Space Weather Euro News Vol. 6 Issue 10 (10-6-2002)
Table of Contents:
**********************************************************************
1. Deadline for contribution to Space Weather CD-Rom
2. First Announcement of the NATO ARW on the Effects of Space Weather on
Technology Infrastructure (ESPRIT)
3. Postdoctoral Fellowship in Space Physics
4. Some ESA Tender Actions from ESA EMITS
**********************************************************************
HTML version:
http://www.estec.esa.nl/wmwww/wma/spweather/SWEN/vol6issue10.html
======================================================================
\"/ * _ SPACE WEATHER
= + = ( >Q<-)-_ - _ ) -_ EURO NEWS
/ \
" * * S*W*E*N
======================================================================
Send all contributions to:
swen@esa.int
======================================================================
**********************************************************************
1. Deadline for contribution to Space Weather CD-Rom
**********************************************************************
From: Frank Jansen <jansen@physik.uni-greifswald.de>
The deadline for contributions to the first Space Weather CD-Rom is Friday
21 June 2002. You can submit your inputs to the following ftp-account at
the University of Greifswald in Germany:
ftp.uni-greifswald.de
name: physik
pwd: safraro
For more details of the Space Weather week in Europe during the European
Science and Technology Week in fall this year see below.
EU embarked on a project called "Space Weather" to raise public awareness
of space weather in Europe in fall this year. The aim of this project is
to illustrate to the general public, organisations, industry and governments
the impacts of space weather on everyday life. Scientists (e.g. from DLR,
ESA, FMI, MPE, MPAe), journalists, managers from industry and new media
experts from Germany, Finland, France, Poland and Switzerland are working
together as part of this EU project. This consortium will produce the
following for the 2002 European Science and Technology Week (ESTW, 4 -
10 November 2002):
- a space weather forum,
- an interactive CD-Rom,
- a travelling exhibition,
- a planetarium show and
- a spark chamber for cosmic rays.
The highlight of the week will be the space weather forum at the Zeiss-
Grossplanetarium Berlin (4 November 2002) with direct video links to the
ISS and space weather experts.
The entire forum will be produced as a TV-stream, available in real time to
TV and internet viewers. Posters, flyers and other PR material related to
ESTW (available from the EU in 11 official EU languages) and space weather
itself (from ESA) will also be freely available.
The consortium would welcome your attendance and participation in the 2002
ESTW event from 4 to 10 November 2002. In addition, in order to assist with
the preparation of PR material, the consortium invites the readers of SWEN
to contribute with:
- movies,
- images,
- effects and
- stories
relating to space weather. This might include any or several of the following
topics: physics/space science; aftercast/nowcast/forecast of space weather
storms; cosmic rays; polar lights; historical aspects (including early solar
observations/instruments); risks for electronics, space flight, aviation,
telecommunication, navigation, electric power transmission, oil and gas industry,
railways; effects on climate; insurance; media coverage; webpages and others.
The best movies, images, effects and stories will be selected for a CD-Rom and
video, the exhibition and the planetarium show! It is foreseen that ESTW/Space
Weather events will be organised in institutions, science museums, schools and
planetariums all over Europe in a similar manner to the "Sun-Earth-Day" jointly
celebrated by ESA and NASA in April 2001 in both Europe and the USA.
For further details about ESTW/Space Weather 2002, contributions to the space
weather CD-Rom, the exhibition and/or the planetarium show please contact:
Dr. Frank Jansen
University of Greifswald
Institute for Physics
Project WWW - WeltraumWetterWarte Greifswald
(Space Weather Observatory)
Domstr. 10 a
17489 Greifswald
Germany
tel +49-3834-864774
fax +49-3834-864701
http://www.www-greifswald.de
For more information related to previous ESTW see:
http://www.cordis.lu/scienceweek/home.htm
**********************************************************************
2. First Announcement of the NATO ARW on the Effects of Space Weather on
Technology Infrastructure (ESPRIT)
**********************************************************************
From: Yannis Daglis <daglis@space.noa.gr>
The NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) on the Effects of Space Weather
on Technology Infrastructure (ESPRIT), will be held on the island of Rhodes
(Greece) on March 25-29, 2003
(see http://sat2.space.noa.gr/~daglis/esprit2003.html ).
ESPRIT will be a working meeting, where scientists and engineers at the
forefront of space weather research will be able to engage in a thorough
exchange of views. The primary aim of ESPRIT is to assess existing
knowledge and identify future actions regarding monitoring, forecasting
and mitigation of space weather induced malfunction and damage of vital
technological systems operating in space and on the ground. Papers will
be published in a monograph of the NATO Science Series (Kluwer Academic
Publishers) and in a special issue of a scientific journal.
Workshop Sessions:
- Solar-terrestrial coupling and space weather
- Monitoring, modelling and forecasting of space weather
- Space weather effects on spacecraft components, operations and
links
- Space weather effects on electric power distribution and on
communications
- International coordination of monitoring, forecasting and
mitigation efforts
The Workshop will be structured around invited review talks and short
talks on hot topics which will be immediately followed by open
discussion. Poster papers will also be accommodated. Anyone interested in
giving a hot topic paper, or a poster paper, is welcome to send (by
e-mail) a short abstract to Ms. Anastasia Metallinou (ametal@auth.gr).
No specific format is required at this stage.
