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2000 Workshop Agenda

25 - 30 June 2000
Boulder, Colorado

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Student Workshop: Comparative Planetary Atmospheres 

01:00-01:15

Introduction - Monica Angelats i Coll (CU/Aerospace Eng)

01:15-01:30

Future prospects for planetary atmosphere research - John Meriwether (NSF/Clemson)

01:30-02:00

Solar Radiative Output and Influences - Chris Pankratz (CU/LASP)

02:00-02:30

A Comparison of Planetary Neutral Atmospheres - Marlene Colerico (BU)

02:30-03:00

Comparative ionospheres in the Solar System - Carlos Martinis (BU)

03:00-03:30

Break at NIST

03:30-04:00

Comparative magnetospheres in the Solar System - David Brain (CU/LASP)

04:00-04:30

Auroral processes in the solar system - Marina Galand (NOAA/BU)

04:30-05:00

Internal gravity waves in the atmospheres of solar system planets - Katia Matcheva (John Hopkins)

05:00-05:30

Modelling the Thermospheres of Moons and Terrestrial Planets - Ingo Mueller-Wodarg (U. College London/BU)

05:45-06:00

Bus from NIST Auditorium to Eben G. Fine Picnic Shelter

06:00-09:00

Social at Eben G. Fine Park for students, recent graduates and invited guests. Picnic dinner will be provided and beer on sale for those 21 and over

09:00-09:15

Bus from Eben G. Fine Park to Kittredge Complex

 



Monday, June 26, 2000 (NIST Auditorium, chair C. Fesen)

08:30-08:55

Welcomes and Introductions

C. Fesen (CSSC)

R. Behnke (NSF)

E. Hildner (NIST/NOAA)

T. Killeen (NCAR)

08:55-09:05

Report on Student Workshop

M. Angelats i Coll

09:05-09:10

Introduction of Students by Institution

M. Angelats i Coll

09:10-09:55

CEDAR Prize Lecture: The Information Content of the Aurora

J. Semeter

09:55-10:20

--- Break ---

at NIST

10:20-10:40

CEDAR Program

S. Basu

10:40-11:00

Gerald Romick from MSP to MSX

A. Christensen

11:00-11:15

GEM Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling Initiative

R. Greenwald

11:15-11:30

NASA Program Report

M. Mellott

11:30-12:00

NASA: Living with a Star

A. Poland

12:00-01:30

--- Lunch ---

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01:30-03:30

WORKSHOPS [NIST/Skaggs]

1) CEDAR Storm Study - Skaggs GC-402

2) Wide-Latitude Substorm Campaign - Skaggs 2A-305

3) Neutral Dynamics - NIST 1107

4) DB Workshops - Skaggs 2C-405



1) R. Sitar

2) J. Foster

3) T. Kane

4) M. Sulzer

03:30-04:00

--- Break ---

at Skaggs

04:00-06:00

WORKSHOPS

1) High Latitude Convection: Coordinating CEDAR and TIMED - Auditorium

2) Aurora and Airglow in the Solar System - Skaggs 2A-305

3) DB Workshops - Skaggs 2C-405



1) J. M. Ruohoniemi/J. Holt

2) M. Galand/M. Mendillo

3) D. Hysell/others

6:30-11:00?

CSSC Meeting



at Boulder Cork

 



Tuesday, June 27, 2000 (NIST Auditorium, chair M. Hickey)

08:30-09:30

Tutorial #1: Comparative Terrestrial Planet Thermospheres:

Venus, Earth and Mars

S. Bougher (U of AZ)

09:30-10:05

Panel discussion on Planetary Atmospheres

moderator M. Mendillo

10:05-10:30

--- Break ---

at NIST

10:30-10:50

Gravity Wave Heating and Cooling in the Thermosphere of Jupiter and Earth

M. Hickey

10:50-11:10

CEDAR Postdoc Report #1: Plasma Irregularities in Peru

J. Chau (Jicamarca/Cornell)

11:10-11:25

CEDAR/TIMED Update

J.-H. Yee

11:25-11:35

CEDAR Database Update

B. Emery/P. Fox

11:35-01:00

--- Lunch ---

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01:00-03:00

WORKSHOPS [NIST/Skaggs]

1) Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling - Auditorium

2) Meteors - Skaggs 2A-305

3) DB Workshops - Skaggs 2C-405



1) R. Greenwald

2) Q. Zhou/J. Mathews

3) J. Thayer/F. Rich

03:00-04:00

--- Break ---

at Skaggs

04:00-06:00

WORKSHOPS

1) Lower-Thermosphere Coupling Study (LTCS) - Auditorium

2) Polar Mesospheric Dynamics - Skaggs 2A-305

3) DB Workshops - Skaggs 2C-405



1) R. Johnson/C. Fesen

2) T. Duck

3) F. Rich/J. Holt/A. van Eyken

06:00-09:00

Poster Session #1 at Skaggs



GC-402, GB-124, cafeteria

08:30 and 09:10

Bus from Skaggs to Kittredge Complex



outside front entrance to Skaggs

 



Wednesday, June 28, 2000 (NIST Auditorium, chair T. Kane)

08:30-09:30

Tutorial #2: The Thermal Structure of the Upper Mesosphere

and its Relationship to Layered Structures

F.-J. Luebken (U Rostock, DE)

