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Space Environment Center Space Weather Week 2001

Was Held on May 1-4, 2001

A summary of SWW 2001 is now online.

Space Weather Week Planning-at a Glance
What: The conference for users and researchers of space weather
When: Tuesday, May 1 to Friday, May 4
Where: Boulder, Colorado, Department of Commerce Building, 325 Broadway
NOTE: The Vendor Meeting will be Tuesday evening, not Thursday as previously stated.

About Space Weather Week

Conference Agenda

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Call for Posters and Videos

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Hotel Accommodations

Boulder Map, Route from Denver International Airport

About Space Weather Week
The annual Space Weather Week meeting will be held this spring on May 1-4, 2001 in Boulder, Colorado. Associated with the current peak in solar activity, numerous large solar and geomagnetic events have occurred, and a broad range of impacts due to space weather have been reported. This year's meeting will focus on the recent solar and geomagnetic activity, and will cover the specific space weather impacts and our scientific understanding of this activity. The conference program will center around the recent space weather impacts in several areas of the environment, including ionospheric disturbances, auroral currents, geomagnetic storms and their solar drivers, radiation belts, and solar energetic particles. Space Weather Week 2001 is co-organized by the NOAA Space Environment Center, the Air Force Research Laboratory, the NSF Division of Atmospheric Science, and the NASA Sun Earth Connection Program.
Further details are available at the SEC website (sec.noaa.gov) or from
Barbara Poppe ([email-masked]) or Terry Onsager ([email-masked]).
Hospitality will include a reception at the NOAA building, and a talk on solar variability and Earth climate by Rod Viereck of SEC, and a luncheon that keeps everyone on site to look at posters and converse.
The conference will be held in Boulder at the Department of Commerce Building, 325 Broadway, next to the current home of SEC, on May 1-4 (that's Tuesday through Friday noon). The program, as stated above, will have invited user and researcher presentation, a poster session, and a reception with an interesting talk about solar variability and Earth's climate.
A new sponsor, NASA, joins the current co-sponsors, USAF, NSF, and NOAA and will help to will build on the successes of the past. This conference is more focused on seeking solutions for users through research than it has ever been before.
Space is limited at nearby hotels, so make your reservations early.  A list of hotels is on the web site, but if you need help with reservations, call Wendy Ortega-Henderson at 303-497-3683.

