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2018 Workshop Agenda

CEDAR 2018

25-29 June 2018
Santa Fe, New Mexico

 

 

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Agenda for 2018 June 24 - 29 (Sunday - Friday)

Sunday 24 June 2018

 

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

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

 

 

 

 

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



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)

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)



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)



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)