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  • Tuesday, 2 May 2006
    • 08:30 - 12:00 REGISTRATION and ADMINISTRATIVE FORMALITIES
      Registration: Main Building Lobby (main entrance); Administrative Formalities: upon registration Enrico Fermi Building
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 08:30 REGISTRATION and ADMINISTRATIVE FORMALITIES 3h30'
    • 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 12:00 Lunch Break 2h0'
    • 14:00 - 14:15 Opening Remarks
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 14:00 Opening Remarks 15'
        Speaker: K.R. Sreeenivasan (Director, ICTP)
    • 14:15 - 14:30 School Overview
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 14:15 School Overview 15'
        Speaker: S.M. Radicella / J. Forbes, M. Messerotti (Local Organizer/School Co-Directors)
    • 14:30 - 14:45 Introductory Talk on ICTP Network
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 14:30 Introductory Talk on ICTP Network 15'
        Speaker: J. Grassberger (ICTP Scientific Computer Section, Trieste)
    • 14:45 - 15:45 Introduction to Space Meteorology
      Space Weather and Space Climate describe the short- to long-term time evolution of inner and outer perturbations originated by a variety of astrophysical processes occurring in the Solar System, where anthropogenic processes are relevant as well, and in exoplanetary systems. To define a suitable terminology, a foundation ontology for Space Meteorology will be introduced and the related observational framework will be outlined by means of Concept Maps to emphasize the interrelationships among the various phenomena and their effects on planetary environments.
      
      
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 14:45 Introduction to Space Meteorology 1h0'
        Speaker: M. Messerotti (INAF-OATs, Trieste)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 15:45 - 16:45 Basic Physics of Magnetoplasmas-I: Single Particle Drift Motions
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 15:45 Basic Physics of Magnetoplasmas-I: Single Particle Drift Motions 1h0'
        Speaker: V. Cadez (Astronomical Observatory, Belgrade)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 16:45 - 17:00 Break
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 16:45 Break 15'
    • 17:00 - 18:00 Basic Physics of Magnetoplasmas-II: Fluid Description and MHD
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 17:00 Basic Physics of Magnetoplasmas-II: Fluid Description and MHD 1h0'
        Speaker: V. Cadez
        Material: lecture notes
    • 18:00 - 19:00 Basic Physics of Magnetoplasmas-III: Statics and MHD Waves in Gravitational Field
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 18:00 Basic Physics of Magnetoplasmas-III: Statics and MHD Waves in Gravitational Field 1h0'
        Speaker: V. Cadez
        Material: lecture notes
    • 19:00 - 19:30 Introductory Lecture on RSI IDL Programming
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 19:00 Introductory Lecture on RSI IDL Programming 30'
        Speaker: M. Messerotti
        Material: lecture notes
  • Wednesday, 3 May 2006
    • 08:30 - 09:30 The Sun as a Star
      The first lecture will deal with generalities and address the following questions. What is our place in the universe? Where is the solar system located in the Milky Way? How does the Sun fit into the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram? What is the final state of the Sun? What is the structure of the Sun?
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 08:30 The Sun as a Star 1h0'
        Speaker: N. Gopalswamy (NASA-GSFC, Greenbelt,MC)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 09:30 - 10:30 Physics of the Solar Interior
      The second lecture will deal with how energy is generated and transported in the solar interior.  The following topics will be discussed: Thermonuclear fusion with proton-proton and Carbon-Nitrogen-Oxygen cycles; the solar neutrino problem and its final resolution; details of the internal structure of the Sun; Helioseismology/solar oscillations; the solar dynamo;  solar cycle and polarity reversal
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 09:30 Physics of the Solar Interior 1h0'
        Speaker: N. Gopalswamy
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Break
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 10:30 Break 30'
    • 11:00 - 12:00 Physics of the Solar Atmosphere
      This lecture will deal with photosphere, Chromosphere and Corona. The following topics will be discussed: granulation, sunspots, faculae, physics of the chromosphere, chromospheric network and super granulation, chromospheric heating,  flares, prominences, The solar corona and phenomenology.
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 11:00 Physics of the Solar Atmosphere 1h0'
        Speaker: N. Gopalswamy
    • 12:00 - 13:00 Physics of the Extended Corona
      This lecture will deal with the solar corona, where most of the actions directly affecting space weather take place. In particular, the following topics will be discussed: Closed and open magnetic fields on the Sun; coronal heating and solar wind, slow and fast solar wind; coronal mass ejections, shocks, energetic particles, general comments on geoeffectiveness and SEP effectiveness.
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 12:00 Physics of the Extended Corona 1h0'
        Speaker: N. Gopalswamy
    • 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 13:00 Lunch Break 1h0'
    • 14:00 - 18:00 SOLAR DATA HANDLING
      Location: Computer Lab. (M)
      • 14:00 SOLAR DATA HANDLING 4h0'
        Speaker: R. Bentley (MSSL/UCL, Surrey)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 16:00 - 16:30 Break
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 16:00 Break 30'
    • 18:00 - 19:00 Turbulence Throughout the Heliosphere
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 18:00 Turbulence Throughout the Heliosphere 1h0'
        Speaker: W. H. Matthaeus (Bartol Research Institute, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, USA)
  • Thursday, 4 May 2006
    • 08:30 - 09:30 Solar Activity: Observations and Definition
      The first lecture will review observations of solar activity. Focus will be on magnetic field measurements and associated helioseismics observations. Observed phenomena will be classified according to a definition of solar activity.
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 08:30 Solar Activity: Observations and Definition 1h0'
        Speaker: H. Lundstedt (Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Lund)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 09:30 - 10:30 Solar Activity: Exploration with Wavelets
      Solar activity is often characterized by transient events, and by oscillations that arise and die away. Wavelet methods are therefore particularly suitable. Solar activity variations on all times scales will be described.
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 09:30 Solar Activity: Exploration with Wavelets 1h0'
        Speaker: H. Lundstedt
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Break
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 10:30 Break 30'
    • 11:00 - 12:00 Solar Drivers of Geoeffective Phenomena and their Precursors
      Solar drivers such as Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs),  solar proton events, solar flares, and fast solar wind from coronal holes will be discussed. Some of the precursors of these drivers have been know almost hundred years, others have recently been discovered. Examples of geoeffects of these
      drivers will also be given.
      
