SCOSTEP/PRESTONEWSLETTER
Vol. 32, July 2022

Inside this issue
Article 1:
The SafeSpace Project1

Highlight onYoung Scientists 1:
Camilla Scolini /USA

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Highlight onYoung Scientists 2:
Mizuki Fukizawa /
Japan

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Meeting Report 1:
2nd Iberian Space
Science Summer
School (i4s)7

Meeting Report 2:
Workshop on Extreme Solar Events

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Meeting Report 3:
The 2nd Summer
School on Space
Research, Technology & Applications
for young scientists
and PhD students

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Announcement 1:
In Memorium(Patricia Doherty)

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The SafeSpace Project
Ioannis A. Daglis1,2 and Georgios Balasis3
1National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
2Hellenic Space Center, Athens, Greece
3Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing, National Observatory of Athens, Athens, Greece

Ioannis A.
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he “Radiation Belt Environmental
Indicators for the Safety of Space
Assets - SafeSpace” project was
launched in January 2020 with a durationof 36 months [https://www.safespaceh2020.eu/]. This comprehensive space
weather project has been funded by theEuropean Union in the framework of the
Horizon 2020 research and innovation
funding programme. The objectives of
SafeSpace are relevant and fully alignedwith the SCOSTEP/PRESTO programand in particular with its first pillar of
research (Sun, interplanetary space andgeospace).

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afeSpace aims at advancing space
weather nowcasting and forecasting
capabilities and, consequently, at contributing to the safety of space assets throughGeorgios
Balasisthe transition of powerful tools from research to operations (R2O). To ensure an
efficient and optimized transfer from science to applications, SafeSpace takes
advantage of the strong, synergistic collaboration of academia (National andKapodistrian University of Athens NKUA, Office National d’Etudes et deRecherches Aérospatiales – ONERA,
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven – KU
LEUVEN, Institute of AtmosphericPhysics Ustav Fyziky Atmosfery AV CR,
v.v.i. – IAP, Institut royal d’Aéronomie
Spatiale de Belgique Royal – BIRAIASB, Centre National de la Recherche
Scientifique - CNRS), a major European
space industry (Thales Alenia Space España – TAS-E) and a space-oriented
SME (Space Applications & Research

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Figure 1. The overall project logic covers the complete Sun – interplanetary space –magnetosphere chain of space weather.

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Figure 2. The SafeSpace service prototype is available at http://www.safespace-service.eu.

Consultancy Sandberg & Co Private Company SPARC).

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afeSpace aims to improve radiation belt modellingthrough the incorporation into an existing physicalmodel of processes and parameters that are of major
importance to radiation belt dynamics. In order to set up
a prototype of a new space weather service dedicated to
Earth-orbiting satellites, end-user requirements related
to space weather hazards have been defined by TAS-E
in consultation with other end-users.

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he main goal of the SafeSpace project is to design
and produce the Space Safety Service, i.e., a service
prototype dedicated to adverse space weather events
impacting near-Earth space and threatening space-borne
assets. The Space Safety Service is devoted to the prediction of hazardous – for Earth-orbiting satellites –enhancements of outer Van Allen belt electron fluxes/
fluences. Effective mitigation of the detrimental effectsof such electron enhancement events is possible withreliable warnings and could result in cost avoidance ofseveral billion dollars globally per decade.

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he design and output of the SafeSpace prediction
service is based on the requirements of space industry partners and considers the full cause-to-effect sequence, from precursors on Sun's surface to radiation
belt variability. We have achieved this through the synergistic combined use, for the first time, of the following complementary models: the solar wind acceleration
model MULTI-VP (CNRS), the heliospheric solar windpropagation models Helio1D (CNRS) and EUHFORIA(KU Leuven), the ONERA Geoffectiveness Neural Networks, the IASB plasmasphere model, the NKUA EM-SCOSTEP/PRESTO NewsletterVol. 32

ERALD model for the prediction of the radial diffusion
coefficients, the IAP model for the estimation of the
VLF diffusion coefficients and the ONERA Salammbôradiation belts code, covering different regions of thecomplete Sun – interplanetary space – magnetospherechain of space weather (see Figure 1). The coupling ofthese complementary models enables a holistic approach of radiation belt forecasting, incorporating thestudy of plasma and energy flow from the Sun to thenear-Earth environment, the transfer into the terrestrial
magnetosphere, and the effects on cold plasma densityand electromagnetic wave properties, driving radiation
belt dynamics.

