Nowadays, the concept of space weather comprises the more active and
dynamic phenomena of the general solar-terrestrial relations them. The
lecture deals with the question of how the cyclic solar activity affects
the earth and the near-earth environment. The focus is on explosive
events such as coronal mass ejection and solar flares. Increased flows
of charged particles and energetic electromagnetic radiation have a
direct impact on manned space travel and satellites but also on
technological systems on Earth. In addition to these rather short-term
phenomena, the lecture covers also topics on much longer time-scales
such as the impact of solar activity on the Earth's climate. Subjects
covered in the lecture are: physics of the active Sun, the atmosphere
and the magnetosphere of the Earth, the impact of space weather on
technical systems, prediction of space weather, solar activity in the
context of global climate change, and socioeconomic implications of
solar-terrestrial relations.
- Kursleiter*in: Prof. Dr. Carsten Denker