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Course Planning
Lectures
- Lecture 01: Solar Structure and Hydrostatic Equilibrium — slides · notes
- Lecture 02: The Solar Atmosphere: Photosphere, Chromosphere, and the Corona — slides · notes
- Lecture 03: The Solar Magnetic Field and the 11-Year Cycle — slides · notes
- Lecture 04: Sunspots: Magnetic Pressure Balance and the Wilson Depression — slides · notes
- Lecture 05: Solar Flares I: Magnetic Reconnection and Free Energy — slides · notes
- Lecture 06: Solar Flares II: The 6 September 2017 X9.3 Event — slides · notes
- Lecture 07: Coronal Mass Ejections: Kinematics and Energy — slides · notes
- Lecture 08: The Solar Wind: Parker’s Transonic Wind Solution — slides · notes
- Lecture 09: Remote Sensing the Sun: Helioseismology and Coronagraphy — slides · notes
- Lecture 10: In-Situ Heliophysics: Parker Solar Probe — slides · notes
- Lecture 11: The Sun-Earth Connection I: Solar Wind Transit and the Magnetopause — slides · notes
- Lecture 12: The Sun-Earth Connection II: Geomagnetic Storms and the Dst Index — slides · notes
- Lecture 13: Space Weather Impacts on Technology I: Satellites and Radiation — slides · notes
- Lecture 14: Space Weather Impacts on Technology II: Power Grids and Course Synthesis — slides · notes
Labs
- Lab 01: Solar Hydrostatic Structure: Scale Heights of the Photosphere and Corona
- Lab 02: The Solar Cycle and Sunspot Pressure Balance
- Lab 03: Flare Free Energy and the 6 September 2017 Case Study
- Lab 04: CME Transit Time and the Parker Wind's Numerical Solution
- Lab 05: Remote Sensing Geometry and Parker Solar Probe In-Situ Prediction
- Lab 06: Magnetopause Compression and Ring-Current Energy
- Lab 07: Capstone: Geomagnetically Induced Currents and the Full Flare-to-Grid Chain
Problem Sets
- Problem Set 01: Solar Structure and Scale Heights / solutions / assessment
- Problem Set 02: Solar Cycle Data and Sunspot Pressure Balance / solutions / assessment
- Problem Set 03: Flare Energetics and CME/Flare Timescales / solutions / assessment
- Problem Set 04: CME Transit and the Parker Wind / solutions / assessment
- Problem Set 05: Parker Solar Probe and Remote-Sensing Geometry / solutions / assessment
- Problem Set 06: Magnetopause and Ring-Current Extensions / solutions / assessment
- Problem Set 07: Capstone: GIC Risk and Course-Long Synthesis / solutions / assessment