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MAGDAS Project Activities under ISWI G. Maeda, K. Yumoto, H. Kawano, A. Yoshikawa, H. Liu, M. Watanabe, S. Abe, T. Uozumi, A. Ikeda International Center for Space Weather Science and Education Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. Presented

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MAGDAS Project Activities under ISWI

  • G. Maeda, K. Yumoto, H. Kawano, A. Yoshikawa, H. Liu,
  • M. Watanabe, S. Abe, T. Uozumi, A. Ikeda

International Center for Space Weather Science and Education Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.

Presented during International Conference on Radiation Belts and Space Weather May 29-June 1, 2012, at Hotel INTERCITI in Daejeon（太田）, Korea. d u r i n g T e c h n i c a l S e s s i

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Major Re-organization

As of 01 April 2012: Space Environment Research Center (SERC) became the International Center for Space Weather Science and Education (ICSWSE).

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As ICSWSE is difficult to pronounce, the short-form name is

Iku – Sei

( 育 成 ）

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The Director of Iku-Sei is

  • Prof. K. Yumoto

This photo was taken during the MAGDAS School at Redeemer’s University near Lagos, Nigeria (15-20 August 2011)

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The Agenda for Iku-Sei

There are several agenda items but a central item is the execution of the

MAGDAS Project

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Location of the 64 MAGDAS stations.

96 MM Band 210 MM Band

Dip Equator Band

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The 64 MAGDAS Stations

1 AAB Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 21 EUS Eusebio, Brazil 41 MLB Melbourne, Australia 2 ABJ Abidjan, Ivory Coast 22 EWA Ewa Beach, Hawaii, USA 42 MND Manado, Indonesia 3 ABU Abuja, Nigeria 23 FYM Fayum, Egypt 43 MPT Maputo, Mozambique 4 AMA Amami Oushima, Japan 24 GLY Glyndon, USA 44 MUT Muntinlupa, Philippines 5 ANC Ancon, Peru 25 HER Hermanus, South Africa 45 NAB Nairobi, Kenya 6 ASB Ashibetsu, Japan 26 HLN Hualien, Taiwan 46 OIS Oiso, Japan. 7 ASW Aswan, Egypt 27 HOB Hobart, Australia 47 ONW Onagawa, Japan 8 BCL Bac Lieu, Vietnam 28 HVD Khovd, Mongolia 48 PRP Pare Pare, Indonesia 9 CAN Canberra, Australia 29 ICA Ica, Peru 49 PTK Paratunka, Russia 10 CDO Cagayan De Oro, Philippines 30 ILR Ilorin, Nigeria 50 ROC Rockhampton, Australia 11 CEB Cebu, Philippines 31 KPG Kupang, Indonesia 51 SMA Santa Maria, Brazil 12 CGR Culgoora, Australia 32 KRT Khartoum, Sudan 52 TGG Tuguegarao, Philippines 13 CKT Cooktown, Australia 33 KUJ Kuju, Japan 53 TIR Tirunelveli, India 14 CMD Camden, Australia 34 LAG Lagos, Nigeria 54 TNO Tono, Tohoku, Japan 15 CST Cape Schmidt, Russia 35 LAQ L'Aquila, Italy 55 TWV Townsville, Australia 16 DAV Davao, Philippines 36 LGZ Legazpi, Philippines 56 WAD Wadena, Canada 17 DAW Darwin, Australia 37 LKW Langkawi, Malaysia 57 YAP Yap Island, Micronesia 18 DES Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania 38 LSK Lusaka, Zambia 19 DRB Durban, South Africa 39 MCQ MacQuarie Island, Australia 20 DVS Davis, Australia 40 MGD Magadan, Russia

58-63: new stations in Russia. 64: New one in Indonesia.

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When did this project begin?

Installation at sites overseas began in 2005 at Hualien, Taiwan. So roughly a new MAGDAS installation

  • ccurred once per month.

Work done by staff and students

  • f Iku-Sei.
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1st overseas MAGDAS

Hualien, Taiwan (May of 2005)

Sensor Hut of Data Logger

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MAGDAS Project Activities in support of ISWI

  • Direct Capacity Building by installing ground

magnetometers

  • Capacity Building via MAGDAS Schools
  • Participation in all IHY and ISWI workshops
  • Publishing the ISWI Newsletter on the behalf of

the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs

  • Graduate-school level education for students

from developing nations

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What is Capacity Building?

  • Teaching local staff/students how to

maintain ground instrumentation (e.g., magnetometers)

  • Teaching them data analysis skills on the

data from such instrumentation

  • Teaching them how to do world-class

science with the data analysis skills.

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Direct hands on instruction.

Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania Khartoum, Sudan Nairobi, Kenya

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MAGDAS Schools

  • MAGDAS Session during

UN/Egypt Workshop on ISWI (2010)

  • MAGDAS School at Lagos, Nigeria

(2011)

  • ISWI and MAGDAS School

at Bandung, Indonesia (2012)

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MAGDAS School (Lagos)

15-21 August 2011. Venue: Redeemer’s University, near Lagos, Nigeria.

Participants: 59 persons.

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Group Photo after the Opening Ceremony

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Selected Papers of MAGDAS

  • The textbook for

MAGDAS School at Lagos.

  • 24 papers – all in

peer-reviewed journals.

  • 264 A4 pages in

full color.

  • I can give you the

(55 MB) pdf for this book.

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The

I S W I

Newsletter

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PR for this conference

  • At the request of Dr Park, this

newsletter provided publicity:

  • Vol. 4, No. 12
  • Vol. 4, No. 36
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Newsletter Office is located on the campus of Kyushu University.

(Fukuoka, Japan)

  • Publisher is: Prof. K. Yumoto
  • Editor is: George Maeda (me).

If you want to subscribe, see me or visit the ISWI website (see Slide 22).

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Inaugural issue of the Inaugural issue of the

I S W I I S W I

(International Space W (International Space Weather Initiative) her Initiative)

Newsletter Newsletter

published by SERC (Kyushu University, Japan) under the auspices of the United Nations

The first issue of this newsletter was

12 November 2009.

← This was the cover sheet.

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The number of subscribers as of 28 May 2012:

376.

But I am sure we can do better than this. Please encourage potential subscribers to try out this newsletter.

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The newsletter is archived at the official ISWI website

http://www.iswi-secretariat.org/

  • Prof. Yumoto (the publisher) and I (the editor) offer

profound thanks to

  • Mr. Dimitar “Mitko” Danov and Dr. Katya Georgieva

for making all back issues readily available on the web.

Both are with Solar Terrestrial Influences Laboratory

  • f the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences .
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Thank you ! from all of us at Iku Sei.

Participants of the Closing Ceremony of

MAGDAS School

at Redeemer’s University near Lagos, Nigeria, 15-20 August 2011.