Conference Agenda
Agenda
Tuesday, May 1
8:00 Registration
8:30 Welcome to Space Weather Week - Barbara Poppe, NOAA/SEC
8:40 Space Weather Agency Activities (Session Chair: Terry Onsager, NOAA/SEC)
8:40 Space Environment Center: Present and Future, Ernie Hildner, NOAA/SEC
9:00 U.S. Air Force Space Weather Operations Center-Maj. Jeff Cox
9:20 European Space Agency - Alain Hilgers, ESA
9:40 The Australian Space Weather Agency, Richard Thompson, IPS Radio and Space
Services
10:00-10:20 Break
10:20 Living With a Star Update -Dick Fisher, NASA Goddard, Larry Zanetti,
JHU/Applied Physics Lab
10:50 University Partnership for Operational Support - Ching Meng, JHU/Applied
Physics Lab
11:10 Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative - Paul Bellaire, AFSOR, Robert McCoy, Naval Research Lab
11:20 Community Coordinated Modeling Center - Michael Hesse, NASA/Goddard
11:50 National Academy of Sciences Decadal Survey
12:00 - 1:30 Lunch
Solar Maximum: Overview of Recent Solar and Geomagnetic Activity
1:30 Operational Timeline of Significant Events, May 2000-May 2001, Larry Combs, Bill Murtagh, NOAA/SEC
Research Overview and Timeline of Recent Events
2:10 Solar/Interplanetary
2:10 Solar Origins of Geoeffective Activity Since Early 1998, David Webb, Boston
College
2:30 Identifying geoeffective structures in the solar wind using ACE and WIND data:
1998 through 2000, Joan Burkpile, National Center for Atmospheric Research
2:50-3:15 Break
Magnetosphere
3:15 Geomagnetic Storm Variability During Solar Maximum, Janet Kozyra, University of Michigan
3:35 Solar Maximum Storms: GOES Observations and Outstanding Problems, Howard Singer, NOAA/SEC
3:55 NOAA Environmental Hero Award Presentation - Ernie Hildner, NOAA/SEC
Award Recipient: Rich Behnke, National Science Foundation
4:00 Ionosphere/Thermosphere
4:00 Space Weather Effects on the Low and Mid-Latitude Ionosphere, Rich Behnke,
National Science Foundation
4:20 Mid-Latitude Stormtime M-I Coupling: Space Weather Effects, John Foster, MIT
Haystack Observatory
4:40 Managing Financial Risks from Solar Storms, Andrew Hyman, PricewaterhouseCoopers
5:00 Session ends
6:00 Vendor Meeting and Dinner (NCAR on the Mesa)
For vendors of space weather services; you must contact Barbara Poppe in advance
Wednesday, May 2
8:30 NSWP Metrics Challenge - Magnetosphere - Michael Hesse, NASA/Goddard
8:50 NSWP Metrics Challenge - Solar - Vic Pizzo, NOAA/SEC
Ionospheric Environment and Effects on Navigation
(Session Chairs: Joseph Kunches and Odile de la Beaujardiere)
9:00 Space Weather Effects
9:00 Timeline and event(s) reviewed-Joseph Kunches, NOAA/SEC
9:05 Safety is in the Diversity: Navigation's Top-Five List, Bob Lilley, Illgen
Simulation Technologies
9:25 The Great Geomagnetic Storm of July 15, 2000: GPS TEC Measurements and
System Effects, Pat Doherty, Boston College
9:45 - 10:00 Break
10:00 Research Advances and Needs
10:00 Effects of Penetration Electric Fields on Equatorial Communication and
Navigation Systems, Santimay Basu, Air Force Research Lab
10:20 Ionospheric Effects on Ground-Based Systems, A. J. Coster and R. Lambour,
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
10:40 Specification and Forecast of the Global Ionosphere, Chunming Wang,
University of Southern California
11:00 Directing Research to User Needs-Discussion
11:30-1:00 Lunch
Ionospheric Environment and Effects on Communication
(Session Chairs: Norm Cohen and Robert McCoy)
1:00 Space Weather Effects
1:00 Timeline and event(s) reviewed-Norm Cohen, NOAA/SEC
1:05 United Airlines Polar Operations, Gene Cameron, United Airlines
1:25 HF Communications in Aviation, Paty Makowski, ARINC
1:45 Research Advances and Needs
1:45 Forecasting equatorial plasma bubbles - an electrodynamics approach, Cheryl
Huang, Air Force Research Lab
2:05 New Products to Target HF Propagation, Tim Fuller-Rowell, NOAA/SEC and
University of Colorado
2:25 Global Assimilation of Ionospheric Measurements (GAIM), Bob Shunk, Utah
State University
2:45 Directing Research to User Needs-Discussion
3:15 - 3:30 Break
Neutral Atmosphere and Effects on Satellites
(Session Chairs: Rod Viereck and Rich Behnke)
3:30 Space Weather Effects
3:30 Timeline and event(s) reviewed-Rod Viereck, NOAA/SEC
3:35 Operational solar irradiances and E10.7, Kent Tobiska, Logicon
3:55 Space Weather Affects for Satellite Operations, Cheryl Walker, TRW
4:15 Research Advances and Needs
4:15 High Accuracy Satellite Drag Model, Mark Storez, Headquarters Space Warfare
Center, USAF
4:35 Observing Atmospheric Airglow in the Ultraviolet to Monitor Space Weather
Variability, Stefan Thonnard, Naval Research Lab
4:55 Directing Research to User Needs-Discussion
5:30 Session ends
6:00 Reception for all at the David Skaggs Research Center
6:00-7:30 Tours of the Forecast Center
6:30-7:30 Excerpts from IMAX film Solar Max
7:30-8:30 Solar Variability and Climate Change, Rodney Viereck, NOAA/SEC
9:00 Reception ends
Thursday, May 3
Geomagnetic Environment and Effects on the Electric Power Industry
(Session Chairs: Chris Balch and Terry Onsager)
8:30 Space Weather Effects
8:30 Timeline and event(s) reviewed-Chris Balch, NOAA/SEC
8:35 Geomagnetic Effects on Ground Electrical Systems, David Boteler, International
Space Environment Service
8:55 Impact of GIC on Electric Power Systems, Jim Ingleson, New York Independent
System Operator, Inc.
9:15 Research Advances and Needs
9:15 Recent Advances in First-Principles Modeling of Ionospheric Currents and
Ground Perturbations, Jimmy Raeder, UCLA
9:35 Research Advances in Modeling and Predicting the Geospace Electrodynamic
Environment, Dan Weimer, Mission Research Corp.
9:55 Monitoring the Auroral Electrojets: Problems and Recent Progress, Theresa
Moretto, NASA/Goddard
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30 Directing Research to User Needs - Discussion
11:20 MURI Research Model review
11:20 Development of a "Plug-and-Play" Space Weather Model, Tamas Gombosi,
University of Michigan, and the Consortium for Space Environment Modeling
11:40 Understanding Magnetic Eruptions on the Sun and their Interplanetary
Consequences, George Fisher, University of California-Berkeley
12:00-6:00 Catered Lunch, Poster Session
2:00-5:00 Splinter sessions (places and times to be announced)
Q&A: SEC's Web site and data delivery
Decadal Survey on Solar and Space Physics: Panel on Education and Society
New Alerts considered (including radiation hazard for airlines)
ISO Space Weather Standards
Friday, May 4
Radiation Environment and Effects on Satellites and Humans
(Session Chairs: Kent Doggett and Greg Ginet)
8:30 Space Weather Effects
8:30 Timeline and event(s) reviewed-Kent Doggett, NOAA/SEC
8:35 John Evans, Telsat/Canada
8:55 Bertrand Huet, ALCATEL Space Industries
9:15 Effects of Last Years Big Proton Events on Satellites, Michael Bedeau, Boeing
Co.
9:35 Radiation Risk to Astronauts: The Tallest Pole, Dr. Julie Swain, Harvard
University/NASA
9:55-10:15 Break
10:15 Research Advances and Needs
10:15 Energetic Electron Observations During The Last Decade, J. Bernard Blake,
Aerospace Corporation
10:35 User Requirements for a New Generation of Radiation Belt Models, Daniel
Heynderickx, Belgisch Inst. Ruimte Aeronomie
10:55 An overview of recent solar energetic particle events: 1997-2001, Joe Mazur,
Aerospace Corporation
11:10 Directing Research to User Needs - Discussion
12:00 Conference Ends

Call for Posters and Videos
A special poster and video session will occupy a full half day, allowing everyone to spend time reading and discussing the subjects of interest. Presentations and demonstrations by researchers as well as vendors, government agencies, and industry organizations are all welcome.
Poster and video abstracts may be submitted either when you register (by following the links on the registration page), or after registering by selecting the poster and video submission link above, and then selecting 'Details' next to your name on the list of registered participants.
The available space for individual posters is 4 feet by 4 feet.
If you need more information on the posters and demonstrations, or need special equipment, please contact Terry Onsager ([email-masked]) or Tom Detman ([email-masked]).