Space Science Training Week data driven modeling and forecasting

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1 Joint eheroes/charm 2013 summer school : Space Science Training Week data driven modeling and forecasting KU Leuven, Belgium 16 to 19 September 2013

2 eheroes: EC-FP7 funded project, will be introduced by coordinator G.Lapenta. Kickoff at Rome, March 2012, runs for 3 years Regular workshops & meetings: see website! CHARM: BELSPO funded Intra-University Attraction Pole network (IUAP), main theme: Contemporary heliospheric and astrophysical modeling challenges 7 institutes, 5 Belgian + two international partners Kickoff at October 2012, runs for 5 years, coordinator R. Keppens 6 work packages: coupling models, observational validation, plasma turbulence, MHD to kinetic, radiation and dynamics, dissemination Regular workshops & meetings: see website!

3 CHARM: BELSPO funded Intra-University Attraction Pole network (IUAP), main theme: Contemporary heliospheric and astrophysical modeling challenges 6 work packages: coupling models, observational validation, plasma turbulence, MHD to kinetic, radiation and dynamics, dissemination

4 CHARM: BELSPO funded Intra-University Attraction Pole network (IUAP), main theme: Contemporary heliospheric and astrophysical modeling challenges 6 work packages: coupling models, observational validation, plasma turbulence, MHD to kinetic, radiation and dynamics, dissemination Current school: Introduction and overview of, plan for today: Info on organizing networks eheroes - CHARM Basic plasma physics theory for space science Additional skills: presentation tips (Dan Seaton)

5 CHARM: BELSPO funded Intra-University Attraction Pole network (IUAP), main theme: Contemporary heliospheric and astrophysical modeling challenges 6 work packages: coupling models, observational validation, plasma turbulence, MHD to kinetic, radiation and dynamics, dissemination CHARM: one of 47 selected IAP phase VII networks by BELSPO Phase VII selected networks at Interuniversity Attraction Pole spans years our (new) IAP network officially started 1 October 2012

6 CHARM: one of 47 selected IAP phase VII networks by BELSPO Phase VII selected networks at Interuniversity Attraction Pole spans years our (new) IAP network officially started 1 October 2012 IAP grown from 14 networks (Phase I, 1987) to 47 (Phase VII) total budget for phase VII up to 156 million euro impulse to form excellent interuniversity networks in basic research encourage interdisciplinary work, facilitate European/international network participation for Belgian research teams, stimulate collaborations between different institutions and linguistic communities,...

7 CHARM network: 7 teams, each partner team with spokesman P1 Centre for mathematical Plasma Astrophysics, KU Leuven [Rony Keppens] P2 Sterrenkundig Observatorium UGent [Maarten Baes] P3 Fluid and plasma dynamics Research Unit ULB [Bernard Knaepen] P4 Solar physics research department of ROB [David Berghmans] P5 Solar Wind research unit of BISA [Viviane Pierrard] INT1 Computational Astrophysics at Leiden University [Simon Portegies Zwart] INT2 Institute for Computational Cosmology at University of Durham [Tom Theuns]

8 CHARM objectives: 1. couple existing tools and models towards more realistic multi-physics descriptions: work package 1, leader Giovanni Lapenta, KU Leuven 2. confront model predictions with measurements: work package 2, leader David Berghmans, ROB 3. gas and plasma dynamics with turbulent fluctuations: work package 3, leader Bernard Knaepen, ULB 4. MHD to kinetic treatments in the heliosphere: work package 4, leader Viviane Pierrard, BISA 5. dynamics with radiatively controlled phenomena: work package 5, leader Maarten Baes, UGent

9 CHARM research themes, with relevance to this week: Address our most pressing questions in space plasmas, where the presence of charged constituents requires to recognize fully the interplay between global magnetohydrodynamic and phase-space based kinetic physics. modern high performance computing approaches confront models with observations

10 Plan for this week: Stefaan Poedts Giovanni Lapenta Today: Intro to theory for space weather Rony Keppens

11 Additional skills and hands-on parts: Monday : tips for scientific presentations : welcome reception Tuesday afternoon: Scientific proposal writing (with Caroline Greenman) Starts from home-made proposals, first feedback on language and science aspects, then time to improve selected ideas in pairs Ultimately peer-reviewed, and award ceremony at end of the school! Examples from (succesfull) proposals: eheroes & CHARM

12 Science aspects and highlights: Tuesday morning: Working with modern (SWAP) solar image data (Laurel Rachmeler, Dan Seaton) Brief intro to python scripting (Arnaud Beck) Wednesday: State of the art space weather science by Gherardo Valori, Thomas Wiegelmann, Bart van der Holst, Stefano Markidis topics include: predictive sun-to-earth simulations, advanced magnetic field extrapolation methods, kinetic effects in global models

13 Wednesday evening program: The solar influence on our terrestrial environment (public lecture) With reception and conference dinner.

14 Thursday: Practical space weather forecasting and its quality control (Petra Vanlommel and Alan Thomson) Closing Keynote speaker: Volker Bothmer The Sun and Space Weather in 3-D Followed by award ceremony for scientific proposal competition.

15 Practical stuff: Lunch vouchers for Tuesday-Wednesday: walk together to Alma II Coffee breaks: in hall at back Tuesday-afternoon session: spread across Wolfspoort auditorium and meeting room at back, coffee provided Wireless: see your badges Wednesday evening lecture at 18.30: will walk together to STUK at from here, then to dinner place (Salons Georges) from STUK Cafeteria at 20:15

16 Leuven map: see your registration documents Will ask all participants to fill in an evaluation form: please pass them to me before end of the school!

17 Leuven map: see your registration documents Will ask all participants to fill in an evaluation form: please pass them to me before end of the school! wireless internet: find login info on badges (campusnet; KUL people: use u-number) I will collect all slides, to be put on the CHARM website those by car: barrier should open automatically when leaving