2009 Workshop Agenda
28 June - 2 July 2009
Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Sunday 28 June 2009
| Zia Room | CEDAR Student Workshop (Non-students Welcome)
Theme - Instrumentation: How Can We Probe the Upper Atmosphere? |
Co-Chairs M Milla (U IL) and J Fentzke (U CO) (CEDAR student reps) |
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| 08:00-09:00 | Breakfast, Registration, Sign Travel Vouchers in concourses, Put up Posters in Pavilion | |
| 09:00-09:10 | Student welcome from NSF | R Behnke/R Robinson (NSF) |
| 09:10-09:30 | Introduction to the CEDAR program (pdf) | J Thayer (CSSC chair) |
| 09:30-09:40 | Agenda information and organizational details | J. Fentzke and M. Milla (CSSC student reps) |
| 09:40-10:40 | Keynote Talk #1: A historical overview on aeronomy instrumentation (pdf) | Mike Kelley (Cornell) |
| 10:40-10:55 | --- Break --- | |
| 10:55-11:55 | Student Tutorials 1 | |
| Zia: Radars: Powerful tools to study the upper atmosphere (pdf) | Jorge Chau (Jicamarca)/Roger Varney (Cornell U.) | |
| Sunset: A New Horizon: LIDAR Exploration of Atmosphere and Space (pdf) | Xinzhao Chu/Wentao Huang (U CO) | |
| Anasazi North: In situ Measurements in the Ionosphere and Thermosphere on Satellites (pdf) | Robert Pfaff (GSFC) | |
| 11:55-13:30 | Lunch on own at area restaurants | |
| 13:30-14:30 | Student Tutorials 2 | |
| Zia: Using GPS Receivers to Study the Upper Atmosphere (pdf) | Jonathan Makela (U IL) | |
| Sunset: All-sky imaging techniques to study the upper atmosphere (pdf) | Carlos Martinis (BU) | |
| Anasazi North: Rocket Instrumentation for the mesosphere and thermosphere (pdf) | Gerald Lehmacher (Clemson) | |
| 14:30-14:45 | --- Break --- | |
| 14:45-15:45 | Keynote Talk #2: Next-Generation Instruments for Geospace Science (pdf) | John Foster (MIT) |
| 15:45 | Adjourn | |
| 16:00-19:00 | Free time for student recreation (Annual CEDAR Soccer Game, Ultimate Frisbee; 16:30-17:30: volleyball or swimming ($1.85 pp, bring towel), etc) | Ft. Marcy Park baseball field
Ft. Marcy Recreation Center |
| 19:30-21:00 | Reception Buffet for all participants (Posters can be posted in the Pavilion all day) | Anasazi/Zia |
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| 19:30-21:30 | CSSC Dinner Meeting | Santa Fe Bar and Grill |
Monday 29 June 2009
| 0715-0800 | Breakfast/registration | Anasazi concourse |
| 0800-0810 | Welcome from NSF/CSSC | Behnke (NSF)/Thayer (CSSC) |
| 0810-0820 | Introduction of students by institution | J Fentzke (U CO) |
| 0820-0905 | CEDAR Prize Lecture: New Observational Capabilities for Studying the Lower Ionosphere using Incoherent Scatter Radar (pdf) | M Nicolls (SRI) |
| 0905-0915 | Report of student workshop | M Milla (U IL) |
| 0915-0930 | Update from NSF | C Fesen (NSF) |
| 0930-1000 | Break (Posters must be in Pavilion) | |
| 1000-1020 | Programmatic #1: CEDAR Strategic Plan (pdf) | J Thayer (CSSC chair) |
| 1020-1040 | Science Highlight #1: Lightning-related transient luminous events at high altitude in the Earth’s atmosphere (pdf) | V Pasko (PSU) |
| 1040-1100 | Science Highlight #2: The role of Incoherent Scatter Radars during the International Polar Year: Past successes and future plans | A van Eyken (SRI) |
| 1100-1300 | lunch on own (or free CEDAR bus trip to Tin-Nee-Ann souvenir shop) | |
| 1300-1500 | Anasazi South: CEDAR and ITM Strategic Planning | J Thayer and L Paxton |
| 1300-1500 | Anasazi North: South American initiative to study the causal linkage between thermospheric gravity wave activity and equatorial spread F development (Part 1) | J Meriwether, Fritts, Mendillo, Makela, Gerrard, Valladares |
| 1300-1500 | Zia: Magnetosphere Ionosphere Coupling (Part 1) | J Semeter and W Bristow |
