A telescope comes home
In 1918 the Geophysical Institute in Tromsø was created. The tasks of the institute was to organize weather forecasts in Northern Norway …
Vacant position: PhD Candidate in Radio Science and Ionospheric Physics at UiT The Arctic University of Norway
The position is attached to the Space Physics group at the Department of Physics and Technology, which is located on the Tromsø …
SSA Space Weather service network
The ESA SSA Space Weather team and the SSA Space Weather service network are pleased to announce that a new version of …
STEREO-A is back!
NASA’s Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) mission has the goal of studying the Sun and the nature of Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs). …
Quiet before the storm – over!
Last week (starting with June 18) the Sun has launched consecutive solar storms and M-class flares. The shock front of first storm …
Solar event and its effect on the ground in Scandinavia
Yesterday (24. August) there was an X-ray event on the sun. Such events ionize the dayside ionosphere above “normal” levels and may …
Space Weather in a National preparedness and emergency planning
In Norway we have the Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection (Direktoratet for samfunnssikkerhet og beredsskap) (DSB). DSB’s responsibilities regarding civil protection cover …
Service Supporting Resource Exploitation System Operators (RESOSS)
As part of the ESA SSA program preparatory phase project SN-VI Provision of Space Weather Additional Services led by Rhea Group, Tromsø …
Skibotn Observatory
Some two hours drive east of Tromsø, Skibotn observatory is located. Skibotn is one of the driest locations in all of Northern …