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he SafeSpace service prototype is available at:
http://www.safespace-service.eu (Fig. 2). Please
visit the WebSite and use the service! We would verymuch appreciate your feedback through this short questionnaire: https://forms.gle/gA9oBfPmKJdC1QJg9.

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he SafeSpace project has received funding from theEuropean Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 870437.
*SafeSpace Team: I.A. Daglis, S. Bourdarie, J. Cueto,F. Darrouzet, B. Lavraud, S. Poedts, I. Sandberg, O.
Santolik, S. Aminalragia-Giamini, G. Balasis, E. Botek,
A. Brunet, I. Bueno, N. Dahmen, J. De Keyser, L. De
Pablo, S. Doulfis, G. Eiguren, V. Génot, M. Georgiou,
O. Giannakis, B. Grison, Z. Iqbal, J.M. Jimenez, C.
Katsavrias, R. Kieokaew, I. Kolmasova, V. Maget, F.A. Metallinou, K. Moutsouroufi, A. Nasi, J. Oliveros,
C. Papadimitriou, V. Pierrard, R. Pinto, D. Pisa, E. Samara, A. Sicard, J. Soucek,

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A Statistical Study on the Causes and Consequences of Magnetic
Complexity Changes within Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejections

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oronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) are gigantic eruptions of plasma and magnetic fields from the Sun.
Their interplanetary counterparts (ICMEs) are the main
drivers of strong-to-intense geomagnetic disturbances(Kilpua et al. 2017), and understanding their Sun-toEarth evolution is critical to advance our knowledge ofthe heliospheric environment and take prompt protective measures against hazardous space weather events.
ICMEs are generally depicted as highly magnetized
structures with a flux-rope-like magnetic topology,

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Camilla Scolini1
1University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA

Camilla
Scoliniknown as magnetic ejecta (ME), connected to the Sun
by two “legs” and often preceded by shocks and turbulent sheaths. Such a picture (Figure 1), developed
through decades of observations (e.g. Burlaga et al.
1981; Luhmann et al. 2020), describes a widely accepted paradigm for a low-complexity ICME state. Yet,ICMEs observed near 1 au exhibit different levels ofcomplexity in terms of similarity/deviation from that
configuration (as shown by the two examples in Figure
2).

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Figure 1. Schematics of an ICME in the standard model, including a magnetic ejecta/cloud with a flux-rope-likemagnetic field structure, and preceding shock and turbulent sheath structures. The common detection of counterstreaming suprathermal electron beams is commonly interpreted as evidence of a closed magnetic topology connected to the Sun by two “legs”. From Luhmann et al. (2020) based on Zurbuchen & Richardson (2006).

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Figure 2. Example of two ICMEs observed by STEREO-A in 2013 (left) and 2009 (right). Right: low-complexity
ICME (between the solid vertical lines) exhibiting a preceding shock (marked by the dotted vertical line), a turbulent sheath, and an ME with smooth rotations in the magnetic field components, compatible with a NWS lowinclination flux rope structure (Bothmer & Schwenn, 1998). Left: high-complexity ME interacting with an interplanetary shock lacking a clear flux rope structure. Adapted from Scolini et al. (2022).

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Announcement4n a recent study (Scolini et al. 2022), we addressed
the question of why some ICMEs are more complex
than others, focusing on the evolution of complexity
within ME magnetic structures during interplanetarypropagation. We analyzed the complexity of 31 MEs
detected between 2008 and 2014 by radially aligned
spacecraft between 0.3 and 1 au, based on their similarity/deviation from the schematics in Figure 1. For eachME, we compared observations at the inner and outerspacecraft to determine complexity changes during
propagation. We found that the majority of MEs increased their complexity with heliocentric distance, andthat complexity changes were closely associated to thepresence of large-scale solar wind structures in the ICME propagation space, highlighting the key role of interactions with high speed streams, stream interaction
regions, and the heliospheric current sheet in the development of ME magnetic complexity during propagation. Complexity changes also correlated with reduced
periods of bi-directional suprathermal electron flows
within MEs, indicative of major alterations to theirmagnetic topology and connectivity to the Sun.

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ur results suggest that magnetic complexity changes are likely a consequence of ICME interactions
with large-scale solar wind structures, rather than intrinsic to ICME evolution during propagation, complementing previous evidence by Winslow et al. (2021) and
Scolini et al. (2021). New magnetic field and plasma
observations in the inner heliosphere (e.g. from Parker
Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter) are opening up new opportunities to explore the physical mechanisms mediat-

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ing magnetic complexity changes within MEs from local to global scales. Future initiatives aimed at increasing the number of missions monitoring the solar windconditions at different distances from the Sun will also
be critical to broaden our knowledge on the evolution of
ICMEs throughout the inner heliosphere.
References:

Bothmer, V. & Schwenn, R. (1998), Annales Geophysicae, 16, 1, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00585-997-0001-x.
Burlaga, L. et al. (1981), Journal of Geophysical Research, 86, A8, https://doi.org/10.1029/
JA086iA08p06673.
Kilpua, E. K. J. et al. (2017), Living Reviews in Solar
Physics, 14, 1, https://doi.org/10.1007/s41116-017-0009-6.
Luhmann, J. G. et al. (2020), Solar Physics, 295, 4,https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-020-01624-0.
Scolini, C. et al. (2021), The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 916, 2, https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ac0d58.
Scolini, C. et al. (2022), The Astrophysical Journal,
927, 1, https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac3e60.
Winslow, R. M. et al. (2021), The Astrophysical Journal, 916, 1, https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac0439.
Zurbuchen, T. H. & Richardson, I. G. (2006), Space
Science Reviews, 123, 1-3, https://doi.org/10.1007/
s11214-006-9010-4.

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Reconstruction of the two-dimensional precipitating electrons and the three-dimensional structure of the pulsating
aurora from auroral images obtained with all-sky cameras

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MizukiFukizawa

three-dimensional (3-D) volume emission rate (VER) of
a PsA patch from auroral images.

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e used auroral images obtained with all-sky cameras at Abisko, Kilpisjärvi, and Skibotn (Figure1a). Each camera had a common field of view (Figure1b). We reconstructed the electron flux (f) from the auroral images (g̃ ) by maximizing the posterior probability(P(f|g̃ )). Details of the analysis method are explained in
Fukizawa et al. (2022).

Meeting Reporturoras begin to blink quasi-periodically from midnight to morning. These auroras are called pulsating auroras (PsAs). Rocket and satellite observations
revealed that electrons precipitate from the magnetosphere to the ionosphere in synchronization with PsAemission intensity modulation (e.g., Miyoshi et al.,2015; Sandahl et al., 1980). However, rocket and satellite observations can only obtain one-dimensional data
along their orbits. In this study, we reconstructed thetwo-dimensional (2-D) precipitating electrons and theHighlight on Young Scientists

Mizuki Fukizawa1
1National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, Japan

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Figure 1. Observation data (Fukizawa et al., 2022). (a) Auroral images at Abisko (ABK), Skibotn (SKB), andKilpisjärvi (KIL) from 00:53:30 UT to 00:53:42 UT on 18 February 2018. (b) Locations and fields of view of allsky cameras at ABK (green), SKB (red), and KIL (yellow) at an altitude of 100 km. The location of Tromsø (TRO)
is shown by a gray asterisk.

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Figure 2. Reconstruction results (Fukizawa et al., 2022). (a) Total energy (Q 0) and (b) characteristic energy (Ec) of
the reconstructed electron flux. (c) Reconstructed 3-D distribution of volume emission rates (VERs) (L). (d) Electron density altitude profiles (ne) converted from the reconstructed VERs with the subtraction of the backgroundemission (BGE) (red lines), those without the BGE subtraction (blue lines), and those observed by the EISCAT radar (black lines). Details of effective recombination coefficients αfit, αO⁺₂, and αNO+ are explained in Fukizawa et al.
(2022). The measurement uncertainties are represented by error bars.

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he reconstructed results are shown in Figure 2. Figures 2a and 2b show the total and characteristicenergy of the reconstructed electron flux, respectively.
We found that the characteristic energy (Ec) was highnear the edge of the PsA patch and that Ec had both
spatial and temporal changes. These spatiotemporalvariations imply changes of the plasma and magnetic
field environment in the magnetosphere.

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igure 2c shows the reconstructed 3-D VER. The
VER was converted to the electron density to validate the reconstruction accuracy using the continuity
equation (Figure 2d). We confirmed that the reconstructed electron density was consistent with that obtained with the European Incoherent Scatter (EISCAT)
radar.

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he results of this study suggest that the spatiotemporal changes of the 2-D precipitating electrons and3-D VER of PsAs can be investigated only using
ground-based cameras.
References:
1. Fukizawa, M., Sakanoi, T., Tanaka, Y., Ogawa, Y.,
Hosokawa, K., Gustavsson, B., Kauristie, K., Ko-

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zlovsky, A., Raita, T., Brandstrom, U., & Sergienko,
T. (2022). Reconstruction of Precipitating Electrons
and Three-Dimensional Structure of a Pulsating Auroral Patch from Monochromatic Auroral Images
Obtained from Multiple Observation Points. Annales
Geophysicae, 40, 475–484. https://doi.org/10.5194/
angeo-40-475-2022.
2. Miyoshi, Y., Saito, S., Seki, K., Nishiyama, T.,
Kataoka, R., Asamura, K., Katoh, Y., Ebihara, Y.,
Sakanoi, T., Hirahara, M., Oyama, S., Kurita, S., &Santolik, O. (2015). Relation between energy spectraof pulsating aurora electrons and frequency spectraof whistler-mode chorus waves. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 120(9), 7728–7736.
https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JA021562.
3. Sandahl, I., Eliasson, L., & Lundin, R. (1980). Rocket observations of precipitating electrons over a pulsating aurora. Geophysical Research Letters, 7(5),309–312. https://doi.org/10.1029/GL007i005p00309.

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Meeting Report 1:

2nd Iberian Space Science Summer School (i4s)
Antonio Guerrero1, Consuelo Cid1, Manuel Flores-Soriano1, Teresa Barata2, Anna Morozova2
1University of Alcala, Madrid, Spain
2University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

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ManuelFlores-Soriano

TeresaBarataAnna
Morozova

two tours to know more about UAH, one of the oldest
universities in Europe, and about ESAC, the host forscience operation centres and mission’s archives of
ESA.

Meeting Reporthe second edition of the i4s school 2022 was heldin-person between 6th June and 10th June 2022 at
the University of Alcala in Spain. The local organization was carried out by the SWE-UAH research group(Spain) and IA (Portugal) with the support fromSCOSTEP. 28 students from 16 different countries fromAfrica, America, Europe, and Asia participated, attending lectures from 17 scientists covering specializations
in all stages of the Sun-Earth interaction. Grouped infive projects they worked on specific space weather
events. They also presented their research work withtalks and posters. Travel and accommodation for somestudents were possible thanks to SCOSTEP, ISWI,JSPS and ISEE. Participants had the opportunity with

Consuelo
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Antonio
GuerreroFigure 1. A group photo of the participants of i4s summer school.

Meeting Report 2:

Stepan Poluianov1
1University of Oulu, Finland

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StepanPoluianovevent: https://cosmicrays.oulu.fi/espera_2022.

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he workshop on Extreme Solar Events was held in
Rokua, Finland on 27-30 March 2022. It was organized by early-career scientists as an in-person eventand brought top-tier experts and doctoral researchers
from Finland, Switzerland, Japan, and Germany to discuss the recent progress in a very rapidly developing
field of extreme solar events. Three major topics wereaddressed: (1) the statistics of occurrence of extreme
events (energetic particle storms, flares, coronal massejections) on the Sun and solar-like stars, (2) the search
for and reconstructions of past extreme events, (3) effects induced by the storms in the Earth’s environment.
The event was supported by projects ESPERA andQUASARE of the Academy of Finland, as well as by a
SCOSTEP/PRESTO meeting grant. The website of theUpcoming Meetings

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Figure 1. A group photo of the participants of theworkshop.

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Meeting Report 3:

The 2nd Summer School on Space Research, Technology & Applications for young scientists and PhD students

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Rositsa Miteva1
1Institute of Astronomy with National Astronomical Observatory,
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria

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he second summer school on Space research, technology and applications was held in the National
Astronomical Observatory (NAO) – Rozhen, Bulgaria
from 3rd to 10th July 2022 in a hybrid mode. It wasorganized by Branch ‘Cosmos’ of the Union of Physicists in Bulgaria. 16 on-site and 51 online participantsfrom about 20 different countries could access theevent. Variety of topics were offered to the students:from gravitational waves and exo-planets, to space
weather, Earth observations and machine learning. The
program comprised morning hybrid lectures and afternoon on-site-only or online practice sessions covering
topics from Sun and space weather, Gravitational
waves, Machine learning to Astrophotography. Workshops on Risk analysis and management of space missions and Earth observations were provided too as astandalone one-day activity. At the end of the school,
three teams presented the results from their practicework led by the lecturer or/and experienced mentors.
Transferable skills were trained too, in sessions dedicated to communications in astronomy and developing
space-related SMEs and start-ups. In addition, each participant gave a short overview on their PhD topic during
a dedicated PhD session.

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he summer school received financial support fromthe America for Bulgaria foundation, SCOSTEP
and Karoll knowledge foundation. The event was held

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Figure 1. A group photo of the on-site participants,
lecturers and summer school organizers in front of thedome of the 2-m telescope in NAO-Rozhen.

under the auspices of the Ministry of Innovation and
Growth of Bulgaria.

