Session 16 17th Conference on Space Weather

Program Chairs: Richard A. Behnke , Science Prime ; Barbara Thompson , NASA

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Monday, 13 January 2020

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Monday, 13 January 2020


Session 1
Agency Efforts in Space Weather: Priorities and Opportunities  Part I
Location: 205A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 17th Conference on Space Weather
Chairs: Richard A. Behnke, Science Prime; Sara Housseal, Millersville University
8:30 AM
1.1
U.S. Air Force Space Weather Federal Agency Update (Invited Presentation)
Ralph O. Stoffler, US Air Force, Washington, DC; and M. Farrar and J. V. Jenniges

8:45 AM
1.2
Space Weather Operations and Research Future Infrastructure Workshop
Lawrence Zanetti, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and E. Talaat and A. Charo

9:15 AM
1.4
NSF Support of Space Weather Research (Invited Presentation)
Michael Wiltberger, NSF, Alexandria, VA

9:30 AM
1.5
NOAA's Current and Future Space Weather Observational Architecture
Elsayed R. Talaat, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

9:45 AM
1.6
NASA GSFC Heliophysics Science Division and Space Weather
Holly Gilbert, GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and A. Pulkkinen

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Monday, 13 January 2020


AM Coffee Break (Monday)

10:30 AM-11:30 AM: Monday, 13 January 2020


Session 2
Agency Efforts in Space Weather: Priorities and Opportunities  Part II
Location: 205A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 17th Conference on Space Weather
10:45 AM
2.2
International Community Coordination in Space Weather
Masha Kuznetsova, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and M. Bisi, M. Temmer, S. Bruinsma, H. Opgenoorth, A. Belehaki, L. Mays, E. J. Semones, S. Murray, Y. Zheng, I. Mann, J. Linker, D. Nandi, M. Mendoza, D. Heynderickx, and A. Glover

11:00 AM
2.3

11:30 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 13 January 2020


Session 3
Heliophysics and Space Weather in History Part I
Location: 205A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 17th Conference on Space Weather
Chairs: William B. Cade III, Baylor Univ.; Gregory Good, American Institute of Physics; Sara Housseal, Millersville University
11:45 AM
3.2

12:00 PM-2:00 PM: Monday, 13 January 2020


Lunch Break (Monday)

2:00 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 13 January 2020


Session 4
Heliophysics and Space Weather in History Part II
Location: 205A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 17th Conference on Space Weather
2:00 PM
4.1
SPACE WEATHER HISTORY KEYNOTE: Effects of Solar-Terrestrial Processes on Electrical Technologies
Louis J. Lanzerotti, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ

3:00 PM
4.2
Extreme Space Weather: How Often Does It Occur? (Invited Presentation)
Delores J. Knipp, Univ. of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO; and M. Hapgood

3:15 PM
4.3
Simulating the Extreme Storm Sudden Commencement of August 4, 1972 (Invited Presentation)
Daniel Welling, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX; and D. J. Knipp, C. Cid, S. Morley, A. Mukhopadhyay, and M. Liemohn

3:30 PM
4.4

4:00 PM-6:00 PM: Monday, 13 January 2020


Formal Poster Viewing Reception (Mon)

Tuesday, 14 January 2020

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Tuesday, 14 January 2020


Session 5
Handling Vulnerabilities and Risks: Power Grids, Aviation, and Communication Networks
Location: 205A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 17th Conference on Space Weather
Chairs: William Bauman III, FAA NextGen Aviation Weather Division; Robert Rutledge, NWS/SWPC
8:30 AM
5.1
Federal Railroad Administration User Needs (Invited Presentation)
Sam Alibrahim, FRA = Federal Railroad Administration, Washington, DC

8:45 AM
5.2
Magnetic-storm geoelectric hazard maps and the induction of voltages on power-grids
Jeffrey J. Love, USGS, Denver, CO; and E. J. Rigler, G. Lucas, P. A. Bedrosian, and A. Kelbert

9:00 AM
5.3
Lessons Learned in Latin America from WMO/ICAO Space Weather Services Initiative (Invited Presentation)
Joaquim E.R. Costa, INPE, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil; and J. E. R. Costa, C. M. D. Nardin, J. Valdivia, S. Dasso, J. A. Gonzalez-Esparza, A. Meza, M. P. Natali, and L. P. O. Mendoza

