2018 Workshop Agenda
25-29 June 2018
Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Agenda for 2018 June 24 - 29 (Sunday - Friday)
Sunday 24 June 2018 |
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Student Workshop: Fundamentals of Space Physics |
Non-students are welcome! | |
| 08:00 - 09:00 | Student Registration | room: Anasazi Ballroom (Eldorado) |
| 09:00 - 09:15 | Student Welcome from CSSC | Jonathan Makela (CSSC chair) |
| 09:15 - 09:30 | Agenda information and organizational details | (CSSC Student Reps) |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Historical Overview of Space Physics (pdf) | Anja Stromme |
| 10:00 - 10:15 | Break | |
| 10:15 - 10:45 | The Driving of the Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere System by the Solar Wind (pdf) | Joe Borovsky |
| 10:45 - 11:15 | The Ionosphere and Thermosphere: a Geospace Perspective (pdf) | John Foster |
| 11:15 - 11:45 | The Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling (pdf) | Roger Varney |
| 11:45 - 13:15 | Lunch on own | |
| 13:15 - 13:45 | Mesosphere Dynamics | Lynn Harvey |
| 13:45 - 14:15 | New Missions: ICON & GOLD (pdf) | Scott England |
| 14:15 - 15:15 | Socratic Dialogue 1: Frontiers of Space Physics: What we know and what we don't? | Delores Knipp, Josh Semeter, Ryan McGranaghan |
| 15:15 - 15:30 | Break | |
| 15:30 - 16:30 | Socratic Dialogue 2: Models and Observations: How to fill the gaps? podcast | Aaron Ridley & Eric Donovan |
| 16:30 | Adjourn | |
| 17:00 - 18:00 | Student Activity | |
| 18:00 - 19:30 | CEDAR Reception | Casa Espana (Eldorado) |
Monday 25 June 2018 |
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| 07:00 - 08:15 | Registration/Check-in | Lobby |
| 08:15 - 08:45 | Welcome | Jonathan Makela (CSSC chair, Univ. Illinois), Student Report, Student Institutions introduced, NSF |
| 8:45 - 9:30 | Grand Challenge tutorial (view video): Multi-scale I-T System Dynamics: Major questions and our approaches An Introduction (pdf) From the Data Perspective (pdf) From the Modeling Perspective (pdf) |
Toshi Nishimura (Boston U),Aaron Ridley (U of Michigan) Ryan McGranaghan (JPL) Matt Zettergren (Embry-Riddle) |
| 9:30 - 10:00 | Break | |
| 10:00 - 10:20 | GC report #1: High latitude system frontiers (pdf) | J. Semeter (BU) |
| 10:20 - 10:35 | MURI: Advances in Ionosphere-Thermosphere Coupling at Multiple Scales for Environmental Specification and Prediction (pdf) | Yue Deng (UTA) |
| 10:35 - 10:50 | Early Career Science Highlight #1: Meso-scale ionosphere flows: Characterizing a dynamic link in M-I-T coupling (pdf) | Christine Gabrielse (UCLA) |
| 10:50 - 11:05 | The Swarm constellation mission: upper atmosphere parameters and high precision magnetic field (pdf) | Claudia Stolle (GFZ, Germany) |
| 11:05 - 11:20 | The ALOMAR Observatory @ Andøya Space Center, how and why? (pdf) | Kolbjørn Blix (Andoya Space Center) |
| 11:20 - 11:40 | Science Highlight #1: Magnetic-storm menace for megalopolis: Maps of geoelectric hazard for the Northeast United States (pdf) | Jeffrey J. Love (USGS) |
| 11:40 - 12:00 | Science Highlight #2: The aurora as plasma laboratory and space weather hazard (pdf) | Josh Semeter (BU) |
| 12:00 - 13:30 |
Lunch on own
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| 13:30 - 15:30 | Zia/Eldorado: Snakes on a spaceship: The return of Python Mesa A/Hilton: GC-A: Multi-scale IT System Dynamics Mesa B/Hilton: A. Waves and Turbulence Mesa C/Hilton: A. CUSP GCI Rocket Campaign |
