United Nations/United States of America Workshop on the International Space Weather Initiative: The Decade after the International Heliophysical Year 2007
Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States of America, 31 July - 4 August, 2017
Organized jointly by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Boston College
Co-organized and co-sponsored by the International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (ICG), the Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics (SCOSTEP), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), National Science Foundation (NSF), Boston College, and Universities Space Research Association (USRA)
Online Presentations
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| Opening Remarks
Chair: Patricia DOHERTY, United States of America |
| Dr. Thomas CHILES, Vice Provost for Research, Boston College, United States of America |
| Dr. Nat Gopalswamy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, United States of America |
| Mr. Kenneth HODGKINS, Director of Space and Advanced Technology, Department of State, United States of America |
| Ms. Simonetta DI PIPPO, Director, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV) |
| Introduction to the United Nations/United States of America Workshop
Chair: Terry ONSAGER, NOAA, United States of America |
| Keynote 1: Space Weather: Developments within the United Nations - Simonetta DI PIPPO, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) |
| Keynote 2: UNISPACE+50 - David KENDALL, Chair of the United Nations Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS) |
| Keynote 3: US National Space Weather Strategy and Action Plan - William MURTAGH, National Weather Service (NWS) |
| Session 1: International Recognition of Space Weather Risks Panel: Space Weather Risks and Mitigation Needs
Moderator: William MURTAGH, United States of America |
| UK Risk Assessment and Economic Impact Study - Mario BISI, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), United Kingdom |
| ESA Cost Benefit Analysis - Luca DEL MONTE, European Space Agency (ESA) |
| US Economic Impact Study - Stacey WORMAN, Abt Associates |
| Civil Contingency Perspective - Kenyetta BLUNT, US Department of Homeland Security |
| ICAO Proposed Aviation Service Requirements - Raul ROMERO, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) |
| Session 2: Building on Today's Space Weather FoundationPanel: Improving Research for Operational Services
Moderator: Siqing LIU, China |
| US Research Programs to Improve Services - Steven CLARKE, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), United States of America |
| National Science Foundation Space Weather Research - Irfan AZEEM, National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| EU/ESA Research Programs to Improve Services (H2020, ESA SSA) - Juha-Pekka LUNTAMA, European Space Agency (ESA) |
| Asia/Oceania Space Weather Alliance - Mamoru ISHII, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Japan |
| African Research Programs and the African Geophysical Society - Paul Baki OLANDE, Technical University of Kenya, Kenya |
| Panel: Observing Infrastructure
Moderator: Richard MARSHALL, Australia |
| US Observing Infrastructure - Larry ZANETTI, NOAA, United States of America |
| EU/ESA Observing Infrastructure - Mario BISI, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), United Kingdom |
| Meridian Project - Chi WANG, National Space Science Center (NSSC), China |
| Africa Observing Infrastructure - Babatunde RABIU, National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), Nigeria |
| South American Observing Infrastructure - Joaquim REZENDE COSTA, National Institute for Space Research (INPE), Brazil |
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Building on Today's Space Weather Foundation (Continued)
Panel: International Elements of a Coordination Framework Moderator: Chris CANNIZZARO, United States of America |
| WMO Four-Year Plan/International Space Environment Service - Toshiyuki KURINO, World Meteorological Organization (WMO) |
| International Space Environment Service - Terry ONSAGER, National Weather Service (NWS), United States of America |
| Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites - Elsayed TALAAT, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), United States of America |
| COPUOS Space Weather Guidelines and Expert Team - Ian MANN, University of Alberta, Canada |
| International Space Weather Initiative - Nat GOPALSWAMY, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), United States of America |
| COSPAR Space Weather Roadmap - Lennard FISK, Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) |
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Session 3: Developing an International Framework for Space Weather Services
Moderator: Ian MANN, Canada |
| Summary of Draft Document for Framework, Summary of Draft Document for Framework, Recommendations for UNISPACE+50 Thematic Priority 4 |
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IHY+10: The Origins of ISWI
Chair: Barbara THOMPSON, United States of America |
| Beginnings of the International Heliophysical Year and the International Space Weather Initiative (Invited) - Joseph DAVILA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), United States of America |
| Balkan, Black Sea, and Caspian Sea Network for Space Weather Studies (Invited) - Katya GEORGIEVA, Bulgarian Academy of Science, Bulgaria |
| Establishing the IHY Asia-Pacific Program - Akimasa YOSHIKAWA, Kyushu University, Japan |
| The IHY/ISWI Education and Public Outreach Programs and the SID Space Weather Monitors - A Retrospective - Deborah SCHERRER, Stanford University Solar Center, United States of America |
