2009 Course on:
Solar terrestrial physics from the polar regions

6-11 April 2009
L’Aquila, Italy

SOLAR PHYSICS AND GEOEFFECTIVITY OF SOLAR FEATURES
Recent solar missions
Lecturer: Dan Moses (Naval Research Laboratory, Maryland)

Geoeffectivity of solar features
Lecturer: Michael Denton (University of Lancaster)



MAGNETOSPHERIC PHENOMENA AS OBSERVED FROM THE POLAR REGIONS
ELF/VLF studies of the ionosphere and the magnetosphere
Lecturer: Umran Inan (University of Stanford, California )

Earth currents and Energy system
Lecturer: Nikolai Ostgaard (University of Bergen)

SuperDARN in the two hemispheres
Lecturer: Ermanno Amata (INAF-IFSI, Roma)

ULF waves at high latitudes
Lecturer: Patrizia Francia (University of L’Aquila)

Magnetometer measurements of solar terrestrial influences
Lecturer: Antonio Meloni (INGV, Roma)

Remote sensing of the magnetospheric density by ULF waves
Lecturer: Massimo Vellante (University of L'Aquila)



IONOSPHERIC RESEARCH
Ionospheric research in the polar regions and SCAR
Lecturer: Giorgiana De Franceschi (INGV, Roma)

The ionosphere and tomographic imaging
Lecturer: Cathryn Mitchell (University of Bath)

Monitoring and investigations of ionospheric irregularities using GPS signals
Lecturer: Lucilla Alfonsi (INGV, Roma)



UPPER ATMOSPHERE AND TROPOSPHERE
The effects of energetic particles precipitation on the polar upperb and middle atmosphere as observed by recent sat
Lecturer: Manuel Lopez-Puertas (Inst. of Astr. of Andalusia, Granada)



Additional lectures on specific topics concerning SCAR, IASC and IPY are planned:
SCAR and physical research in Antarctica
Lecturer: Maurizio Candidi (INAF-IFSI, Roma)

The CAWSES II - program of SCOSTEP
Lecturer: Alan Rodger (British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge)