NOTE: THIS VERSION OF THE ISWI NEWSLETTER DOES NOT HAVE ATTACHMENTS. **************************************************************************** * ISWI Newsletter - Vol. 14 No. 002 19 February 2022 * * Editor: George Maeda, ICSWSE ("iku sei"), and LaSEINE * * Archive of back issues: ISWI Website (http://www.iswi-secretariat.org/) * **************************************************************************** Dear Members of the ISWI Community: The "2022 ISWI Steering Committee Meeting" was conducted online on Friday, 11 Feb. 2022; over 40 persons participated. Hopefully, next year it will be conducted in-person in Vienna next year -- the way it was done before the pandemic. (This meeting is held on the sidelines of the annual STSC meeting of UN-COPUOS. The meeting occurs in a conference room provided by UNOOSA.) Sad news: Since the start of ISWI, the webmaster has been Mitko of Bulgaria. Unfortunately, his health is failing and can no longer be the webmaster for ISWI. A search is being conducted to find an alternate web host and webmaster. Note: The "ISWI Newsletter" (going back to 2009) has been archived at the ISWI website by Mitko. He did a fantastic job. As a temporary measure, the presentation files of the recent ISWI Steering Committee meeting are available at an UNOOSA website; see below for details. As usual, I always invite you to send in space-weather-related news to me so that the news can be shared with the ISWI community. All announcements are welcome. -- Editor. CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE: [01] Presentation files of "2022 ISWI Steering Committee Meeting" . of 11 Feb. 2022. PDFs can be downloaded from a website. [02] Updates on the "ISWI Newsletter"; presentation during the aforementioned steering committee meeting [03] Multiple items: (a) Heliophysics at UCAR/CPAESS (Cooperative Programs for the Advancement of Earth System Science) (b) "The Sun, the Earth, and Near-Earth Space: A Guide to the Sun-Earth System"; written by John A. (Jack) Eddy (c) "Everyday space weather"; M. Guhathakurta [04] AGS Newsletter --- Vol.5 No. 07; February 2022 [05] Space Weather Nigeria Communication Network (SwNICONET) Newsletter . Volume 4 Issue 02, February, 2022 [06] International Astronomical Union General Assembly . Symposium #374: Astronomical Hazards for Life on Earth.   **************************************************************************** [01]------------------------------------------------------------------------ <<<<<<<<<<<<<< ONLINE PRESENTATIONS >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Presentations and Reports of the 11 Feb 2022 "ISWI Steering Committee Meeting" (online) ============================================================= Annotated Agenda - Nat GOPALSWAMY Item 5 - National and Regional Coordinators - Christine AMORY Item 6 - ISWI Instrument Updates - Shing FUNG Item 6 - NOAA NESDIS in the Next Decade: Space Weather Observations - Elsayed TALAAT Item 6 - SEVAN Item 7 - Iberian Space Science Summer School - Teresa BARATA Item 8 - ISWI/India Workshop Report - Tarun PANT Item 9 - ISWI Data Subcommittee Report - Shing FUNG Item 10 - NASA Space Weather Status - James SPANN Item 13 - Space Radiation Workshop - Madhulika GUHATHAKURTA Item 14 - National Coordinator presentations Africa---------------------------------- Space Weather Activities in Egypt Space Weather Activities in Ethiopia Space Weather Activities in Kenya Nigeria: Brief report on ISWI related activities Space Weather Activities in Uganda Space Weather Activities in other African countries (South Africa, Kenya, Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Guinea, Morocco, Senegal, Tunisia, eLearning Africa) America---------------------------------- Space Weather Activities in Argentina Space Weather Activities in Mexico Space Weather Activities in Peru Asia---------------------------------- Space Weather Activities in China Space Weather Activities in Indonesia Space Weather Activities in Kazakhstan Space Weather Activities in Nepal Recent Research Progress in Space Weather in Nepal Space Weather Activities in Pakistan Europe---------------------------------- Space Weather Activities in Austria Space Weather Activities in Azerbaijan Space Weather Activities in Finland DLR Space Weather Activities (Germany) Space Weather Activities in Hungary Space Weather Activities 2021 Italy ISWI contribution from Romania Space Weather Activities in Slovakia ------------------------------------------------------- To read the aforementioned reports, go to this UNOOSA website: /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Link: https://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/icg/activities/2022/iswi-sc2022.html //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// [02]------------------------------------------------------------------------ Please refer to this attached file: G Maeda presentation for 11 Feb 2022 ISWI Steering Comm Mtg.pdf [03]------------------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: Various From: Guhathakurta, Madhulika ("Lika") Date: 2022/02/11 To: ISWI Newsletter (a) Heliophysics at UCAR/CPAESS (Cooperative Programs for the Advancement of Earth System Science) has a new updated website on the history of Heliophysics Summer Schools, Resources and Text Books, Jack Eddy Fellowship etc. https://cpaess.ucar.edu/heliophysics/home https://cpaess.ucar.edu/heliophysics/resources (b) "The Sun, the Earth, and Near-Earth Space: A Guide to the Sun-Earth System"; written by John A. (Jack) Eddy. This gentle overview provides straightforward explanations of the events and processes that connect the Sun to the Earth, with special emphasis on space weather and sun-climate. It is now available as a COMET MetEd training module (login required), as well as on Amazon and as a PDF file (29MB). https://cpaess.ucar.edu/heliophysics/resources/textbooks (c) "Everyday space weather" M. Guhathakurta Heliophysics Division, NASA Headquarters/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2021019 Published online 10 June 2021 An article in Topical Issue - 10 years of JSWC describing the impact and importance of every day space weather in a non-technical way. [04]------------------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: AGS Newsletter- Vol.5 No. 07 February 2022 From: AGS Secretariat Date: 2022/02/07 To: ISWI Newsletter AGS Newsletter- Vol.5 No. 07; February 2022 View this newsletter in your browser https://mailchi.mp/371bb87051f9/ags-newsletter-vol1-no-001-27-november-14166508?e=efe83620d9 ** [05]------------------------------------------------------------------------ ============================================================= This edition and the previous editions can be viewed via: https://mailchi.mp/4c92a536e965/swniconet-newsletter-vol-3-issue-01-15827531 ============================================================= Space Weather Nigeria Communication Network (SwNICONET) Newsletter : Volume 4 Issue 02, February, 2022   Dear Colleagues, Welcome on board SW-NICONET Newsletter!!! In this Issue................ i.   Editorial  ii.   Nominations open for TWAS Awards iii . TICAD7 African Scholarships Fall 2022 – Space Environment iv. ICTP/IAEA Sandwich Training Educational Program (STEP) v. Wellcome Early-Career Awards vi.   Special Feature of this Issue - Dr. Benjamin Wisdom Joshua To view this edition, use the link given above. [06]------------------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: Contribution to the ISWI newsletter From: Gonzalo Tancredi Date: 2022/02/14 To: ISWI Newsletter Dear Editor: Please circulate. ------------------ Dear Colleagues: I'm contacting you on behalf of the SOC of the International Astronomical Union General Assembly Symposium #374: Astronomical Hazards for Life on Earth. The Symposium will be part of the scientific events of the XXXIst General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union, to be held in Busan, Rep. of Korea. The GA will go from August 2 to 11, 2022 in a hybrid format, with in person and virtual talks. The IAU Symposium #374 will take part in the second week of the GA, from Aug. 9 to 11. More information about the Symposium can be found at: http://hazards.astronomia.edu.uy/ and about the GA at: https://www.iauga2022.org/ As you may see in the description of the Symposium, we plan to cover all potential hazards caused by astronomical phenomena. Those hazards are connected to many astronomical objects, like: asteroids, comets, the Sun, nearby stars, supernovae, cosmic rays and the fate of the Universe. In addition, we will also tackle the social, cultural and philosophical aspects of the end of life. To achieve these objectives, we would like to gather a truly multi- and cross-disciplinary set of experts, including astronomers, geologists, paleontologists, space technicians, philosophers and media persons, who will present the latest knowledge on those topics and address this central question for humanity. We invite you to present a contributed talk on any of the subjects of the Symposium. The contributed talks will last for 10+3 min. Since the topic of the Symposium is very broad, please, feel free to redistribute this announcement to any other colleague that may be interested in the topic. As a participant, you have to submit your abstract and register through the GA website. You have the information of deadlines and registration fee at the GA webpage. Deadline for early registration is Feb. 28, 2022. Deadline for abstract submission and regular registration is March 31, 2022. Please, feel free to ask me any questions about the meeting. On behalf the SOC of IAUS#374 Gonzalo Tancredi gonzalo@fisica.edu.uy =================================== Thanks and best regards, Gonzalo Tancredi Profesor Titular Dpto. Astronomia - Inst. Fisica Facultad Ciencias Igua 4225 gonzalo@fisica.edu.uy 11400 Montevideo - URUGUAY *****************[ End of this issue of the ISWI Newsletter ]***************