WP6 Training and dissemination / public outreach

NMDB brochures

Short overviews of the rationale and activities of NMDB are given in the following brochures:

• Basics of cosmic rays and neutron monitor measurements (pdf / 2Mb).
• The NMDB work programme: (pdf / 2Mb).
• The 3rd brochure presents first results of NMDB, including the NEST tool and te calculation of ionisation and radiation doses.
• The 4th brochure, entitled "How to use NMDB", is a guide to prospective users, giving information on what NMDB offers and how to access data, data products, and other information.

Training

addresses mainly university-level students, researchers and engineers who want to get familiar with cosmic rays and NMDB tools. We intend to develop a web-based system of training courses and public outreach activities.

• A list of existing web sites is given in the report NKUA_deliverable_6.1_2.pdf
• The list of subjects to be developed, including writing assignments to the consortium, is given in NMDB_Deliverable_6-2.pdf
• Status:
  • First written tutorials available: http://www.nmdb.eu/?q=node/276
  • material for research projects: report completed at TAU, some pdf documents will become available on the NMDB server (Training section)
  • coordinated by OBSPARIS.
• Training course Athens September 2009: report has been submitted.

Public outreach

• A concept is discussed in the report Rome_Report-NMDB_2.pdf
• Status (as of 23 November 2009):
  • English version is operational at www.nmdb.eu.
  • Translations into several partner languages will become available. Work in progress (coordinated by Almaty).
  • mailbox for questions established
  • overall coordination OBSPARIS.

Public outreach: telecon on 17 April 2009 about the progress of the PO web site

List of decisions at http://www.nmdb.eu/?q=node/161