| From the IGY to the ISWI: A Perspective View of the Importance of International Cooperation in Geo-Heliophysics - Sandro RADICELLA, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Italy |
| Africa and Space Weather Research: Review of Deployed Instruments and Scientific Results from IHY to ISWI (2007 - 2017) - Akeem RABIU, National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), Nigeria |
| Kristian Birkeland - The Almost Forgotten Scientist and Father of the Sun-Earth Connection - Pal BREKKE, Norwegian Space Center, Norway |
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Instruments Panel: Christine AMORY-MAZAUDIER, Keith GROVES, Jean-Pierre RAULIN, Deborah SCHERRER, Chi WANG, Endawoke YIZENGAW, Akimasa YOSHIKAWA |
| Scientific Results on the Interplanetary Medium and Geospace
Chairs: David WEBB, United States of America and Katya Gerogieva, Bulgaria |
| A Report on Cube- and Small-Sats and the System Science of NASA's Living With a Star Program - Madhulika GUHATHAKURTA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), United States of America |
| Impulsive Energy Transfer via Joule Heating from the Magnetosphere to the Ionosphere During Geomagnetic Storm - Larry ZANETTI, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), United States of America |
| Studies of Solar Eruptions Using Type II Bursts from Ground and CMEs from Space - Nat GOPALSWAMY, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), United States of America |
| Current State of Reduced Solar Activity: Space Weather Events in the Inner Heliosphere - Periasamy MANOHARAN, National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, India |
| Study of Space Weather Events of Solar Cycle 23 and 24 and their Geoeffectiveness - Bhasakarapantula VEENADHARI, Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, India |
| Transportation, Acceleration and Loss of Electrons in the Slot Region Responsible for the Formation of New Radiation Belt During Big Magnetic Storm - Takahiro OBARA, Tohoku University, Japan |
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Scientific Results on the Ionosphere and Thermosphere
Chair: Endawoke YIZENGWA, United States of America and Richard MARSHALL, Australia |
| New Findings Using VLF Data from SAVNET and Kannuslehto Radio Receivers - Edith Liliana MACOTELA, Sodankyla Geophysical Observatory, Finland |
| Control of Gravity Waves on Equatorial Spread F Day-to-day Variability; an Empirical Approach - Gopalapillai MANJU, Vikram Sarabhai Space Center, Kerala, India |
| Do Countries Under the Equatorial Electrojet Belt Should Worry About Geomagnetically Induced Currents? - Endawoke YIZENGAW, Boston College, United States of America |
| Multi-Nation Coordinated Monitoring of Ionospheric Weather By Means of High Frequency Sounding - Ivan GALKIN and Bodo REINISCH, UMass Lowell, United States of America |
| Early Results of Ionospheric Observations from LITES on the ISS - Susanna FINN, UMass Lowell, United States of America |
| Evidence of Madden-Julian Oscillation Effects in the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere from GOCE and MERRA/TIME-GCM - Federico GASPERINI, Utah State University, United States of America |
| Latest scientific results of MAGDAS project - Akiko FUJIMOTO, Kyushu University, Japan |
| Space Weather Effects on Critical Operations and Activity in the High North - Pal BREKKE, Norwegian Space Center, Norway |
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Space Weather Instruments
Chairs: Jean-Pierre RAULIN, Brazil and Keith GROVES, United States of America |
| The AWESOME Program: VHF/LF Remote Sensing of the Ionosphere and Magnetosphere form IHY to ISWI and beyond - Morris COHEN, Georgia Institute of Technology, United States of America |
| The South America VLF Network - SAVNET: Last results and new research perspectives - Jean-Pierre RAULIN, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, Brazil |
| Future Solar and Interplanetary Radio Instrumentation for Space Weather Studies in China - Yihua YAN, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China |
| Space Weather Instruments (Continued) |
| Monitoring and investigation of geospace disturbances along the 120E/60W longitudes: International Meridian Circle Project - S. ZHANG, MIT Haystack Lab, United States of America |
| The MAGDAS project the past and next 10 years - Akimasa YOSHIKAWA, Kyushu University, Japan |
| The recent progress of CHAIN Project and the method for utilizing its data for space weather prediction - K. SHIBATA, Kyoto University, Japan |
| Inner-Magnetospheric Array for Geospace Science, iMAGS - Endawoke YIZENGAW, Boston College, United States of America |
| The AFINSA Network: Presentation, Scientific Objectives, First Results - Jean-Pierre RAULIN, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, Brazil |
| The Low-Latitude Ionospheric Sensor Network: Recent Scientific Results - Cesar VALLADARES, University of Texas, United States of America |
| SCINDA Scintillation Sensor Network: Sites, Systems and Science - Keith GROVES, Boston College, United States of America |
| The Worldwide Interplanetary Scintillation (IPS) Stations (WIPSS) as a Potential Future ISWI Instrument - Mario BISI, Rutherford Appleton Lab, United Kingdom |
| Impact and Modelling of the Solar Eclipse Effects of 20 March 2015 on VLF Measurements - Daniela WENZEL, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany |
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Space Weather Modeling 1: From Sun to Geospace
Chairs: Renato FILJAR, Croatia and Maria KUZNETSOVA, United States of America |
| Challenges and Opportunities in Solar-Heliospheric Modeling for Space Weather Prediction (Invited) - Judy KARPEN, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), United States of America |
| Modeling and Forecasting the Geospace Environment (Invited) - Tamas GOMBOSI, University of Michigan, United States of America |
| Norwegian contributions to the ISWI program - Karl LAUNDAL, University of Bergen, Norway |
| Extreme Space Weather |
| Predictability of Extreme Space Weather - Surjalal SHARMA, University of Maryland, United States of America |
| On the Energetics of Large Geomagnetic Storms - William BURKE, Boston College, United States of America |
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Space Weather Modelling 2: Near-Earth Radiation and Plasma Environment
Chairs: Maria KUZNETSOVA, United States of America and Renato FILJAR, Croatia |
| Long Term and Short Term Forecasts of the Radiation and Plasma Environment Near Earth: Identifying Needs And Delivering Value (Invited) - T. Paul O'BRIEN, The Aerospace Corporation, United States of America |
| Space Hazards Induced near Earth by Large Dynamic Storms (SHIELDS) - Reinhard FRIEDEL, Los Alamos National Laboratory, United States of America |
| Ionosphere-Thermosphere Variability |
| From Discovery to Operations: Whole Atmosphere-Ionosphere Physical Models for Space Weather Applications (Invited) - Tim FULLER-ROWELL, University of Colorado, United States of America |
| An IGS-Based Simulator of Ionospheric Conditions for GNSS Positioning Quality Assessment - Renato FILJAR, University of Rijeka, Croatia |
| Local Ionosphere Modelling Using GNSS Reference Stations Network - Mourad BOUZIANI, Department of Geodesy, Rabat, Morocco |
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International Outreach and Capacity Building
Chairs: Sharafat GADIMOVA, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, and Patricia DOHERTY, United States of America |
| ICG and Its Programme on GNSS Applications - Sharafat GADIMOVA, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) |
| ISWI Outreach and Capacity Building Activities - Nat GOPALSWAMY, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), United States of America |
| The Need for Training Integrating Knowledge from the Sun to the Earth - Christine AMORY-MAZAUDIER, LPP Polytechnique, France and International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Italy |
| The Boston College/Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics Collaboration and Outreach Workshops - Patricia DOHERTY, Boston College, United States of America |
| Girls InSpace Project: A New Space Physics Outreach Initiative - Alessandra ABE PACINI, InSpace, LLC, United States of America |
| A Collaborative Approach at Building Capacity in Space Weather at the Undergraduate Student Level - M. Chantale DAMAS, CUNY, Queensborough Community College, United States of America |
| The National Space Weather Program: Two Decades of Interagency Partnership and Accomplishments -
Michael BONADONNA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), United States of America
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Coordination of Space- and Ground-Based Data Resources and ISWI
Chairs: Shing FUNG, United States of America and Terry ONSAGER, United States of America |
| NASA and International Open Standards and the Future of Space Weather Studies (Invited) - D. Aaron ROBERTS, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), United States of America |
| NASA Data Resources and the International Space Weather Initiative (Invited) - Robert McGUIRE, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), United States of America |
| ESA Heliophysics Archives: a Key Asset for ISWI (Invited) - Arnaud MASSON, European Space Agency (ESA), France |
| JAXA's Contribution to Space Weather: Arase and Other Satellites (Invited) - Nana HIGASHIO, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Japan |
| Geophysics Using the Hubble Space Telescope - Gonzalo TANCREDI, University de la Republica, Uruguay |
| Imaging Science Contributions to Space Weather Research Using Geomagnetic Conjugate Point Observations: Latitude Coupling - North & South America/Europe and Africa (Invited) - Michael MENDILLO, Boston University, United States of America |
| Space Weather Resources Available Through MIT Haystack's Madrigal Database (Invited) - Anthea COSTER, MIT Haystack Laboratory, United States of America |
| Report on the "L5 in Tandem with L1: Future Space-weather Missions Workshop" - Working Towards a L5 Operational Swx Mission - Mario BISI, Rutherford Appleton Lab, United Kingdom |
| The Los Alamos Laboratory: Space Weather Research and Data (Invited) - Reinhard FRIEDEL, Los Alamos National Laboratory, United States of America |
| Ionopsheric TEC Assimilation and Now-Casting System Over China - Ercha A, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China |
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Coordination of Space- and Ground-Based Data Resources and ISWI - Continued
Chairs: Shing FUNG, United States of America and Terry ONSAGER, United States of America |
| Ionospheric prediction tools in IPS-EU Project - Vincenzo ROMANO, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Italy |
| The Requirement Analysis for User-Oriented Space Weather Products and Services - Siqing LIU, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China |
| Space Weather Activities in Mexico - J. Americo GONZALES-ESPARZA, SCIESMEX, Unidad Michoacan, Mexico |
| ISWI Open Data Policy: An Instrument of International Cooperation - Shing FUNG, NASA, United States of America |
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Final Discussion: Observations, Recommendations and the Way Forward
Chairs: Nat GOPALSWAMY and Patricia DOHERTY, United States of America, Sharafat GADIMOVA, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs |