Aims
− To provide an overview of the current observational data and known effects of the space weather;
− To provide insight in the basic physics of the solar drivers of space weather;
− To provide an overview of the current state−of−the−art modeling and forecasting activities for some aspects of space
weather, e.g. CME initiation and IP CME evolution, gradual SPE events, etc.
− To explore the effects of space weather on humans and on technology in space and on the ground.
Contents
Introduction and motivation
* Definition of space weather
* Space weather effects
* Space weather components
* Predictions and forecasts
A tour of the Solar System
* Sun
* Solar corona
* Interplanetary space
* Planetary magnetosphere
The Earth Environment
* Magnetosphere
* Magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling
* Magnetosphere-thermosphere coupling
Solar energetic particles
* Generation of high-energy particles in space weather events
* Transport of high-energy particles in the solar system
* Radiation belts
Models of space weather
* fluid modeling
* kinetic effects
Following a typical space weather storm
* Coronal Mass Ejections (CME): initiation
* CME: Inter−planetary evolution
* Impact on the Earth environement
* Geo−effectivity of magnetic storms
* Ground and space based solar observations
* Radio observations
* In situ measurements (e.g. ACE, CLUSTER)
* Unsolved problems
Resources and Forecast
* Web-based services from NOAA and ESA
* Simulation: NASA's community coordinated modeling center (CCMC)
* Soteria and the SSA.
More information at: https://onderwijsaanbod.kuleuven.be/syllabi/e/G0B32BE.htm#activetab=doelstellingen_idm955520
