Space Weather and Heliophysics Modelling Workshop

Session

Community Capabilities & Radiation Environment

8 Apr 2026, 14:00

ESOC Press Centre

20. Italian Space Weather Modelling Capabilities: A Comprehensive Overview from the SWICo Community

Prof. Mirko Piersanti (University of L'Aquila, Italy)

08/04/2026, 14:00

In-person oral presentation

We present a comprehensive overview of Italy’s national capabilities in Space Weather modelling, compiled by the Space Weather Italian Community (SWICo) that consolidates contributions from universities, research institutes, agencies, and private partners across the country. It spans the full Sun–Earth chain, covering modelling efforts from solar activity and flare forecasting to heliospheric...

21. Space Weather at University of L'Aquila

Prof. Giulia D'Angelo (University of L'Aquila, Italy)

08/04/2026, 14:15

In-person oral presentation

The Space Physics Group at the University of L’Aquila conducts advanced research on Sun–Earth coupling processes within the magnetosphere–ionosphere–thermosphere (MIT) system, with particular attention to phenomena that directly affect technological infrastructures and space-based services.

A core research line focuses on the formation and evolution of high-latitude ionospheric...

11. Solar Cast: a suite of forecasting tool for the solar activity and the inner heliosphere

Allan Sacha BRUN (Dept of Astrophysics, CEA-Paris Saclay)

08/04/2026, 14:30

In-person oral presentation

We will present our project Solar Cast@CEA that regroups several forecasting tools developed over many years by our team at CEA under CNES, ERC, french funding agency (ANR) and ESA fundings to be able to anticipate the solar activity and its influence of the inner heliosphere and our technological society.
Solar Cast is at present including three tools: Solar Predict, Wind Predict and Flare...

44. Modelling of Cosmic Radiation at the Institute of Aerospace Medicine of the German Aerospace Center

Dr Daniel Matthiä (Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Linder Höhe, Köln, Germany)

08/04/2026, 14:45

In-person oral presentation

The Radiation Biology Department at the Institute of Aerospace Medicine of the German Aerospace Center has extensive experience in modelling cosmic radiation, its transport trough space craft shielding and planetary atmospheres and the conversion to quantities applicable to experimental validation and radiation protection. The presentation comprises an overview over past and current...

34. FLAG: Operational Orchestration of Integrated Sun–Earth Modelling

Kuan-Yu Ke

08/04/2026, 15:00

In-person oral presentation

Building on the Horizon 2020 projects PROGRESS (PRediction of Geospace Radiation Environment and Solar wind parameterS) and PAGER (Prediction of Adverse effects of Geomagnetic Storms and Energetic Radiation), the ESA-funded FLAG (Forecasts and Long-term probabilistic data Assimilative prediction of the effects of Geomagnetic storms) project advances the integration and operational deployment...

33. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE VERSATILE ELECTRON RADIATION BELT (VERB) CODE AND DATA ASSIMILATION APPLICATIONS

Yuri Yevgenyevich Shprits (GFZ, Potsdam, UCLA)

08/04/2026, 15:15

In-person oral presentation

Accurate specification and forecasting of Earth’s radiation belt electron environment remain critical for understanding radiation belt dynamics and mitigating space weather hazards to spacecraft. The Versatile Electron Radiation Belt (VERB) code has become a widely used physics-based model for simulating the evolution of relativistic electrons through radial diffusion and wave–particle...