International Heliophysical Year
European Section

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The program International Heliophysical Year will celebrate in 2007-2008 the 50th anniversary of the IGY.
IHY is one of the four Earth related activities that will participate to this anniversary together with International Polar Year , Electronic Geophysical Year , and International Year of Planet Earth .

The main goals of IHY program are two folds:

Coordinating some specific scientific activities (observing campaigns, data sharing, meetings) that require cross-disciplinary studies;
Awaring of students and large public about the recent progress on these activities through conferences, exhibitions etc ...

The Five IHY Science Themes:

Theme 1: Evolution and Generation of Magnetic Structures and Transients
Theme 2: Energy Transfer and Coupling Processes
Theme 3: Flows and Circulations
Theme 4: Boundaries and Interfaces
Theme 5: Synoptic Studies of the 3-D Coupled Solar-Planetary-Heliospheric System

More details on the specific subjets retained inside each group can be found on the official
IHY web page .

Through the web page of the European section, you can find the name of the coordinator of each country , a list of meetings of interest for our purposes and a link towards other European programs involved in the IHY year.

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