Scientific Organizing Committee:
- Yannis Daglis (National Observatory of Athens, Penteli, Greece) Co-Chair
- Michael Panasyuk (Moscow State University, Russia) Co-Chair
- Dan Baker (University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado)
- Eamonn Daly (European Space Agency, The Netherlands)
- Greg Ginet (Air Force Research Laboratory, USA)
- Bertrand Huet (Alcatel Space Industries, France)
- John Kappenman (Metatech Corporation, Minnesota)
Preliminary list of invited speakers:
W. I. Axford (MPAe), P. Bellaire (AFOSR), P. S. Cannon (UoB), J. Chen
(NRL), T. Clark (BGS), U. Inan (Stanford), Y. Kamide (STEL), H. Koskinen
(FMI), L. Lanzerotti (Bell Labs), K. Papadopoulos (UMD), R. Schwenn
(MPAe), D. Southwood (ESA), E. Tereschenko (PGI), D. Vassiliadis (NASA),
Y. Yampolski (IRA)
**********************************************************************
3. Postdoctoral Fellowship in Space Physics
**********************************************************************
From: Philippe Escoubet <philippe.escoubet@esa.int>
Postdoctoral Fellowships in Space Physics at the European Space
Agency, ESTEC, Netherlands
Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position (ESA internal
Research fellowship) in magnetospheric physics at the Solar &
Solar-Terrestrial Missions Division of the Research and Scientific
Support Department of ESA, located at ESTEC, Noordwijk, The
Netherlands. The Solar & Solar-Terrestrial Missions Division is
involved in heliospheric physics using data from instruments on-
board Ulysses, Wind and SOHO spacecraft and in magnetospheric
physics using data from instruments on board Geotail, Polar,
Equator-S and Cluster spacecraft. Information on the Solar and
Solar-Terrestrial Missions division can be found at:
http://ssd.esa.int/
The position will involve analysing and interpreting data from the
four Cluster spacecraft. Candidates should work in either one of
the following fields: Solar wind-magnetosphere interaction, plasma
entry in the polar cusp, magnetopause physics, plasmasphere or
other magnetospheric physics. The project will be based on the
analysis and interpretation of the plasma (CIS) and electric field
(EFW) instrument data. Experience in multiple spacecraft data
analysis is desirable.
The appointment will be for a period of 2 years starting from 1st
September 2002 (or later as mutually agreed). Applicants must hold
a PhD/Doctorate or equivalent. ESA fellowships are open to nationals
of its Member States, viz. Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland,
France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland, Portugal and the United Kingdom. Applications
from Canada (co-operating State) will also be considered.
For further information please contact C. Philippe Escoubet
(Philippe.Escoubet@esa.int) or Harri Laakso (harri.laakso@esa.int).
Information regarding ESA Research fellow programme and expression
of interest form can be found at:
http://ssd.esa.int/resources/staffvacancies/RF.htm
**********************************************************************
4. Some ESA Tender Actions from ESA EMITS
**********************************************************************
AO3768 DEVELOPMENT OF PROPAGATION MODELS FOR TELECOMMUNICATION SATELLITE
SYSTEMS
(From 29/05/2002 to 26/07/2002, Act.Ref.: 98.1XE.10)
AO4071 SPACE SURVEILLANCE
(From 06/05/2002 to 17/06/2002, Act.Ref.: 01.112.04)
AO4063 APPLICATION OF STEP TECHNOLOGY FOR SPACE ENVIRONMENT TOOLS
(From 15/04/2002 to 10/06/2002, Act.Ref.: 01.1EM.16)
AO4059 VULNERABILITY OF SPACECRAFT EQUIPMENT AGAINST SPACE DEBRIS IMPACTS
(From 22/04/2002 to 14/06/2002, Act.Ref.: 01.127.18)
AO3664 SPACECRAFT CHARGING EXPERIMENT
(From 08/04/2002 to 03/06/2002, Act.Ref.: 99.1XE.04)
**********************************************************************
For a complete list of ESA Tender Actions, see:
http://emits.esa.int
**********************************************************************
Note: This newsletter is an initiative of the ESA Space Environments
and Effects Analysis Section ( http://www.estec.esa.nl/wmwww/wma) and
is a prototype mailing list intended to provide a forum for information
posting news of interest to the Space Weather community in Europe.
- SWEN contact group (keeping SWEN informed of news from other channels)
is currently:
Eamonn Daly, ESA (excluding science programme)
Richard Marsden, ESA science programme
Maurizio Candidi, CNR
Paul Cannon, URSI-Commission G
Mike Hapgood, EGS
Hannu Koskinen, SCOSTEP working group on Space weather
Pierre Lantos, Observatory of Paris Meudon
Henrik Lundstedt, Lund space weather center
Goetz Paschmann, ISSI
Jean-Yves Prado, CNES Programme Directorate
Michael Rycroft, ISU
Volker Bothmer, EGS-Solar Physics Secretary
Wolfgang Baumjohann, IWF Graz, Austria
Jinbin Cao, Chinese Space Weather Activity Representative
Barbara Poppe, NOAA Space Environment Centre
W. William Liu, Space Science Program, Canadian Space Agency
- SWEN archives are currently available on:
http://www.estec.esa.nl/wmwww/wma/spweather/SWEN/swen.html
http://www.lund.irf.se/HeliosHome/SWEN/spweuro.html
- Replies and submissions to this newsletter are welcomed and should be
sent to:
swen@esa.int
- To subscribe to the newsletter send your email address
to:
swen@esa.int
- Please update your e-mail address in the event of a change.
Please send both your new and old e-mail address to the editor
to ease updating of your file.
- We look forward to receiving your input.
SWEN editor:
Alexi Glover
Co-Editor:
Nadine Hoffmann
SWEN manager:
Alain Hilgers
**********************************************************************