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2019 Heliophysics Summer School Schedule

Time (MDT) Session/Title Speaker
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Welcome and Introductions

Amitava Bhattacharjee and Nicholas Gross
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Break

- Core Lecture 1: Why does the Sun have a Corona and Wind? Dana Longcope
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Lunch

- Solar Wind: Structure and Turbulence
  • Textbook I, Chapter 7
  • Textbook I, Chapter 9
  • Textbook III, Chapter 9
Ben Chandran
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Break

- Lab 1: Event Analysis Nicholas Gross
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Welcome Reception

Location: Rayback Collective, Boulder

Time (MDT) Session/Title Speaker
- Core Lecture 2: Kinetic Theory Amitava Bhattacharjee
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Student Talks and Break

- Solar Wind: Particle Distribution Functions
  • Textbook II, Chapter 8
  • Textbook II, Chapter 9
  • Textbook IV, Chapter 12
Ben Chandran
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Student Talks and Lunch

- Lab 2a: Solar Wind Nicholas Gross
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Break

- Lab 2b: Solar Wind Nicholas Gross
Time (MDT) Session/Title Speaker
- Core 3:Ionosphere-Thermosphere-Mesosphere Focus Dana Longcope
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Student Talks and Break

- Magnetic Reconnection
  • Textbook I, Chapter 5
  • Textbook II, Chapter 10
Amitava Bhattacharjee
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HAO Tour and Lunch

- Magnetosphere: Reconnection & Substorms, Part 1
  • Textbook II, Chapter 2
  • Textbook II, Chapter 10
Robert Ergun
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Student Talks and Break

- Planetary Magnetospheres
  • Textbook I, Chapter 10
  • Textbook I, Chapter 13
Fran Bagenal
Time (MDT) Session/Title Speaker
- Magnetopshere: Reconnection & Substorms Part 2 Robert Ergun
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Student Talks and Break

- Lab 3a: Magnetosphere Nicholas Gross
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Student Talks and Lunch

- Lab 3b: Magnetospheres Nicholas Gross
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Student Talks and Break

- Orbital Mechanics Dana Longcope
Time (MDT) Session/Title Speaker
- In Situ Instruments and Measurements
  • Textbook II, Chapter 3
Jon Sample
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Break 

- Student Talks and Poster Session Nicholas Gross

Afternoon Off

Time (MDT) Session/Title Speaker

Free Day

Time (MDT) Session/Title Speaker
- Ionosphere Part 1
  • Textbook I, Chapter 12
  • Textbook III, Chapter 13
  • Textbook IV, Chapter 8
Thomas Immel
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Student Presentations and Break

- Lab 4a: Ionosphere Lab 1 Nicholas Gross
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Lunch

- A Conversation with an Astronaut/Scientist and Human Solar Cosmic Ray Detector John Grunsfeld
- Ionosphere Part 2 Thomas Immel
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Break 

- Lab 4b: Ionosphere Lab 2 Nicholas Gross
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Farewell Dinner:  Mesa Lab

Time (MDT) Session/Title Speaker
- Big Data Artificial Intelligence for Space Exploration and All Humankind Applications of Deep Learning in Heliophysics Lika Guhathakurta, Ryan McGranaghan, Andres Munoz-Jaramillo Ryan McGranaghan, Andres Munoz-Jaramillo
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Break

- Career Panel Career Panel
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Lunch

- Debrief and Commencement Nicholas Gross
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Break