Space Weather Workshop, the Space Weather Prediction Center annual user conference, was held April 28 - May 1, 2009. The Agenda below contains links to the presentation graphics and slides shown at the talks. Our special thanks to the presenters who allowed SWPC to put their presentations online.
Tuesday, April 28 |
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| 7:30 | Registration | ||
| 8:30 | Opening Remarks |
LCDR Thomas Peltzer |
NOAA/NWS/Space Weather Prediction Center |
| 8:40 | State of the Space Weather Prediction Center | Tom Bogdan | NWS/Space Weather Prediction Center |
| 9:00 - 10:20 | Aviation and Space Weather - Chair: Joe Kunches | ||
| 9:00 | Space Weather Effects on Aviation | Robert Maxson | NWS, Aviation Weather Center |
| 9:20 | Space Weather in the Next Generation Air Transportation System | Cecilia Miner | NOAA/NWS/Aviation Services |
| 9:40 | Space Weather Requirements - Cross Polar Working Group | Bryn Jones | SolarMetrics |
| 10:00 | Polar Aviation Operations and Space Weather | Mike Stills | United Airlines |
| 10:20 | Break | ||
| 10:40 - 12:00 | Aviation and Space Weather (continued)- Chair: Joe Kunches | ||
| 10:40 | Evaluation of New Cosmic Radiation Monitors Designed for Aircrew Exposure Assessment | Ian Getley | Qantas Airlines |
| 11:00 | Dose Rate Measurements at Aviation Altitudes During the Past Solar Minimum | Matthias Meier | German Aerospace Center |
| 11:20 | NAIRAS Prediction of Aircraft Radiation Exposure During a High-energy Solar Energetic Particle Event in October 2003 | Chris Mertens | NASA/Langley |
| 11:40 | Special Presentation | ||
| 11:40 | Air Force Weather | Fred Lewis | Air Force Weather |
| 12:00 | Lunch | ||
| 1:00 - 3:00 | Poster Session - Solar and Interplanetary Research and Applications | ||
| 2:45 | Break | ||
| 3:00 - 5:00 | Space Weather and Satellite Operations - Chair: Janet Green | ||
| 3:00 | Climatology that Supports Deep Charging Assessments | Michael Bodeau | Northrop Grumman Corporation |
| 3:20 | Space Weather Effects on Satellite Launch Operations | George Castillo | United Launch Alliance |
| 3:40 | Insurance Issues for Satellites | Jeff Cassidy | COO, Global Aerospace |
| 4:00 | Space Weather Importance for Satellite Operations | Dave Chenette | Lockheed Martin Corporation |
| 4:20 | AE/AP-9 Radiation Specification Model: An Update | David Byers | National Reconnaisance Office |
| 4:40 | Space Weather and International Civil Space Situational Awareness | Suzanne Metlay | Secure World Foundation |
| 5:00 | End of Day | ||
Wednesday, April 29 |
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| 8:30 - 10:00 | The Space Environment and Commercial Business Activities | Devrie Intriligator | Carmel Research Center |
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Speakers: Lessons Learned from Integrating New Capabilities in Operational Space Weather Systems - Alan E. Ronn, Director, Environmental Business Area, Northrop Grumman Corporation. Talk presented by Brian Balm, SEMS Program Manager. Public/Private Partnerships and the Benefits of Space Weather Commerce - Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr, Vice President, Polar Programs, CSC |
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| 10:00 | Break | ||
| 10:20 - 11:20 | International Activities - Chair: Terry Onsager | ||
| 10:20 | Space Weather Perspectives from the European Space Agency | Alain Hilgers | European Space Agency |
| 10:40 | Space Situational Awareness Activities at German Aerospace Center (DLR) | Frank Jansen | German Aerospace Center / Institute of Space Systems |
| 11:00 | International Space Environment Service Activities | David Boteler | Natural Resources Canada |
| Special Presentations | |||
| 11:20 | International Cooperation Aspects of Space Weather | Parete-Koon | U. S. Department of State |
| 11:30 | The Economic and Societal Impacts of Space Weather | Dan Baker | University of Colorado, Boulder |
| 11:40 | Actionable Space Weather Data for Disaster Response | Bill Bagby | Northrop Grumman Corporation |
| 12:00 | Lunch | ||
| 1:00 - 3:00 | Poster Session - Magnetospheric Research and Applications | ||
| 2:45 | Break | ||
| 3:00 - 5:00 | Agency Activities Session - Chair: Tom Bogdan | ||
| 3:00 | National Weather Service | Vickie Nadolski | National Weather Service |
| 3:20 | Space Situational Awareness Users Perspective | Col Shawn Barnes | USAF |
| 3:40 | NASA Heliophysics Division | Richard Fisher | NASA Heliophysics Division |
