The Space Weather Integrated Forecasting Framework network (http://www.swiff.eu) will organize, 4 – 9 June 2012, the “First European School on Fundamental processes in space weather, a challenge in numerical modeling”. The School will focus on the theoretical study of Space plasmas, in particular on those systems where a continuous energy injection flow leads to a self-consistent coupling of the large scale, low frequency motions with the small scale, high frequency fluctuations including kinetic effects. Progress in this field heavily relies on numerical simulations that, as a matter of fact, are nowadays more similar to laboratory experiments than to theoretical exercises. This is true in terms of planning efforts in the preparatory phase, of manpower required, of data analysis and cost. The understanding of these processes represents a fundamental step for the future of Space Weather models.

The School, first addressed to PhD and young researchers with a background in plasma physics, intends to introduce the participants to the theory of fundamental processes in plasma physics, from Magnetic Reconnection to Instabilities in space, to Turbulence. The School will also give an overview on the most important numerical models in plasmas, from fluid to kinetic (in particular Vlasov and PIC algorithms), and their implementation on the largest computing resources today available in Europe. The School is organized in collaboration with CINECA, the Italian super-computing center, and co-funded by Associazione culturale “Abbazia di Spineto”. This School will be followed next year by a second edition focused on the observational aspects.

There are scholarships to cover the costs for many students.
The deadline for submission of applications for financial support is 25 January 2012. Applications can be submitted through the web site of the school mentioned below.

http://www.df.unipi.it/~califano/SWIFF_School/EU_School_on_Space_Weather_fundamental_plasma_processes.html

The School will take place in St. Andrews from 5 September to 9 September 2011 and is intended for students starting their Ph.D.s this year.

At present, we still have 11 fully funded places for STFC funded PhD students available.

The School is also open to PhD students not funded by STFC, but those students will not receive any financial support by STFC to attend the School.

More information on the School and how to register can be found at

http://www-solar.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~sumsch11/

http://www-solar.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~sumsch11/

The 2011 STFC Introductory Course in Solar System Plasma Physics will be hosted by the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of St. Andrews. The School programme will consist of a set of introductory lectures providing a broad overview of the solar system. It is suitable for students who are starting their PhD this year.

Registration will be open from Monday 6th June 2011 on.

Full funding is available, on a first-come first-served basis, for up to 25 STFC-supported PhD students.

Contact: Thomas Neukirch (thomas@mcs.st-and.ac.uk)

http://www-solar.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~sumsch11/

http://www-solar.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~sumsch11/

http://www.astro.gla.ac.uk/asssp2011/index.php

The 2011 STFC Advanced Summer School in Solar Physics will be hosted by the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Glasgow. The School programme will consist of a set of specialised lectures in advanced topics in solar physics, as well as hands-on and transferrable skills sessions. It is suitable for PhD students entering their second or third years, as well as early-stage postdocs.

Full funding is available, on a first-come first-served basis, for up to 20 STFC-supported PhD students.

Registration deadline: Friday 22nd July, 12:00.

Contact: Lyndsay Fletcher (lyndsay.fletcher@glasgow.ac.uk)

http://www.astro.gla.ac.uk/asssp2011/index.php

STFC INTRODUCTORY COURSE IN SOLAR SYSTEM PHYSICS

Deadline for Applications: AUGUST 20 2010.

http://www.maths.leeds.ac.uk/~smt/summer_school10.html

Registration is now open for the STFC Introductory course in Solar System Physics to be held at the University of Leeds from 6 – 10 September 2010.

This Summer School is designed to introduce starting researchers into the important physics underlying the dynamics of the solar system. Topics to be introduced include the generation and dynamics of the solar magnetic field, introductions to MHD and plasma physics, helioseismology, waves, the solar wind, the magnetosphere, the ionosphere, solar variability and climate, ground and spaced based observations, the thermosphere and mesosphere, planets and comets.

The course is fully funded for STFC students and may be available to others subject to availability.

Further details and registration available at
http://www.maths.leeds.ac.uk/~smt/summer_school10.html

STFC Advanced Summer School in Solar Physics – impending deadline

http://www.star.uclan.ac.uk/summerschool2010/

The High Resolution Sun: Theory and Observations
STFC Advanced Summer School in Solar Physics
University of Central Lancashire
31st August – 3rd September

Reminder: the registration deadline for STFC PhD students who want a funded place on the Summer School is Friday 16th July.

For further details about the science programme and registration, please visit our webpage:
http://www.star.uclan.ac.uk/summerschool2010/

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STFC Advanced Summer School in Solar Physics

http://www.star.uclan.ac.uk/summerschool2010/

The High Resolution Sun: Theory and Observations
STFC Advanced School in Solar Physics
University of Central Lancashire, Preston
31st August – 3rd September 2010

Registration is now open for the STFC Advanced School in Solar Physics, to be held at UCLan in September 2010.

The School will provide an opportunity to explore theory and the most recent observations in the field in great depth, and will allow PhD students and other participants (such as PDRAs new to the field) to interact scientifically and socially with each other and with the course lecturers. The programme will include time for short presentations by the participants on their research work, as well as a practical session on SDO data analysis.

The deadline for registration is 16th July 2010.

Full details are available at:
http://www.star.uclan.ac.uk/summerschool2010/

Dear Colleagues,

we would like to draw your attention to our

PostGraduate School on Computational Plasma Physics, September 06-09, 2010

here in Bochum. Further information is available on the web page:

http://compschool2010.tp1.ruhr-uni-bochum.de

Please note that the number of participants is limited to 30.

Best wishes

Rainer

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Prof. Dr. Rainer Grauer
Institut fuer Theoretische Physik I
Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum
email: grauer@tp1.ruhr-uni-bochum.de
www: www.tp1.ruhr-uni-bochum.de

Fifth Solar Image Processing Workshop: First Announcement

http://sipworkv.sipwork.org/

First Announcement
Fifth Solar Image Processing Workshop
12 ? 16 September 2010.
Eurotel Victoria Les Diablerets, Les Diablerets, Switzerland,

This series of workshops brings together members of the solar physics and image processing communities to present and discuss advances in solar image processing techniques. The design and implementation of existing algorithms as reliable and robust tools are discussed, as well as automated techniques for processing very large amounts of data.

The fifth Solar Image Processing Workshop (http://sipworkv.sipwork.org/) will concentrate on the role played by solar image processing as we enter the petabyte era of solar physics. For example, the Solar Dynamics Observatory vastly increases the amount of data we have about our Sun, and solar image processing is taking a central role in reducing SDO and other data into useful information about the underlying physics.

Contribution to oral and poster sessions will be solicited in the second announcement, including presentations of image processing methods, software and visualization tools. Contributions involving SDO, PROBA2, STEREO, Hinode, SOHO are particularly solicited.

The workshop will consist of a 3.5 day meeting. In common with previous workshops in this series, mornings will be given over to talks, whilst in the afternoon the workshop will split up into working groups, each of which will cover a given topic in greater depth. Special attention will be given to the results from the Solar Dynamics Observatory mission. The meeting will address topics in the application of computer vision techniques to the challenges of solar
physics, such as solar tomography, 3-d reconstruction of solar features, automated feature detection, multiwavelength and motion analysis, blind source separation, and distributed data analysis infrastructure.

For the latest updates please consult the meeting website

http://sipworkv.sipwork.org/.

LOC Chair: Andre Csillaghy, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland
SOC Chair: Jack Ireland, ADNET Systems Inc./NASA GSFC

Nordita Winter School on Dynamos: above, below, and in the laboratory: The objective of the School is to provide training for PhD students working in magnetohydrodynamics in general, and in astrophysical dynamos, the geodynamo, and laboratory dynamos in particular. A proper understanding of dynamos has become mandatory in many fields of research. Solar activity with its 11 year cycle is just one example where we are still lacking a theoretically consistent model in spite of the urgent need to predict the intensity of the next cycle. The latter is particularly critical is estimating the life time of artificial satellites in Earth orbit and hence the need for costly service missions. In the last 10 years major theoretical advances have led to a much deeper understanding of dynamos at large magnetic Reynolds numbers. In addition, three different laboratory experiments have now been successful in displaying dynamo action, broadening the range of phenomena that need to be understood theoretically.

Confirmed teachers

• Piyali Chatterjee (Nordita): Solar dynamo cycle predictions
• Cary Forest (Wisconsin): The Wisconsin dynamo experiments and simulations
• Chris Jones (Leeds): Challenges in simulating the geodynamo
• Maarit Korpi (Helsinki): Simulations of dynamos in compressible flows
• Jean-François Pinton (Lyon): The Cadarache dynamo experiment
• Karl-Heinz Rädler (Potsdam): Mean-field theory applied to experiments
• Anvar Shukurov (Newcastle): Dynamos on galactic scales
• Kandaswamy Subramanian (Pune): Magnetic helicity evolution in dynamos

Special Lecture
Agris Gailitis (Riga): Liquid sodium experiments

For application and further information, see:
http://www.nordita.org/winterschool2010