09:30-09:50

Polar Mesosphere Summer Echoes (PMSE) Hemispheric Assymmetries

M. Huaman

09:50-10:10

High Latitude Observations Using the

University of Illinois Iron Boltzmann Temperature Lidar

X. Chu

10:10-10:35

--- Break ---

at NIST

10:35-10:55

CEDAR Postdoc Report #2: Mesospheric Acoustic Gravity

Wave Imaging and Tomography at a Sub-Auroral Site

S. Smith (BU)

10:55-11:15

Long Term Trends and Observations of OH Temperatures

R. Lowe

11:15-11:35

The Effects of Tropical Convection Experiment (ETCE)

K. Hamilton

11:35-01:00

--- Lunch ---

-

01:00-03:00

WORKSHOPS [NIST/Skaggs]

1) CEDAR/TIMED Mesosphere-Lower Thermosphere Storm Obs - Auditorium

2) Analyzing Waves in Resonance Lidar Data - NIST 1107

3) DB Workshops - Skaggs 2C-405



1) J. Salah/L. Goncharenko

2) P. Franke/R. Collins

3) M. Ruohoniemi/P. Knoop

03:00-04:00

--- Break ---

at Skaggs

04:00-06:00

WORKSHOPS

1) ISR/UAFs: Panel and Audience Discussion - Auditorium

2) Meteoric Metals (4-5) and Maui MALT (5-6) - NIST 1107

3) DB Workshops - Skaggs 2C-405



1) D. Farley

2) T. Kane

3) P. Knoop/others

06:00-09:00

Poster Session #2 at Skaggs



GC-402, GB-124, cafeteria

06:00-09:00

Tours of Space Environment Forecast Center



every 30 min, ground floor Skaggs

08:30 and 09:10

Bus from Skaggs to Kittredge Complex



outside front entrance to Skaggs

 



Thursday, June 29, 2000 (NIST Auditorium, chair M. Sulzer)

08:30-09:30

Tutorial #3: Ionospheric Effects and Storm Studies:

A Tribute to Michael Buonsanto

J. Salah/J. Foster (MIT/Haystack Obs)

09:30-09:50

Recent Laboratory Measurements

of the O+-O Charge Transfer Cross Section

B. Lindsay

09:50-10:10

Highlights from the International Symposium on Equatorial Aeronomy

D. Farley

10:10-10:35

--- Break ---

at NIST

10:35-10:55

Using Powerful HF Radio Waves to Study

Tidal Ion Layers over Arecibo

P. Bernhardt

10:55-11:15

Relocatable Atmospheric Observatory (RAO) Status Report

R. Behnke

11:15-11:35

National Space Weather Program Report

R. Robinson

11:35-11:40

Announce New CSSC Members

C. Fesen

11:40-01:00

--- Lunch (CSSC Lunch at the Taj)---

-

01:00-03:00

WORKSHOPS [NIST/Skaggs]

1) High Latitude Plasma Structures (HLPS) and

Global Ionospheric Forecasting Techniques (GIFT) - Skaggs GC-402

2) Arecibo Observatory: An Improved Facility for Research - Skaggs 2A-305

3) Wave Ducting in the MLT Region - NIST 1107

4) DB Workshops - Skaggs 2C-405



1) J. Sojka/C. Valladares

D. Anderson/T. Fuller-Rowell

2) D. Farley/M. Sulzer

3) M. Hickey/J. Hecht

4) P. Knoop

03:00-04:00

--- Break ---

at Skaggs

03:10-03:55

Hubble Slide Show - Skaggs GC-402

D. Ebbets (Ball Aerospace)

04:00-06:00

WORKSHOPS

1) (continued) High Latitude Plasma Structures (HLPS) and

Global Ionospheric Forecasting Techniques (GIFT) - Skaggs GC-402

2) Topside Ionosphere - Skaggs 2A-305

3) Transient Optical Emissions in the Upper Atmosphere - NIST 1107

4) (continued) Wave Ducting in the MLT Region - NIST 1103-5

5) DB Workshops - Skaggs 2C-405



1) J. Sojka/C. Valladares

D. Anderson/T. Fuller-Rowell

2) S. Gonzalez/P. Erickson/R. Kerr/J. Noto

3) M. Heavner/V. Pasko/M. Taylor

4) M. Hickey/J. Hecht

5) TBD

09:00-10:00

Searching for Distant Worlds (Fiske Planetarium)

open at 8:30 to view exhibits

 



Friday, June 30, 2000 (NIST Auditorium, chair C.-Y. She)

08:30-09:30

Tutorial #4: The Magnetosphere and Space Weather

H. Singer (SEC/NOAA)

09:30-09:50

Specification of Ionospheric Parameters

R. Schunk

09:50-10:10

Highlights of the Chapman Space Weather Conference

X. Li

10:10-10:35

--- Break ---

at NIST

10:35-10:55

Space Weather and the Polar Cap: Ionosphere Observations by Digital Ionosondes

J. MacDougall

10:55-11:15

Space Weather: Whither Aeronomy?

R. Meier

11:15-11:25

Announce Poster Citations

M. Hagan

11:25-11:35

Final Words from NSF

TBD

11:35-01:00

--- Lunch ---

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01:00-03:00

WORKSHOPS [NIST/Skaggs]

1) Coupling of the Mesosphere, Lower Thermosphere

and Ionosphere at High Latitudes - Skaggs GC-402

2) Inter-comparison of Measurement Techniques - Skaggs 2A-305

3) Millstone Hill - NIST 1107



1) R. Smith/M. Kelley

2) S. Palo

3) J. Holt

03:00-03:15

--- Break ---

at NIST

03:15-04:00

WORKSHOPS

1) ISR Planning - NIST 1107



1) A. van Eyken