Tailored specifically for mission operators and engineers, we will offer a 2-day space weather training course on Jan 28-29, 2014 (9am - 5pm) at NASA/GSFC Bldg 21, Rm 183A (also available online through Webex).

View tutorials from the previous SW REDI workshops.

Upcoming Training for Engineers details:

• Training agenda at a glance
• Welcome and Overview of CCMC/SWRC Space Weather Services and Capabilities (Pulkkinen)
• Introduction of Space Weather (Zheng)
• Quick Start of iSWA (Maddox)
• The Sun and its solar activity (Taktakishvili)
• Major Solar Eruptions (Flares and CMEs) and Radiation Storms due to Solar Energetic Particles (SEPs) (Taktakishvili)
• Forecasting models of Flares, CMEs and SEPs - where we are (Pulkkinen)
• Coronal hole and high speed streams (Zheng)
• Space Weather in the magnetosphere (Zheng)
• Space Weather in the ionosphere-thermosphere (Zheng)
• Overview and introduction of Space Weather impacts on satellite (Zheng)
• Space Weather effects on satellite: satellite drag, tools and resources (Knipp)
• Recap (Zheng)
• Radiation impacts on satellites due to GCRs and SEPs (Xapsos)
• Space Weather Impacts on Spacecraft and Mitigation Strategies (Garrett)
• SWRC service products explained
  • Alerts (Pulkkinen)
  • Tools (DONKI, Scoreboard and iswa layouts) (Mays and Zheng)

Location: NASA/GSFC Bldg 21, Rm 183A: