Name: Space Weather Modelling Workshop
Start: 2023-02-28T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2023-03-02T13:00:00+01:00
Location: ESA/ESOC

Space Weather Modelling Workshop

from Tuesday, 28 February 2023 (09:00) to Thursday, 2 March 2023 (13:00)

Monday, 27 February 2023
Tuesday, 28 February 2023

09:00 Badge pickup
Badge pickup
09:00 - 09:30
Room: Main gate

09:30 Welcome coffee
Welcome coffee
09:30 - 09:50
Room: Press Centre H05
09:50 Welcome to the workshop by the Space Weather Office of ESA - Juha-Pekka Luntama (ESA/ESOC)
Welcome to the workshop by the Space Weather Office of ESA
- Juha-Pekka Luntama (ESA/ESOC)
09:50 - 10:10
Room: Press Centre H05
10:10 Space Weather Modelling projects at the Directorate of Technology: past, present and future funding opportunities - Piers Jiggens (ESA/ESTEC)
Space Weather Modelling projects at the Directorate of Technology: past, present and future funding opportunities
- Piers Jiggens (ESA/ESTEC)
10:10 - 10:30
Room: Press Centre H05
10:30 FlarePredict: Predicting solar flares with sandpile models and machine learning - Antoine Strugarek (CEA)
FlarePredict: Predicting solar flares with sandpile models and machine learning
- Antoine Strugarek (CEA)
10:30 - 10:50
Room: Press Centre H05
10:50 Data Assimilative Physics Based And Machine Learning Modelling Of The Near Earth Space Environment - Yuri SHPRITS (GFZ/ UCLA)
Data Assimilative Physics Based And Machine Learning Modelling Of The Near Earth Space Environment
- Yuri SHPRITS (GFZ/ UCLA)
10:50 - 11:10
11:10 Coffee
Coffee
11:10 - 11:30
Room: Press Centre H05
11:30 Deeply Understanding Space Weather - Matthieu Melcot
Deeply Understanding Space Weather
- Matthieu Melcot
11:30 - 11:50
Room: Press Centre H05
11:50 SERENADE: Forecasting the Kp index a few days ahead using solar imaging and neural networks alone - Guillerme Bernoux (ONERA)
SERENADE: Forecasting the Kp index a few days ahead using solar imaging and neural networks alone
- Guillerme Bernoux (ONERA)
11:50 - 12:10
12:10 Modelling space weather using a combination of physics-based and machine learning merthods. - Giovanni Lapenta (KU Leuven)
Modelling space weather using a combination of physics-based and machine learning merthods.
- Giovanni Lapenta (KU Leuven)
12:10 - 12:30
12:30 IRF Space Weather - Peter Wintoft (Swedish Institute of Space Physics)
IRF Space Weather
- Peter Wintoft (Swedish Institute of Space Physics)
12:30 - 12:50
Room: Press Centre H05
12:50 Lunch
Lunch
12:50 - 14:00
Room: Canteen
14:00 Trends in modern HPC systems - Estela Suarez (Juelich Supercomputer Centre)
Trends in modern HPC systems
- Estela Suarez (Juelich Supercomputer Centre)
14:00 - 14:50
Room: Press Centre H05
14:50 ARCAFF, Active Region Classification and Flare Forecasting - Shane Maloney (DIAS)
ARCAFF, Active Region Classification and Flare Forecasting
- Shane Maloney (DIAS)
14:50 - 15:10
15:10 The VSWMC-Status and future - Stefaan Poedts (KU Leuven)
The VSWMC-Status and future
- Stefaan Poedts (KU Leuven)
15:10 - 15:30
Room: Press Centre H05
15:30 Solar Predict: a 11yr solar cycle forecasting tool - Allan Sacha Brun (CEA Paris-Saclay, Dept. d'Astrophysique)
Solar Predict: a 11yr solar cycle forecasting tool
- Allan Sacha Brun (CEA Paris-Saclay, Dept. d'Astrophysique)
15:30 - 15:50
Room: Press Centre H05
15:50 Coffee
Coffee
15:50 - 16:10
Room: Press Centre H05
16:10 Upgrading the AWSoM model by including kink waves - Norbert Magyar (KU Leuven)
Upgrading the AWSoM model by including kink waves
- Norbert Magyar (KU Leuven)
16:10 - 16:30
Room: Press Centre H05
16:30 COCONUT: a fast converging global coronal model - Michaela Brchnelova (KU Leuven)
COCONUT: a fast converging global coronal model
- Michaela Brchnelova (KU Leuven)
16:30 - 16:50
Room: Press Centre H05
17:00 Visit ESA AGSA lab
Visit ESA AGSA lab
17:00 - 18:00
Room: Press Centre H05
Wednesday, 1 March 2023

09:00 Welcome coffee
Welcome coffee
09:00 - 09:30
Room: Press Centre H05
09:30 Forecasting ICME induced Satellite Orbit Decays with SODA - Manuela Temmer (University of Graz, Institute of Physics)
Forecasting ICME induced Satellite Orbit Decays with SODA
- Manuela Temmer (University of Graz, Institute of Physics)
09:30 - 09:50
09:50 Space modelling at RUB: Multiscale simulations of space plasmas - Maria Elena Innocenti
Space modelling at RUB: Multiscale simulations of space plasmas
- Maria Elena Innocenti
09:50 - 10:10
Room: Press Centre H05
10:10 Towards data-driven modeling of the corona-heliosphere system - Jens Pomoell
Towards data-driven modeling of the corona-heliosphere system
- Jens Pomoell
10:10 - 10:30
Room: Press Centre H05
10:30 Space weather models at Finnish Meteorological Institute - Ilja Honkonen (Finnish Meteorological Institute)
Space weather models at Finnish Meteorological Institute
- Ilja Honkonen (Finnish Meteorological Institute)
10:30 - 10:50
10:50 Coffee
Coffee
10:50 - 11:10
Room: Press Centre H05
11:10 Solar wind modeling with EUHFORIA - Jasmina Magdalenic (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
Solar wind modeling with EUHFORIA
- Jasmina Magdalenic (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
11:10 - 11:30
Room: Press Centre H05
11:30 Icarus: a new highly optimized heliopsheric model for forecasting purporses - Tinatin Baratashvili (KU Leuven)
Icarus: a new highly optimized heliopsheric model for forecasting purporses
- Tinatin Baratashvili (KU Leuven)
11:30 - 11:50
11:50 Wind-Predict and Solar-Predict: Using data-driven simulations and data assimilation to forecast the solar cycle and its impact on the corona - Barbara Perri (AIM/DAp)
Wind-Predict and Solar-Predict: Using data-driven simulations and data assimilation to forecast the solar cycle and its impact on the corona
- Barbara Perri (AIM/DAp)
11:50 - 12:10
Room: Press Centre H05
12:10 Space modelling at RUB: SEP nowcasting with solar proxies - Frederic Effenberger (Ruhr-University Bochum)
Space modelling at RUB: SEP nowcasting with solar proxies
- Frederic Effenberger (Ruhr-University Bochum)
12:10 - 12:30
Room: Press Centre H05
12:30 Towards advanced SEP forecasting using physics-based simulation modeling of particle acceleration and transport - Alexandr Afanasiev (University of Turku)
Towards advanced SEP forecasting using physics-based simulation modeling of particle acceleration and transport
- Alexandr Afanasiev (University of Turku)
12:30 - 12:50
Room: Press Centre H05
12:50 Lunch
Lunch
12:50 - 14:00
Room: Canteen

14:00 Weather forecasting at ECMWF
Weather forecasting at ECMWF
14:00 - 14:50
14:50 Drag-Based Ensemble Model (DBEMv4) with variable solar wind speed input - Jaša Čalogović (Hvar Observatory, Faculty of Geodesy, University of Zagreb)
Drag-Based Ensemble Model (DBEMv4) with variable solar wind speed input
- Jaša Čalogović (Hvar Observatory, Faculty of Geodesy, University of Zagreb)
14:50 - 15:10
15:10 Kinetic processes in the interplanetary CME-driven shocks - Marian Lazar (Centre for Mathematical Plasma Astrophysics, Department of Mathematics, KU Leuven)
Kinetic processes in the interplanetary CME-driven shocks
- Marian Lazar (Centre for Mathematical Plasma Astrophysics, Department of Mathematics, KU Leuven)
15:10 - 15:30
Room: Press Centre H05
15:30 Solar wind forecast models from University of Graz - Daniel Milosic (University of Graz)
Solar wind forecast models from University of Graz
- Daniel Milosic (University of Graz)
15:30 - 15:50
16:00 Visit ESOC
Visit ESOC
16:00 - 17:00
Room: Press Centre H05
Thursday, 2 March 2023

09:30 Welcome coffee
Welcome coffee
09:30 - 09:50
Room: Press Centre H05
09:50 Development of the Gorgon global magnetospheric model for science and the GorgonOps implementation for space weather applications - Jonathan Eastwood (Imperial College London)
Development of the Gorgon global magnetospheric model for science and the GorgonOps implementation for space weather applications
- Jonathan Eastwood (Imperial College London)
09:50 - 10:10
10:10 Overview of the Bergen - Imperial Global Geospace modelling project - Norah Kwagala (University of Bergen)
Overview of the Bergen - Imperial Global Geospace modelling project
- Norah Kwagala (University of Bergen)
10:10 - 10:30
10:30 Hybrid PIC with AMR - towards hierarchical multi formalism plasma modelling - Nicolas Aunai (CNRS/LPP)
Hybrid PIC with AMR - towards hierarchical multi formalism plasma modelling
- Nicolas Aunai (CNRS/LPP)
10:30 - 10:50
10:50 PLASMA product family for Space Weather Monitoring - Balázs Heilig (Institute of Earth Physics and Space Science)
PLASMA product family for Space Weather Monitoring
- Balázs Heilig (Institute of Earth Physics and Space Science)
10:50 - 11:10
Room: Press Centre H05
11:10 Coffee
Coffee
11:10 - 11:40
Room: Press Centre H05
11:40 The RB-FAN framework, in the context of ESA-SSA and ESA-S2P - Vincent Maget (ONERA)
The RB-FAN framework, in the context of ESA-SSA and ESA-S2P
- Vincent Maget (ONERA)
11:40 - 12:00
12:00 Models for ionospheric plasma variability, irregularities, and scintillation conditions in the Arctic - Wojciech Miloch (University of Oslo)
Models for ionospheric plasma variability, irregularities, and scintillation conditions in the Arctic
- Wojciech Miloch (University of Oslo)
12:00 - 12:20
Room: Press Centre H05
12:20 Operational inner magnetosphere particle transport and acceleration model (IMPTAM) for 1–300 keV electrons - Natalia Ganushkina (Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki)
Operational inner magnetosphere particle transport and acceleration model (IMPTAM) for 1–300 keV electrons
- Natalia Ganushkina (Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki)
12:20 - 12:40
12:40 Electron radiation belt nowcast, forecast and safety assessment using the SafeSpace data assimilation modelling pipeline - Nour Dahmen (ONERA)
Electron radiation belt nowcast, forecast and safety assessment using the SafeSpace data assimilation modelling pipeline
- Nour Dahmen (ONERA)
12:40 - 13:00