Seventh Symposium on Space Weather

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Sunday, 17 January 2010

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7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 17 January 2010


Short Course Registration

9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 17 January 2010


Annual Meeting Registration Begins

12:00 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 17 January 2010


Weatherfest

3:00 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 17 January 2010


First-Time Attendee Briefing
Location: B314 (GWCC)

5:00 PM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 17 January 2010


Annual Meeting Review and Fellows Awards
Location: B314 (GWCC)

6:00 PM-7:00 PM: Sunday, 17 January 2010


Fellows Reception
Location: Exhibit Hall B2 (GWCC)

Monday, 18 January 2010

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7:30 AM-5:30 PM: Monday, 18 January 2010


Registration Open

9:00 AM-10:30 AM: Monday, 18 January 2010


Presidential Forum
Location: Thomas Murphy Ballroom 1 and 2 (GWCC)

10:30 AM-11:00 AM: Monday, 18 January 2010


Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer

Coffee Break Reception - Sponsored by Ball Aerospace
Location: B303 (GWCC)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 18 January 2010

Recording files available
Session 1
Agency Updates 1
Location: B303 (GWCC)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Space Weather
Cochairs: Robert McCoy, Office of Naval Research; Genene Fisher, NOAA/NWS
  11:00 AM
1.1
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center—New Developments in Space Weather Forecasting and Modeling
Louis W. Uccellini, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD
Recorded presentation

  11:15 AM
1.2
DoD Operational Space Weather
Fred Lewis, AWS, Washington, DC

  11:30 AM
1.3
NSF and space weather today
Timothy L. Killeen, NSF, Arlington, VA; and R. A. Behnke
Recorded presentation

  11:45 AM
1.4
NASA's Contributions to Space Weather
Richard R. Fisher, NASA, Washington, DC; and B. L. Giles
Recorded presentation

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 18 January 2010


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Monday, 18 January 2010

Recording files available
Session 2
Agency Updates 2
Location: B303 (GWCC)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Space Weather
Chair: W. Kent Tobiska, Space Environment Technologies
  1:30 PM
2.1
The National Space Weather Program
Samuel P. Williamson, Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology, Silver Spring, MD; and M. F. Bonadonna and M. R. Babcock
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (44.8 kB)

  1:45 PM
2.2
The USGS Dst and Magnetic-Disturbance Mapping Project
Jeffrey Love, USGS, Denver, CO; and J. L. Gannon
Recorded presentation

  2:00 PM
2.3
Space Weather Products at the Community Coordinated Modeling Center
Michael Hesse, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and M. Kuznetsova, A. Pulkkinen, M. Maddox, L. Rastaetter, D. Berrios, and P. MacNeice
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (805.1 kB)

  2:15 PM
2.4
Solar Cycle Update—Will the New Cycle Please Start?
Joseph Kunches, NOAA/SWPC, Boulder, CO
Recorded presentation

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 18 January 2010


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Exhibit Hall B2 (GWCC)

Poster Session
Space Weather Posters
Host: Seventh Symposium on Space Weather
 
201
Results from the NAIRAS model for the Halloween Storms
Michael Wiltberger, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. J. Mertens, B. Kress, and S. C. Solomon

 
202
Development of the Joint METOC Space Environment Solar Segment (JMSESS) Database
William F. Bagby, Northrop-Grumman, Colorado Springs, CO; and S. L. McNew, J. O. Quick, R. S. Davis, and K. Landis

 
203
Real-time assimilative modeling for the Earth's radiation belts using DREAM
Geoffrey D. Reeves, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and M. G. Henderson, J. Koller, Y. Chen, R. H. W. Friedel, J. St. Ledger, J. Holland, and S. Zaharia

Handout (1.3 MB)

 
204
Prediction of solar activity cycles by the EnKF data assimilation method
Irina N. Kitiashvili, Stanford University, Stanford, CA; and A. G. Kosovichev

 
205
Impacts of extended periods of low solar activity on climate
Matthew J. Niznik, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ; and W. F. Denig

 
206
Real-time neural network predictions of magnetospheric activity
Ramkumar Bala, Rice University, Houston, TX; and P. H. Reiff

Handout (2.1 MB)

 
207
Reflections before the max: the evolution of space weather
Joseph DiTommaso, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK; and G. Fisher

Handout (682.9 kB)

 
208
Space Weather and GPS-Reliant Industries
Jennifer Meehan, Hampton University, Hampton, VA; and G. Fisher and W. J. Murtagh

 
209
Space weather prediction via complexity measures in the solar-terrestrial record
James A. Wanliss, Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC; and M. Watke, T. Bitner, J. Johnson, A. Knaak, and P. Dobias

Handout (396.3 kB)

 
210
Upgraded Auroral Model for Inferring and Forecasting Globally the Precipitating Electron Dosing To Drive Space Weather-Based Models
James M. Griffin, AER, Lexington, MA; and H. E. Snell and T. Connor

Handout (793.3 kB)

 
211
Space Environment and Effects Tool for STK (STK-SEET) technical primer
Richard A. Quinn, AER, Lexington, MA; and C. Roth, A. Ling, P. P. Whelan, and N. A. Bonito

Handout (667.5 kB)

 
266
The operational DMSP F18 SSULI UV Sensor
Patrick Dandenault, NRL, Washington, DC; and A. C. Nicholas, C. Coker, S. A. Budzien, D. H. Chua, T. T. Finne, C. A. Metzler, and K. F. Dymond

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 18 January 2010

Recording files available
Session 3
New data sources and products
Location: B303 (GWCC)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Space Weather
Chair: Geoff Crowley, Atmospheric & Space Technology Research Associates
  4:00 PM
3.1
GPS, GNSS, and Space Weather
Paul M. Kintner Jr., Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and T. E. Humphreys and B. O'Hanlon
Recorded presentation

 
3.2
Space Debris: Problems and Mitigation Strategies

  4:30 PM
3.2A
Ultraviolet Remote Sensing of the Thermosphere and Ionosphere
Robert McCoy, Office of Naval Research, Arlington, VA
Recorded presentation

  4:45 PM
3.3
Coronal Mass Ejections from Multiple Viewpoints
Russell A. Howard, NRL, Washington, DC
Recorded presentation

  5:00 PM
3.4
Helioseismic detection of large-scale subsurface flows at solar minimum
Rachel Howe, National Solar Observatory, Tucson, AZ; and F. Hill, R. W. Komm, J. Christensen-Dalsgaard, J. Schou, and M. J. Thompson
Recorded presentation

  5:15 PM
3.6
Solar Flare Forecasts Based on Subsurface Helicity
Frank Hill, National Solar Observatory, Tucson, AZ; and R. Komm, J. Henthorn, and A. Reinard
Recorded presentation

  5:30 PM
3.5
An Analysis and Comparison of the Agreement between the Following Solar Activity Indices: Total Solar Irradiance (TSI), 2800 MHz Solar Flux (F10), and American Sunspot Number
Brenda Zuzolo, The Boeing Company, Springfield, VA; and P. A. Zuzolo

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 18 January 2010


Opening of the Exhibit Hall with Reception
Location: Exhibit Hall B1 (GWCC)

Tuesday, 19 January 2010

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8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 19 January 2010

Recording files available
Session 4
Coupling between the lower and upper atmosphere
Location: B303 (GWCC)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Space Weather
Chair: Richard Behnke, NSF
  8:30 AM
4.1
Coupling between the lower and upper atmosphere in Whole Atmosphere Model (WAM) simulations
Rashid A. Akmaev, NOAA/Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder, CO; and F. Wu, T. J. Fuller-Rowell, and J. W. Meriwether
Recorded presentation

  8:45 AM
4.2
Eliassen-Palm Fluxes of the Diurnal Tides from the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model-Extended (WACCM-X)
McArthur Jones Jr., University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and H. L. Liu and A. D. Richmond
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (599.8 kB)

  9:00 AM
4.3
Modeling the effects of tropospheric tides on the ionosphere
Sarah E. McDonald, NRL, Washington, DC; and J. D. Huba, M. E. Hagan, A. Maute, and S. Basu
Recorded presentation

  9:15 AM
4.4
Lightning-related transient luminous events at high altitude in the Earth's atmosphere
Victor P. Pasko, Penn State University, University Park, PA
Recorded presentation

  9:30 AM
4.5
The Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere Mission: Science results after five PMC seasons
James M. Russell III, Hampton University, Hampton, VA; and S. M. Bailey, M. E. Hervig, C. E. Randall, L. L. Gordley, M. Taylor, D. E. Siskind, M. Summers, M. H. Stevens, G. E. Thomas, D. Rusch, and B. Karlsson

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 19 January 2010


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Exhibit Hall B2 (GWCC)

Joint Poster Session
Space Weather Products and Services for Aviation and Commercial Space Posters
Hosts: (Joint between the Seventh Symposium on Space Weather; and the 14th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology )
 
199
Validation of the operational D-Region Absorption Prediction (D-RAP) model at the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Rashid A. Akmaev, NOAA/Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder, CO; and A. Newman, M. V. Codrescu, J. Vickroy, C. Schultz, E. Nerney, S. Hill, and H. Sauer

Handout (1.8 MB)

 
200
Developments in Aviation Space Weather Services
Bryn Jones, SolarMetrics Limited, Chedworth, Glos., United Kingdom; and C. Dyer, A. Hands, R. Iles, K. Ryden, M. Smith, M. Stills, and G. Taylor

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 19 January 2010

Recording files available
Session 5
New Thermospheric Data Sources and Models
Location: B303 (GWCC)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Space Weather
Chair: Robert McCoy, Office of Naval Research
  11:00 AM
5.1
NADIR: Neutral Atmosphere Density Interdisciplinary Research
Jeffrey M. Forbes, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and T. J. Fuller-Rowell
Recorded presentation

