Bilateral international agreements

Cooperating institution Country Area (topic) of cooperation
SANSA Space Science, Hermanus RSA Space weather, ionospheric forecasts
ICATE-CONICET, San Juan Argentina Ionosphere research
Německá meteorologická služba (DWD) Germany On the research use of the COSMO model
Institut kosmických výzkumů RAN Russia Research of planets of the solar system and near space, development of satellite instruments
Laboratoire Souterrain a Bas Bruit (LSBB) France Research of electromagnetic manifestations of discharges in the atmosphere and their influence on the near space
Institut kosmických výzkumů BAN Bulgaria Ionosphere and magnetosphere research, development of satellite instruments
Institut kosmických výzkumů BAN Bulgaria Research of Sun – Earth relations
GGKI MAV, Sopron Hungary Ionosphere research in Central Europe
Geodetic and Geophysical Institute, Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Budapest Hungary Infrasound research in Central Europe

Membership in organizations

The staff of the institute occupies some important positions in international scientific organizations and advisory boards: Secretary of the Solar-Terrestrial Division of the EGU for ionosphere (D. Obrazová), Chairman of the COSPAR National Committee and member of the COSPAR Council (J. Laštovička), member of the COSPAR National Committee (O. Santolík), members of the SCOSTEP National Committee (J. Souček, J. Laštovička, L. Třísková, P. Koucká Knížová), member of the Czech Committee for Geodesy and Geophysics (D. Obrazová), Vice-Chairman of the Working Group II.F IAGA / IAMAS (J. Laštovička), Vice-Chairwoman of the II. IAGA Division (P. Koucká Knížová), member of the European Academy of Science (J. Laštovička), Vice-President of the URSI International Radio Science Union (O. Santolík), member of the ESA Solar System Exploration Working Group (SSEWG, J. Souček), advisor of the Czech delegation in the ESA Science Program Committee (SPC, J. Souček), Czech delegate to the board ESA Space Situational Awareness (J. Urbář), Vice-Chairman of WG IRI COSPAR / URSI and Secretary of NK COSPAR (V. Truhlík), members of WG IRI COSPAR / URSI (D. Obrazová, V. Truhlík), Chairwoman of the Czech National Committee of URSI (I. Kolmašová), members of the Czech National Committee for URSI (O. Fišer, D. Kouba, O. Santolík), members of the working group VERSIM URSI / IAGA (I. Kolmašová, O. Santolík), member of Atmosphere and Magnetosphere Discipline Group (AMDG) – MESSENGER / NASA mission (P. Trávníček), members of Science and Technology Operations Working Group (STOWG) – Proba2 / ESA mission (D. Herčík, F. Hruška, Š. Štverák), member of Science operations working group (SOWG) of the Cluster / ESA mission (O. Santolík), member of the PRODEX committee for activities of the Czech Republic in ESA space research projects (P. Koucká Knížová), member of the Czech Committee for Geodesy and Geophysics and IAMAS national correspondent (P. Sedlák ). J. Laštovička is a member of the SCOSTEP Awards Selection Committee.

J. Laštovička is the co-editor of Advances in Space Research, R. Huth is the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Climatology. O. Santolík is the senior editor of the Radio Science Bulletin and the editor of the journal Surveys in Geophysics. I. Kolmašová is the editor of the journal Nature Scientific Reports and the editor of the journal Earth, Moon, and Planets. D. Obrazová is the editor of the journal Annales Geophysicae. Membership in editorial boards: Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica (J. Kyselý), Meteorological Bulletin (M. Kučerová, D. Řezáčová). P. Koucká Knížová was a guest editor of a special issue of the Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics and is a guest editor of a special issue of Annales Geophysicae, J. Laštovička is a guest co-editor of special issues of the Journal of Geophysical Research and the Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate. Z. Sokol is the associate editor of Atmospheric Research.