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SW REDI Bootcamp 2015 Tutorials

(Bootcamp was held on June 2-12, 2015)

Week One

Tuesday 6/2/2015
     •  Welcome and Introduction (Yihua Zheng)
     •   Introduction to Space Weather (Antti Pulkkinen) [ PDF | PPT ]
     •   Sun and its Activity (Aleksandre Taktakishvilli) [ PDF | PPT ]
     •   Flares and CMEs and their impacts (Aleksandre Taktakishvilli) [ PDF | PPT ]
     •   Solar Energetic Particles (SEPs) and their impacts (Yihua Zheng) [ PDF | PPT ]
     •   Quick start of iSWA (Marlo Maddox) [ PDF | PPT ]
          ▻  iSWA
Wednesday 6/3
     •   Lower Coronal Signatures of CMEs (Karin Muglach) (PDF)
          ▻  Some examples of lower coronal signature events (Video)
          ▻  Movie1 (mpg)
          ▻  Movie2 (mpg)
          ▻  Movie3 (mpg)
     •   Coronal holes and High Speed Streams (Karin Muglach) (PDF)
     •   Space Weather in Earth's Magnetosphere (Yari Collado-Vega) [ PDF | PPT ]
     •   Examples of iSWA layouts for different applications (Yihua Zheng) [PDF | PPT ]
Thursday 6/4
     •   Space Weather in the Ionosphere-Thermosphere (Yihua Zheng) [ PDF | PPT ]
     •   Space Weather in the Ionosphere-Thermosphere: satellite drag (Yihua Zheng) [ PDF | PPT ]
     •   Space Weather impacts (Yihua Zheng) [ PDF | PPT ]
     •   Realtime Modeling of CMEs using the WSA-ENLIL+Cone Model (Aleksandre Taktakishvilli) [ PDF | PPT ]
     •   CME Arrival Time Scoreboard (M. Leila Mays, Chiu Wiegand) [ PDF | PPT ]
          ▻   Link to CME Arrival Time Scoreboard
          ▻   Link to Flare Scoreboard planning page
Friday 6/5
     •   Introduction to the DONKI space weather database [ PDF | PPT ]
          ▻   Link to DONKI
     •   Space Weather Decision Dashboard (Antti Pulkkinen)
          ▻  Link to SWRC Dashboard
     •  Space Weather Models running in real-time or forecasting mode (Yihua Zheng) (PPT)
     •  Part 1: CME Analysis with StereoCAT for Space Weather (M. Leila Mays) [ PDF | PPT ]
          ▻   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)
     •   CME measurement hands on workshop (M. Leila Mays and Barbara Thompson)

Week Two

Track A: Intensive Space Weather Forecaster Training

Monday 6/8
     •  FastTrack Interface for running WSA-ENLIL+Cone simulations (Anna Chulaki, Aleksandre Taktakishvilli) [ PDF | PPT ]
          ▻   Link to FastTrack ENLIL+Cone model interface on the CCMC website
          ▻   FastTrack request submission procedure
          ▻   FastTrack DEMO
     •  Part 2: CME Analysis with StereoCAT for Space Weather: Limitations (Barbara Thompson, M. Leila Mays) [ PDF | PPT ]
     •   CME measurement hands on workshop (M. Leila Mays and Barbara Thompson)

Tuesday 6/9
     •   Space Weather forecasting with DONKI (M. Leila Mays, Chiu Wiegand)
          ▻   Link to DONKI
     •   Forecasting Checklist and Logs (DONKI) (M. Leila Mays, Chiu Wiegand)
          ▻  Link to SWRC Dashboard
     •   Notification assignments

Wednesday 6/10
• CME measurement workshop (M. Leila Mays and Barbara Thompson)
• Notification assignments

Thursday 6/11
     •   CME measurement with SWPC_CAT workshop (forecaster interns only) (Barbara Thompson and M. Leila Mays) [PDF]
          ▻   Handout for CME analysis with SWPC_CAT
     •   Ensemble CME measurement workshop (M. Leila Mays)
     •   Notification assignments

Friday 6/12
• Notification assignments
• Complete CME assignments

SW REDI Daily Assisgnments for 2015 (links to updated submission forms TBD)

Tuesday 6/2: Assignment - Introduction to Space Weather
Tuesday 6/2: Assignment - Sun and its activity
Tuesday 6/2: Assignment - Flares and CMEs
Tuesday 6/2: Assignment - Solar Energetic Particles (SEPs)
Wednesday 6/3: Assignment - coronal holes and high speed streams
Wednesday 6/3 Assignment - CME lower coronal signatures
Wednesday 6/3: Assignment - Magnetosphere Part 1
Wednesday 6/3: Assignment - Magnetosphere Part 2
Wednesday 6/3: Assignment - iSWA layouts for different applications
Thursda 6/4: Assignment - Ionosphere-Thermosphere Part A
Thursday 6/4: Assignment - Ionosphere-Thermosphere Part B
Thursday 6/4: Assignment - WSA-ENLIL Cone modeling
Friday 6/5: CME Assignment Zero (for in-class CME measurement workshop, due 6/8)-
Friday 6/5: Assignment - Space Weather Decision Dashboard

Monday 6/8: Practice submitting Fast-Track ENLIL simulation (in-class exercise)
Monday 6/8: CME Assignment One (due 6/9) -
Monday 6/8: CME Assignment Two (due 6/10) -
Tuesday 6/9: Assignment - Notifications part 1
Tuesday 6/9: Assignment - Notifications part 2
Tuesday - Thursday 6/9-11: DONKI notification assignments (assigned via email)
Thursday 6/11: CME Assignment Three (due 6/12) -

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