Intensive Space Weather Forecaster Training 2019 Tutorials

GSFC, Building 21, CCMC Lab - Room 261

Monday 5/20

Heliophysics satellites workshop (lecture, demo, practice) (Yaireska Collado-Vega)
- Where is STEREO tool
- iSWA layout: EUV & coronagraphs (40 frames)
- iSWA layout: Heliophysics satellites in Events cygnets
Space Weather Models running in real-time or forecasting mode (Yihua Zheng) [ PDF | PPT ]
Monitoring Space Weather with iSWA (Yihua Zheng) [ PDF | PPT ]
Decision Dashboard (Yihua Zheng) [ PDF | PPT ]
[ iSWA Assignment ] [ Daily Log Assignment ]
- Link to Forecaster Decision Dashboard (login required)
- Generate Daily Log in TEST DONKI (login required)
- Sample daily log for 2017-09-06 (login required)
- iSWA Forecaster Layouts: imagers cygnets; timeline cygnets
  Links to help with analyzing space weather and filling daily log:
- Leila's helpful forecasting links and example space weather layouts
- Where is STEREO tool
- Guide to SDO wavelengths
- iSWA layout: EUV & coronagraphs (40 frames)
- Solar grid overlays: Solar Monitor; iSWA magnetic connectivity (SDO only)
- Flowchart of decision-making process in Space Weather forecasting (PDF)

Tuesday 5/21

Part 1: CME Analysis with StereoCAT for Space Weather (Yaireska Collado-Vega) [ PDF | PPT ]
StereoCAT CME measurement workshop (Yaireska Collado-Vega) [ complete assignment #0 (zero) (CMEs 1,2,3,4) ]
- CME assignment submission forms: HW#0: CME number 1, 2, 3, 4
  (CUA students, if you recognize a CME we already analyzed in SW course, do not reanalyze it)
- 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)
  
  Links to help with CME assignments:
- Link to StereoCAT
- Solar grid overlays: Solar Monitor; iSWA magnetic connectivity (SDO only)
- Where is STEREO tool
- iSWA layout: EUV & coronagraphs (40 frames)
- NASA GSFC CDAW movies (science level data):
  Example base urls: SDO EUV, STEREO EUV, SOHO LASCO, STEREO SECCHI COR2.
  You can directly edit the dates and instrument codes in these urls.
  Other instruments codes can be found here.
- NASA GSFC CDAW daily browse movies
Part 2: CME Analysis with StereoCAT for Space Weather: Limitations (Anna Chulaki) [ PDF | PPT ]
StereoCAT CME measurement workshop (Anna Chulaki) [ complete assignments (#0, #1, #2) ]

Wednesday 5/22

Real-time modeling of CMEs using WSA-ENLIL+Cone model (Sandro Taktakishvili) [ PDF | PPT ]
WSA-ENLIL+Cone model simulation practice (Sandro Taktakishvili)
- ENLIL with cone model simulation instructions on Decision Dashboard (login required)
StereoCAT CME measurement practice (Anna Chulaki) [ complete assignments (#0, #1, #2) ]
5.5AU WSA-ENLIL+Cone model simulation and ENLIL troubleshooting Workshop (Sandro Taktakishvili)
- 5.5AU ENLIL simulation instructions on Dashboard (login required)
- ENLIL simulation troubleshooting instructions on Dashboard (login required)

Thursday 5/23

Space Weather Forecasting Chains of Events (Yihua Zheng) [ PDF | PPTx ]
- Flowchart of decision-making process in Space Weather forecasting (PDF)
Space Weather Forecasting Chains of Events practice (Yihua Zheng) [ Chain of events assignment K (use iSWA only for this assignment, no Stereo CAT use) ]
- Link to Forecaster Decision Dashboard (login required)
Introduction to DONKI, CME Scoreboard and DONKI Checklist (Karin Muglach)
Recording SW activity in DONKI and Scoreboard workshop (Karin Muglach) [ Assignments below ]

Friday 5/24

Introduction to SWPC_CAT (Anna Chulaki)
- SWPC CAT Analysis Procedure handout
- SWPC_CAT manual
- Solarsoft installation guide (for those who have access to IDL)
- Reference to cone projection method
SWPC_CAT CME measurement workshop (Anna Chulaki) [ assignment (#3) ]
- CME assignment submission forms: HW#3: CME number 1, 2, 3, 4
Walkthrough a sample Notification Assignment (demo by Anna Chulaki)

Tuesday 5/28

Ensemble CME simulations (Yaireska Collado-Vega) [ PDF ]
Ensemble CME measurement workshop (Yaireska Collado-Vega) [ assignment (#4) ]

Submission forms for all CME assignments (from Tue-Fri)
#0: CME number 1, 2, 3, 4
#1: CME 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
#2: CME 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
#3: CME 1, 2, 3, 4
#4: CME 1, 2
Links to help with CME assignments:

Link to StereoCAT

Link to Decision Dashboard

Solar grid overlays: Solar Monitor; iSWA magnetic connectivity (SDO only)

Where is STEREO tool

iSWA layout: EUV & coronagraphs (40 frames)

NASA GSFC CDAW movies (science level data):
Example base urls: SDO EUV, STEREO EUV, SOHO LASCO, STEREO SECCHI COR2.
You can directly edit the dates and instrument codes in these urls.
Other instruments codes can be found here.
NASA GSFC CDAW daily browse movies

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Intensive Space Weather Forecaster Training 2019 Tutorials