HELCATS News

Information on activities and events from the consortium

2016-03-30: HELCATS presentations at EGU 2016
The 2016 EGU meeting will be used to present some of the most recent findings from the project. Presentations given by the consortium will include.

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ElEvoHI—Improving CME arrival predictions using heliospheric imaging Tanja Rollett, Christian Möstl, Alexey Isavnin, Manuel Kubicka, Ute Amerstorfer, Jackie Davies, and Richard Harrison

ENLIL Global Heliospheric Modeling as a Context For Multipoint Observations M. Leila Mays, Dusan Odstrcil, Janet Luhmann, Hazel Bain, Yan Li, Nathan Schwadron, Matt Gorby, Barbara Thompson, Lan Jian, Christian Möstl, Alexis Rouillard, Jackie Davies, Manuela Temmer, Lutz Rastaetter, Aleksandre Taktakishvili, Peter MacNeice, and Maria Kuznetsova

A new view of solar coronal mass ejections with the Heliophysics System Observatory (Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Young Scientists Lecture) Christian Moestl

ST1.8
HELCATS - Heliospheric Cataloguing, Analysis and Techniques Service Richard Harrison, Jackie Davies, Chris Perry, Christian Moestl, Alexis Rouillard, Volker Bothmer, Luciano Rodriguez, Jonathan Eastwood, Emilia Kilpua, and Peter Gallagher

EGU2016-15762 Automatic detection of CMEs in STEREO-HI data for the FP7 HELCATs project (solicited) Luciano Rodriguez, Sarah Willems, Vaibhav Pant, Marilena Mierla, Andy Devos, and Skralan Hosteaux
2016-02-04: HELCATS release details of second open workshop
The first HELCATS second open workshop will be held as part of the VarSITI general symposiam taking place in Bulgaria 6-10 June 2016.
2015-10-26: HELCATS scientist, Christian Möstl, recieves EGU award
HELCATS scientist and WP4 lead, Christian Möstl, has been awarded the prestigious EGU 2016 Arne Richter award for oustanding young scientist. You can find out more about the 2016 EGU awards HERE.
2015-07-22: HELCATS identified CME catalogue V02 release
The first formal release of the WP2 HI identified CME catalogue has been released. Further details can be found in the the corresponding release notes.
2015-07-15: The presentations from first open workshop
The first HELCATS open workshop was held on 19th-22nd May 2015 in Göttingen. The presentations from the meeting are now available on the workshop web site. The HELCATS consortium held a progress meeting and annual review in the day prior to the open meeting. The presentations and minutes from that meeting are available under the meetings section of this web site.
2015-02-10: HELCATS release details of first open workshop
The first HELCATS open workshop will be held on 19th-22nd May 2015 in Göttingen. Details and links to the meeting web site can be found here...
2014-12-10:HELCATS post-doc position advertised at IC advertised
Applications are invited for a Research Assistant/Associate position within the Space and Atmospheric Physics Group at Imperial College London. The successful applicant will work with Dr. Jonathan Eastwood and Dr. Bob Forsyth and will contribute to activities funded by the FP7 project HELCATS (HELiospheric Cataloguing, Analysis and Techniques Service). The goal of HELCATS is to use existing heliophysics data sets to improve forecasts of coronal mass ejection arrival times at Earth. More information about HELCATS can be found at http://www.helcats-fp7.eu/index.html. In particular, the post holder will contribute to two work packages (1) assessing the complementary nature of radio measurements of solar wind transients, and (2) verifying the kinematic properties of remotely observed CMEs against in situ spacecraft observations. The post holder will also be expected to support the Department’s teaching activities up to approximately half a day per week during the academic year as appropriate. For more information about space research at Imperial College and Imperial College itself, please visit www.imperial.ac.uk/spat. The position is full-time and is available for up to 20 months from January 2015. The application deadline is 8 January 2015. For further information and to apply for the post go to: https://www4.ad.ic.ac.uk/OA_HTML/OA.jsp?page=/oracle/apps/irc/candidateSelfService/webui/VisVacDispPG&akRegionApplicationId=821&transactionid=1098525467&retainAM=Y&addBreadCrumb=S&p_svid=45130&p_spid=1702179&oapc=7&oas=_Bu6d8iBvo4u2G3iVodRFw.. Or search for NS2014236SA at http://www.imperial.ac.uk/job-applicants/
2014-10-01: HELCATS Announcement Press Release
1 October 2014 – UK scientists have unveiled a new £2.5 million (€3.2 million) project that will improve forecasts of solar storms, including their arrival time and impact on the Earth. The three year project will provide the most comprehensive set of information to date about the Sun’s influence on interplanetary space and the effects space weather can have on the Earth. The project will enable governments to improve their strategies to lessen the potential negative impacts from the Sun...[more]
2014-06-10: Public launch of web site
As part of the HELCATS start-up activities the consortium are happy to announce the launch of the public web site http://www.helcats-fp7.eu. We will be expanding the site over the coming weeks and months and would be happy to have your feedback on how we can improve the information that we provide for you.
2014-05-14: Kick-Off Meeting
On the 14th and 15th of May the HELCATS consortium met together with the EU Project Officer to kick-off the project.
2014-05-01: HELCATS Project Start
We are delighted to announce that the EU FP7 HELCATS project formally started today. The project brings together key European expertise in solar storm observations and modelling to address the important issue of how these potentially hazardous storms can be tracked as they speed out from the Sun.