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 11:00 Solar Drivers of Geoeffective Phenomena and their Precursors 1h0'
        Speaker: H. Lundstedt
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:00 - 13:00 Solar Activity: Predictions and Real-Time Forecasts
      Finally, I will illustrate how solar activity and solar drivers have been predicted with data-based and more physics-based neural networks including also results of MHD models.  Today, real-time forecasts are available, based on space-based observations. Real-time forecast service is given by Regional Warning Centers of International Space Environment Service (ISES).
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 12:00 Solar Activity: Predictions and Real-Time Forecasts 1h0'
        Speaker: H. Lundstedt
        Material: lecture notes
    • 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 13:00 Lunch Break 1h0'
    • 14:00 - 18:00 SOLAR DRIVER MODELLING AND PREDICTING
      Location: Computer Lab. (M)
      • 14:00 SOLAR DRIVER MODELLING AND PREDICTING 4h0'
        Speaker: P. Vanlommel, A. Zhukov (Royal Observatory of Belgium, Brussels)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 16:00 - 16:30 Break
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 16:00 Break 30'
    • 18:00 - 19:30 FREE LABORATORY
      Location: Computer Lab. (M)
      • 18:00 FREE LABORATORY 1h30'
  • Friday, 5 May 2006
    • 08:30 - 09:30 Cosmic Ray (CR) Origin and Propagation
      What are CRs? - CRs Discovery
      CR Energy Spectrum
      CR Source/Acceleration
      A Picture of the Heliospheric Environment
      
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 08:30 Cosmic Ray (CR) Origin and Propagation 1h0'
        Speaker: M. Storini (INAF-IFSI, Rome)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 09:30 - 10:30 Cosmic Rays in the Heliosphere
      CR Populations
      CR Propagation in the Heliosphere
      CR Modulation (long-, medium- and short-term)
      Solar Cosmic Ray Events
      
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 09:30 Cosmic Rays in the Heliosphere 1h0'
        Speaker: M. Storini
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Break
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 10:30 Break 30'
    • 11:00 - 12:00 Effects in the Heliosphere
      CRs: Probe of the Heliospheric Environment
      CRs: Hazard for Space Vehicles and Life
      CRs and Planets
      
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 11:00 Effects in the Heliosphere 1h0'
        Speaker: M. Storini
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:00 - 13:00 Effects in the Earth Environment
      Terrestrial Effects of CRs: An Overview
      CR data: Direct Use in Space Weather
      CR data: Indirect Use in Space Weather
      