| 1300-1500 | Sunset: Ionosphere/Thermosphere (IT) Modeling | J Huba, A Ridley, R Schunk |
| 1500-1600 | networking break (coffee only) | |
| 1600-1900 | Poster session #1 (MLT) and reception | Pavilion |
| 1930-2130 | Anasazi South: CEDAR Electrodynamics Thermosphere Ionosphere Modeling Challenge | M Kuznetsova, Emery, Sojka, Holt, Lei |
| 1930-2130 | Anasazi North: S American g waves and spread F (Part 2) | J Meriwether, Fritts, Mendillo, Makela, Gerrard, Valladares |
| 1930-2130 | Zia: Magnetosphere Ionosphere Coupling (Part 2) | J Semeter and W Bristow |
Tuesday 30 June 2009
| 0715-0800 | Breakfast | Anasazi concourse |
| 0800-0900 | Tutorial #1: Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model (WACCM) Studies of the Upper Atmosphere (pdf) | D Marsh (NCAR) |
| 0900-0920 | CEDAR Post-Doc Final Report #1: Coordinated Space-Based Observations of Equatorial Plasma Bubbles Using TIMED/GUVI and DMSP (pdf) | J Comberiate (JHU/APL) |
| 0920-0930 | CEDAR Post-Doc Interim Report #1: Modulations of the longitudinal structure in F2 peak height in the equatorial ionosphere | G Liu (UCB) |
| 0930-1000 | Break | |
| 1000-1010 | Programmatic #2: AMPERE: Active Magnetosphere and Planetary Electrodynamics Response Experiment (pdf) | B Anderson (JHU/APL) |
| 1010-1020 | Programmatic #3: Mid-latitude SuperDARN Radar Infrastructure for the Study of Ionospheric Electrodynamics and Atmospheric Processes on Global Scales | W Bristow (U AK) |
| 1020-1040 | Science Highlight #3: Measuring MLT Winds by Tracking Meteor Trails with Incoherent Scatter Radar: A New Method Observes Rapidly Changing Winds Exceeding 500km/Hr | M Oppenheim (BU) |
| 1040-1050 | Programmatic #4: Achievements in Equatorial Aeronomy in Africa (pdf) | R Smith (U AK) |
| 1050-1100 | Programmatic #5: The Benefits of Scientific Instrumentation in Africa (pdf) | Yizengaw/Makela |
| 1100-1300 | lunch on own | |
| 1300-1500 | Anasazi South: Upper Atmosphere Facilities (UAF) - Integrating Management, Operations, and Science | A vanEyken and J Foster |
| 1300-1500 | Anasazi North: Ionospheric electrodynamics and disturbances and middle and low latitudes during magnetic storms | C-S Huang, N Maruyama, T Fuller-Rowell |
| 1300-1500 | Zia: Meteors and the Upper Atmosphere | L Dyrud and D Janches |
| 1300-1500 | Sunset: Atomic Hydrogen in the Thermosphere and Exosphere | E Mierkiewicz |
| 1500-1600 | networking break (coffee only) | |
| 1600-1900 | Poster session #2 (non-MLT) and reception (all posters down by ~2030-2130, competition posters must remain up until ~2000-2100) | Pavilion |
| 1930-2130 | Anasazi South: The equatorial ionosphere during solar minimum - CNOFS and Jicamarca Amigos (Part 1) | O de la Beaujardiere, D Hysell, J Chau |
| 1930-2130 | Anasazi North: Small-Scale Dynamics of the MLT: Observation, Modeling, and Theory | J Snively, D Fritts, M Taylor |
| 1930-2130 | Zia A: M-I Coupling at the Plasmasphere Boundary Layer | A Coster and J M Ruohoniemi |
| 1930-2130 | Zia B+C: Comparative meteor science - The effects of meteoroids on planetary atmospheres and ionospheres | P Withers and M Oppenheim |
| 1930-2130 | Sunset: Measurement and Modeling of Neutral Winds in the MLT and IT Regions | G Crowley, Ridley, Kelley, Meriwether, Drob, Earle, Huang |
Wednesday 01 July 2009
| 0715-0830 | Breakfast | Anasazi concourse |
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| 0715-0830 | Student Breakfast with NSF | Sunset |
| 0830-0930 | Tutorial #2: Electrodynamics in the Mid-Latitudes (pdf) | A Coster (MIT) |
| 0930-0940 | Announcement of poster prize winners | D Janches, W Bristow, JM Ruohoniemi, S Skone |
| 0940-1000 | break | |
| 1000-1020 | Science Highlight #4: Comparative Aeronomy (pdf) | Nagy/Mendillo |
