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Dear colleagues
We would like to alert you to the upcoming 15th European Space Weather
Week (ESWW) meeting, and in particular Session 2. While the meeting is
near the end of the year in November, the abstract deadline is already
fast approaching!
The abstract deadline is 18 May 2018
The meeting will occur from 5-9 November 2018 in Leuven, Belgium
Conference website: http://www.stce.be/esww15/
Session information: http://www.stce.be/esww15/program/sessions.php
Please consider submitting an abstract to our sessions, and travelling to
Leuven to attend this conference! We wish to particularly point out our
session on Space Weather impacts at ground/near-Space, and
prediction/warning of these impacts (session 2). The session description
is given below:
Session 2 - Geomagnetic Storms - Ground and near-Earth Space Weather
Impacts
Convenors : Craig Rodger (University of Otago), Mark Clilverd (British
Antarctic Survey)
Planned time: Monday 5 November 2018 (afternoon).
Invited Speakers: Daniel Welling (Univ. Michigan, USA), Mark Gibbs (Met
Office, UK)
Large geomagnetic storms pose a significant Space Weather impact through
ground and near-Earth impacts. Coupling via processes in the ionosphere,
space weather drives changes throughout the ionosphere and also in
structures on the Earth¢s surface. One example is the hazard to electrical
transmission networks as a consequence of geomagnetically induced currents
(GIC). The GIC-hazard is one of the better recognised examples of Space
Weather, appearing in many national risk registers. Instances of damage to
power network transformers have been reported at high, mid and even
comparatively low geomagnetic latitudes - recent studies have even
suggested there may be a risk around the geomagnetic equator due to
intensification from the equatorial electrojet. However, understanding the
origin of the hazard, and providing alerts to power grid operators is
challenging, due to the complexity of the physical linkages involved.
Understanding the coupling between the solar wind and near-Earth/ground
impacts may well require large scale dynamic models of the magnetosphere,
for example using MHD approaches. The measurement, modelling, prediction
and mitigation of the effects of Space Weather on the ground, such as
unwanted geomagnetically induced currents in power systems, pipelines, and
railway networks are required by the industries affected. In near-Earth
space the same current systems lead to atmospheric expansion and increased
drag on LEO spacecraft.
In this session we particularly encourage submissions from those involved
in developing early warning of ground-level geomagnetic disturbances from
solar wind measurements, members of industry, and from those involved in
the modelling of the magnetosphere during geomagnetic storms with a regard
to understanding the processes involved in the generation of ground-level
and near-Earth disturbances.
Craig and Mark encourage you to submit an abstract:
http://www.stce.be/esww2018/program/sessions.php
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