1. 1 E. AMATA 1 & M. MESSEROTTI 2,3,4 1 INAF- IFSI, Roma, Italy 2 INAF - Astronomical Observatory of Trieste. Italy 3 Department of Physics, University of Trieste, Italy 4 INFN-Trieste Division, Italy 6° European Space Weather Week, November 16, 2009, Brugge, Belgium.

2. Italian Research on Space Weather: Where 2 Torino Trieste Firenze L’Aquila Roma Napoli Catania Palermo Rende INAF (National Institute for Astrophysics) TurinAstronomical Observatory TriesteAstronomical Observatory FlorenceAstrophysical Observatory RomeAstronomical Observatory RomeIFSI-Inst. of IP Space Physics NaplesAstronomical Observatory PalermoAstronomical Observatory CataniaAstrophysical Observatory CNR (National research Council) ISAC Inst. Of Atmospheric Physics INGV (Nat. Inst. Of Geophysics & Volcanology) ICTP International Centre for Theoret. Physics UNIVERSITIESTurinTriesteFlorenceL’Aquila Rome I, II and III NaplesRendePalermoCatania

3. Italian Research on Space Weather: What 3 Torino Trieste Firenze L’Aquila Roma Napoli Catania Palermo Rende TSRS PSPT VAMOS YOHKOH IFSI/INAF SuperDARN Magnetosphere Ionosphere Heliosphere Aurora Monitors IFSI/INAF IFSI/INAF Cluster II Ulysses Double Star ARPL IFSI/INAF CR Monitors INGVGeomagnetismIonosphereMagnetometersIonosondesGPS HR H-alpha Astrobiology IFSI - INGV GIFINT

4. Italian assets potentially available for the European SSA System Asset nameLocationOwner of the assetBrief description of the asset GIFINTIFSI (INGV), RomeIFSI/INAFGeomag. indices forecast and ionospheric nowcasting tool TSRSTriesteINAF OATTrieste Radio Obs. providing solar radio indices nowcast IonosferaSWENETAmsat ItaliaNowcast HF communication conditions for Radio amateurs OASI MZS, Antarctica INGV Groud based magnetometer Ionosonde MZS, Antarctica INGV Riometer MZS, Antarctica INGV All sky cameraMZS, Antarctica IFSI/INAFAll sky camera Kerguelen radarDome C, Antarctica IFSI & LPC2E (Orléans)HF radar part of the SuperDARN network Concordia magnetom.Dome C, Antarctica l'Aquila Un. Concordia radarsKerguelen LPC2E (Orléans) & IFSI2 SuperDARN HF radars under installation Ionosonde RomaRome IGNVReal time measurements of TEC Ionosonde San VitoSan Vito, S. Italy IGNVReal time measurements of TEC ISACCONyAlesund & MZS INGVGISTM (GPS Ionospheric and TEC Monitor) receiver ITACA2Ny Alesund /Daneborg IFSI/INAFTwo twin all-sky cameras with partly overlapping fov's SEGMA magnetometersItaly & other countries l'Aquila University & othersSouth Europeamn GeoMagnetic Array Network of n.monitorsRome-Chile-Israel IFSI/INAF & othersContinuous monitoring of nucleonic comp. of cosmic rays ThemisCanary island France-ItalySolar observatory Rome solar observatoryRome OARSolar photometry Catania Solar obs.Catania OACSolar observatory CISCluster ESA mission CESR, Toulouse (IFSI part.Cluster ion spectrometer ALTEA programISS INFNParticle radiation in space its effects on astronauts PLEGPAY etcISS Thales-Alenia - IPlasma contactors; Langmuir probes. Know-how in SW Various institutes, Solar physics expertise Various institutes

5. Present missions. UVCS, “Ultraviolet Coronagraph Spectrometer” (OATO, Turin) flying on Soho CIS instrument (IFSI, Roma – PI in CESR, Toulouse), flying on Cluster. Future missions. Solar Orbiter: CIAO coronagrapgh (OATO, Turin) Plasma instrument (IFSI, Rome) Cross Scale:Plasma instrument (IFSI, Rome) (*) Here we do not deal with SW at other planets. Italian participations to space missions related to SW(*)

6. Sun-Earth Relations and Space Weather, Rome, November 17, 1999. Solar Physics and Sun-Earth Relations, Trieste, October 18-20, 2005. “2nd European General Assembly of the International Heliophysical Year”, Turin, June 18-22, 2007. “International advanced school on Space Weather”, ICTP, Trieste, May 2-19, 2006. Several Schools organised by Consorzio di Astrogeofisica de l’Aquila in the framework of the SERSES program, L’Aquila, 2007-2009. Italian Conferences and Schools on Space Weather or related to it.

7. 1st Space Wheather ASI contract: mid 90’s – 40 Mlire ~ 20 kEuro Subtask 2200 of ASI contract n. I/015/07/0 (*): 2007-2010 – 250 kEuro WP4200 (GIFINT) of ASI contract n. I/023/09/0: 2009-2012 – 20 kEuro All Italian spaceborne or ground based instruments which can be used for SW have been funded through contracts which are not specifically devoted to SW by ASI, PNRA, CNR. (*) The title of the contract is “Solar System Exploration”; Subtask 220 is entitled: “Study of magnetic perturbations in the framework of space weather”, This subtask is lead by Dr. M. Messerotti and has 43 Co-Is in 11 institutes or university departements. Funds raised at national level

8. GIFINT – ESA Pilot Project on SW Applications (100 kEuro, 2003-2006) EGSO European Grid of Solar Observations (FP5, 2002-2005) HELIO Heliophysics Integrated Observatory (FP7, 2009-2012) www.helio-vo.eu Funds raised at international level

9. Italian Involvement in European Space Weather Activities  ESA Space Weather Working Team  ESA Space Weather Pilot Project  ESA SWENET Space Weather European Network  EC COST Action 271 “Effects of the Upper Atmosphere on Terrestrial and Earth-Space Communications” (2000-2004)  EC COST Action 724 “Developing the scientific basis for monitoring, modelling and predicting space weather” (2002-2007)  EC COST Action 296 “Mitigation of ionospheric effects on radio systems” (2005-2009)  EC COST Action ES0803 “Developing space weather products and services in Europe” (2008-2012) 9

10. Status of the Italian Space Weather Scientific community  Recognized expertise in  Modelling  Data Analysis  Extensive observing network  Ground & space data access  Strong involvement in international activities 10 Conclusion The Italian Space Weather Community has the capability to take part in the ESA SSA.

11. 11 Thank you