Meetings related to VarSITI in 2017

40th annual Seminar on Physics of the auroral phenomena
March 13÷17, 2017, Apatity, Murmansk region, Russia

Host: Polar Geophisical Institute, Apatity
The working languages of the Seminar are Russian and English.

web-address http://pgia.ru/seminar/

Basic problems of space plasma and atmosphere physics related to the above mentioned phenomena are discussed. Significant attention is also paid to the results of geophysical observations and instrumentation.

Besides standard contributions (oral and poster), several invited speakers present lectures intended to educate young scientists.

Important Dates
Registration and abstract December 23, 2016

The program of the seminar includes discussions of the rather wide range of phenomena, such as geomagnetic disturbances, auroras, wave processes, solar-terrestrial relations, etc.

1. Geomagnetic storms and substorms	2. Fields, Current, Particles in the magnetosphere
3. Waves, wave-particle interaction	4. The Sun, Solar wind, Cosmic rays
5. Ionosphere and upper atmosphere	6. Low atmosphere, Ozon
7. Heliobiosphere

Contacts of the Organizing Committee:
Alexander Yahnin (ayahnin[at]gmail.com ),   Nadezhda Semenova (nadezhda.semenova[at]gmail.com) Irina Despirak (despirak[at]gmail.com)