9:45 AM
5.6
Space Weather Effects on Communications Systems (Invited Presentation)
Mark MacAlester, CISA - Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Arlington, VA

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Tuesday, 14 January 2020


AM Coffee Break (Tuesday)

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 14 January 2020


Session 6
R2O2R : User Needs and Priorities Part I
Location: 205A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 17th Conference on Space Weather
Chairs: Larisa Goncharenko, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Patrick Dandenault, JHUAPL
CoChair: Larisa Goncharenko, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
10:30 AM
6.1
Applying NASA SPoRT's R2O/O2R Paradigm to Space Weather: MAG4 Applications and Assessment at SWPC
A. LeRoy, Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and S. Dahl, D. A. Falconer, R. E. Allen, and C. D. Fry

10:45 AM
6.2
11:00 AM
6.3
Transition of WAM-IPE to NOAA Operations: Current Capabilities and Future Potential (Invited Presentation)
Tim Fuller-Rowell, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and N. Maruyama, H. Wang, Z. Li, T. W. Fang, G. Millward, A. Kubaryk, M. Fedrizzi, V. A. Yudin, M. Codrescu, D. Fuller-Rowell, P. Richards, and A. D. Richmond

11:15 AM
6.4
The challenge of O2R and R2O for space weather and what we are doing about it (Invited Presentation)
James Spann, NASA, Washington, DC; and C. Wallace, M. Wiltberger, and J. V. Jenniges

11:30 AM
6.5
U.S. Air Force Space Weather O2R Priorities (Invited Presentation)
Janelle V. Jenniges, US Air Force, Washington, DC; and M. Farrar

11:45 AM
6.6
HamSCI: Space Weather Operational Resources and Needs of the Amateur Radio Community (Invited Presentation)
Nathaniel A. Frissell, The University of Scranton, Scranton, PA; and P. J. Erickson, E. S. Miller, W. Liles, H. W. Silver, R. C. Luetzelschwab, and T. Skov

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 14 January 2020


Lunch Break (Tuesday)

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Tuesday, 14 January 2020


Session 7
R2O2R : User Needs and Priorities Part II
Location: 205A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 17th Conference on Space Weather
2:00 PM
7.3
GPS Navigation Errors during Auroral-induced Signal Disruptions
Meghan LeMay, Boston University, Boston, MA; and J. Semeter, S. Mrak, and A. Coster

2:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 14 January 2020


PM Coffee Break (Tuesday)

3:00 PM-4:00 PM: Tuesday, 14 January 2020


Session 8
Space Weather at Solar Minimum and What's to Come: Solar Cycle 25 Predictions
Location: 205A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 17th Conference on Space Weather
Chairs: Robert Rutledge, NWS/SWPC; Scott McIntosh, NCAR
3:00 PM
8.1
Space weather effects on GPS scintillation at middle latitudes
Sebastijan Mrak, Boston University, Boston, MA; and J. Semeter and T. Nishimura

3:15 PM
8.2
Timing Terminators: Forecasting Sunspot Cycle 25 Onset and Activity Levels (Invited Presentation)
Robert J. Leamon, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD; and S. McIntosh

3:30 PM
8.3
3:45 PM
8.4
The Origin of Magnetic Flux Ropes Observed at 1 AU from the Sun
Tamitha Skov, Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA; and N. Nitta

4:00 PM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 14 January 2020


Formal Poster Viewing Reception (Tues)

Poster Session 1
New Instruments, Platforms and Initiatives for Space Weather: Posters
Location: Hall B1 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 17th Conference on Space Weather
Chairs: Scott McIntosh, NCAR; Alexander Engell, NextGen Federal Systems
The Solar Polar Observing Constellation (SPOC) mission: combining polar exploration with operational space weather monitoring
Thomas Berger, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO; and N. Bosanac, T. Smith, N. Duncan, G. Wu, E. Turner, N. Hurlburt, and C. Korendyke

The CubeSat Mission for studying Solar Particles (CuSP)
Mihir I Desai, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX

Analysis of High-Resolution Wind Fields of the Upper Atmosphere Observed with a Multistatic Meteor Radar Network
Samantha Carlson, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and R. Volz, J. Chau, J. M. Urco, and J. Vierinen

Imaging of Solar Photospheric Magnetic Fields using Photonic Magnetographs
Neal Hurlburt, Lockheed Martin ATC, Palo Alto, CA; and G. Chriqui, J. Mobilia, S. J. B. Yoo, and T. Hoeksema

SWx TREC: An Emerging Community Resource for Integrative Space Weather Data Access and Model/Algorithm R2O Promotion
Christopher pankratz, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and T. Baltzer, G. Lucas, J. Craft, T. E. Berger, J. Knuth, E. K. Sutton, D. Baker, and A. N. Jaynes

The University of Colorado's Space Weather Technology Research and Education Center Space Weather Portal - a Tool for Lowering the Barrier to Data Access
Thomas Baltzer, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. Knuth, D. Lindholm, C. Pankratz, and T. E. Berger

SWx TREC Testbed: Facilitating Model/Algorithm R2O and O2R Development within a Cloud Computing Environment
Greg Lucas, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. Craft, C. Pankratz, E. K. Sutton, and T. E. Berger

Calibration/Validation Efforts for Magnetospheric Plasma Sensor – Low Energy, the New Plasma Instrument Onboard NOAA’s GOES-16/-17 Satellites
Athanasios Boudouridis, NOAA-NCEI, Boulder, CO; CIRES, Boulder, CO; and B. Kress and J. Rodriguez

GPS: A Constellation Mission Measuring Solar Energetic Protons and the Electron Radiation Belts
Steven Morley, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and M. Carver and Y. Chen

New Space Weather Measurements from MACAWS: Monitors for Alaskan and Canadian Auroral Weather in Space (MACAWS)
Anthea Coster, MIT, Westford, MA; and S. Sazykin, A. N. Newheart, D. Hampton, S. Skone, R. Varney, A. Reimer, and K. Lynch

Using a Ground-Based Coronagraph as an early warning system for Solar Energetic Particle Events
Barbara J. Thompson, GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and O. C. St. Cyr, M. D. Galloy, J. Burkepile, G. de Toma, W. T. Thompson, I. G. Richardson, and A. Posner

Combined Next-Generation X-ray and EUV Observations with the FIERCE Mission Concept
Albert Y. Shih, GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and L. Glesener, S. Christe, K. Reeves, S. Gburek, M. Alaoui, J. Allred, W. Baumgartner, A. Caspi, B. Dennis, J. Drake, L. Golub, K. Goetz, S. Guidoni, I. Hannah, L. Hayes, G. Holman, A. Inglis, J. Ireland, G. Kerr, J. Klimchuk, S. Krucker, D. McKenzie, C. Moore, S. Musset, J. Reep, D. Ryan, P. Saint-Hilaire, S. Savage, D. B. Seaton, M. Stęślicki, and T. Woods

Leveraging Commercial Cubesat Constellations for Auroral Science: A Case Study
Jonathan Brent Parham, Boston University, Boston, MA; and J. Semeter


Poster Session 2
Space Weather Research and Technology:  Posters
Location: Hall B1 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 17th Conference on Space Weather
Chairs: Barbara Thompson, NASA; Richard A. Behnke, Science Prime
Comparison of Van Allen Probes Energetic Electron Data with Corresponding GOES-15 Measurements: 2012 - 2018
D. N. Baker, Univ. of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO; and H. Zhao, X. Li, S. G. Kanekal, A. N. Jaynes, B. Kress, J. R. Rodriquez, H. J. Singer, S. G. Claudepierre, S. G. Claudepierre, and J. F. Fennell

Strongly Coupled Data Assimilation Using Leading Averaged Coupled Covariance (LACC) for Real World Observation
Jingzhe Sun, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China; The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and Z. Liu, F. Lu, W. Zhang, and H. Wang

Ensemble Data Assimilation for the RAM-SCB Model
Humberto C. Godinez, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and S. Morley, M. G. Henderson, and V. K. Jordanova

A New Empirical Model for Ionospheric Total Electron Content
Cole A Tamburri, Boston College, Newton, MA; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Westford, MA; and L. Goncharenko, W. Rideout, and A. Coster

Plasma Wave Observations during Geomagnetic Storms with MMS
Erin Radermacher, LASP, Boulder, CO; Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI; and M. E. Usanova and N. Ahmadi

The Space Weather Living History Program: Interviews with SWx Innovators
Carolyn Y. Ng, ADNET Systems Inc., Greenbelt, MD; and B. J. Thompson and T. D. Cline

NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Solar Energetic Particle Event Forecast Skill
Noah A. Stitely, Millersville University of Pennsylvania, Millersville, PA; and H. Bain and D. Biesecker

The Latest on the Reconstruction of the Sunspot Number
W. Dean Pesnell, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and F. Clette and L. Lefevre

Influence of Tropical Cyclones on Total Electron Content
joanna williams, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH; and B. urbancic, R. C. Tournay, O. A. Nava, and H. R. Tseng

Physics-informed Machine Learning with Autoencoders and LSTM for Probabilistic Space Weather Modeling and Forecasting
Richard Joseph Licata III, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV; and P. M. Mehta

Nowcasting of auroral electron precipitation using an artificial neural network
Amin Taziny, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO; and E. Camporeale

On the Generation of Probabilistic Forecasts from Deterministic Models
Enrico Camporeale, CIRES, Boulder, CO; NOAA, Boulder, CO; and X. Chu, O. Agapitov, and J. Bortnik

Using Unsupervised Machine Learning to Explore New Classification of Sunspot Active Regions
Sara Housseal, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and T. E. Berger and V. Deshmukh

Wednesday, 15 January 2020

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 15 January 2020


Session 9
Ensemble Modeling and Data Assimilation Improving Forecast Accuracy
Location: 205A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 17th Conference on Space Weather
Chairs: Robert Robinson, Catholic University of America; Barbara J. Thompson, NASA
8:30 AM
9.1
‘Ensemble Modeling’ of the September 2017 CME Event Observed at Earth, STEREO-A, and Mars (Invited Presentation)
Christina O. Lee, Space Sciences Laboratory, Univ. of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA; and J. G. Luhmann and M. L. Mays

8:45 AM
9.2
Identifying Critical Input Parameters for Accurate Drag-Based Coronal Mass Ejection Arrival Time Predictions
Christina Kay, Catholic University of America, Greenbelt, MD; GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and L. Mays and C. Verbeke

9:00 AM
9.3
Physics-informed Machine Learning for Data Assimilation in High-Dimensional Space Weather Models
Piyush Mukesh Mehta, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV; and R. J. Licata III

9:15 AM
9.4
9:30 AM
9.5
Predicting Space Weather Impacts on the North American Power Grid Using Perturbed-Input Ensemble Modeling
Steven Morley, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and D. Welling, M. Engel, M. Rivera, and M. G. Henderson

9:45 AM
9.6
Bayesian Parameter Estimation in Geospace Modeling (Invited Presentation)
Enrico Camporeale, NOAA, Boulder, CO; CIRES, Boulder, CO; and M. D. Cash and H. J. Singer

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 15 January 2020


AM Coffee Break (Wednesday)

10:30 AM-11:45 AM: Wednesday, 15 January 2020


Session 10
Panel: Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) for Space Weather
Location: 205A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 17th Conference on Space Weather
Chair: James Spann, NASA
10:30 AM
10.1
NASA's SBIR Space Weather R2O/O2R Technology Development Opportunity (Invited Presentation)
Barbara L. Giles, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD; and J. Spann, G. Fowler, C. D. Fry, R. Hakimzadeh, A. J. Mannucci, C. J. Mertens, L. Parker, E. J. Semones, and Y. Zheng

10:45 AM
10.2
11:00 AM
10.3
Developing New Tools for Space Weather Science and Applications
Tibor Torok, Predictive Science Inc., San Diego, CA; and P. Riley

11:15 AM
10.4
Enabling Real-Time Geoelectric Field Forecasts With Machine Learning
Jesse Richard Woodroffe, Quantiative Scientific Solutions, Arlington, VA

11:30 AM
10.5
Development of a Comprehensive Tool for Monitoring, Assessing and Responding to Space Weather Impacts to Satellites
J. C. Green, Space Hazards Applications, LLC, Golden, CO; and R. A. Quinn, T. P. O'Brien III, Y. Shprits, J. Likar, A. Kellerman, S. Huston, P. P. Whelan, and N. Reker

11:45 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 15 January 2020


Session 11
New Instruments, Platforms and Initiatives for Space Weather Part I
Location: 205A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 17th Conference on Space Weather
Chairs: Alexander Engell, NextGen Federal Systems; Scott McIntosh, NCAR
11:45 AM
11.1
Formalizing Citizen Science: Creating a New Paradigm in Space Weather Policy
Michael Cook, Apogee Engineering, LLC, Bellevue, NE; and T. Skov, M. Dodge, P. de Leon, and M. Gilmore

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 15 January 2020


Lunch Break (Wednesday)

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Wednesday, 15 January 2020


Session 12
New Instruments, Platforms and Initiatives for Space Weather Part II
Location: 205A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 17th Conference on Space Weather
1:30 PM
12.1
ESA LAGRANGE Mission for Enhanced Space Weather Monitoring
Juha-Pekka Luntama, European Space Agency, Darmstadt, Germany; and S. Kraft and A. Glover

1:45 PM
12.2
Joint observations of equatorial plasma bubbles by COSMIC-2 and GOLD
Qian Wu, NCAR/UCP/COSMIC, Boulder, CO; and W. S. Schreiner, A. Burns, S. Sokolovskiy, I. Cherniak, J. J. Braun, M. Y. Chou, N. Pedatella, S. C. Solomon, and R. Stoneback

2:00 PM
12.3
The GOES Solar Ultraviolet Imager: Present Status and Unique Opportunities for the Future (Invited Presentation)
Daniel B. Seaton, CIRES, Boulder, CO; NOAA, Boulder, CO; and J. M. Darnel, C. Peck, S. Hill, J. M. Hughes, L. Krista, and T. C. Miller

2:15 PM
12.4
Sub-L1 Monitors: What Science Discoveries Do We Need Before Operational Settings
Noé Lugaz, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH; and C. O. Lee, R. Winslow, C. J. Farrugia, N. Al-Haddad, and A. B. Galvin

2:30 PM-3:00 PM: Wednesday, 15 January 2020


PM Coffee Break (Wednesday)

3:00 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 15 January 2020


Session 13
Advances in Research and Modeling of Space Weather Drivers Part I
Location: 205A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 17th Conference on Space Weather
Chairs: Valbona Kunkel, NOAA/NWS/EMC via IMSG; Robert Robinson, Catholic University of America; Kelsey Doerksen, Univ. of Western Ontario
3:15 PM
13.2
The Ground-Level Enhancement Event of September 2017 and Other Large Solar Energetic Particle Events of Cycle 24
C.M.S. Cohen, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and R. A. Mewaldt

3:30 PM
13.3
New Insights into the Simultaneous Occurrence of Equatorial Counter Electrojet and Ionospheric Irregularities
Sovit Khadka, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ; and C. Valladares and A. Gerrard

3:45 PM
13.4
Observations of pole-to-pole, stratosphere-to-ionosphere connection
Larisa Goncharenko, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Westford, MA; and V. L. Harvey, C. Randall, A. Coster, S. Zhang, J. France, and A. Zalizovski

4:00 PM-6:00 PM: Wednesday, 15 January 2020


Formal Poster Viewing Reception (Wed)

Thursday, 16 January 2020

8:30 AM-9:30 AM: Thursday, 16 January 2020


Session 14
Space Weather at Other Planets and Solar Systems
Location: 205A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 17th Conference on Space Weather
Chairs: Christina O. Lee, Space Sciences Laboratory, Univ. of California, Berkeley; Barbara J. Thompson, NASA
8:30 AM
14.1
Space Weather on Exoplanets (Invited Presentation)
Ofer Cohen, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA

8:45 AM
14.2
Comparing the Effect of Coronal Mass Ejections on Earth's and Mercury's Magnetosphere
Noé Lugaz, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH; and R. Winslow, C. J. Farrugia, and A. B. Galvin

9:00 AM
14.3
Galactic Cosmic Ray Integral Flux Measurements in Lunar Orbit with CRaTER During the Deepest Solar Minimum of the Space Age
N. A. Schwadron, Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham, NH; and C. Zeitlin, H. E. Spence, A. P. Jordan, M. D. Looper, J. Wilson, J. E. Mazur, and L. W. Townsend

9:15 AM
14.4
Space weather at Mercury and Mars: A comparative approach between an unlikely pair (Invited Presentation)
Gina A DiBraccio, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and D. A. Brain, J. R. Espley, D. J. Gershman, J. R. Gruesbeck, J. S. Halekas, D. Heyner, B. M. Jakosky, X. Jia, C. O. Lee, J. Luhmann, J. M. Raines, N. Romanelli, N. M. Schneider, J. A. Slavin, E. M. B. Thiemann, and R. Winslow

9:30 AM-10:30 AM: Thursday, 16 January 2020


Exhibit Hall Breakfast

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 16 January 2020


Session 15
Advances in Research and Modeling of Space Weather Drivers Part II
Location: 205A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 17th Conference on Space Weather
10:30 AM
15.1
Global Impact of Far-Side Active Regions on Coronal and Solar Wind Model Predictions (Invited Presentation)
Charles N Arge, GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. L. Jones, C. J. Henney, and M. Kirk

10:45 AM
15.2
Identifying Magnetic Energy "Hot Spots" in the Corona
Marcel F Corchado-Albelo, Univ. of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, Mayagüez, PR; and S. Gibson, K. Dalmasse, Y. Fan, and A. Malanushenko

11:00 AM
15.3
Improving dB/dt Forecasts with Advanced Conductance Models
Agnit Mukhopadhyay, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and D. T. Welling, M. Liemohn, and A. Ridley

11:15 AM
15.4
11:30 AM
15.5
11:45 AM
15.6
Assessing Space Weather Predictions Using METplus - A Community Verification and Diagnostic Package
Tara Jensen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. L. Vigh, T. G. Onsager, N. Maruyama, D. Fuller-Rowell, T. Fuller-Rowell, J. Wang, M. Codrescu, L. Mays, and L. Rastaetter

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 16 January 2020


Lunch Break (Thursday)

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 16 January 2020


Joint Session 63
Machine Learning and AI for Space Weather
Location: 205A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 17th Conference on Space Weather; and the 19th Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science )
Cochairs: Kelsey Doerksen, Univ. of Western Ontario; Alexander Engell, NextGen Federal Systems; David John Gagne II, National Center for Atmospheric Research
1:30 PM
J63.1
Imputation of Geomagnetic Disturbance Fields with Nonlinear Regression based on Synthetic Data
E. Joshua Rigler, USGS, Denver, CO; and D. Lin, K. Pham, and G. Lucas

1:45 PM
J63.2
2:00 PM
J63.3
Developing Deep Learning for Solar Feature Recognition in Satellite Images
Michael Kirk, GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. Attie, J. Stockton, M. Penn, D. Hall, B. Thompson, and J. Willert

2:15 PM
J63.4
2:30 PM
J63.5
Leveraging Topological Data Analysis and Deep Learning for Solar Flare Prediction
Thomas Berger, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO; and V. Deshmukh, E. Bradley, J. Meiss, and N. Nishizuka

2:45 PM
J63.6
Emerging Frontiers in Science and Exploration Enabled by AI and Public-Private Partnerships
Madhulika guhathakurta, Ames Research Center, Mountain View, CA

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 16 January 2020


PM Coffee Break (Thursday)

3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 16 January 2020


Session 16
New Instruments, Platforms and Initiatives for Space Weather Part III
Location: 205A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 17th Conference on Space Weather
3:30 PM
16.1
3D space weather imaging with PUNCH (NASA's Polarimeter to UNify the Corona and Heliosphere) (Invited Presentation)
Craig E DeForest, Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO; and S. E. Gibson, R. Killough, W. Kosmann, and T. PUNCH Team

3:45 PM
16.2
Fundamental Science with the DKIST
Gianna Cauzzi, National Solar Observatory, Boulder, CO

4:00 PM
16.3
ngGONG (Next Generation GONG)– A Ground-Based Solar Observing Network Optimized for Space Weather Research and Operations
Frank Hill, National Solar Observatory, Boulder, CO; and V. M. Pillet, A. de Wijn, J. Burkepile, and S. McIntosh

4:15 PM
16.4
Global Ionosphere Characterization: Observations from Spire's Growing CubeSat Constellation and their Assimilation into the Spire Ionospheric Model
Vu Nguyen, Spire Global Inc., Boulder, CO; and M. Angling, T. Duly, O. Nogues-Correig, L. Tan, T. Yuasa, V. Irisov, G. Savastano, F. X. Bocquet, G. Pulido, K. Nordstrom, S. Vetra-Carvalho, D. Masters, R. Sikarin, and C. Rocken

4:45 PM
16.6
A Chapman Conference on Space Weather: Recommendations for the Community
Anthony J. Mannucci, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and D. J. Knipp, H. Liu, R. McGranaghan, X. Meng, A. S. Sharma, B. T. Tsurutani, and O. P. Verkhoglyadova