{"id":928,"date":"2022-12-02T11:34:54","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T11:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stellar-h2020.eu\/?page_id=928"},"modified":"2023-08-02T10:22:45","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T07:22:45","slug":"lofar_space_weather_school","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stellar-h2020.eu\/index.php\/lofar_space_weather_school\/","title":{"rendered":"LOFAR Space Weather School"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

19 – 23 June, 2023<\/mark><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Organizers<\/strong>:<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
STELLAR project<\/a>
Institute of Astronomy with National Astronomical Observatory<\/a> – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences<\/a>
Branch Cosmos<\/a> – Union of Physicists in Bulgaria<\/a> <\/h6>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where:<\/mark><\/strong> National Astronomical Observatory Rozhen<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n

Deadline for Applying: 15 May 2023<\/strong>
Notification of Acceptance:<\/strong> 20 May 2023
Language:<\/strong> English
Requirements:<\/strong> laptop, Google account<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n\n\n

LECTURERS:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maaijke Mevius, ASTRON, Netherlands
Peijin Zhang, University of Helsinki, Finland
Pietro Zucca, ASTRON, Netherlands
Shane Maloney, DIAS, Ireland<\/mark>
Katarzyna Beser, ASTRON, Netherlands
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TECHNICAL SUPPORT<\/strong>:
Momchil Dechev
Mohamed Nedal
Asen Mutafov<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LOC<\/strong>:
Rositsa Miteva 
Kamen Kozarev
Dimitar Sotirov
Milko Bakardzhiev<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n\n\n

TOPICS<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I. Solar and space weather activity:
(1) Dynamic spectra
(2) Tied array imaging
(3) Interferometric imaging
<\/mark>II. Single station studies
III. Sun and space weather with LOFAR
IV. Ionospheric studies<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n\n\n

PROGRAM:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday, 18.06.2023<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

14:00 Departure from Sofia (organized bus)
18:00 Arrival & orientation
19:00-20:00 Dinner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday, 19.06.2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

08:00-09:00 Breakfast
09:00-11:00 Tutorial I: LOFAR for the Sun – Overview; Solar observations with LOFAR: quiet Sun; Low-frequency view of the Sun<\/a> (Peijin Zhang) <\/strong>
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-13:00 Tutorial II: Space Weather<\/a> (Shane Maloney) <\/strong>
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-16:00 Practice I: Demos on data staging and calibration; Interferometric imaging: basic data inspection for MS file<\/a> (Peijin Zhang)<\/strong>
16:00-16:30 Coffee break
16:30-18:30 Practice II: Single station data analysis (Shane Maloney)<\/strong>
18:30-20:00 Dinner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday, 20.06.2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

08:00-09:00 Breakfast
09:00-11:00 Tutorial III: Sun and space weather with LOFAR: Observation modes, data formats, and software (Pietro Zucca)<\/strong>
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-13:00 Tutorial IV: Introduction to the ionosphere<\/a> (Maaijke Mevius) <\/strong>
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-16:00 Practice III: Beam-formed data analyses<\/a>; Interferometric imaging: calibration <\/a>(Peijin Zhang \/ Pietro Zucca) <\/strong>
16:00-16:30 Coffee break – visit to the 2-m telescope
16:30-18:30 Practice IV: Ionospheric analysis<\/a> (Maaijke Mevius \/ Katarzyna Beser)<\/strong>
18:30-20:00 Dinner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, 21.06.2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

08:00-09:00 Breakfast
09:00-11:00 Tutorial IV: Ionospheric observations with LOFAR<\/a> (Maaijke Mevius) <\/strong>
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-13:00 Tutorial III: Solar imaging<\/a> (Pietro Zucca)<\/strong>
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-16:00 Practice III: Solar imaging and post-processing (Peijin Zhang \/ Pietro Zucca)<\/strong>
16:00-16:30 Coffee break
16:30-18:30 Practice IV: Ionospheric analysis<\/a> (Maaijke Mevius \/ Katarzyna Beser)<\/strong>
18:30-20:00 Dinner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, 22.06.2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

08:00-09:00 Breakfast
09:00-11:00 Tutorial II: Single station observations with LOFAR<\/a> (Shane Maloney)<\/strong>
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-13:30 Practice II: Single station data analysis (Shane Maloney)<\/strong>
13:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-16:00 Practice III: Solar wind measurements with LOFAR<\/a> (Peijin Zhang\/Pietro Zucca)<\/strong>
16:00-16:30 Coffee break
16:30-18:30 Practice IV: Ionospheric observation with LOFAR<\/a> (Maaijke Mevius\/Katarzyna Beser)<\/strong>
18:30-20:00 Dinner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday, 23.06.2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

08:00-09:00 Breakfast
09:00-11:00 Practice<\/a><\/strong>
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-13:00 Practice<\/a><\/strong>
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-16:00 Practice<\/a> <\/strong>
16:00-16:30 Coffee break
16:30-18:30 Wrap-up; Questionnaire; Final remarks<\/strong>
18:30-20:00 Dinner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday, 24.06.2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

08:00-09:00 Breakfast
09:00-10:00 Departure to Sofia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n\n\n

PARTICIPANTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anton Atanasov
Pavlina Aleksieva
Martin Bakanov
Svetoslav Botev
Sasha Boteva
Aleks Georgiev
Danislav Kodzhabashev
Liliana Makotela
Ida Nikolova
Samuil Petrov
Vladislav Petrov
Boyan Velev
Yovelina Zinkova<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n\n\n

In person event<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Previous summer schools by Branch Cosmos:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1st<\/sup>  – https:\/\/bulgarianspace.online\/space-schoolbg-2021\/<\/a>
2nd<\/sup> – https:\/\/bulgarianspace.online\/second-summer-school_2022\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n\n\n

Support:<\/strong> transport Sofia-NAO Rozhen-Sofia, food and accommodation<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n


CONTACT<\/strong>
rmiteva@nao-rozhen.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

19 – 23 June, 2023 Organizers: STELLAR project Institute of Astronomy with National Astronomical Observatory – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Branch Cosmos – Union of Physicists in Bulgaria Where: National Astronomical Observatory Rozhen Deadline for Applying: 15 May 2023Notification of Acceptance: 20 May 2023Language: EnglishRequirements: laptop, Google account LECTURERS: Maaijke Mevius, ASTRON, NetherlandsPeijin Zhang, University […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-928","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stellar-h2020.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stellar-h2020.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stellar-h2020.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stellar-h2020.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stellar-h2020.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=928"}],"version-history":[{"count":67,"href":"https:\/\/stellar-h2020.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1335,"href":"https:\/\/stellar-h2020.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/928\/revisions\/1335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stellar-h2020.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}