Dear colleagues,

The European Space Weather Week (ESWW15 http://www.stce.be/esww15/), this year takes place from 5 – 9 November in Leuven, Belgium.
We warmly invite abstract submissions to our session entitled: “Unveiling Current Challenges in Space Weather Forecasting”.
(http://www.stce.be/esww15/program/session_details.php?nr=6)

The ESWW15 meeting details can be found in the conference website where the necessary guide and links to the abstract submission page are also present.

The deadline for abstract submission is May 18, 2018 (included).
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SESSION 6 – UNVEILING CURRENT CHALLENGES IN SPACE WEATHER FORECASTING
Anastasios Anastasiadis (National Observatory of Athens, IAASARS)
Enrico Camporeale (Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science, CWI)
Manolis K. Georgoulis (Academy of Athens, RCAAM)
Ryan McGranaghan (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

Session Abstract:

Predicting the conditions of our space environment is a true challenge, due to the large size of the system and the complex interplay of physical mechanisms. Nowadays, forecasting techniques range from physics-based to data-driven statistical models. Massively expanded data availability and sophisticated means to analyze voluminous and complex information open new possibilities to innovative methodologies. This session is devoted to the broad spectrum of advanced forecasting techniques, including physical models, statistical methods, data assimilation, information theory, and machine learning. The goal of this session is to provide a forum for new and ongoing efforts that connect the dots between space weather research and future operational forecasting applications. We invite abstracts covering observations, models, and their combinations. Methods that use innovative and multidisciplinary approaches are particularly welcome.

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Kind regards,
Anastasios Anastasiadis

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The EST Science Meeting will be held from 11 – 15 June 2018 in Giardini Naxos (Me), Italy.

The new abstract submission deadline is Friday, April 20, i.e. extended by one week.

The EST Science Meeting is focused on the science cases that will be possible to address with the 4-metre class European Solar Telescope (EST).
The Meeting is aimed at gathering scientists who wish to present their most recent theoretical and observational research in the field of solar physics, as well as to contribute to the EST Science Requirement Document.

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Dear Colleagues,

The 13th European Planetary Science Congress (EPSC) will take place at the Technical University of Berlin, Germany, on 16 – 21 Sept. 2018. We would like to bring to your attention the session described below, and encourage you to submit abstracts for either oral or poster presentations by the deadline of Wednesday 16 May 2018, 13:00 CEST by visiting
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/epsc2018/sessionprogramme
and selecting Magnetospheres and Space Physics (MSP).

Looking forward to meeting you in Berlin in September and to some interesting discussions!
Graziella, Caitriona and Norbert

MSP2/MD8 Global modelling and remote sensing of planetary magnetospheric dynamics

Convener: Graziella Branduardi-Raymont
Co-conveners: Caitriona Jackman, Norbert Krupp

The impact of the solar wind onto solar system bodies is characterised by the formation of plasma structures which are regulated and evolve as a consequence of a range of magnetic processes. A variety of simulations, e.g. based on MHD codes, are employed to model the complex behaviour of the plasma under varying solar wind conditions.
Such models require validation through comparison with observations.
While many space missions have flown dedicated to probing the microscale in great detail with in situ measurements, imaging provides a global perspective, e.g. IR, visible, FUV and X-ray images of aurorae, EUV images of the plasmasphere, ENA images of the ring current and soon soft X-ray images of the Earth’s magnetosheath and cusps. The aim of this session is to review the models that have been developed to describe solar wind-planetary magnetosphere interactions and the global remote sensing data which provide the means to corroborate them. We also welcome abstracts that consider planets whose magnetospheric dynamics are influenced by factors other than the solar wind, including planetary rotation and internal plasma loading.… continue to the full article

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The University of Calabria will host the international workshop on ‘Particle acceleration and transport: from the Sun to extragalactic sources’ on 2018 November 12-16 (http://astroplasmas.unical.it/workshop2018/ ).

