor
Conference (IMC). This conference
deals with all aspects of meteor
observation as well as the
underlying physics and is aimed at both amateurs and
professionals.
The International Meteor
Organization (IMO) will hold the
31st annual International Meteor
Conference (IMC) on La Palma,
Canary Islands, Spain, from 20 till 23 September, 2012. The
conference will be organized by the Astro Travels agency in
collaboration with the Cabildo of La Palma island authority which
will sponsor this event.
Website:
http://www.imo.net/imc2012/
Start : 2012-09-24 - End : 2012-09-28
The 21st European Conference on RADIATION AND ITS EFFECTS ON
COMPONENTS AND SYSTEMS will be held in Biarritz, France, on
September 24-28, 2012.
The aim of RADECS conferences is to provide an annual European
forum for the presentation and discussion of the latest advances in
the field of radiation effects on electronic and photonic
materials, devices, circuits, sensors, and systems. The scope of
the conference encompasses technological processes and design
techniques for producing radiation tolerant systems for space,
aeronautical or terrestrial applications, as well as relevant
methodologies for their characterization and qualification. The
conference features a technical program, an Industrial Exhibit, and
one day meeting on ground effects offered on September 24
(RADGROUND). The technical program includes oral and
postersessions.
The areas of interest for contributions to be submitted to
RADECS 2012 include, but are not limited to:
* Basic mechanisms of radiation effects in electronic and
optical materials
* Space, atmospheric and terrestrial environments
* Radiation effects on electronic and photonic devices, circuits
and systems
* Radiation effects on sensors and emerging devices
* Technology and design hardening
* Radiation hardness assurance
* Irradiation facilities and testing
Website: http://radecs2012.org
Start : 2012-10-01 - End : 2012-10-05
At the forthcoming 63rd International Astronautical Congress in
Naples a special session on the theme 'Effects of Space Weather
on GEO
Satellites' will be held as part of
the 25th Symposium on Space Policy, Regulations and Economics.
This session will discuss case histories and mechanisms of
effects of space weather
on GEO
satellites, models for prediction,
and mitigation approaches. We would like to invite you to consider
submitting abstracts for this session.
The call for papers can be found at
The
deadline for abstract submission is 29 February 2012.
http://www.iafastro.org/docs/2012/iac/IAC2012_CallForPapers.
Website: http://www.iac2012.org/
Start : 2012-10-08 - End : 2012-10-12
Initiated in 1990, the United Nations Basic Space Science
Initiative (UNBSSI) has contributed to the international and
regional development of astronomy and space science through annual
workshops organized under the umbrella of the United Nations,
focusing specifically on the International Heliophysical Year 2007
(IHY, 2005-2009) and the International Space Weather
Initiative (ISWI, 2010-2012).
UNBSSI has led to the establishment of planetariums, astronomical
telescope facilities, and IHY/ISWI instrument arrays worldwide,
particularly in developing nations. ISWI is envisioned to continue
the tradition of IHY in the worldwide deployment of space weather
monitoring instrument arrays. To
date, ISWI contributes to the observation of space weather
through 18 instrument arrays with
close to 1000 operating instruments in more than 100 nations
supported by designated national ISWI coordinators.
The first workshop on ISWI was held in Helwan, Egypt and hosted
by the Helwan University, Egypt, in 2010, particularly for the
benefit of nations in Western Asia. In 2011 the United
Nations/Nigeria Workshop on ISWI was hosted by the Centre for Basic
Space Science of the University of Nigeria at Nsukka, Nigeria,
particularly for the benefit of nations in Africa. The third ISWI
workshop will be hosted by Ecuador in 2012 for the region of Latin
America and the Caribbean.
Website:
http://iswiecuador.epn.edu.ec/
Start : 2012-10-22 - End : 2012-10-24
2012 - 2013 is expected to be years with high solar activity.
This can trigger larger solar storms which can generate geomagnetic
induced currents (GIC
) on the earth. GIC
can affect the normal operation of
specific industrial operations and critical infrastructure (e.g
power grids, telecom, navigation systems, etc).
During space weather
events, like solar storms, electric
currents in the magnetosphere
and ionosphere
experience large variations, which
manifest also in the earth's magnetic field. These variations
induce currents (GIC
) in conductors operated on the
surface of the earth. Electric transmission grids and buried
pipelines are common examples of such conductor systems. GIC
can cause problems, such as
increased corrosion of pipeline steel and may disturb and possible
damaged high-voltage power transformers and it can also have
damaging effects on communication systems, navigation systems and
oil and gas operations.
Vulnerable industries are the oil and gas industry, railways,
telecommunication industry, navigation industry and not at least
the society, which is very vulnerable concerning short or long term
interruption of critical infrastructure.
The conference will focus on increasing the general knowledge of
solar storms, space weather
and GIC
and the possible consequences for
different industries and critical infrastructure, and look into
reasonable means of protection, and consider possible early warning
solutions.
Website:
http://www.tiems.info/about-tiems/oslo-conference-2012.html
Start : 2012-11-05 - End : 2012-11-09
We are pleased to announce that the Ninth European Space Weather
Week will take place at the
Académie Royale de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium between 5
and 9 November 2012.
This meeting is being jointly organised by the Solar-Terrestrial
Centre of Excellence (STCE), ESA
, the SWWT and the COST ES0803
communities. The local organisation is done by the STCE. This event
will continue to build on the advances made during the first eight
European Space Weather
Weeks held between 2004 and
2011.
