Space weather and plasma processes: From the Sun to the Earth
Sun-Earth System
Theory and numerical modelling have an important role in understanding the dynamic plasma processes which begin at the Sun and drive phenomena throughout the heliosphere. On the other hand, space weather modelling aims to develop operational models of this vast complex system, representing its effects closer to real-time while retaining the underlying physics.
Therefore, one of the key aspects of this cross-disciplinary session is to provide insight into the complementary modelling approaches to study and advance our understanding of related plasma environments in the Sun-Earth system. Furthermore, to reveal new prediction techniques which are able to refine our forecasting skills and capabilities of Solar Dynamics, Space Weather and Space Climate processes.
We welcome presentations from the scale of individual processes to the coupling between physical systems, in the fields of solar, heliospheric, magnetospheric and ionospheric physics. We encourage contributions on a variety of research methodologies, including the application of techniques drawn from other disciplines. We hope to see submissions ranging from observations and theory to numerical, statistical and machine learning modelling, in order to foster collaborations across communities.
Schedule
Session 1
13:00 Sophie Murray “International efforts to improve solar flare forecasts”
13:25 Szabolcs Soós “Different periodic behaviours of magnetic helicity flux in flaring and non-flaring AR cases”
13:38 Richard Grimes “Analysis of Sunspot Rotation in Flaring and Non-Flaring Groups”
13:51 Abril Sahade “Flux rope interactions with coronal holes”
14:04 Peter Wyper “A simulation of a coupled pseudostreamer/helmet streamer eruption”
14:17 Norbert Gyenge “Advancements in automated sunspot data processing: Sheffield Solar Catalogue (SSC)”
Session 2
16:00 Tamitha Skov “Reciprocity in Space Weather Forecasting: A New Paradigm of Driving Research Via Public Need”
16:25 Prantika Bhowmik “Prediction of solar variability during Sunspot Cycle 25”
16:38 Kaine Bunting “Improving Space Weather Forecasting Through A New Empirical Boundary Condition for Solar Wind Models”
16:51 Huw Morgan “Improved inner boundary conditions for solar wind models"
17:04 Matthew Lang “Improving solar wind forecasts using data assimilation”
17:17 Harriet Turner “The Influence of Spacecraft Latitudinal Offset on the Accuracy of Corotation Forecasts”
Session 3
13:00 Stefaan Poedts “EUHFORIA in PARADISE!”
13:25 Mathew Owens “Extreme Space-Weather Events and the Solar Cycle”
13:38 Martin Archer “Ripples going against the flow: How energy propagation determines the global structure of surface waves”
13:51 Ravindra Desai “High Latitude Trapping of the Outer Radiation Belt: Combined Global-MHD and Test-Particle Simulations”
14:04 Andrey Samsonov “Finding magnetopause standoff distance from SMILE SXI images”
14:17 John Coxon “Hot plasma in the magnetotail lobes shows characteristics consistent with closed field lines trapped in the lobes”
Session 4
16:00 Joe Borovsky “The Earth's Magnetosphere as a System and the Development of a System Tool”
16:25 Tom Elsden “Modelling the Varying Location of Field Line Resonances During Geomagnetic Storms”
16:38 Alexander Lozinski “Modelling Proton Belt Variability at MeV Energy”
16:51 Qing-He Zhang “A Space Hurricane over the Earth's Polar Ionosphere”
17:04 Patrik Krcelic “Fine-scale electric fields from optical observations of the aurora”
17:17 Colin Forsyth “Quantitatively comparing the temporal and spatial variations of the aurora, waves and magnetic deflections associated with substorms”
Karen Meyer, Sarah N Bentley, Marianna Korsos, Teo Bloch, Shaun Bloomfield, Richard Boynton, Tom Elsden, Richard Harrison, Paolo Pagano, Andy Smith
Thursday and Friday early and late afternoon
All attendees are expected to show respect and courtesy to other attendees and staff, and to adhere to the NAM Code of Conduct.