Research Article

Exploitation, dissemination, education and outreach in the frame of the COST action ES0803 “developing space weather products and services in Europe”

¹ Solar-Terrestrial Centre of Excellence (STCE), Ringlaan 3, 1180 Brussels, Belgium
² INAF-Astronomical Observatory of Trieste, Loc. Basovizza 302, 34149 Trieste, Italy
³ Department of Physics, University of Trieste, Via A. Valerio 2, 34127 Trieste, Italy
⁴ Institut de Planétologie et d’Astrophysique de Grenoble (IPAG), 414 rue de la Piscine, 38041 Grenoble, France
⁵ Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, Ringlaan 3, 1180 Brussels, Belgium
⁶ Centre for mathematical Plasma-Astrophysics, Department of Mathematics, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200B, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
⁷ University of Nova Gorica, Vipavska Cesta 13, 5000 Nova Gorica, Slovenia

^* e-mail: petra.vanlommel@oma.be

Received: 8 June 2012
Accepted: 27 December 2013

Abstract

COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) is one of the longest-running European frameworks supporting cooperation among scientists and researchers across Europe. Its action ES0803 “Developing Space Weather Products and Services in Europe” involves the task “Exploitation, Dissemination, Education and Outreach”. To meet the objectives of this task, we describe how we developed and maintained the Space Weather Portal, initiated the electronic Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate, took care of the scientific organization of the annual European Space Weather Week conference and of two schools for scientists and students from the space weather community. We also describe several dissemination projects supported by the action, which target the non-specialist in the field of space weather.