Analysis of Data from Multisatellite Magnetospheric Missions

Overview

The 3rd COSPAR Capacity Building Workshop took place in Beijing, 4-13 May 2004. The final report for the sponsoring agencies can be accessed here.

Further print documents: the workshop booklet (pdf file, 320 kB) with the scientific programme and the list of participants, or just the workshop schedule (pdf file, 30 kB).

The final version (30 April 2004) of the online workshop announcement can still be accessed: click here to find an introduction to the topics addressed in the course of the school, a description of the target audience, and further information on registration, Beijing, etc.

Scientific Programme, Workshop Schedule, and Projects

In the first week (lecture week) there were two types of instruction units. Lectures provided the background for the understanding of the instruments and the analysis techniques. Applicational issues were addressed during the computer sessions. Various environments such as IDL and Matlab allowed to run programs made available by the lecturers.

• Stuart Bale (UC Berkeley, USA)
• Wolfgang Baumjohann (IWF Graz, Austria)
• Stephan Buchert (IRF Uppsala)
• Thierry Dudok de Wit (CNRS Orléans, France)
• You Qiu Hu (University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui)
• Robert McPherron (UC Los Angeles, USA)
• Ondrej Santolik (Charles University, Prague, Czech Rep.)
• Joachim Vogt (IU Bremen, Germany)
• Hua Zhao (CSSAR Beijing)

In the second week (project week) the workshop participants formed groups and worked on data analysis projects related to the subjects of the workshop. At the end of the workshop the groups presented their results in the form of a scientific proposal. The final presentations can be found here.

Project topics

• Measuring the electric potential at the bow shock (Tutor: Stuart Bale)
• Magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling processes reflected in Cluster-II and EISCAT data (Tutor: Stefan Buchert)
• Substorm activity during CME and CIR driven storms (Tutor: Robert McPherron)
• Case studies of wave phenomena at the Earth's bow shock and inside the magnetosphere (Tutor: Ondrej Santolik)

Organisation

Venue

The workshop participants were accomodated in the five-star Jade Palace Hotel which is located close to Beijing University. During the workshop (from Tuesday evening, May 4th, until Friday morning, May 14th) full board accomodation was provided to all students at no cost, with two students per room.

Lectures and computer sessions took place in the Center for Space Science and Applied Research (CSSAR). The key contact person at CSSAR was Ms Lijuan En from the CNCOSPAR Secretariat.

Reliable computer infrastructure was essential for the success of this workshop. 35 networked PCs were professionally installed and continuously supported by Byllan Zhong and the company NEWENJOY Co.. Their excellent service was appreciated by the workshop participants.

More information about the hotel (with maps), Beijing, local transportation etc. can be found here.

Scientific Organising Committee

Local Organising Committee

Conveners and key contact persons

• Dudok de Wit, Thierry (CNRS Orleans, France)
• En, Lijuan (CSSAR, CNCOSPAR)
• Vogt, Joachim (International University Bremen, Germany)
• Wu, Ji (CSSAR/CAS, Beijing, China)

COSPAR Capacity-Building Workshops

• International Council for Scientific Unions , the
• International Union of Radio Science (URSI) , the
• United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) , the
• International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy (IAGA) , the
• European Space Agency (ESA) , the
• National Science Foundation (NSF) , the
• Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) , the
• National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) , the
• Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA) , the
• Chinese Science and Technology Association (CSTA), and
• The Mathworks, Inc.

The first Capacity-Building Workshop was held in Brazil in December 2001, and a second one took place in January 2003 in Udaipur (India). The fourth COSPAR Capacity-Building Workshop will be held in Durban (South Africa) in 2004.