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 12:00 Effects in the Earth Environment 1h0'
        Speaker: M. Storini
        Material: lecture notes
    • 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 13:00 Lunch Break 1h0'
    • 14:00 - 18:00 USE OF CR SIMULATION TOOLS
      Location: Computer Lab. (M)
    • 16:00 - 16:30 Break
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 16:00 Break 30'
    • 18:00 - 19:30 FREE LABORATORY
      Location: Computer Lab. (M)
      • 18:00 FREE LABORATORY 1h30'
  • Monday, 8 May 2006
    • 08:30 - 09:30 The formation of the Earth's Magnetosphere: Basic Physical Principles and Steady-State Electrodynamics
      The lecture discusses the formation of the magnetosphere under  steady-state solar wind conditions. We start with early yet still valid models of the formation of the magnetosphere developed half a century ago. The basic physical principles of the electrodynamic coupling between the supersonic solar wind plasma and embedded magnetic field on one hand and the geomagnetic field and thermospheric ion reservoir on the other hand are described. Characteristic properties of various magnetospheric plasma regimes prevailing under stable condition are oulined. The lecture leads eventually to a presentation of a basic model of the magnetosphere in the unperturbed state.
      
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 08:30 The formation of the Earth's Magnetosphere: Basic Physical Principles and Steady-State Electrodynamics 1h0'
        Speaker: J. Watermann (Danish Meteorological Institute,Copenhagen)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 09:30 - 10:30 The Dynamic Magnetosphere: Reaction to and Consequences of Solar Wind Variations
      The lecture discusses the response of the magnetosphere to various types of solar wind variations, including the arrival of plasma clouds and shocks at the magnetosphere and the impact of the dynamic pressure changes and interplanetary magnetic field rotations on the state of the magnetosphere. Resulting phenomena such as geospace magnetic storms and magnetospheric substorms and their relation to the energetics and dynamics of the magnetosphere are discussed.
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 09:30 The Dynamic Magnetosphere: Reaction to and Consequences of Solar Wind Variations 1h0'
        Speaker: I. Daglis (Natonal Observatory of Athens, Athens)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Break
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 10:30 Break 30'
    • 11:00 - 12:00 The Particle Radiation Environment of the Near-Earth Space
      The lecture addresses the origin, formation and dynamics of two highly important magnetospheric particle populations: the radiation belts and the ring current. These populations constitute the particle radiation environment of the near-Earth space, and they  are part of the chain that interconnects the Sun and interplanetary space with the terrestrial magnetosphere, ionosphere, and atmosphere – and often even the surface of the Earth.
      