| 1020-1040 | Science Highlight #5: Impact of high speed solar wind streams on the thermosphere/ionosphere (pdf) | J Lei (U CO) |
| 1040-1055 | Science Highlight #6: Evidence that the Great Siberian Impact was Due to a Comet (pdf) | M Kelley (Cornell) |
| 1055-1100 | Announcement of new CSSC members and other interesting news (pdf) | R Behnke (NSF) |
| 1100-1105 | Resolute Incoherent Scatter Radar (RISR) (pdf) | E Donovan (U Calgary, Canada) |
| 1105-1300 | lunch on own | |
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| 1100-1300 | CSSC lunch | Georgia O'Keefe Cafe |
| 1300-1500 | Anasazi South: Passive optical calibration techniques and error assessment (Part 1) | J Baumgardner and S Nossal |
| 1300-1500 | Anasazi North: GOLD Community Interactions | A Burns and R Eastes |
| 1300-1500 | Zia: Ionosphere and Mesosphere Polar Aeronomy Campaign (IMPAC) 2009 | Q Wu and W Wang |
| 1300-1500 | Sunset: The equatorial ionosphere during solar minimum - CNOFS and Jicamarca Amigos (Part 2) | O de la Beaujardiere, D Hysell, J Chau |
| 1500-1600 | networking break | |
| 1600-1800 | Anasazi South: Passive optical calibration techniques and error assessment (Part 2) | J Baumgardner and S Nossal |
| 1600-1800 | Anasazi North: Estimating Physical Drivers from Ionospheric Imaging and Data Assimilation | G Bust and A Komjathy |
| 1600-1800 | Zia: Thermospheric and ionospheric effects of solar wind shocks and pressure pulses during the declining phase of solar cycle 23 | D Knipp and C Huang |
| 1600-1800 | Sunset: World Day Planning | I Haggstrom |
| 1800-2030 | dinner on own | |
| 2030-2130 | CEDAR Distinguished Lecture (canceled until 2010): The NCAR Thermospheric General Circulation Models (TGCMs): Past, Present and Future (pdf) | R Roble (NCAR) |
Thursday 02 July 2009
| 0715-0800 | Breakfast | Anasazi concourse |
| 0800-0900 | Tutorial #3: Strategies for Successful CubeSat Development (pdf) | J Puig-Suari (Cal Poly) |
| 0900-0920 | CEDAR Post-Doc Final Report #3: Imaging studies of ionospheric instabilities (pdf) | C Martinis (BU) |
| 0920-0930 | CEDAR Post-Doc Interim Report #2: Nocturnal oxygen spatial heterodyne interferometry techniques (pdf) | S Briczinski(U WI) |
| 0930-1000 | Break | |
| 1000-1020 | Science Highlight #7: New Results from the C/NOFS Program (pdf) | R Heelis (UTD) |
| 1020-1040 | Science Highlight #8: Connections between the stratosphere and ionosphere | L Goncharenko (MIT) |
| 1040-1050 | Programmatic #6: RAIDS Preview: Lower Thermosphere/Ionosphere Observations and Potential Collaborations (pdf) | R Bishop (Aero) |
| 1050-1100 | Programmatic #7: Strategy for a New Dimension (SAND) of CEDAR (pdf) | J Thayer (CSSC Chair) |
| 1050-1230 | shorter lunch on own | |
| 1230-1700 | Possible extra-curricular tour with the bus | |
| 1230-1430 | Anasazi South: Arecibo Friends (Part 1) | M Sulzer |
| 1230-1430 | Anasazi North: Cubesat Constellations and Communications (Part 1) | G Swenson and D Klumpar |
| 1230-1430 | Zia: Science Rational for an Antarctic ISR (Part 1) | A Stromme, van Eyken, Kelly, Clauer, Sanchez |
| 1230-1430 | Sunset: Ionospheric and Thermospheric Response to Large Stratospheric Changes (Part 1) | L Goncharenko, J Chau, H Liu |
| 1430-1500 | short networking break | |
| 1500-1700 | Anasazi South: Arecibo Friends (Part 2) | M Sulzer |
| 1500-1700 | Anasazi North: Cubesat Constellations and Communications (Part 2) | G Swenson and D Klumpar |
| 1500-1700 | Zia: Science Rational for an Antarctic ISR (Part 2) | A Stromme, van Eyken, Kelly, Clauer, Sanchez |
| 1500-1700 | Sunset: Ionospheric and Thermospheric Response to Large Stratospheric Changes (Part 2) | L Goncharenko, J Chau, H Liu |
| 1700 | ADJOURN |