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Announcements of SCOSTEP Capacity Building Lectures


Received on October 12, 2021
by Claudia Martinez

Announcement of 9th SCOSTEP Capacity Building Lecture

Dear SCOSTEP Colleagues,

Our October lecture will be next week! This seminar will be given by Sarah Gibson, from HAO/NCAR, on the topic of the heliosphere and planetary interaction (WHPI).

If you'd like to join us please check the details below and don't forget to register.

Topic: Whole Heliosphere and Planetary Interactions (WHPI): Connecting Sun to solar wind to planets during "quiet" times of the solar cycle
Speaker: Sarah Gibson
Affiliation: High Altitude Observatory at NCAR, Colorado, USA
Date/time: October 21 (Thu), 2021, 00:30-01:30 UTC

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Best regards,
Claudia Martinez, SCOSTEP CB Lecture coordinator
Kazuo Shiokawa, SCOSTEP President


Received on September 04, 2021
by Claudia Martinez

Announcement of 8th SCOSTEP Capacity Building Lecture

Dear Colleagues,

Our next lecture will be in about 10 days with Dibyendu Nandi from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research on the topic of solar magnetic fields.

For more information please check below, and don't forget to register if you're interested.

Topic: Solar Magnetic Fields: Their Origin and Predictability.
Speaker: Dibyendu Nandi
Affiliation: Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata, India
Date/time: Sept. 14 (Tue), 2021, 10:30-11:30 UTC

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Best regards,
Claudia Martinez, SCOSTEP CB Lecture coordinator
Kazuo Shiokawa, SCOSTEP President


Received on August 06, 2021
by Claudia Martinez

Announcement of 7th SCOSTEP Capacity Building Lecture

Dear Colleagues,

After our summer break, the CB seminars are back!

Our next lecture will be in just under 2 weeks and we will welcome Craig Rodger from the University of Otago, New Zealand. He will talk about electron precipitation from the radiation belts.

For more information please check below, and don't forget to register if you're interested.

Topic: Energetic Electron Precipitation from the Radiation Belts: How plasma waves in space kill atmospheric ozone.
Speaker: Craig Rodger
Affiliation: Dept. of Physics, University of Otago, New Zealand
Date/time: August 19 (Thu), 2021, 00:30-01:30 UTC

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Best regards,
Claudia Martinez, SCOSTEP CB Lecture coordinator
Kazuo Shiokawa, SCOSTEP President


Received on June 15, 2021
by Claudia Martinez

Announcement of 6th SCOSTEP Capacity Building Lecture

Dear Colleagues,

Our next lecture will be in just under 2 week, with a topic centered around aurora and electromagnetic waves in space. Our speaker this time will be Keisuke Hosokawa, professor at the University of Electro-Communications in Japan.

For details read the meeting keys below and don't forget to register!

Topic: Aurora as a manifestation of electromagnetic waves in space .
Speaker: Keisuke Hosokawa
Affiliation: University of Electro-Communications, Japan
Date/time: June 28 (Mon), 2021, 10:30-12:00 UTC

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Best regards,
Claudia Martinez, SCOSTEP CB Lecture coordinator
Kazuo Shiokawa, SCOSTEP President


Received on May 24, 2021
by Claudia Martinez

Announcement of 5th SCOSTEP Capacity Building Lecture

(Esa Turunen, Director Emeritus of Sodankyla Geophysical Observatory)

Dear Colleagues,

Our next lecture will be given in exactly one week by Esa Turunen, Director Emeritus of Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory in Finland. He will be explaining the basics of ionospheric research followed by recent research problems at high latitudes.

For details read the meeting keys below and don't forget to register!

Topic: The variable geospace environment and our radio wave based modern society: basic concepts of ionosphere and recent research problems at high latitudes.
Speaker: Esa Turunen
Affiliation: Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory, Finland
Date/time: May 31 (Mon), 2021, 10:30-11:30 UTC

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Best regards,
Claudia Martinez, SCOSTEP CB Lecture coordinator
Kazuo Shiokawa, SCOSTEP President


Received on April 19, 2021
by Claudia Martinez

Announcement of 4th SCOSTEP Capacity Building Lecture

(speaker will be Alphonse Sterling from NASA/MSFC )

Dear Colleagues,

Our next lecture will be happening in a little less than 2 weeks. This time Alphonse Sterling from NASA/MSFC will be giving us an overview of the Sun's structure.

For more information please read the meeting keys below and don't forget to register!

As a reminder, the first half will be a tutorial-like session giving basic background on a topic, mostly oriented at students. Followed by the latest research or hot topic in the same subject accessible to younger and senior scientists.

Topic: An Overview of the Sun’s Structure, and a Closer Look at Solar Magnetism and Activity.
Speaker: Alphonse C. Sterling
Affiliation: NASA NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center, Alabama, USA
Date/time: April 29 (Thu), 2021, 00:30-01:30 UTC

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Best regards,
Claudia Martinez, SCOSTEP CB Lecture coordinator
Kazuo Shiokawa, SCOSTEP President


Received on March 18, 2021
by Claudia Martinez

Announcement of 3rd SCOSTEP Capacity Building Lecture

(speaker will be Jacob Bortnik from UCLA, USA)

Dear Colleagues,

As a reminder, the Lecture duration will be one hour and presented by one speaker. The first half will be a tutorial-like session giving basic background on a topic, mostly oriented at students. After a short break, we will follow with the latest research or hot topic in the same subject accessible to younger and senior scientists.

Topic: Machine-learning based reconstruction of the inner magnetosphere
Speaker: Jacob Bortnik
Affiliation: University of California Los Angeles, California, USA
Date/time: March 29 (Mon), 2021, 23:00-00:00 UT

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Best regards,
Claudia Martinez, SCOSTEP CB Lecture coordinator
Kazuo Shiokawa, SCOSTEP President


Received on February 19, 2021
by Claudia Martinez

Announcement of 2nd SCOSTEP Capacity Building Lecture

(speaker will be Ulrich Taubenschuss from IAP, Czechia)

Dear Colleagues,

As a reminder, the Lecture duration will be one hour and presented by one speaker. The first half will be a tutorial-like session giving basic background on a topic, mostly oriented at students. After a short break, we will follow with the latest research or hot topic in the same subject accessible to younger and senior scientists.

Topic: Processing of electric and magnetic signals onboard the THEMIS spacecraft
Speaker: Ulrich Taubenschuss
Affiliation: Institute of Atmospheric Physics AS CR, Prague, Czechia
Date/time: March 05 (Fri), 2021, 11:00-12:00 UTC

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Best regards,
Claudia Martinez, SCOSTEP CB Lecture coordinator
Kazuo Shiokawa, SCOSTEP President


Received on January 05, 2020
by Claudia Martinez

Announcement of 1st SCOSTEP Capacity Building Lecture

(speaker will be David Sibeck from NASA/GSFC)

Dear Colleagues,

The Lecture duration will be one hour and presented by one speaker. The first half will be a tutorial-like session giving basic background on a topic, mostly oriented at students. After a short break, we will follow with the latest research or hot topic in the same subject accessible to younger and senior scientists.

Topic: Motivation for soft X-ray imaging and plans for the STORM global imaging mission
Speaker: David G. Sibeck
Affiliation: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Maryland, USA
Date/time: January 22 (Fri), 2021, 01:00-02:00 UT

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With best regards,
MARTINEZ-CALDERON, Claudia Ph.D
Associate Professor
Center for International Collaborative Research
Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University