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
    • 12:00 - 13:00 Nowcasting and Forecasting Magnetospheric Electrodynamic Parameters
      Two fundamental objectives of magnetospheric physics include building realistic physical models of the state and behaviour of the magnetosphere and the design of schemes to nowcast the state and potentially forecast the evolution of the magnetosphere. Many years ago scientists started to devise parameters (proxies or indices) which aid in categorizing magnetospheric properties and deriving systematic aspects of its behaviour. It is now possible to nowcast the state of the magnetosphere (describing its actual state) using a comprehensive suite of near-real-time observations. In principle it is even possible to forecast the evolution of the magnetosphere (though with limited accuracy) using observations from solar and solar wind monitors such as the ACE and SOHO spacecraft. Recent attempts and developments of forecast schemes are outlined in order to prepare for the afternoon lab class.
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 12:00 Nowcasting and Forecasting Magnetospheric Electrodynamic Parameters 1h0'
        Speaker: J. Watermann
    • 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 13:00 Lunch Break 1h0'
    • 14:00 - 18:00 PRACTICUM ON MAGNETOSPHERIC DATA
      Location: Computer Lab. (M)
      • 14:00 PRACTICUM ON MAGNETOSPHERIC DATA 4h0'
        Speaker: E. Amata(INAF-IFSI, Rome), I. Daglis, J. Watermann
    • 16:00 - 16:30 Break
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 16:00 Break 30'
    • 18:00 - 19:30 FREE LABORATORY
      Location: Computer Lab. (M)
      • 18:00 FREE LABORATORY 1h30'
  • Tuesday, 9 May 2006
    • 08:30 - 09:30 Magnetospheric Optics for Cosmic Rays
      Low energy particles: guiding center approach. High energy particles: Stormer theory for dipolar field. Allowed and forbidden trajectories. Concept of cutoff rigidity and asymptotic directions.
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 08:30 Magnetospheric Optics for Cosmic Rays 1h0'
        Speaker: K. Kudela (Institute of Experimental Physics, Kosice)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 09:30 - 10:30 Transmissivity in the Disturbed Magnetosphere
      Numerical solution of equation of particle motion. Geomagnetic field models used for cosmic ray trajectory computations. Results for particular disturbed intervals
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 09:30 Transmissivity in the Disturbed Magnetosphere 1h0'
        Speaker: K. Kudela
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Break
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 10:30 Break 30'
    • 11:00 - 12:00 Solar Particle Penetration into Magnetosphere
      Ground level events. Observations of solar energetic particles by satellites. Transmissivity computed for low earth orbits.
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 11:00 Solar Particle Penetration into Magnetosphere 1h0'
        Speaker: K. Kudela
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:00 - 13:00 Direct Effects of Cosmic Ray on Materials(Satellites, Airplanes, Atmosphere)
      External exposure to natural radiation. Cosmic rays in the atmosphere. Dose at the airplane altitudes. High energy electrons and their effects. Spacecraft failures and high energy particles
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 12:00 Direct Effects of Cosmic Ray on Materials(Satellites, Airplanes, Atmosphere) 1h0'
        Speaker: K. Kudela
        Material: lecture notes
    • 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 13:00 Lunch Break 1h0'
    • 14:00 - 18:00 PRACTICUM ON SPW APPLICATIONS
      Location: Computer Lab. (M)
      • 14:00 PRACTICUM ON SPW APPLICATIONS 4h0'
        Speaker: I. Stanislawska, H. Rothkaehl (Space Research Centre,Warsaw)
    • 16:00 - 16:30 Break
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 16:00 Break 30'
    • 19:00 - 21:00 RECEPTION
      Location: Main Building Terrace
      • 19:00 RECEPTION 2h0'
  • Wednesday, 10 May 2006
    • 08:30 - 10:00 Ionosphere-Thermosphere Basics I: Neutral Atmosphere Vertical Structure
      Neutral temperature and composition vertical structures; hydrostatic law; energy sources and sinks; interaction between solar radiation and neutral atmosphere.
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 08:30 Ionosphere-Thermosphere Basics I: Neutral Atmosphere Vertical Structure 1h30'
        Speaker: J.M. Forbes (University of Colorado, Boulder)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:10 - 10:30 Magnetic Fluxes and Helicity in Magnetic Clouds
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 10:10 Magnetic Fluxes and Helicity in Magnetic Clouds 20'
        Speaker: S.R. Dasso (IAFE, Buenos Aires)
        Material: presentation
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Break
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 10:30 Break 30'
    • 11:00 - 13:00 Ionosphere-Thermosphere Basics II: Ionosphere Vertical Structure
      Photoionization; ionospheric chemistry; ambipolar diffusion; ionosphere morphology; ionosphere measurements and models; plasma irregularities.
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 11:00 Ionosphere-Thermosphere Basics II: Ionosphere Vertical Structure 2h0'
        Speaker: M. Mendillo (Boston University, Boston)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 13:00 Lunch Break 1h0'
    • 14:00 - 18:00 Introduction to Birkeland's Terrella Experiment