2nd Announcement

Registration Deadline – 14 August 2009

This year’s STFC Introductory Summer School in Solar-Terrestrial Physics will be held at University College London during the week of 13-18 September 2009. The school is open to all new students and researchers in the area of solar system physics and the programme includes:

Introduction to MHD Introduction to the solar interior: dynamo theory Emergence and evolution of magnetic flux in the solar atmosphere The solar atmosphere and solar activity Solar wind and the IMF The terrestrial magnetosphere The ionosphere and space weather Observing from space ? an overview Observing from the ground ? an overview Rockets ? a practical session Climate change and solar variability The middle atmosphere. Planetary atmospheres Magnetospheres: throughout the universe Ask the panel ? how to write a successful thesis, careers X-ray and radio emission from solar system objects Extra-solar planets Further details and the registration form can be found at: http://zuserver2.star.ucl.ac.uk/~stfc09/

This year’s STFC Introductory Summer School in Solar-Terrestrial Physics will be held at University College London during the week of 13-18 September 2009. The school is open to all new students and researchers in the area of solar system physics and will include selected topics on:

* solar and heliospheric physics
* Magnetosphere, ionosphere and atmosphere of the Earth
* Planetary atmospheres and environments, including exoplanets
* A “rockets” afternoon and visit to MSSL satellite facilities

Further details and the registration form can be found at:
http://zuserver2.star.ucl.ac.uk/~stfc09/

Sarah Matthews & Alan Aylward
sam@mssl.ucl.ac.uk, alan@apl.ucl.ac.uk

ERIS will provide a week of lectures and hands-on tutorials on how to get scientific results from radio interferometry. Topics covered include:
* Choosing the right instrument, configuration and observing plan for your project
* Calibration and imaging continuum, spectral line and polarization data
* Extracting and interpreting measurements
* Example data drawn from observations of Galactic and extragalactic sources, the Sun, transient and variable objects.

Students will be helped to use their own laptops to install and use the most widely-used packages such as AIPS, CASA and Parseltongue. Most examples will be drawn from cm-wave instruments such as MERLIN and the EVN but experts will be available on arrays from LOFAR to ALMA.

Limited financial support is available from RadioNet.

Please see
http://astrowiki.physics.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/twiki/view/ERIS2009/WebHome
for more details including Registration and Accomodation Forms
or email eris2009@physics.ox.ac.uk

Best wishes
ERIS Organising Committee

Registration Deadline (July 6) Approaching
(Issue June 15, 2009)

“An astrophysical Rosetta Stone: Observational & Theoretical Perspectives of the Sun”

The Sun is a Rosetta stone for astrophysics. Its close proximity affords a unique opportunity to study a star to levels of detail and precision not possible for other stars. The Sun is also an “astrophysical laboratory”, allowing us to test fundamental physics under the exotic conditions found in the solar atmosphere and solar interior. The influences that the Sun has on the terrestrial environment, and the various links from the solar interior to the Earth, are part of a major theme in the STFC Road Map.

The School of Physics & Astronomy at the University of Birmingham will host the annual STFC Advanced Summer School in Solar Physics from Monday 7th to Friday 11th September 2009. The aim of the School is to provide PhD students and PDRAs with a firm grounding in various aspects of solar physics, with talks from subject experts in the UK solar physics community. There will also be an opportunity for attendees to make short presentations on their own work.

Full details may be found on the School web pages, at:
http://octave.ph.bham.ac.uk/ASSSP2009/

Registration details may be found at:
http://octave.ph.bham.ac.uk/ASSSP2009/reg.php

“An astrophysical Rosetta Stone: Observational & Theoretical Perspectives of the Sun”

The Sun is a Rosetta stone for astrophysics. Its close proximity affords a unique opportunity to study a star to levels of detail and precision not possible for other stars. The Sun is also an “astrophysical laboratory”, allowing us to test fundamental physics under the exotic conditions found in the solar atmosphere and solar interior. The influences that the Sun has on the terrestrial environment, and the various links from the solar interior to the Earth, are part of a major theme in the STFC Road Map.

The School of Physics & Astronomy at the University of Birmingham will host the annual STFC Advanced Summer School in Solar Physics from Monday 7th to Friday 11th September 2009. The aim of the School is to provide PhD students and PDRAs with a firm grounding in various aspects of solar physics, with talks from subject experts in the UK solar physics community. There will also be an opportunity for attendees to make short presentations on their own work.

Full details may be found on the School web pages, at:
http://octave.ph.bham.ac.uk/ASSSP2009/

Registration details may be found at:
http://octave.ph.bham.ac.uk/ASSSP2009/reg.php