BLOCK SCHEDULE OF THE SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME OF THE COIMBRA SOLAR PHYSICS MEETING
         
Date Morning (9.00-12.30) Afternoon (14.30-18.00) Evening
Sun, 4 Oct Arrival Arrival 18.00-20.00: Registration and welcome drink
Meeting of the SOC/LOC
Mon, 5 Oct Session 1: Observations of the Sun Session 1: Observations of the Sun Welcome reception
Tue, 6 Oct Session 1: Observations of the Sun Session 2: Solar image management, spectro-polarimetric and processing techniques  
Wed, 7 Oct Session 3: Theory and modeling - comparison
to observations
Excursions: Spectroheliograph - Geophysical and Astronomical Observatory; Conimbriga – ruins of the ancient roman town  
Thu, 8 Oct Session 3: Theory and modeling - comparison
to observations
Session 4: Long-term variations of the Sun
Session 4: Long-term variations of the Sun Conference dinner
Fri, 9 Oct Session 4: Long-term variations of the Sun Session 5: Facilities for ground-based and space solar observations Session 5: Facilities for ground-based and space solar observations Meeting of the SOC/LOC

         

         

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DETAILED SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
         

Sunday, 4 October

Arrival, 18.00 -20.00: Registration and welcome drink (Department of Mathematics UC, Largo D. Dinis)
Evening: Meeting of the SOC/LOC


Monday, 5 October

Morning ( 8.45 -12.30 )

Welcome addresses (Department of Mathematics UC, Largo D. Dinis, room Pedro Nunes)

Session 1: Observations of the Sun:
Chairperson: M. Verma

Invited Review 1: Quiet Sun and its dynamics as viewed from the ground and from space - K. Tziotziou
I. Kontogiannis, G. Tsiropoula, K. Tziotziou: A study of a quiet solar network region structure and dynamics using ground and space based observations
R. Gafeira, A. Lagg, M. van Noort, S. K. Solanki: Temporal variations in small scale chromospheric fibrils observed by Sunrise II
T. M. D. Pereira et al.: Clashing views of spicules and fibrils

Coffee break  10.35 – 11.05 (Poster viewing)

Invited Review 2: Magnetic flux emergence in the quiet Sun - L. Bellot Rubio
M. Bodnárová, D. Utz, J. Rybák: Possible chromospheric response to the dynamics of photospheric G-band bright points
Invited Review 3: Quiet Sun magnetism: a new perspective from GRIS / GREGOR - A. Lagg

12.30 – 14.30  Lunch

Afternoon ( 14.30 - 18.00 )

Session 1: Observations of the Sun:
Chairperson: G. Tsiropoula

Invited Review 4: Sunspot structure and evolution - C. Denker
M. Verma, C. Denker, S.J. González Manrique, M. Sobotka and the GREGOR Team: High-resolution 3D flow fields around solar active regions
P. Romano, V. Capparelli, M. Falco, S.L. Guglielmino, A. Jhel, M. Murabito, F. Zuccarello: Study of photospheric and chromospheric dynamics using high resolution spectropolarimetric observations
C. Robustini, J. Leenaarts, J. De la Cruz Rodriguez, L. Rouppe Van Der Voort: Peacock jets above the light bridge of a sunspot

Coffee break  16.05 – 16.35 (Poster viewing)

M. Sobotka, J. Dudík, C. Denker, H. Balthasar, J. Jurčák, W. Liu, and the GREGOR Team: Slipping reconnection in a solar flare observed with GREGOR
G. Trottet, J.-P. Raulin, A. MacKinnon, C. G. Giménez de Castro, P. J. Simões, D. Cabezas, V. de La Luz, M. Luoni, P. Kaufmann: Origin of the 30 THz emission during the 2012 March 13 solar flare at 1720 UT
P. Kotrč, P. Heinzel (1), O. Procházka: On measurements of continuum flux in solar flares. Instrument and first results

Evening ( 18.15 ): Welcome reception (Museu Nacional de Machado de Castro, Largo Dr. José Rodrigues, Coimbra)


Tuesday, 6 October

Morning ( 9.00 - 12.30 )

Session 1: Observations of the Sun:
Chairperson: M. Temmer

Invited Review 5: Observational needs for understanding solar magnetic activity and the formation of large-scale transient events - L. van Driel-Gesztelyi
P. K. Manoharan: Radial evolution of coronal mass ejections in the inner heliosphere
R. D. Cunha-Silva, F. C. R. Fernandes, C. L. Selhorst: Shock wave driven by CME evidenced by metric type II burst and EUV wave

Coffee break  10.15 – 10.45 (Poster viewing)

Invited Review 6: The need for synoptic solar observations from the ground - A. Pevtsov
L. O. T. Fernandes, P. Kaufmann, E. Correia, C. G. Giménez de Castro, A. Marun, P. Pereyra, J.-P. Raulin, A.B.M. Valio: Comparative study of solar bursts at sub-THz frequencies
P. Schwartz, P. Heinzel, S. Jejčič, J. Rybák, P. Kotrč, F. Fárník, Yu. A. Kupryakov, E. E. DeLuca, L. Golub, P. R. Jibben, U. Anzer, A. G. Tlatov, S. A. Guseva: Is it possible to use the green coronal line instead of X rays to cancel an effect of the coronal emissivity deficit in estimation of the prominence total mass from decrease of the EUV-corona intensities?
A. Kobelski, T. S. Bastian: Probing Solar wind turbulence with the Jansky Very Large Array

12.30 – 14.30  Lunch

Afternoon ( 14.30 - 18.00 )

Session 2: Solar image management, spectro-polarimetric and processing techniques:
Chairperson: L. van Driel-Gesztelyi