Scientific rationale:
The workshop aims at presenting recent research on the longstanding problems of particle acceleration and transport in different astrophysical environments, such as the Sun, the heliosphere, galactic sources, and extragalactic sources. The purpose is to bring together experts in the fields of cosmic ray physics, plasma turbulence, acceleration processes, and particle transport, in order to stimulate cross-fertilization and to exchange scientific information among different areas. Indeed, the basic theoretical framework adopted to describe particle acceleration and transport is common to all those fields but the properties of the environments change noticeably. In addition, in-situ and remote observations often question the validity of the standard theories and prompt for further investigations to be interpreted. The availability of large datasets from new instrumentations and recent theoretical and numerical studies give the opportunity to advance the models and possibly to answer some of the basic unresolved issues. Exchange of ideas among the various fields would certainly speed up this process.

We strongly encourage to present to the different communities recent, pioneering observations, theories, and models that try to explain and describe processes of particle acceleration and transport. We try to bring together scientists who would like to understand what is happening beyond their field of specialty.

In order to promote an efficient exchange of ideas among different fields, each research area (solar, heliospheric, galactic, and extragalactic physics) will be introduced by a 40 minutes broad review talk. The majority of the talks will be upon invitation (30 minutes each), and at the end of each day a time slot of about 45 minutes will be dedicated to open discussions on the daily sessions led by a couple of scientists.
Contributed talks and poster presentations will be organized.

Main Topics:
-Observations of energetic particles in the solar, heliospheric, galactic and extragalactic environments
-Properties of cosmic ray transport and acceleration from in-situ and remote observations
-Solar flares, Crab flares, flaring phenomena in astrophysics
-Shock acceleration: problems and advances
-Particle acceleration in magnetic reconnection, including the relativistic regimes
-Particle acceleration in accretion flows and relativistic jets
-Transport and acceleration in non-linear regimes
-Magnetic turbulence in astrophysical plasmas: properties from large to small scales and effects on particle transport
-Theoretical models and numerical simulations of particle transport and acceleration

SOC:

Silvia Perri (Chair, Università della Calabria, Rende, Italy)
Elena Amato (co-chair, INAF, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Italy)
Gianfranco Brunetti (IRA-INAF, Bologna, Italy)
Andrey Bikov (Ioffe Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia)
Silvia Dalla (University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK)
Horst Fichtner (Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany)
Natasha Jeffrey (University of Glasgow, UK)
William H. Matthaeus (University of Delaware, USA)
Reinout J. van Weeren (Leiden University, The Netherlands)
Gaetano Zimbardo (Università della Calabria, Rende, Italy)

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Dear colleagues,

We would like to draw to your attention the session on “The interconnection between the Sun, space weather and the atmosphere” during the European Meteorological Society meeting, scheduled to be held between 3rd and 7th September in Budapest, Hungary. We would like to encourage you to consider submitting an abstract. Please find the abstract for the session below.

The scientific programme and abstract submission are accessible at:https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/ems2018/sessionprogramme .

The abstract submission deadline is Friday 13th April

Please feel free to forward these details to any colleagues.

Kind regards,
Suzy
On behalf of the session convener and co-conveners: Prof. Mauro Messerotti, Prof. David Jackson and Prof. Robert Erdelyi

UP2.5
The interconnection between the Sun, space weather and the atmosphere
Convener: Mauro Messerotti
Co-Conveners: David R. Jackson , Suzy Bingham , Robert Erdelyi

Abstract submission
The Sun is the main energy source for the Earth’s atmosphere. Important manifestations of such external forcing from space to the atmosphere are the variations in different solar parameters such as the solar irradiance (including solar UV) and solar particle fluxes, which can induce changes in the atmosphere both at local and global scales, and can influence over a large range of altitudes. Some of these changes have the potential to affect the troposphere through atmospheric coupling processes, particularly through the stratosphere-troposphere connection, and thus have the potential to influence weather and climate.
The field of space weather has seen a rapid increase in research activity in recent years, and associated large scientific advances. It is clear that the weather and climate community can benefit from this via better representation of space weather effects and their associated impacts on the Earth’s atmosphere.

The aim of this session is to provide a framework for reviewing the state-of-the-art on these issues and to identify possible interrelationships between Earth and the Sun and space weather by assessing the level of coupling in the relevant physical systems and processes.