      The Birkeland's Terrella Experiment: The Underlying Physics and Plans for Reconstruction of a Terrella Experiment
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 14:00 Introduction to Birkeland's Terrella Experiment 4h0'
        Speaker: J. Lilensten (Laboratory of Planetology, Grenoble)
    • 16:00 - 16:30 Break
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 16:00 Break 30'
  • Thursday, 11 May 2006
    • 08:30 - 10:15 Ionosphere-Thermosphere Basics III: Dynamics of the Thermosphere
      Momentum balance; dynamical effects on diurnal, seasonal and magnetic storm variations in composition; influences of waves propagating upward from the lower atmosphere.
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 08:30 Ionosphere-Thermosphere Basics III: Dynamics of the Thermosphere 1h45'
        Speaker: J.M. Forbes
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:15 - 10:30 Signature of July 14, 2000 Magnetic Storm on Ground-Based and Satellite Detectors
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 10:15 Signature of July 14, 2000 Magnetic Storm on Ground-Based and Satellite Detectors 15'
        Speaker: A. Mahrous (Helwan University, Cairo)
        Material: presentation
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Break
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 10:30 Break 30'
    • 11:00 - 12:30 Ionosphere-Thermosphere Basics IV: Dynamics and Energetics
      Momentum balance of the ionospheric plasma; current continuity; electrical conductivity; ionospheric dynamo; electric field and wind effects on ionosphere plasma.
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 11:00 Ionosphere-Thermosphere Basics IV: Dynamics and Energetics 1h30'
        Speaker: R. Heelis (University of Texas, Dallas)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:45 - 13:00 Mesopause Temperatures from the Observation of OH (6-2) Main Line Band Emission at Kolhapur, India
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 12:45 Mesopause Temperatures from the Observation of OH (6-2) Main Line Band Emission at Kolhapur, India 15'
        Speaker: N. Parihar (Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Mumbai)
        Material: presentation
    • 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 13:00 Lunch Break 1h0'
    • 14:00 - 16:00 PRACTICUM ON IONOSPHERE-THERMOSPHERE MODELS AND DATA: Exercises with Ionosphere Data and Models
      Location: Computer Lab. (M)
      • 14:00 PRACTICUM ON IONOSPHERE-THERMOSPHERE MODELS AND DATA: Exercises with Ionosphere Data and Models 2h0'
        Speaker: M. Mendillo
        Material: solar2000 software package
    • 16:00 - 16:30 Break
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 16:00 Break 30'
    • 16:30 - 18:00 PRACTICUM ON THE TERRELLA EXPERIMENT: Construction of Terrella Experiment
      Location: ICTP-INFN Laboratory (Mlab)
      • 16:30 PRACTICUM ON THE TERRELLA EXPERIMENT: Construction of Terrella Experiment 1h30'
        Speaker: J. Lilensten, C. Simon
        Material: solar2000 software package
    • 18:00 - 18:15 Gamma Rays under Radiation Belts: Coronal-F Observations of Event on January 27, 2005
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 18:00 Gamma Rays under Radiation Belts: Coronal-F Observations of Event on January 27, 2005 15'
        Speaker: R. Bucik et al. (Institute of Experimental Physics, Kosice)
        Material: presentation
    • 18:15 - 18:30 Space Weather Effect on Communication and Navigation System
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 18:15 Space Weather Effect on Communication and Navigation System 15'
        Speaker: E.Y. Kassie (IGPP/UCLA)
  • Friday, 12 May 2006
    • 08:30 - 10:00 Ionosphere-Thermosphere Basics V: Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling
      Field-aligned currents; high-latitude electric fields and plasma transport; Joule heating; magnetic activity effects.
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 08:30 Ionosphere-Thermosphere Basics V: Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling 1h30'
        Speaker: R. Heelis
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:15 - 10:30 Ionospheric Equivalent Currents Calculation for a Disturbed Day using the 210-deg Magnetic Meridian Chain
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 10:15 Ionospheric Equivalent Currents Calculation for a Disturbed Day using the 210-deg Magnetic Meridian Chain 15'
        Speaker: R. Kombiyil (Tohoku University, Sendai)
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Break
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 10:30 Break 30'
    • 11:00 - 12:30 Thermosphere-Ionosphere-Electrodynamics General Circulation Model (TIEGCM) - I
      Description of thermosphere-ionosphere general circulation models and how they are used to gain insight into the physics of the system and the interpretation of observational data.
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 11:00 Thermosphere-Ionosphere-Electrodynamics General Circulation Model (TIEGCM) - I 1h30'
        Speaker: M. Hagan (National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:45 - 13:00 Simultaneous in-situ Observations of the Feature of a Typical FTES by Cluser and TCI
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 12:45 Simultaneous in-situ Observations of the Feature of a Typical FTES by Cluser and TCI 15'
        Speaker: Qinghe Zhang (Polar Research Institute of China, Shanghai)
        Material: presentation