  11:15 AM
5.2
The RAIDS Experiment on the ISS
Scott A. Budzien, NRL, Washington, DC; and A. W. Stephan, R. L. Bishop, P. R. Straus, A. B. Christensen, and J. H. Hecht
Recorded presentation

  11:30 AM
5.3
The Atmospheric Neutral Density Experiment mission results
Andrew C. Nicholas, NRL, Washington, DC; and T. T. Finne, S. A. Budzien, and F. A. Herrero
Recorded presentation

  11:45 AM
5.4
Neutral density variations in TIE-GCM induced by changes in spatial and temporal profile of eddy diffusivity
Chin S. Lin, Air Force Research Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA; and L. C. Chang
Recorded presentation

11:00 AM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 19 January 2010


Exhibits Open
Location: Exhibit Hall B1 (GWCC)

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 19 January 2010


Kuettner Symposium Luncheon
Location: B208 (GWCC)
  12:00 PM
B1.1
Joach Kuettner—A Man in Love with the Sky
Einar Enevoldson, The Perlan Project, Emeryville, CA


Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall)

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 19 January 2010

Recording files available
Joint Session 1
Space Weather Products and Services for Aviation and Commercial Space
Location: B315 (GWCC)
Hosts: (Joint between the 14th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; and the Seventh Symposium on Space Weather )
Cochairs: Karen Shelton-Mur, HQ FAA; Joseph Kunches, NOAA/SWPC
  1:30 PM
J1.1
Federal Aviation Administration Examination of Space Weather in support of Aviation
Steven Albersheim, Federal Aviation Administration, Washington, DC; and M. J. Gunzelman, AvMET Applications Inc.
Recorded presentation

  1:45 PM
J1.2
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center – Products and Services in Support of Aviation
William J. Murtagh, NOAA/Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder, CO
Recorded presentation

  2:00 PM
J1.3
Integrating Space Weather Observations & Forecasts into Aviation Operations: “Aviation Space Weather User Requirements”
Bryn Jones, SolarMetrics Limited, Chedworth, Glos., United Kingdom; and D. Boteler, G. Fisher, J. Kunches, W. J. Murtagh, D. Rome, D. Rose, and M. Stills
Recorded presentation

  2:15 PM
J1.4
The use of Space Weather products at Delta Airlines
Andrew W. Schultz, Delta Air Lines, Minneapolis, MN; and H. Heitzman
Recorded presentation

  2:30 PM
J1.5
Protecting spaceflight participants and crew during "non-regulated" on-orbit operations
Karen Shelton-Mur, HQ FAA, Washington, DC
Recorded presentation

  2:45 PM
J1.6
Radiation exposure during suborbital commercial spaceflight
Ronald E. Turner, Analytic Services Inc. (ANSER), Arlington, VA; and S. Murray
Recorded presentation

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 19 January 2010


Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
Location: Exhibit Hall B1 (GWCC)

3:30 PM-5:45 PM: Tuesday, 19 January 2010

Recording files available
Session 6
General space weather contributions
Location: B303 (GWCC)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Space Weather
Cochairs: William J. Murtagh, NOAA/NWS/Space Weather Prediction; Marsha Korose, NorthropGrumman IT/TASC
  3:30 PM
6.1
The USU USTAR Space Weather Center
W. Kent Tobiska, Space Environment Technologies, Pacific Palisades, CA; and R. W. Schunk and J. J. Sojka
Recorded presentation

  3:45 PM
6.2
Geomagnetically Induced Currents and Electricity Flows between the Ontario Power Grid and the United States
Kevin F. Forbes, Catholic Univ., Washington, DC; and C. St Cyr
Recorded presentation

  4:00 PM
6.3
Practical 27-day plus space weather forecasting
Jan J. Sojka, Utah State University, Logan, UT; and R. W. Schunk
Recorded presentation

  4:15 PM
6.4
Data assimilation models for space weather applications
Robert W. Schunk, Utah State University, Logan, UT; and L. Scherliess, J. J. Sojka, D. C. Thompson, and L. Zhu
Recorded presentation

  4:30 PM
6.5
Use of GPS radio occultation data for validation and improvement of ionospheric assimilation models
Peter C. Ashton, Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc., Lexington, MA; and N. A. Bonito and P. R. Straus
Recorded presentation

  4:45 PM
6.6
Processing COSMIC/FORMOSAT-3 data for use in near-real time assimilation
Philip Stephens, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and A. Komjathy, B. D. Wilson, A. J. Mannucci, B. A. Iijima, and X. Pi
Recorded presentation

  5:00 PM
6.7
High latitude ionospheric irregularity detection using COSMIC radio occultation observations
Man Feng, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; and S. Skone
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (512.7 kB)

 
6.8
Mid-Latitude Ionosphere and Thermosphere Interaction

  5:15 PM
6.9
Developing a regional magnetic activity forecast capability with the Coupled Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere model (CMIT)
George Millward, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and M. Wiltberger
Recorded presentation

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