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CSI 769/ASTR 769
  Topics in Space Weather


Fall Semester 2005
Sun_Earth



Class Notes and Schedule (Last Modified: Nov. 28, 2005)
. Class  notes will be posted after each lecture
01
Aug. 30, 2005
Overview of the Space Weather System (Opher) (.ppt, 16.0 MB)
Overview of individual components:
02
Sep. 06, 2005
Sun: Structure of the Sun and its Atmosphere (Zhang) (.ppt, 5.0 MB)
 03
Sep. 13, 2005
Sun: Solar Activities: Flares and CMEs (Zhang) (.ppt, 11.8 MB)
04
Sep. 20, 2005
Sun: Helioseismology and Dynamo Theory (Poland) (.ppt, 5.8 MB)
Sun: Solar Surface magnetic Field (Zhang) (.ppt, 3.1 MB)
05
Sep. 27, 2005
Heliosphere: Solar Wind, Interplanetary Magnetic Field (Opher) (.ppt,  3.4 MB)
06
Oct. 04, 2005
Heliosphere: ICMEs, IP Shocks (Opher) (.ppt, 0.6 KB)
07
08
09
Oct. 18, 2005
Oct. 25, 2005
Nov. 01, 2005
Magnetosphere and Plasmasphere (Guillory, lect07-09) (.ppt, 9.3 MB)
Lect07: magnetosphere structure, Bow shock, Charged Particle Orbit
Lect08: Dawn-dush Electric Field, Gyrokinetic Codes, Magnetotial and Current Sheet
Lect09: MHD Codes, Parellel E-fields & Precipitation, Satellite Diagnostics
Lect09: In Conjunciton with IMAGE-Hena overview (Demajistre) (.ppt, 5.2 MB)
10
Nov. 08, 2005 Heliosphere: SEP (Opher) (ppt, 13.1 MB)
11
Nov. 15, 2005
Upper Atmosphere (Meier) (ppt, 14.2 MB)
12
Nov. 22, 2005
Ionosphere (Meier) (ppt, 7.2 MB)
13
Nov. 29, 2005
Aurora, Airglow, Geomagnetic Storms (Meier) (ppt., 52.1 MB)
14
Dec. 6, 2005
Space Weather Effects on Technological Systems
1. (Meier) (ppt., 1.5 MB)
2. (Goodman) (ppt., 22.3 MB)


Final Exam:  Dec. 13, 7:30 PM -- 10:15 PM, Tuesday