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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/

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First Announcement
(Issue May 1, 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 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