Community:Announcement itsw05
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International Advanced School on Space Weather, 2-19 May, Italy - due 15 Jan
An International Advanced School on Space Weather will be held at the Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, 2-19 May, 2006. �The main focus of the School on Space Weather will be to follow the various pathways by which solar and outer space energy modify the space and atmospheric environments of Earth, and impact human activities. �Topical areas will be covered with a view towards balanced treatment of basic physics, phenomenology, and data analyses. �Students will learn how to access and use various models, databases and information technology tools for Sun-Earth scientific investigations. �The societal impacts of solar variability will be introduced throughout. �Since space weather is an interdisciplinary subject, tutorial lectures will be utilized to familiarize participants with subject matter fundamental to the more focused and applied lectures. �In addition, students will have an opportunity to participate in assembly of a replica of Birkeland's Terrella experiment.
The due date for applications is January 15, 2006. �The full announcement and application form are available at: http://cdsagenda5.ictp.trieste.it/full_display.php?ida=a05201
Co-Sponsored by: COST Actions 724 and 296, INAF-National Institute for Astrophysics, SCOSTEP/CAWSES, U.S. National Space Weather Program
Co-Directors: Professor Jeffrey M. Forbes (forbes@colorado.edu), University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA, and Professor Mauro Messerotti, INAF-Trieste Astronomical Observatory, Trieste, Italy
Local Organizer: Professor Sandro Radicella, ICTP, Trieste, Italy.
-- Revised 23 Dec 2005 by emery@ucar.edu