    • 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 13:00 Lunch Break 1h0'
    • 14:00 - 16:00 PRACTICUM ON IONOSPHERE-THERMOSPHERE MODELS AND DATA: Exercises with TIEGCM Outputs
      Location: Computer Lab. (M)
      • 14:00 PRACTICUM ON IONOSPHERE-THERMOSPHERE MODELS AND DATA: Exercises with TIEGCM Outputs 2h0'
        Speaker: M. Hagan
    • 16:00 - 16:30 Break
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 16:00 Break 30'
    • 16:30 - 18:00 PRACTICUM ON THE TERRELLA EXPERIMENT: Experimenting with Terrella
      Location: ICTP-INFN Laboratory (Mlab)
      • 16:30 PRACTICUM ON THE TERRELLA EXPERIMENT: Experimenting with Terrella 1h30'
        Speaker: J. Lilensten, C. Simon
        Material: lecture notes
  • Saturday, 13 May 2006
    • 10:00 - 11:00 Solar Radiophysics and Space Weather
      • 10:00 Solar Radiophysics and Space Weather 1h0'
        Speaker: M. Messerotti
        Material: lecture notes
  • Monday, 15 May 2006
    • 08:30 - 09:30 Electromagnetic Waves, Radio and the Ionosphere
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 08:30 Electromagnetic Waves, Radio and the Ionosphere 1h0'
        Speaker: C. Bianchi (INGV, Rome)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 09:30 - 11:00 Ionospheric Measurements Techniques (Receiver, Radar, Advanced Ionospheric Sounder and Related Techniques)
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 09:30 Ionospheric Measurements Techniques (Receiver, Radar, Advanced Ionospheric Sounder and Related Techniques) 1h30'
        Speaker: C. Bianchi
        Material: lecture notes
    • 11:00 - 11:30 Break
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 11:00 Break 30'
    • 11:30 - 11:45 Frocasting Total Electron Content (TEC) for Constructing Maps Especially During High Solar Activity Periods
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 11:30 Frocasting Total Electron Content (TEC) for Constructing Maps Especially During High Solar Activity Periods 15'
        Speaker: E.T. Senalp (METU, Ankara)
        Material: presentation
    • 11:45 - 12:05 L-Band Sintillations Study in the Indian Sector using GPS Network
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 11:45 L-Band Sintillations Study in the Indian Sector using GPS Network 20'
        Speaker: G.K. Seemala (Andhra University, Visakhapatnam)
        Material: presentation
    • 12:05 - 12:25 An Investigation into the L-Band Ionospheric Scintillations Near the Crest of the Equatorial Anomaly and Towards Developing a Scintillation Model for Indian Longitudinal Sector
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 12:05 An Investigation into the L-Band Ionospheric Scintillations Near the Crest of the Equatorial Anomaly and Towards Developing a Scintillation Model for Indian Longitudinal Sector 20'
        Speaker: D. Hui (S.K. Mita Center for Research in Space Environment, Kolkata)
        Material: presentation
    • 12:25 - 12:40 The Observations of TEC Nighttime Enhancement in Equatorial Anomaly Region
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 12:25 The Observations of TEC Nighttime Enhancement in Equatorial Anomaly Region 15'
        Speaker: Yanhong Chen (Centre for Space Science & Applied Research, Beijing)
        Material: presentation
    • 12:40 - 12:55 Global Electron Content as a New Ionospheric Index: Comparison with IRI Modelling Results
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 12:40 Global Electron Content as a New Ionospheric Index: Comparison with IRI Modelling Results 15'
        Speaker: E.I. Astafieva (Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Irkutsk)
        Material: presentation
    • 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 13:00 Lunch Break 1h0'
    • 14:00 - 15:00 Propagation Effects of the Ionosphere
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 14:00 Propagation Effects of the Ionosphere 1h0'
        Speaker: S.M. Radicella (ICTP, Trieste)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 15:00 - 16:00 Ionospheric Prediction and Forecasting: Two New Services over the European Region for Space Weather and Radio Propagation Application
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 15:00 Ionospheric Prediction and Forecasting: Two New Services over the European Region for Space Weather and Radio Propagation Application 1h0'
        Speaker: B. Zolesi (INGV, Rome)
    • 16:00 - 16:30 Break
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 16:00 Break 30'
    • 16:30 - 18:00 PRACTICUM
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 16:30 PRACTICUM 1h30'
  • Tuesday, 16 May 2006
    • 08:30 - 10:30 Trans-Ionospheric Propagation: Principles and Space Weather,Effects on Navigation and Positioning systems
      Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
      • 08:30 Trans-Ionospheric Propagation: Principles and Space Weather,Effects on Navigation and Positioning systems 2h0'
        Speaker: L. Kersley (Professor Emeritus, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Break
      Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
      • 10:30 Break 30'
    • 11:00 - 13:00 ICTP PRIZE CEREMONY
      The 2005 ICTP Prize in honour of Armand Borel
      will be awarded to Xiaohua Zhu, School of Mathematical Sciences, Peking University
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      The presentation of the Prize by Professor K.R. Sreenivasan, 
      Director of the Abdus Salam ICTP, will be followed by the
      2005 ICTP Prize Lecture by Xiaohua Zhu on "Canonical metrics in Kähler geometry"
      
