“Space weather refers to conditions on the sun and in the solar wind, magnetosphere, ionosphere, and the thermosphere that can influence the performance and reliability of space-borne and ground-based technological systems and can endanger human life or health. Adverse conditions in the space environment can cause disruption of satellite operations, communications, navigation, and electric power distribution grids, leading to a variety of socioeconomic losses”

Space Physics is the study of the sun-earth interaction, i.e., the interaction of the earth and its magnetic field with the sun and its magnetic field through the solar wind and the interplanetary magnetic field. Space Physics is essential to the understanding of space weather.

The aim of the winterschool is to give the participants a brief introduction to Space Physics and its application to Space Weather forecasting.

You will be issued with the Enrollment Key when you arrive at the HMO

• Teacher: Pieter Kotze
• Teacher: Helena Krüger
• Teacher: Sandile Malinga
• Teacher: Harm Moraal
• Teacher: Gayle Overmeyer
• Teacher: Sadha Pillay
• Teacher: Marius Potgieter