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ILWS Activities AUSTRIA Rumi Nakamura and Helmut O. Rucker Space Research Institute Austrian Academy of Sciences (IWF/OeAW) June 2008. ILWS relevant Austrian institutions. IWF/OEAW Space Research Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
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ILWS Activities AUSTRIA Rumi Nakamura and Helmut O. Rucker Space Research InstituteAustrian Academy of Sciences(IWF/OeAW) June 2008
ILWS relevant Austrian institutions • IWF/OEAW Space Research Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences Space mission, theory-modeling, ground-based observation • IGAM/KFU Institute for Geophysics, Astrophysics and Meteorology, Institute of Physics, Karl Franzens University Graz Ground-based observation, theory, observational diagnostics • TUG Graz University of Technology Rocket experiment, modeling
ILWS Mission Participation (IWF) • In orbit: • Cluster: ASPOC/FGM/EDI, Data Center, Data Analysis • Double Star: ASPOC/FGM, Data Center, Data Analysis • THEMIS: FGM, Data Analysis • Venus Express: VEXMAG/ASPERA, Data Analysis • Stereo: WAVES • Under Development: • Bepi Colombo: MGF on MMO, PICAM/MERMAG on MPO • MMS: EDI/ASPOC/FGM • Solar Orbiter: IWF (Magnetometer, Radio and Plasma Waves) IGAM/KFU (STIX) • Resonance: High Frequency Electric Field experiment • Planning: • Cross Scale: Assessment study (Instrument and Mission)
ILWS relevant ground-based obs. • Kanzelhöhe Observatory IGAM/KFU Solar observations Central European Solar ARchives (CESAR) • Ground-based magnetometer IWF Study of field line resonances / Space Weather together with Italy, Hungary, and Greece
International Heliophysical Year 2007 • IWF/ OeAW • Inst. of Physics, Univ. Graz • Inst. for Astronomy, Univ. Vienna • Inst. for Astro-and Particle Physics, Univ. Innsbruck Science in the context of IHY see (http://ihy-austria.oeaw.ac.at) Space Weather and Europe - an Educational Tool with the Sun • EU FP6 Project • Science festivals and space weather exhibition • ARC (Austrian Research Centers GmbH) • IWF/OeAW
Space Weather • Participation in COST 724 action (EU) “Developing the Scientific Basis for Monitoring, Modelling and Predicting Space Weather” • Participation in the ESA-Space Situational Awareness Inititative (ESA/SSA) including the issue Space Weather • Space Weather relevant research projectsIWF, IGAM/KFUon magnetic clouds, CME, and solar corona supported by Austrian Science Fund (FWF) and Austrian Academic Exchange Service (ÖAD) • SOlar-TERrestrial Investigations and Archives IGAM/KFU EU-FP7 project
Status summary • Continue participation in ILWS relevant mission and ground-based observation activities. • Exhibition on IHY is planned for 2009 in Graz and at 2 other sites. • Enhanced interest in Space Weather relevant activity