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Space Weather Research, Education and Development Initiative

SW REDI Bootcamp

The foundation of this unique two-week intensive camp/course includes the in-house Integrated Space Weather Analysis system (iSWA; http://iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov), space environment models installed at the CCMC, and the operational experience of the SWRC team (http://swrc.gsfc.nasa.gov). While the camp/course is mainly geared towards those motivated undergraduate students who either seek to be entry level space weather forecasters or those who seek to perform space weather related research to fulfill academic requirements, it is also appropriate for scientists and others new to space weather who seek a global perspective of space weather, as well as those aiming to broaden their research topics.
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SW REDI Tutorials

Tuesday 6/3
     •   Welcome (Masha Kuznetsova) [ PDF | PPT ]
     •   Introduction to Space Weather (Yihua Zheng) [ PDF | PPT | Video ]
     •   Quick start of iSWA (Marlo Maddox) [ PDF | PPT | Video ]
     •   Sun and its Activity (Aleksandre Taktakishvilli) [ PDF | PPT | PDF with notes | Video ]
     •   Flares and CMEs (Aleksandre Taktakishvilli) [PDF | PPT | PDF with notes | Video ]
     •   Solar Energetic Particles (SEPs) (Yihua Zheng) [ PDF | PPT | Video ]
Wednesday 6/4
     •   Realtime Modeling of CMEs using the WSA-ENLIL+Cone Model (Aleksandre Taktakishvilli) [ PDF | PPT | PDF with notes | Video ]
     •   Part 1: CME Analysis with StereoCAT for Space Weather (M. Leila Mays) [ PDF | PPT | Video]
          ▻   Also see Part 2: Limitations
          ▻   Link to StereoCAT
          ▻   Handout for CME analysis with StereoCAT; Summary of homework assignments
          ▻   Example Coronal Mass Ejection Analysis Process (video, Antti Pulkkinen)
          ▻   StereoCAT for CME parameter derivation (video, Antti Pulkkinen)
          ▻   Explanation of StereoCAT triangulation (video, Antti Pulkkinen)
     •   Coronal holes and High Speed Streams (M. Leila Mays) | [ PDF | PPT | Flash preview | Video ]
     •  Fast track WSA-ENLIL+Cone (Aleksandre Taktakishvilli, Anna Chulaki) [ PDF | PPT | Video ]
          ▻   Link to FastTrack ENLIL+Cone model interface
          ▻   Handout for FastTrack practice
Thursday 6/5
     •   Space Weather in Earth's Magnetosphere (Masha Kuznetsova) - [ PDF | PPT ]
     •   Space Weather in Earth's Magnetosphere II (Yihua Zheng) - [ PDF | PPT | Video (unfinished) ]
     •   Space Weather in the Ionosphere-Thermosphere I (Yihua Zheng) - [ PDF | PPT | Video]
     •   Space Weather in the Ionosphere-Thermosphere II: satellite drag (Yihua Zheng) - [ PDF |PPT | Video]
Friday 6/6
     •   Part 2: CME Analysis with StereoCAT for Space Weather: Limitations (Barbara Thompson, M. Leila Mays) - [ PDF | PPT | Video ]
     •   iSWA (integrated Space Weather Analysis) tool (Marlo Maddox) - [ PDF | PPT | Video ]
Monday 6/9
     •   SWREDI review (Yihua Zheng) - [ PDF | PPT | Video]
     •   iSWA layouts (Yihua Zheng) - [ PDF | PPT | Video]
     •   Space Weather Models running in real-time or forecasting mode (Yihua Zheng) - [ PDF | PPT | Video ]
     •   Space Weather impacts (Yihua Zheng) - [ PDF | PPT | Video ]

Tuesday 6/10
     •   Space Weather Decision Dashboard (Antti Pulkkinen) [ PDF | Video ]
          ▻  Link to SWRC Dashboard
     •   Introduction to the DONKI space weather database [ PDF | PPT | Video ]
     •   Space Weather forecasting with DONKI (M. Leila Mays, Chiu Wiegand) - (DONKI link)
     •   CME Scoreboard (M. Leila Mays, Chiu Wiegand) - [ PDF | PPT ] - (scoreboard link)
Wednesday 6/11
     •   Forecasting Checklist and Logs (DONKI) (M. Leila Mays, Chiu Wiegand) - (dashboard link)
Thursday 6/12
     •   Lower Coronal Signatures of CMEs (Karin Muglach) - [ PDF | ODP | Video ]
          ▻  Some examples of lower coronal signature events (Video)

SW REDI Daily Assisgnments (links to submission forms)


Useful links


Workshop pictures