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| 15:30 - 16:00 | Break | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | Zia/Eldorado Mesa A/Hilton: Challenges in high-latitude system dynamics Mesa B/Hilton: A. Space Weather Observation Network I: Ionospheric Disturbances Mesa C/Hilton: Gravity waves and atmospheric coupling MLT-IT |
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| 18:30 - 21:00 | Students Dine with a Scientist | |
Tuesday 26 June 2018 |
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08:15 - 08:20 |
Special recognition |
Session chair: Lynn Harvey Jonathan Makela |
| 08:20 - 09:25 | NSF Geospace Science Update (pdf) NSF Aeronomy update (pdf) NASA update AFOSR update |
R. Lieberman, J. Meriwether, I. Azeem, M. Wiltberger (NSF, 30min) J. Spann (NASA, 10 min) J. Moses (AFOSR, 10 min) |
| 09:25 - 09:35 | Community Input to NASA LWS TR&T Focused Science Topics | Anthea Coster (MIT) |
| 9:35 - 10:00 | Break | |
| 10:00 - 12:00 | High Latitude Thermosphere Disturbances and Their Global Impact GC-B: Multi-scale IT System Dynamics Space Weather Observation Network I: Ionospheric Disturbances Integrative Space Weather at Low Magnetic Latitudes |
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| 12:00 - 13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30 - 15:30 | Next generation CEDAR science Brian Laughman Tribute: Dynamics and roles of small-scale gravity waves in the MLT A: Space Weather Observation Network II: Thermospheric Expansion Whole atmosphere coupling: research challenges and needs |
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| 15:30 - 16:00 | Break | |
| 16:00 - 19:00 | Poster Session (MLT, Coupling,Solar Terrestrial Interactions, Data Assimilation & Management) | Anasazi Ballroom (Eldorado) |
Wednesday 27 June 2018 (Plenary at Eldorado Grand Ballroom) |
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| 07:00 - 08:00 | "Women in CEDAR" breakfast with panel | |
08:15 - 08:25 |
Grand Challenge report #2 MLT-X: Coupling and Transport Processes from the Upper Mesosphere through the Middle Thermosphere (80-200 km) (pdf) |
session chair: A. Maute Jeff Thayer (CU Boulder) |
| 08:25 - 08:45 | Science Highlight #3: Thermosphere-Ionosphere Fe/Fe+ (TIFe) layers in Antarctica: Lidar observations and numerical modeling (pdf) | Xinzhao Chu (CU Boulder) |
| 08:45 - 09:00 | COSMIC-2: Satellite Constellation for Space Weather and Ionospheric Studies (pdf) | Bill Schreiner (COSMIC/UCAR) |
| 09:00 : 09:15 | ICON: Mission update (pdf) | Thomas Immel (UC Berkeley) |
| 09:15 - 09:30 | The GOLD mission, and opportunities to enhance understanding of the thermosphere/ionosphere system through collaboration | Alan Burns (HAO/NCAR) |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Break | |
| 10:00 - 12:00 | Distributed Observatories in the American sector GC-C: Multi-scale I-T System Dynamics Characterizing neutral wind/plasma dynamics at high latitudes below 350 km A: Annual and Semiannual Variations in the Thermosphere and Ionosphere |
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| 12:00 - 13:30 | Lunch on own | |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Townhall with NSF | Ethan Miller |
| 13:30 - 15:30 | A. Polar AIM Coupling, Composition, and Neutral Dynamics Space Weather Observation Network II: Thermospheric Expansion Developing small rockets for mesosphere and lower thermosphere research (50-120 km) |
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| 15:30 - 16:00 | Break | |
| 16:00 - 19:00 | IT Poster Session | Anasazi Ballroom (Eldorado) |
| 19:00 - 20:00 | Pinon Boardroom (Eldorado) ISR world day | A. Kavanagh |
Thursday 28 June 2018 (Plenary at Eldorado Grand Ballroom) |