More details, open-access lectures, presentationsand videos can be found at the summer school
web-site: https://bulgarianspace.online/second-summerschool_2022/.

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ArticleIn Memorium

Patricia Helen Doherty (1950-2022)

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have to share the sad news that Patricia(Pat) Helen Doherty, the SCOSTEPScientific Secretary, suddenly passed away
on July 14, 2022, from a heart attack. I do
not have words to express my thoughts on
this really sad news. I can only pray forher peaceful rest.

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at’s research has been focused on space weather andionospheric conditions on Global Navigation Satellite Systems. Pat has been the Scientific Secretary of the
Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics(SCOSTEP) since 2019. Since then, Pat has provided
various administrative supports for the SCOSTEP activ-

ities. In addition, Pat has made great efforts to support
students and early-career scientists by organizing capacity building schools and workshops and by providing
administrative supports for their travel to overseas institutions under the SCOSTEP visiting scholar program.
Pat has also managed translation of SCOSTEP’s comic
books on solar-terrestrial physics for kids to various
languages and developed a new SCOSTEP website(https://scostep.org/) and the SCOSTEP-related mailinglist under the Boston College mailing system.

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COSTEP will miss her deeply and send our sincere
condolences to her family and friends.

Kazuo Shiokawa, SCOSTEP President

Upcoming meetings related to SCOSTEP
Conference

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AOGS 2022

International Beacon Satellite Symposium

DateAug. 1-5, 2022

Aug. 1-5, 2022

LocationContact Information

Onlinehttps://www.asiaoceania.org/
aogs2022/public.asp?
page=home.asp

Boston, MA, USA

https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/research/sites/institute-forscientific-research/eventsconferences/bss2022.html

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Announcement

16th International Symposium on Equatorial
Sept. 12-16, 2022 Kyoto, Japan
Aeronomy (ISEA-16)

http://www2.rish.kyoto-u.ac.jp/
isea16/8th International Space Climate Symposium
Sept. 19-22, 2022 Krakow, Poland(SC8)

https://spaceclimate8.uph.edu.pl/

European Space Weather Week 2022

Oct. 24-28, 2022

Zagreb, Croatia

https://www.stce.be/esww2022/

Summer Space Weather School- Physics and use of tools

In October, 2022

Houphouët Boigny
University, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

AGU Fall Meeting 2022

Dec. 12-16, 2022

Chicago, IL, USA

https://www.agu.org/fall-meeting

IUGG 2023

Jul. 11-20, 2023

Berlin, Germany

https://www.iugg2023berlin.org/

AGU Fall Meeting 2023

Dec. 11-15, 2023

San Francisco, CA,USA

https://www.agu.org/fall-meeting

Please send the information of upcoming meetings to the newsletter editors.

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Kazuo Shiokawa (shiokawa_at_nagoya-u.jp)
SCOSTEP President,
Center for International Collaborative Research (CICR),
Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE), Nagoya University,
Nagoya, Japan
Patricia H. Doherty (deceased on July 2022)
SCOSTEP Scientific Secretary,
Boston College, Boston, MA, USA

Ramon Lopez (relopez_at_uta.edu)
PRESTO chair,
University of Texas at Arlington, TX, USA

Newsletter Secretary:

Mai Asakura (asakura_at_isee.nagoya-u.ac.jp)
Center for International Collaborative Research (CICR),
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Nagoya, Japan

PRESTO co-chairs
and Pillar co-leaders:

Eugene Rozanov (co-chair), Jie Zhang (co-chair), Allison Jaynes (Pillar 1 co-leader), Emilia Kilpua (Pillar 1 co-leader), Spiros Patsourakos (Pillar 1 co-leader), Loren Chang (Pillar 2 co-leader),Duggirala Pallamraju (Pillar 2 co-leader), Nick Pedatella (Pillar 2 co-leader), Odele Coddington(Pillar 3 co-leader), Jie Jiang (Pillar 3 co-leader), and Stergios Misios (Pillar 3 co-leader)

SCOSTEP Bureau:

Kazuo Shiokawa (President), Daniel Marsh (Vice President), Nat Goplaswamy (Past President),
Patricia Doherty (Scientific Secretary), Mamoru Ishii (WDS), Jorge Chau (URSI), Kyung-Suk
Cho (IAU), Yoshizumi Miyoshi (COSPAR), Renata Lukianova (IAGA/IUGG), Peter
Pilewskie (IAMAS), Pravata Kumar Mohanty (IUPAP), and Lucilla Alfonsi (SCAR)
website: https://scostep.org.

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