SUN-EARTH RELATIONSHIP AND SPACE WEATHER: THE ROLE OF POLAR REGIONS - PART II

Academic year
2023/2024 Syllabus of previous years
Official course title
SUN-EARTH RELATIONSHIP AND SPACE WEATHER: THE ROLE OF POLAR REGIONS - PART II
Course code
R26036 (AF:523747 AR:294958)
Modality
Online
ECTS credits
4
Degree level
Corso di Dottorato (D.M.226/2021)
Educational sector code
FIS/06
Period
Annual
Course year
1
The objectives of this course are the development of a deep understanding of the Sun-Earth relationship, and its implications for polar regions, focussing on the solar wind intercation with the magnetosphere-ionosphere sytem. Moreover, part of the course will be dedicated to the cosmic rays variability and impact on polar regions. The course will also allow the student to explore the potential advantages and the criticalities of polar regions as locations for observations of the ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamical state. The course will consiste of the following sections:
Solar Wind - Magnetosphere-Ionosphere coupling and central role of polar regions.
Space Weather phenomena due to SW-magnetosphere-ionosphere interaction and their impacts on polar regions
Observables: geomagnetic magnetic field variations; ionospheric convection; aurorae.
Definitive programme.