2008 Workshop Agenda
16 - 21 June 2008
Midway, Utah
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Monday 16 June 2008
| Matterhorn (half) | CEDAR Student Workshop (Non-students Welcome)
Theme - Space Weather Influences on the Ionosphere |
Co-Chairs J Fentzke (U CO)
and R Nikoukar (U IL) (CEDAR student reps) |
|---|---|---|
| 08:00-09:00 | Breakfast, Registration, Sign Travel Vouchers | in concourses |
| 09:00-09:05 | Student welcome from NSF | R Behnke/R Robinson (NSF) |
| 09:05-09:20 | From a CEDAR graduate student to the CEDAR Chair | J Thayer (CSSC chair) |
| 09:20-09:30 | Agenda information and organizational details | J Fentzke and R Nikoukar (CSSC student reps) |
| 09:30-10:30 | Keynote Talk: Space Weather and the Ionosphere (pdf) | T Bogdan |
| 10:30-10:45 | --- Break --- | |
| 10:45-11:45 | Student Tutorial: Ionosphere/Thermosphere/Magnetosphere: ITM Electrodynamic Coupling (pdf) | J Huba |
| 11:45-12:15 | Space Weather: Observational evidence for coupling and feedbacks involving the ITM (pdf) | J Kozyra |
| 12:15-13:45 | Lunch at nearby banquet room (pay own) or on own | |
| 12:25 | Bus leaves Zermatt for south restaurants in Heber City | |
| 13:30 | Bus leaves south Heber City for Zermatt | |
| 14:00-14:30 | Brainstorming - Small Satellites | T Moretto (NSF) |
| 14:30-15:00 | High Latitude Space Weather (pdf) | A Stromme |
| 15:00-15:15 | --- Break --- | |
| 15:15-15:45 | Depletions, Extreme Gradients, and Structures: Space Weather in the Low- and Mid-Latitude Ionosphere | J Makela (U IL) |
| 15:45-16:15 | Space Weather Interactive Demo | M Kuznetsova |
| 16:15 | Adjourn-Student activities information | R Nikoukar (CSSC student rep) |
| 16:15-19:00 | CEDAR Annual Soccer Game | J Chau et al. |
| or | ||
| 16:15-19:00 | Free time for student recreation (Soccer at Midway Elementary School) | R Nikoukar et al. |
| 19:30-21:00 | Reception/Icebreaker/Buffet for Students and Non-Students | Matterhorn |
| or | ||
| 19:30-21:30 | CSSC Dinner meeting | Grub Steak in Park City |
Tuesday 17 June 2008
| All posters can go up in the Bernese Exhibit/Sports Center | ||
|---|---|---|
| 08:00-08:15 | Opening addresses and chair transition (Matterhorn) | R Behnke (NSF), J Thayer (CSSC) |
| 08:15-08:25 | Introduction of students by Institution | R Nikoukar (U IL) |
| 08:25-09:10 | CEDAR Prize Lecture: The coupling of the lower atmosphere to the thermosphere via gravity wave excitation, propagation and dissipation (pdf) | S. Vadas (CoRA) |
| 09:10-09:20 | Report of Student Workshop | J Fentzke (U CO) |
| 09:20-09:40 | CAWSES-II | S Avery (WHOI) |
| 09:40-10:10 | Break | |
| 10:10-10:20 | NSF Aeronomy Update | C Fesen (NSF) |
| 10:20-11:05 | CEDAR: The Integrative Aeronomy Concept | J Thayer (U CO) |
| 11:05-11:25 | Science Highlight #1: Coupling from the lower atmosphere to the MTI - Example studies and new opportunities | D Fritts (CoRA/NWRA) |
| 11:30-13:00 | Lunch at Schneitter's (pay own) or on own | |
| 11:40 | Bus leaves Zermatt for south restaurants in Heber City | |
| 12:45 | Bus leaves south Heber City for Zermatt | |
| 13:00-15:00 | Matterhorn: Geospace Response to Solar Minimum Drivers I | J Kozyra |
| 13:00-15:00 | Grindelwald: Arecibo Friends I | S Gonzalez |
| 13:00-15:00 | Interlaken: Lower-upper Atmosphere Coupling | D Fritts, M Taylor |
| 13:00-15:00 | Davos: Space Science Instrumentation | F Lind, J Urbina |
| 13:00-15:00 | Basel: Community and Data Access with the CEDAR wiki | P West - UCAR/HAO, B Emery |
| 15:00-16:00 | Networking Break | |
| 16:00-19:00 | Poster Session #1 (MLT with refreshments) | Bernese Center |
| 17:45 and 19:45 | Bus leaves Zermatt for Park City for restaurants | |
| 20:30 and 22:00 | Bus leaves Park City for Zermatt |
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Wednesday 18 June 2008
| 08:00-09:00 | Tutorial #1: Atmospheric gravity waves: Applying classroom physics to research (pdf) | H-L Liu (NCAR) |
| 10:20-10:30 | Interim Post-Doc Report #1: Modeling and interpretation of airglow signatures for small-scale and ducted gravity waves | J Snively (USU) |
| 1030-1040 | Interim Post-Doc Report #2: Imaging Studies of Ionospheric Instabilities | C Martinis (BU) |
| 09:20-09:30 | Hiring opportunities in space weather research at AFRL / Status of the C/NOFS satellite | O. de la Beaujardiere & J. Mozer (AFRL) |
| 09:30-09:35 | Embry Riddle's new PhD in Engineering Physics | J. Olivero (ERAU) |
| 09:35-10:00 | Break | |
| 10:00-10:20 | Final Post-Doc Report #1: Modeling Studies of Optical Properties of Sprite Streamers and Their Chemical Effects on the Upper Atmosphere (pdf) | N Liu (PSU/FIT) |
| 10:20-10:40 | Final Post-Doc Report #2: Physical Interpretation of the Thermosphere-Ionosphere Response to Geomagnetic Storms (pdf) | M Fedrizzi (NOAA/CIRES) |
| 10:40-11:00 | Science Highlight #2: Exploring the active role of the ITM in the Sun-Earth system: New questions and opportunities from "Integrative Aeronomy" | J Kozyra (U MI) |
| 11:00-12:30 | Grindelwald with lunch: Discussion of "The Integrative Aeronomy Phase" | J Thayer |
| 11:00-13:00 | Lunch at on own, at Schneitter's (pay own), or in Grindelwald | |
| 11:10 | Bus leaves Zermatt for south and north restaurants in Heber City | |
| 12:35 | Bus leaves south and north Heber City for Zermatt | |
| 13:00-15:00 | Matterhorn: Geospace Response to Solar Minimum Drivers II | J Kozyra |
| 13:00-15:00 | Grindelwald: Ground-Space Models for Studying Atmospheric Coupling I | H-L Liu, D Siskind, R Schunk |
| 13:00-15:00 | Interlaken: MLT Science Involving Lidars I | D Fritts, G Swenson, J She, X Chu |
| 13:00-15:00 | Davos: Meteors and the Upper Atmosphere | L Dyrud, D Janches |
| 13:00-15:00 | Basel: World Day Scheduling | W Swartz |
| 15:00-16:00 | Networking Break | |
| 16:00-18:00 | Matterhorn: Arecibo Friends II | S Gonzalez |
| 16:00-18:00 | Grindelwald: Ground-Space Models for Studying Atmospheric Coupling II | H-L Liu, D Siskind, R Schunk |
| 16:00-18:00 | Interlaken: MLT Science Involving Lidars II | D Fritts, G Swenson, J She, X Chu |
| 16:00-18:00 | Davos: Fabry-Perot Analysis | J Meriwether |
| 16:00-18:00 | Basel: Space Weather Effects and Aeronomy Studies at the Plasmaspheric Boundary Layer | A Coster, J Ruohoniemi |
| 18:15 and 19:45 | Bus leaves Zermatt for Park City for restaurants | |
| 20:30 and 22:15 | Bus leaves Park City for Zermatt |
Thursday 19 June 2008
| 07:15-08:30 | Student Breakfast with NSF (pick up breakfast from concourse) | Monte Rosa |
| 08:30-09:30 | Tutorial #2: Imaging geospace: Providing critical understanding of Earth's atmosphere-ionosphere system (pdf) | T Immel (UCB) |
| 09:30-10:05 | Break | |
| 10:15-10:35 | RISR (Resolute ISR), A strategy for completion and first operations | J Kelly (SRI) |
| 10:35-10:55 | Science Highlight #3: CEDAR community involvement in NASA strategic planning | A Christensen (Aerospace) |
| 10:05-10:15 | Interim Post-Doc Report #3: Coordinated UV imaging of equatorial plasma bubbles using TIMED/GUVI and DMSP/SSUSI | J Comberiate (JHU/APL) |
| 10:55-13:00 | Lunch at Schneitter's (pay own) or on own | |
| 11:05 | Bus leaves Zermatt for south and north restaurants in Heber City | |
| 12:35 | Bus leaves south and north Heber City for Zermatt | |
| 13:00-15:00 | Matterhorn: Outstanding Global Issues in Ionosphere Thermosphere Research I | W Bristow, R Doe, J Huba, L Paxton, A Ridley |
| 13:00-15:00 | Grindelwald: MLT Spatial and Temporal Variabilities: TIMED and CEDAR Collaboration | J-H Yee, E Talaat |
| 13:00-15:00 | interlaken: Research Opportunities at Millstone Hill Observatory | P Erickson, F Lind, A Coster |
| 13:00-15:00 | Davos: The Low-latitude Ionospheric Sensor Network (LISN) | C Valladares, T Bullett, J Chau, V Eccles, E Kudeki, R Woodman |
| 13:00-15:00 | Basel: Planning for Compact Echelle Spectrograph for Aeronomic Research (CESAR) | T Slanger, E Kendall |
| 13:15-17:30 | OR Bus to Heber Railroad ($30 each), Bus leaves Zermatt at 1315, and leaves Heber Railroad at 1715 (3 hr train trip, 1400-1700) | Provo Canyon Limited |
| 15:00-16:00 | Networking Break | |
| 16:00-19:00 | Poster Session #2 (non-MLT with refreshments) | Bernese Center |
| 17:45 and 19:45 | Bus leaves Zermatt for Park City for restaurants | |
| 2030-2200 | Student-sponsored Salsa Dance Party (all invited) | Bernese Center |
| 20:30 and 2:200 | Bus leaves Park City for Zermatt |
Friday 20 June 2008
| 08:00-09:00 | Tutorial #3: Inverse Methods in Aeronomy (pdf) | D Hysell (Cornell) |
| 09:00-09:15 | New Atmospheric Networks: The Axonmet and O-QNet (pdf) | W Hocking (U WO) |
| 09:15-09:25 | Announcement of Poster Prize Winners | R Doe, D Janches, S Shepherd (CSSC) |
| 09:25-09:55 | Break | |
| 09:55-10:10 | VITMO: The Virtual Observatory for the ITM Community | D. Morrison (APL/JHU) |
| 10:10-10:25 | The Electronic Geophysical Year - Accomplishments and Impacts on the ITM Community (pdf) | E. Kihn (NGDC/NOAA) |
| 10:25-10:45 | Upper Atmospheric Research Initiatives During the International Polar Year (pdf) | A Weatherwax (U MD) |
| 10:45-11:00 | Announcement of new CSSC Members and end of plenary sessions for CEDAR | R Behnke (NSF) and J Thayer (CSSC) |
| 11:00-13:00 | Lunch at Schneitter's (pay own) or on own (CSSC lunch at ??) | |
| 11:10 | Bus leaves Zermatt for south and north restaurants in Heber City | |
| 12:35 | Bus leaves south and north Heber City for Zermatt | |
| 13:00-15:00 | Matterhorn: Outstanding Global Issues in Ionosphere Thermosphere Research II | W Bristow, R Doe, J Huba, L Paxton, A Ridley |
| 13:00-15:00 | Grindelwald: Poker Flat ISR I | C Heinselman |
| 13:00-15:00 | Interlaken: Cubesats - Science and systems Workshop | D Klumpar, G Swenson |
| 13:00-15:00 | Davos: CEDAR Science in Latin America | C Martinis, D Janches |
| 14:00-18:10 | OR Bus tour of Utah Olympic Park ($7 each), Bus leaves Zermatt at 1400, and leaves Park at 1730 | Outside Park City |
| 15:00-16:00 | Networking Break | |
| 16:00-18:00 | Grindelwald: Poker Flat ISR II | J Semeter |
| 16:00-18:00 | Interlaken: Lightning Effects on the Upper Atmosphere | N Liu, M Stanley, M Taylor |
| 16:00-18:00 | Davos: Coupling of Atmospheric Regions during Stratospheric Sudden Warmings | L Goncharenko, H-L Liu |
| 1815 and 1945 | Bus leaves Zermatt for Park City for restaurants (free jazz 1900-?) | |
| 20:30 and 22:15 | Bus leaves Park City for Zermatt |
Saturday 21 June 2008
| 08:00-10:00 | Matterhorn: AMISR Tutorial I | P Erickson |
| 08:00-10:00 | Grindelwald: Jicamarca and C/NOFS Amigos I | O de la Beaujardiere, J Chau, D Hysell, D Rowland |
| 08:00-10:00 | Interlaken: New Understanding of Thermospheric Density and Composition Structure and Variability I | J Thayer, A Richmond |
| 10:00-10:30 | Break | |
| 10:00 | Free USU bus departs Zermatt Resort for SLC airport | |
| 10:30-12:30 | Matterhorn: AMISR Tutorial II | E Kendall, A Coster |
| 10:30-12:30 | Gindelwald: Jicamarca and C/NOFS Amigos II | O de la Beaujardiere, J Chau, D Hysell, D Rowland |
| 10:30-12:30 | Interlaken: New Understanding of Thermospheric Density and Composition Structure and Variability II | J Thayer, A Richmond |
| 10:30-12:30 | Davos: I-T Challenges Based on Continuous Observations Through the IPY | J Sojka, A van Eyken, C Heinselman, J Holt |
| 12:30-14:00 | ADJOURN at 1230; Lunch on own | |
| 13:00 | Free USU bus departs Zermatt Resort for SLC airport | |
| 14:00-16:00 | Matterhorn: Resolute Bay ISR I | E Donovan |
| 16:00-16:30 | Break | |
| 16:30-18:30 | Matterhorn: Resolute Bay ISR II | J-P St Maurice |
| 12:45 | Bus leaves Zermatt for Colorado (with box lunches for riders) |
Sunday 22 June 2008
| 06:00 and 09:00 | Free USU bus departs Zermatt Resort for SLC airport | |
| 09:00-11:30 | NSF Workshop on Space Weather Models (pdf) | Matterhorn |
| OR ~09:00-11:30 | GEM-SHINE Student Workshop (students only) | Grindelwald(?) |
| 11:30-13:00 | Lunch at Schneitter's (pay own) or on own | |
| 13:00-17:00 | NSF Workshop on Space Weather Models (pdf) | Matterhorn |
| 13:00-17:00 | GEM-SHINE Student Workshop (students only) | Grindelwald? |
| 19:30-21:00 | GEM Reception/Icebreaker/Buffet | (pay at GEM Registration desk) |