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08:15 - 09:00 |
CEDAR prize lecture: Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model--eXtended (WACCM-X): Development, Validation and Capabilities (view video) |
session chair E. Mierkiewicz Introduction by Yia Yue (Hampton University) Hanli Liu (NCAR/HAO) |
| 09:00 - 09:15 | Early career science highlight #2: Evidence of tropospheric 90-day oscillations in the thermosphere (view video) | Federico Gasperini (HAO/NCAR) |
| 09:15 - 09:30 | CEDAR poster prize announcement | Susan Nossal, Loren Chang |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Break | |
| 10:00 - 12:00 | GEM-CEDAR Model Validation Challenge Neutral Wind Dynamics and Coupling in the low- and mid-latitude IT Instability, Wave Breaking and Turbulence: Current work, outstanding challenges, and future progress B: Integrative Space Weather at Low Magnetic Latitudes |
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| 12:00 - 13:30 | Lunch on own | |
| 13:30 - 15:30 | Exploring the challenges related to "Big Data" in CEDAR science B: Polar AIM Coupling, Composition, and Neutral Dynamics High Latitude TI Coupling Light Atoms Across Atmospheric Regions |
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| 15:30 - 16:00 | Break | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | CEDAR science enabled by geospace storm observational campaigns Meteoroids and Space Debris Active experiment workshop |
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| 18:30 - 21:00 | Banquet | Eldorado Grand Ballroom |
Friday 29 June 2018 (Plenary at Anasazi Ballroom /Eldorado) |
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08:15 - 08:25 |
CEDAR announcements |
session chair: J. Makela Jonathan Makela (CSSC chair) |
| 08:25 - 08:45 | Grand Challenge report #3: Storms and Substorms without Borders (pdf) | Naomi Maruyama (CIRES/CU Boulder) |
| 08:45 - 09:00 | Science highlight #4: The Great American Solar Eclipse of August 21, 2017: Science Questions and Observations (pdf) | Anthea Coster (MIT) |
| 09:00 - 09:15 | Early career science highlight #3: Atmospheric Gravity Waves in the Ionosphere and Thermosphere During the 2017 Solar Eclipse (pdf) | Cissi Lin (UTA) |
| 09:15 - 09:30 | Early career science highlight #4: Origins of the thermosphere-ionosphere semiannual oscillation (pdf) | Mack Jones (NRL) |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Break | |
| 10:00 - 12:00 | CEDAR Broader Impacts Upper atmospheric responses to the 21 August 2017 Solar Eclipse Annual and Semiannual Variations in the Thermosphere and Ionosphere |
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| 12:00 | Adjourn | |
Science Steering Committee
Jonathan Makela (chair)
Roger Varney
Ethan Miller
Lynn Harvey
Meghan Burleigh (student representative)
Yue Deng (GEM liaison)
Ludger Scherliess
Edwin Mierkiewicz
Astrid Maute (CEDAR organzier)
Susan Nossal
Katrina Bossert
Loren Chang (international representative)
Nithin Sivadas (student representative)
Irfan Azeem (NSF space weather ex-officio representative)
Ruth Lieberman (NSF aeronomy ex-officio representative)
John Meriwether (NSF facilities ex-officio representative)
Roger Varney
Ethan Miller
Lynn Harvey
Meghan Burleigh (student representative)
Yue Deng (GEM liaison)
Ludger Scherliess
Edwin Mierkiewicz
Astrid Maute (CEDAR organzier)
Susan Nossal
Katrina Bossert
Loren Chang (international representative)
Nithin Sivadas (student representative)
Irfan Azeem (NSF space weather ex-officio representative)
Ruth Lieberman (NSF aeronomy ex-officio representative)
John Meriwether (NSF facilities ex-officio representative)