Contributions from the following topics (but not exclusively) are invited:
• Solar irradiance and energetic particle impacts on the atmosphere
• Upper atmospheric dynamical variability and coupling between atmospheric layers
• Solar variations and stratosphere-troposphere coupling
• Solar influence on climate variability
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We are pleased to announce the 2018 Solar Dynamics Observatory Workshop, Catalyzing Solar Connections. It will be held October 29 – November 2, 2018, at Thagaste, in Ghent, Belgium (www.thagaste.be).
It has been eight years since the launch of SDO. We have seen a blizzard of papers and science results from this mission. As Solar Cycle 24 fades, we will get together to discuss what we learned about the Sun and anticipate what Solar Cycle 25 will look like.

We are holding this workshop in Europe to encourage participation from the many international users of SDO data. The 2018 European Space Weather Week will be held the following week, allowing participants to attend both meetings.
This workshop will include invited and contributed oral and poster presentations in 8 themed sessions spanning SDO‘s wide range of research topics and one day of parallel mini-workshops. We encourage your participation and hope that you will share this announcement with colleagues.

Registration, abstract submission, and other information about SDO 2018: Catalyzing Solar Connections will be available at register-as.oma.be/sdo2018/

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Registration and abstract submission are open for the conference “EST Science Meeting” that will be held in Giardini Naxos (Me), Italy, on 11 – 15 June 2018, (www.oact.inaf.it/est/).
Important Deadlines
Abstract submission: April 13
Early registration: April 30
Hotel booking (AtaHotel Naxos Beach Resort): April 27
Scientific rationale. The European Solar Telescope (EST), is a 4-metre class aperture telescope designed to investigate our active Sun at very high spatial and temporal resolution and unprecedented polarimetric sensitivity. The project is promoted by the European Association for Solar Telescopes (EAST), whose aim is to ensure access of European solar astronomers to world-class high-resolution ground-based observing facilities and keep Europe at the forefront of solar physics.
The EST Science Meeting aims at gathering scientists who wish to present their most recent theoretical and observational research in the field. The meeting will highlight the key science cases that will be addressed by the 4-metre class solar telescopes, and the synergies with both current and future ground-based and space-borne facilities.

A Science Requirements Document, describing how and why the unique capabilities of EST will provide answers to several key science questions, will be presented at the Meeting. EST will be the heritage of the entire solar physics community and, for this reason, it is expected that the scientific community and in particular the EST Science Meeting participants, will contribute with science cases that will then be reflected in the Science Requirement Document.

Scientific Sessions

The state-of-the-art of the EST project
Structure and evolution of magnetic flux
Wave coupling throughout solar atmosphere
Chromospheric dynamics and heating
Large scale magnetic structures: sunspots, prominences and filaments
The solar corona
Solar flares and eruptive events
Scattering physics and Hanle-Zeeman diagnostics
SOC

Luca Belluzzi (IRSOL, Switzerland)
Mats Carlsson (Universitet i Oslo, Norway)
Manuel Collados Vera (IAC, Spain)
Jan Jurcak (CAS, Czech Republic)
Mihalis Mathioudakis (QUB, United Kingdom)
Sarah Matthews (MSSL, United Kingdom)
Robertus Erdelyi (U. of Sheffield, United Kingdom)
Rolf Schlichenmaier (Co-Chair, KIS, Germany)
Dominik Utz (IGAM, Austria)
Francesca Zuccarello (Chair, Università di Catania, Italy)
LOC

Clelia Anastasi (Università di Catania, Italy)
Giancarlo Bellassai (INAF – Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania, Italy)
Mariachiara Falco (INAF – Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania, Italy)
Manuel González (IAA – CSIC, Spain)
Salvo Guglielmino (Università di Catania, Italy)
Alejandra Martin Gálvez (IAC, Spain)
Eugenio Martinetti (INAF – Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania, Italy)
Paolo Romano (Co-Chair, INAF – Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania, Italy)
Gina Santagati (INAF – Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania, Italy)
Francesca Zuccarello (Chair, Università di Catania, Italy)
For further information, please contact est_sm@oact.inaf.it .

Francesca Zuccarello
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