| 4:00 | Space and Missile Defense Future Warfare Center | Larry Burger | Space and Missile Defense Future Warfare Center |
| 4:20 | National Science Foundation | Richard Behnke | National Science Foundation |
| 4:40 | Office of Naval Research | Robert McCoy | Office of Naval Research |
| 5:00 | End of Sessions | ||
| 6:00 - 8:30 | Reception and Dinner at UCAR: Special Guest Speaker: John Troeltzsch - The Kepler Mission | ||
Thursday, April 30 |
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| 8:30 - 10:10 | Space Weather Prediction Modeling - Chair: Tim Fuller-Rowell | ||
| 8:30 | Use of a Global Weather Model to Study Coupling of Meteorological Disturbances up to the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere | David Siskind | Naval Research Laboratory |
| 8:50 | Effects of the Magnetosphere and Lower Atmosphere on the Ionosphere-Thermosphere System | Robert Schunk | Utah State University |
| 9:10 | Study of Thermospheric/Ionospheric Variability due to Lower Atmospheric Perturbations | Han-Li Liu | National Center for Atmospheric Research |
| 9:30 | Integrated Dynamics in the Earth’s Atmosphere (IDEA) | Rashid Akmaev | NWS/Space Weather Prediction Center |
| 9:50 | Regional Ionospheric Studies Using JPL’s Nested Grid GAIM | Brian Wilson | NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| 10:10 | Break | ||
| 10:40 - 12:00 | Space Weather Prediction Modeling (continued) - Chair: Howard Singer | ||
| 10:40 | The Challenge of Predicting the Ionosphere: Recent Results from CISM | Jeff Hughes | Boston University |
| 11:00 | Modeling the Near-Earth Space Environment with the Space Weather Modeling Framework | Aaron Ridley | University of Michigan |
| 11:20 | Modeling Magnetospheric Impact on the Ionosphere: Status and Challenges for the Upcoming Solar Cycle | Joachim Raeder | University of New Hampshire |
| 11:40 | DREAM at LEO: Low-altitude Mapping of Equatorial Ring Current and Radiation Belt Model Results | Geoff Reeves | Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| 12:00 | Lunch | ||
| 1:00 - 3:00 | Poster Session - Ionospheric Research and Applications and Air Force Research Laboratory Posters | ||
| 2:45 | Break | ||
| 3:00 - 5:00 | Space Weather Prediction Modeling (continued) - Chair: Nick Arge | ||
| 3:00 | Tools and Products of Real-time Modeling: Opportunities for Space Weather Forecasting | Michael Hesse | NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center |
| 3:20 | Electric and Velocity Field Determination in the Solar Atmosphere | George Fisher | University of California at Berkeley |
| 3:40 | Space Weather Modeling of the Solar Terrestrial Connection Event in December 2006: From the Sun to Interplanetary Space | Kazunari Shibata | Kyoto University |
| 4:00 | Geomagnetic Activity Forecast Based on SW-M-I Coupling | Tsutomu Nagatsuma | National Institute of Information and Communications Technology |
| 4:20 | European Space Weather Modeling Activities: A Look at Current Capabilities and the Transition to Operational Services | Alexi Glover | European Space Agency |
| 4:40 | AFRL’s Space Weather Forecasting Laboratory: Bringing Technology to the Warfighter | Joel Mozer | Air Force Research Laboratory |
| 5:00 | End of Day | ||
Friday, May 1 |
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| 8:30 - 10:10 | Manned Space Flight Radiation Issues - Chair: Doug Biesecker | ||
| 8:30 | Space Weather Issues for Manned Spaceflight | Neal Zapp | NASA/Space Radiation Analysis Group |
| 8:50 | The Earth-Moon-Mars Radiation Environment Module (EMMREM) | Nathan Schwadron | Boston University |
| 9:10 | Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter: CRaTER Detector | Larry Townsend | University of Tennessee |
| 9:30 | All Clear Workshop Summary | Dan Fry | NASA/Space Radiation Analysis Group |
| 9:50 | Recent Activities in Space Radiation Environment Engineering in Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency | Hideki Koshiishi | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency |
| 10:10 | Break | ||
| 10:30 - 12:30 | Community Discussion on Space Weather Prediction Testbed (SWPT) Concepts - Chair: Vic Pizzo | ||
| 10:30 | Results from the NCAR Space Weather Prediction Testbed Study | Mike Wiltberger | National Center for Atmospheric Research |
| 10:45 | From Space Weather Modeling to Forecasting: Community Recommendations on Transitions to Civilian Operations | Jack Quinn | Boston University |
| 11:00 | Open Discussion on SWPT | Louis Uccellini / Tom Bogdan | NCEP, SWPC |
| 12:30 | End of Day | ||