1. SPACE APPLICATIONS
FOR BELGIUM:
SPACE WEATHER
Ronald Van der Linden

2. The (main) source of space weather

3. THE SUN LOSES ENERGY
LIGHT – MASS – PARTICLES
FLARES – FAST WIND/CME’s - SEP

4. PROTECTION
versus
DISTURBANCES

6. IMPACT
Telecommunication
Navigation / positioning
Aviation
Satellite Operations
Power grids
Aurora, pipelines, …

7. SOCIETAL & ECONOMIC
IMPACTS

8. MONITORING
NON-CATASTROPHIC SW

9. GROWING AWARENESS
BUT

10. PREPAREDNESS
LOW PROBABILITY OF A HIGH IMPACT SOLAR
STORM

11. PREPAREDNESS
HIGH PROBABILITY OF A HIGH IMPACT SOLAR
STORM

12. EXTREME EVENTS
CARRINGTON EVENT 1859 – QUEBEC POWER CUT1989
– HALLOWEEN STORM 2003
JULY 23, 2012

13. PERFECT SOLAR STORM
WHEN – WORLD IMPACT

14. GOVERNMENTS ACT
STUDIES & WORKSHOPS
Assess the situation

15. International context
EU
UN
NATO
ESA
ISES
WMO
STRONG BELGIAN PARTICIPATION
Past, present, and (therefore) future
Mutually beneficial
eHEROES
SOTERIA
HELCATS PROBA2
PROBA3
EUI
CUBESAT BRAMS
HELIOVIEWER
SWIFF
COST
COMESEP

16. RETURN
Scientific
Image
Economical
Societal

17. ACTIVITIES .BE
Building capacity & support to meet scientific, economic
& societal space weather requirements
SWE Data centre @ Redu

18. BISA
RMIROB
SUN – INTERPLANETARY SPACE –
MAGNETOSPHERE – IONOSPHERE – ATMOSPHERE
SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE
SPECIFIC EXPERTISE - SCIENCE & OPERATIONS -
DATA & INFORMATION FOR EVENT MANAGEMENT

19. PARTNERS .BE
CmPA-KULeuven

20. LIGHT
MASS
ENERGETIC PARTICLES
SPACE WEATHER INFORMATION,
MONITORING & FORECASTING

21. USER SUPPORT .BE
• KPN
• Military
• Crises centre
• Eurocontrol
• KSBV
• Colruyt
• Electrabel
• SCK
• SES
• IFALFA

22. PILLARS
RESEARCH USER CONTACTS DATA

23. Components
DATA models
services
client
Client
interface
OPERATOR

24. IMPACT
Telecommunication
Navigation / positioning
Aviation
Satellite Operations
Power grids
Aurora, pipelines, …
EU
ESA

25. WORK IN PROGRESS