Description |
Space Weather is a relatively new discipline of space science that investigates the effects of the Sun’s activity and interactions on human technology, life and health. It is defined as the variations in the space environment induced by different phenomena occurring on the Sun’s surface, like coronal mass ejections and solar flares, and disturbances resulting from interactions between the ionosphere-thermosphere system.
Modern technological infrastructures, such as GNSS and HF communication facilities, are susceptible to the adverse impacts of space weather, which can induce large errors in single-frequency GNSS positioning and even radio signal black-outs. Developing countries in Africa are predominantly located in equatorial/low latitudes, where space weather effects make the ionosphere more variable and highly unpredictable. However limited efforts have been made to study the impact of space weather in these regions owing to lack of the required infrastructure.
The NORISK project, a collaboration between INGV and Italian Space Agency, is contributing to fill this gap with the deployments of a new ionospheric observatory in Malindi, Kenya. This workshop, organized in the framework of the NORISK activities, aims to enhance capacity building in GNSS and HF technology for Space Weather monitoring over the Eastern African region. It is therefore planned to include lectures on the following topics.
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Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. |
Speaker: | Claudio CESARONI (INGV, Italy), Sharafat GADIMOVA (UNOOSA, Austria), Keith GROVES (Boston College, USA), Bruno NAVA (ICTP, Italy), Joseph Ouko OLWENDO (Pwani University, Kenya), Giancarlo SANTILLI (Italian Space Agency (ASI), Italy) |
Material: | NORISK Slides |
Speaker: | Sharafat GADIMOVA (UNOOSA, Austria), Claudio CESARONI (INGV, Italy) |
Material: | Slides |
Speaker: | John Foster RAQUET (Integrated Solutions for Systems, USA) |
Material: | Slides |
Speaker: | John Foster RAQUET (Integrated Solutions for Systems, USA) |
Speaker: | John Foster RAQUET (Integrated Solutions for Systems, USA) |
Speaker: | Luca SPOGLI (INGV, Italy) |
Material: | Slides |
Speaker: | Claudio CESARONI (INGV, Italy), L. ALFONSI |
Material: | Slides |
Speaker: | Joseph Ouko OLWENDO (Pwani University, Kenya) |
Material: | Slides |
Speaker: | Keith GROVES (Boston College, USA) |
Speaker: | Michael PEZZOPANE (INGV, Italy) |
Material: | Slides |
Speaker: | Kouadio Olivier OBROU (Université FHB de Cocody UFR SSMT Laboratoire de Physique de l'Atmosphère, Cote d'Ivoire) |
Material: | Slides |
Speaker: | Bruno NAVA (ICTP, Italy) |
Speaker: | Yenca Olivia MIGOYA-ORUE (ICTP, Italy) |
Material: | Slides |
Speaker: | Daniel Izuikedinachi OKOH (Space Environment Research Facility Centre for Atmospheric Research National Space Research and Development Agency, Nigeria) |
Material: | Slides |
Speaker: | Michael PEZZOPANE (INGV, Italy), Claudio CESARONI (INGV, Italy) |
Material: | Hands on Slides |
Speaker: | Michael PEZZOPANE (INGV, Italy), Claudio CESARONI (INGV, Italy) |
Speaker: | Claudio CESARONI (INGV, Italy) |
Material: | Slides |
Speaker: | Claudio CESARONI (INGV, Italy) |
Speaker: | Claudio CESARONI (INGV, Italy) |
Speaker: | Rezy PRADIPTA (Boston College, USA) |
Material: | Hand on |
Speaker: | Rezy PRADIPTA (Boston College, USA) |
Speaker: | Alessandra DI CECCO (ASI, Italy) |
Material: | Slides |
Speaker: | Lucilla ALFONSI (INGV, Italy) |
Material: | Slides |
Speaker: | Anton KASHCHEYEV (University of New Brunswick, Canada) |
Material: | Slides |
Speaker: | Christine Marie Eugenie AMORY (Sorbonne University, France) |
Material: | Files |
Speaker: | Anthea Jane COSTER (M.I.T. - Atmospheric Sciences Group Haystack Observatory, USA) |
Speaker: | Christine Marie Eugenie AMORY (Sorbonne University, France), Yenca Olivia MIGOYA-ORUE (ICTP, Italy) (ICTP, Italy) |
Material: | Slides |
Speaker: | Yu Tong MORTON (University of Colordado, USA) |
Material: | Slides |
Speaker: | Manuel HERNANDEZ-PAJARES (UPC-IonSAT, Spain) |
Material: | Slides |
Speaker: | Akeem Babatunde RABIU (UN African Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology Education - English Obafemi Awolowo University Campus, Nigeria) |
Material: | Slides |
Speaker: | Bruno NAVA (ICTP, Italy) |
Speaker: | Keith GROVES (Boston College, USA) |
Presented by Yu Tong MORTON.
Speaker: | Gary A. McGRAW (Genova Technologies, UA) |
Material: | Slides |
Speaker: | Miquel GARCIA FERNANDEZ (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain) |
Speaker: | Miquel GARCIA FERNANDEZ (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain) |
Speaker: | Marco CASTRONUOVO (ASI, Italy) |
Speaker: | Anton KASHCHEYEV (University of New Brunswick, Canada) |
Material: | Slides |
Speaker: | Todd Frederick WALTER (Stanford University, USA) |
Speaker: | Anthea Jane COSTER (M.I.T. - Atmospheric Sciences Group Haystack Observatory, USA) |
Speaker: | John Bosco HABARULEMA (South African National Space Agency, South Africa) |
Material: | Files |
Speaker: | John Bosco HABARULEMA (South African National Space Agency, South Africa) |
Material: | Slides |
Speaker: | Kouadio Olivier OBROU (Université FHB de Cocody UFR SSMT Laboratoire de Physique de l'Atmosphère, Cote d'Ivoire) |
Material: | Slides |
Speaker: | Akeem Babatunde RABIU (UN African Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology Education - English Obafemi Awolowo University Campus, Nigeria) |
Material: | Slides |
Speaker: | Claudio CESARONI (INGV, Italy), Sharafat GADIMOVA (UNOOSA, Austria), Keith GROVES (Boston College, USA), Bruno NAVA (ICTP, Italy), Joseph Ouko OLWENDO (Pwani University, Kenya), Giancarlo SANTILLI (Italian Space Agency (ASI), Italy), Dennis MURURU (Kenya Space Agency, Kenya) |