Website:
http://www.sidc.be/esww9/
Start : 2012-11-06 - End : 2012-11-09
The International Symposium on Solar-Terrestrial Physics will be
held during November 6 - 9, 2012 at the Indian Institute of
Science, Education and Research, Pune, India. This meeting under
the aegis of the SCOSTEP is expected to draw leading scientists
from around the world in the increasingly important,
interdisciplinary fields of Solar activity and its impact on
geospace and life on the Earth. With major observational solar
facilities being planned in India, this meeting is especially
pertinent in the Indian context.
The meeting is expected to involve professional scientists as
well as graduate students, and will have a mixture of invited and
contributed talks and posters. There will also be a one-day
tutorial for the benefit of young people beginning work in the
field of solar-terrestrial physics.
Website:
http://www.iiserpune.ac.in/~isstp2012/
Start : 2012-11-12 - End : 2012-11-16
As we emerge from one of the deepest and longest solar minima on
record, with a new and powerful eye on the Sun -SDO- we invite all
those with an interest is solar activity to gather in beautiful
Palm Cove, Australia to review and assess our current knowledge and
understanding of our magnetic star
, and to experience the awe and
wonder of a total solar eclipse on November 14, 2012.
Website:
http://moca.monash.edu/eclipse/
Start : 2012-11-13 - End : 2012-11-13
For more information:
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/OH/OH2012.html#SE2012Nov13T
Start : 2012-11-15 - End : 2012-11-16
The European Commission will organise the 'Let's embrace
space - FP7 Space Conference 2012', in cooperation with the Cypriot
EU Presidency, on 15 and 16 November 2012 in Larnaca, Cyprus.
This scientific conference will present the current status and
results of the 3rd call of FP7 space research, and also discuss
future options for European research in the space field. In doing
so, the conference will aim at demonstrating the evolution and use
of space tools for a sustainable economic and environmental
development in a European and global context.
Website:
http://www.fp7-space.eu/news-119.phtm
Start : 2012-11-20 - End : 2012-11-23
Nobeyama Radioheliograph (NoRH) has been observing the Sun since
1992. This year is the 20th year of science operation. Instruments
are still in good shape and producing images of the Sun every day
with the same quality as the beginning. Due to the nature of the
instrument and long and uniform observations, data can be used for
wide variety of solar physics and also for solar terrestrial
physics. To mark the 20 years of operation, we will organize a
symposium to summarize what has been done with NoRH and to discuss
what we should do in the future. Papers to be presented in the
meeting will be mainly concerned with the results from NoRH and
future plans.
Website:
http://st4a.stelab.nagoya-u.ac.jp/SPRO2012/
Start : 2012-11-30 - End : 2012-12-05
The overarching objective of the conference is to examine the
connections amongst the phenomena that lead to solar eruptive
events. The current state of themes includes:
* Measuring the Coronal Magnetic Field;
* Connections to, and Reactions of, the Large-Scale Corona;
* Large-scale Magnetic Connectivity of Active Regions;
* Transfer of Energy to, and Storage of Energy in, the
Corona;
* The High-Energy Particle - Flare - CME
connection.
Working groups will address topics such as:
* Energy Transfer throughout a Solar Eruptive Event;
* Global Energetics of an Ensemble of Events;
* Coronal Influences to the Lower Atmosphere;
* CME
Initiation and Type II Bursts;
* The Release of Energetic Particles in the Low Corona;
* Flows vs. Waves;
* Microflares/Nanoflares.
Website:
http://hessi.ssl.berkeley.edu/petaluma/index.shtml
Start : 2013-01-13 - End : 2013-01-19
Information coming soon!
Website:
http://sd-www.jhuapl.edu/Aurora/ESSE/index.html
Start : 2013-03-10 - End : 2013-03-15
Spacecraft observations have established that all magnetized
planets in our solar system interact strongly with the solar wind
and possess well-developed
magnetotails. Magnetotails are the site for many dynamic processes
critical to the circulation of mass, energy and magnetic flux. The
great differences in solar wind
conditions, planetary rotation
rates, ionospheric conductivity, and physical dimensions from
Mercury's small magnetosphere
to the giant magnetospheres of
Jupiter and Saturn provide an outstanding opportunity to extend our
understanding of the influence of these factors. Therefore, this
Chapman conference will provide a forum in which various
communities can come together and discuss recent achievements of
observational, theoretical, and modeling studies with the objective
to develop a deeper understanding of fundamental properties and
processes of planetary magnetotails through a comparative
examination.
Start : 2013-05-10 - End : 2013-05-10
For more information:
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot2001/SE2013May10A.GIF
Start : 2013-06-10 - End : 2013-06-16
Topics:
* Prominences : formation, dynamics
* Prominence plasma properties, including prominence
seismology
* Magnetic field : measurements, topology, support
* Large-scale patterns and cyclic evolution
* Prominence destabilization, CMEs, reconstruction in 3D
* ICMEs in the heliosphere, magnetic clouds; their impact on the
Earth environment
* Stellar quiescent and eruptive prominences and stellar CME
* Requirements for future instrumentation and prospects for
future missions
Website:
http://www.iau.org/science/meetings/future/symposia/1065/
Start : 2013-11-03 - End : 2013-11-03
For more information:
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot2001/SE2013Nov03H.GIF