      Abstract: This will be a review of "canonical metrics" in Kähler geometry; examples are Kähler-Einstein metrics, Kähler-Ricci solitons, and extremal metrics. I will touch upon the following topics:
      
      1) Calabi's conjecture.
      2) Existence results for Kähler-Einstein metrics with c_1>0.
      3) Geometric Invariant Theory related to the existence problem.
      4) K-energy and K-stability on toric manifolds.
      5) Kähler-Ricci flow and Kähler-Ricci solitons
      =====
      XIAOHUA ZHU
      
      Citation for the award of the 2005 ICTP Prize
      
      
      The 2005 ICTP Prize in honour of Armand Borel is awarded to Xiaohua Zhu, Professor at the School of Mathematical Sciences, Peking University.  
      
      Xiaohua Zhu has made fundamental contributions to complex differential geometry. He is best known for his work (jointly with G. Tian) on the uniqueness of “Kähler-Ricci solitons”. This work introduced a new holomorphic invariant, and also a deep a priori estimate for solutions of certain complex Monge-Ampere equations. This was a major breakthrough in Kahler geometry. Zhu has also to his credit (jointly with X. Wang) an important existence theorem for Kahler-Ricci solitons, as well as impressive results on minimal submanifolds. More recently he has proved an important convergence theorem for the Kähler-Ricci flow, using the spectacular results of Perelman. At 37, he is one of the foremost young Chinese geometers, a mathematician who attacks and solves tough problems in geometric analysis.  His excellent papers are published in front-line journals.
      
      The 2005 ICTP Prize is named after Armand Borel, who was a professor at the School of Mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton and lectured at ICTP.
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 11:00 ICTP PRIZE CEREMONY 2h0'
    • 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
      • 13:00 Lunch Break 1h0'
    • 14:00 - 15:00 Trans-Ionospheric Propagation: Principles and Space Weather,Effects on Navigation and Positioning Systems
      Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
      • 14:00 Trans-Ionospheric Propagation: Principles and Space Weather,Effects on Navigation and Positioning Systems 1h0'
        Speaker: L. Kersley
        Material: lecture notes
    • 15:00 - 18:00 PRACTICUM
      Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
      • 15:00 PRACTICUM 3h0'
    • 16:00 - 16:30 -
      Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
      • 16:00 - 30'
  • Wednesday, 17 May 2006
    • 08:30 - 10:00 Basic Photochemistry of the Middle Atmosphere
      Introduction to minor constituent chemistry and pathways for solar energy transformation within the middle atmosphere.
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 08:30 Basic Photochemistry of the Middle Atmosphere 1h30'
        Speaker: D. Marsh (National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:15 - 10:30 Regional Sun-climate Interaction
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 10:15 Regional Sun-climate Interaction 15'
        Speaker: A. Kilcik (Akdeniz University, Antalya)
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Break
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 10:30 Break 30'
    • 11:00 - 12:45 Basic Dynamics of the Middle Atmosphere I
      An introduction to extra-tropical middle atmosphere circulation, including the mean circulation, gravity waves, radiative equilibrium and quasi-stationary planetary waves.
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 11:00 Basic Dynamics of the Middle Atmosphere I 1h45'
        Speaker: K. Hamilton (University of Hawaii, Honolulu)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:45 - 13:00 On the Morphology of Equatorial Electrojet over India Sector
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 12:45 On the Morphology of Equatorial Electrojet over India Sector 15'
        Speaker: A.B. Rabiu (Federal University of Technology, Akure)
        Material: presentation
    • 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 13:00 Lunch Break 1h0'
    • 14:00 - 15:00 Middle Atmosphere Response to Variations in Solar Output
      Observed and modeled atmospheric response to changes in solar radiation and particle fluxes.
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 14:00 Middle Atmosphere Response to Variations in Solar Output 1h0'
        Speaker: D. Marsh
    • 15:00 - 17:00 PRACTICUM: Exercises with Solar and Ozone Data
      Calculation of the Solar Energy Reposition Rates within the Middle Atmosphere.
      Location: Computer Lab. (M)
      • 15:00 PRACTICUM: Exercises with Solar and Ozone Data 2h0'
        Speaker: D. Marsh
        Material: Practicum 17May.doc
    • 16:00 - 16:30 Break
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 16:00 Break 30'
    • 18:00 - 19:30 FREE LABORATORY
      Location: Computer Lab. (M)
      • 18:00 FREE LABORATORY 1h30'
  • Thursday, 18 May 2006
    • 08:30 - 09:30 Basic Dynamics of the Middle Atmosphere II
      Tropical dynamics: the quasi-biennial oscillation, semiannual oscillation, wave-mean flow interaction near the equator, and QBO effects on the extratropical circulation.
      