Invited Review 1: Image restoration techniques for solar ground-based imaging - M. Löfdahl
B. Schmieder, N. Labrosse, P. Levens, A. Lopez Ariste, S. Gunár: Magnetic field and plasma diagnostics from coordinated prominence observations
Invited Review 2: The effects of instrumental properties on Stokes Inversions - M. van Noort

Coffee break  16.00 – 16.30 (Poster viewing)

Invited Review 3: The visualization of solar data: volume, variety, and value - J. Ireland
A. Hamada, T. Asikainen, I. I. Virtanen and K. Mursula: Identifying coronal holes from synoptic maps of SOHO/EIT and SDO/AIA EUV images
T. Barata, P. Pina, S. Carvalho, R. Gafeira, A. Garcia: Ground based observations of sunspots from the observatory of Coimbra: evaluation of different automated approaches to analyse its datasets
J. Palacios and the SeNMEs team: Solar eruptive events as seen by the Spanish Space Weather Service SeNMEs


Wednesday, 7 October

Morning ( 9.00 - 12.15 )

Session 3: Theory and modeling - comparison to observations
Chairperson: P. Schwartz

Invited Review 1: Modeling the Mg II h & k lines observed by IRIS and the Ca II H & K lines observed from the ground - J. Leenaarts
A. Sukhorukov, J. Leenaarts: Implementation of partial frequency redistribution effects for chromospheric resonance spectral lines in 3D model atmospheres
N. Vitas, E.Khomenko: Solar Magnetoconvection simulated with the MANCHA code

Coffee break  10.15 – 10.45 (Poster viewing)

Invited Review 2: On the role of MHD waves in heating localised magnetic structures: Where are we? - R. Erdélyi
D. Passos: Meridional circulation dynamics: comparing observations and results from EULAG global 3D MHD simulations
M. Loukitcheva: Probing the Sun with ALMA: observations and simulations

12.15 – 13.45  Lunch

Afternoon ( 13.45 - 19.00 )

Excursions: Spectroheliograph – Geophysical and Astronomical Observatory of the UC; Conímbriga – ruins of the ancient roman town


Thursday, 8 October

Morning ( 9.00 - 12.30 )

Session 3: Theory and modeling - comparison to observations
Chairperson: R. Erdélyi

Invited Review 3: Numerical simulations of dynamic phenomena in the solar corona - T. Török
S. T. Wu, N. Gopalswamy: What Additional Measurements Are Needed for the Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) Simulation of Solar Atmospheric Dynamics?
J. Thalmann, Y. Su, M. Temmer, A.M. Veronig: Exceptions to the rule: the X-flares of AR 2192 lacking coronal mass ejections
I. Chifu, B. Inhester, T. Wiegelmann: Coronal magnetic field modeling using stereoscopy constraints

Coffee break  10.35 – 11.05 (Poster viewing)

Session 4: Long-term variations of the Sun
Chairperson: D. Maia

Invited Review 1: Long term solar activity - I. Usoskin
F. Clette, L. Lefévre, E.W. Cliver, L. Svalgaard: The revised sunspot number: new properties and new data standards
A. Tlatov, K. Kuzanyan, V. Vasilyeva: Tilt angles of solar filaments over the century: 1919-2014
M. Roth: The Solar Physics Research Integrated Network Group - SPRING

12.30 – 14.30  Lunch

Afternoon ( 14.30 - 17.45 )
Chairperson: J. Palacios

Invited Review 2: Long-term Synoptic Observations of CaII-K and Magnetic Flux - L. Bertello
T. Chatzistergos, I. Ermolli, S. K. Solanki, N. A. Krivova: Exploiting historical Ca II K spectroheliogram archives: Preliminary results from four archives
Invited Review 3: Space Weather using ground based data - A. Veronig

Coffee break  16.00 – 16.30 (Poster viewing)

R. F. Pinto, A. Rouillard: The slow and fast solar wind during the activity cycle
A. Morozova, J. J. Blanco, P. Ribeiro: Co-variability of the atmospheric and geophysical parameters in mid-latitude troposphere
Discussion on revised sunspot number series: Knowns and unknowns about the sunspot activity for the last three centuries

Evening ( 20.15 ): Conference dinner in the "Palacio S. Marcos", an old Portuguese edifice located at 20 km from Coimbra.


Friday, 9 October

Morning ( 9.00 - 12.30 )

Session 4: Long-term variations of the Sun
Chairperson:  I. Kontogiannis

Invited Review 4: Variations of the solar irradiance - S. K. Solanki
J. Padmanabhan: Are we on the verge of a Maunder-like Grand Solar Minimum?
T. Barlyaeva, P. Lamy, A. Llebaria: The State of the Corona during the Weak Solar Cycle 24: the View from LASCO Images

Coffee break  10.15 – 10.45 (Poster viewing)

Session 5: Facilities for ground-based and space solar observations
Chairperson:  M. Sobotka

Invited Review 1: The GREGOR Solar Telescope - W. Schmidt
H.-P. Doerr: High-precision spectroscopy with extremely accurate wavelength calibration: centre to limb variation of line shapes and convective shifts
Invited Review 2: European Solar Telescope (EST) - M. Collados

12.30 – 14.00  Lunch

Afternoon ( 14.00 - 16.30 )
Chairperson:  F. Clette

Invited Review 3: Chinese Giant Solar Telescope - Y. Deng
M. van Noort: MiHI: a new imaging spectrograph
Invited Review 4: Solar Orbiter - Exploring the Sun-Heliosphere Connection - D. Müller
Invited Review 5: Science Objectives and Instrument Designs of the SOLAR-C Mission - Y. Suematsu
Conclusions of the Meeting

17.00: Meeting of the SOC/LOC