ILWS Activities in Hungary K. Kecskemety KFKI RMKI Budapest, Hungary ILWS Steering Committee and Working Group Meeting Prague, June 10–12, 2008

ILWS science in Hungary KFKI Research Inst. Particle and Nuclear Physics, Budapest –solar energetic particles –interaction of solar wind with magnetic and non- magnetic bodies (comets, etc.) KFKI Atomic Energy Inst., Budapest –cometary plasma and dust –space dosimetry coordinating agency: Hungarian Space Office

Heliophysical Observatory, Debrecen –photoheliograph program, H  measurements, –solar effects on the troposphere Konkoly Observatory, Budapest –coronal mass ejections, solar magnetic fields Eötvös University, Budapest –magnetohydrodynamics of solar interior –solar activity - crop yield relation Geodetic and Geophysical Institute, Sopron –solar wind, interplanetary plasma clouds –geomagnetic activity Eötvös Lorand Geophysical Institute, Budapest –geomagnetic activity, Intermagnet

Participation in space missions Presently in orbit: –SOHO: COSTEP/LION low energy charged particles –Cluster: RAPID, Data Center, magnetometer –Cassini: MAG, CAPS charged particle spectrometer –ISS: Pille dosimeter, LET spectrometer –STEREO: IMPACT, SEPT low energy charged particles –Rosetta: RPC plasma package, Philae Romap magnetometer and plasma monitor –Venus Express: ASPERA, plasma and energetic atoms

Future ILWS missions ISS Obstanovka plasma wave experiment BepiColombo –PICAM ion mass spectrometer (on Mercury Planetary Orbiter) Solar Orbiter –magnetic field measurement Cosmic Vision 2015 – 2025 proposals –Cross-Scale (energetic particle detector) –Jupiter-Ganymede Orbiter

IHY related activities Participating institutions Debrecen Heliophysical Observatory Eötvös Loránd Geophysical Institute Tihany Observatory Eötvös University, Astronomy Department Eötvös University, Space Research Group Geodetic and Geophysical Institute Sopron KFKI RMKI KFKI Atomic Energy Research Institute, Budapest Konkoly Observatory Coordinated Investigation Programmes CIP 39 ULF waves in the magnetosphere (ELGI) CIP 61 Solar and heliospheric sources of energetic particles (KFKI RMKI) IHY Hungary website

Future meeting in Hungary IAGA 11 th Scientific Assembly Sopron August