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 08:30 Basic Dynamics of the Middle Atmosphere II 1h0'
        Speaker: K. Hamilton
    • 09:30 - 10:30 Solar Influences on Climate - I
      Overview of the climate system; radiative processes and dynamics of the lower atmosphere; the “greenhouse effect”; clouds.
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 09:30 Solar Influences on Climate - I 1h0'
        Speaker: J. Haigh (Imperial College, London)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Break
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 10:30 Break 30'
    • 11:00 - 12:45 Solar Influences on Climate - II
      Evidence of solar variability effects within the climate record over a range of timescales.
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 11:00 Solar Influences on Climate - II 1h45'
        Speaker: J. Haigh
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:45 - 13:00 Magnetogram Analysis Based on Wavelet Singularities
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 12:45 Magnetogram Analysis Based on Wavelet Singularities 15'
        Speaker: A.M. Da Costa (INPE, Sao Jose dos Campos)
        Material: presentation
    • 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 13:00 Lunch Break 1h0'
    • 14:00 - 18:00 SOCIETAL IMPACT OF SPW AND GLOBAL CHANGE: Exercises with Climatological and Solar Data
      Exercises with Global Circulation Model Output
      Location: Computer Lab. (M)
      • 14:00 SOCIETAL IMPACT OF SPW AND GLOBAL CHANGE: Exercises with Climatological and Solar Data 4h0'
        Speaker: K. Hamilton
    • 16:00 - 16:30 Break
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 16:00 Break 30'
    • 18:00 - 19:30 FREE LABORATORY
      Location: Computer Lab. (M)
      • 18:00 FREE LABORATORY 1h30'
  • Friday, 19 May 2006
    • 08:30 - 09:30 Space Meteorology and Life on Earth
      The role of Space Weather and Space Climate on life emergence and evolution on Earth is considered with special emphasis on the effects of inner and outer energy sources.
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 08:30 Space Meteorology and Life on Earth 1h0'
        Speaker: M. Messerotti
        Material: lecture notes
    • 09:30 - 10:30 The Fossil Record of the Ancient Sun
      Long-lived cosmogenic isotopes such as Beryllium-10 and Carbon-14 can be analysed in geological archives such as tree rings, ice cores, sea sediments and meteorites. Changes in their production rate in the past can give information on solar variability. This area of research will be reviewed and recent results presented.
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 09:30 The Fossil Record of the Ancient Sun 1h0'
        Speaker: C. Tuniz (ICTP, Trieste)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Break
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 10:30 Break 30'
    • 11:00 - 11:45 Origin, Evolution and Distribution of Life in the Solar System: Constraints from Space Weather. Part I Introduction to Astrobiology.
      In the first lecture we will discuss the new science of astrobiology that is concerned with the study of the origin, evolution, distribution and destiny of life in the universe.
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 11:00 Origin, Evolution and Distribution of Life in the Solar System: Constraints from Space Weather. Part I Introduction to Astrobiology. 45'
        Speaker: J. Chela Flores (ICTP, Trieste / IDEA,Caracas)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 11:45 - 12:30 Origin, Evolution and Distribution of Life in the Solar System: Constraints from Space Weather. Part II Implications of Space Weather for the Search of Life.
      In the second lecture we will restrict the discussion to the origin, evolution and distribution of life in our Solar System. Special emphasis will be given to the problem of the search for a second emergence of life beyond the Earth, as well as the implications that space weather has on this problem.
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 11:45 Origin, Evolution and Distribution of Life in the Solar System: Constraints from Space Weather. Part II Implications of Space Weather for the Search of Life. 45'
        Speaker: J. Chela Flores
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:30 - 13:30 Lunch Break
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 12:30 Lunch Break 1h0'
    • 13:30 - 14:30 END-OF-STAY CLEARANCE FROM HOUSING OFFICE, ETC (Enrico Fermi Building)
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 13:30 END-OF-STAY CLEARANCE FROM HOUSING OFFICE, ETC (Enrico Fermi Building) 1h0'
    • 14:30 - 15:30 Final Discussion and Review
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 14:30 Final Discussion and Review 1h0'
    • 15:30 - 16:30 CLOSING CEREMONY AND DISTRIBUTION OF DIPLOMAS OF ATTENDANCE
      Location: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 15:30 CLOSING CEREMONY AND DISTRIBUTION OF DIPLOMAS OF ATTENDANCE 1h0'