Advanced Space Weather Topics and “The Second Chef”

This is an advanced series of courses to introduce how solar phenomena impact the near-Earth environment. Included are the Earth’s magnetosphere, current systems, and the real-world phenomenological impacts at various satellite orbits. Recommended prerequisites: All courses in the C, F, P, and W course series. The H course series is optional, but also recommended.

This is an advanced series of courses to introduce how solar phenomena impact the near-Earth environment. Included are the Earth’s ionosphere, its current systems, and the real-world phenomenological impacts in the upper atmosphere like aurora, radio propagation, and drag on low Earth-orbiting (LEO) satellites. Recommended prerequisites: All courses in the C, F, P, W, and M course series. The H course series is optional.

This is an advanced series of courses to bring home all the other courses in the “Second Chef” chapter, which details how solar phenomena impact the near-Earth environment. In this series, we focus on impacts at the ground and how we can determine the state of disruption of our near-Earth system using magnetic indices. These indices are at the core of many Space Weather data products on the market today. We discuss real-world phenomenological impacts with respect to these indices and learn how to use them as scientists do, including how to discern which indices will be useful or not so useful using a variety of real-world events. Recommended prerequisites: All courses in the C, F, P, W, M, and I course series. The H course series is optional.

This is actually the fifth series in a set of courses on Space Weather Basics, but it really is an advanced class series. This series builds upon the knowledge of Solar Storms (CMEs), Solar Flares & Radio Bursts, Solar Radiation Storms, and Solar Wind streams. In this set, we introduce how these phenomena are modulated by solar activity and how the Sun spreads it’s influence throughout the entire solar system. We also discuss why this cyclic behavior is another important aspect of Space Weather from our Star. Recommended prerequisites: The C, F, P, and W course series.