CEDAR email: Boulder Space Weather Summer School, July 8 – July 19, 2019

[Stan Solomon]

Applications are open for the 2019 Boulder Space Weather Summer School, 
which will be held July 8 – July 19 at the National Center for 
Atmospheric Research, in Boulder, Colorado.  The SWSS is a comprehensive 
two-week introduction to the science of space weather: what it is, what 
it does, and what can be done about it.

*** Application Deadline: March 1, 2019 ***

The SWSS curriculum stands out for its integration of the fundamental 
science of the Sun-Earth system with the impacts of space weather, and 
has a particular emphasis on modeling and forecasting. The School is 
targeted at first or second year graduate students who are considering 
space weather or space physics as a research field, as well as active 
practitioners from government and industry (for example, space weather 
forecasters). Admission is also open to advanced undergraduate students. 
The pedagogical approach combines morning lectures from distinguished 
experts, with interactive learning labs in the afternoons that give 
students hands-on experience analyzing and interpreting data from 
spacecraft, and output from state-of-the-art models. The interactive 
activities culminate in a capstone project where students synthesize and 
apply the concepts and skills they have learned to forecast a space 
weather event, from its origins on the Sun to its impact on the Earth.

Local SWSS partners include the NCAR High Altitude Observatory, the NOAA 
Space Weather Prediction Center, the National Solar Observatory, and the 
University of Colorado.  Lecturers come from these and other leading 
research and educational institutions across the US, particularly Boston 
University, where the summer school originated.

For further information,  and instructions on how to apply, see:
https://www2.hao.ucar.edu/SWSS

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Stan Solomon
High Altitude Observatory
National Center for Atmospheric Research


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