Workshop Agenda and Presentations
Monday, April 23 |
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10:00 - 5:00 |
Workshop: Using Research Models and Data in Operations |
12:00 - 1:30 |
Lunch |
Tuesday, April 24 |
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7:30 |
Registration |
8:15 |
Welcome - Grand Ballroom |
8:20 |
The State of NOAA’s Space Environment Center |
8:40 |
A Summary of the First Space Weather Enterprise Forum |
9:00 - 12:00 |
Commercial Airline and Space Transportation Issues |
9:00 |
Results from the Aviation and Space Weather Policy Workshop |
9:20 |
Developing an International Space Weather Service for Aviation Operations |
9:40 |
Forecasts of Space Weather Integrated into the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NGATS) |
10:00 |
Break |
10:20 |
Dose Rates at Aviation Altitudes Under Stable Space Weather Conditions |
10:40 |
WAAS Response to the Space Weather Events of 2003-2006 and Preparations for Solar Maximum |
11:00 |
Commercial Space Transportation Status -- The Future is … Near |
11:20 |
Space Weather Program in China |
11:40 |
Geomagnetically Induced Currents and Economic Fundamentals: The Case of Electricity Markets |
12:00 - 1:00 |
Lunch |
1:00 - 3:00 |
Poster Session: Magnetospheric Research and Applications |
2:45 |
Break |
3:00 |
NASA's Heliophysics Great Observatory |
3:20 - 5:00 |
Radiation Models for Engineering and Operations |
3:20 |
The AE(P)-9 Radiation Belt Model: Requirements Definition and Architecture |
3:40 |
NOAA’s Real-Time Radiation Environment Products |
4:00 |
Space Weather, A Satellite Operator’s Perspective |
4:20 |
Space Environment Knowledge Needs: A Perspective from Lockheed Martin |
4:40 |
Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) Architecture: A Vision For National Global Observing Environmental Satellite System (NGOESS) |
5:00 - 6:30 |
Radiation Model Discussion Period (open to all) |
Wednesday, April 25 |
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8:30 |
The National Weather Service |
8:50 |
Roundtable Session: The Space Environment and Commercial Business Activities |
10:20 |
Break |
10:40 - 12:00 |
Solar Cycle 24 |
10:40 |
The Solar Cycle 24 Consensus Prediction |
10:50 |
Societal and Economic Aspects of Space Weather |
11:00 |
Meeting the Challenges of Nature: The Impact of Space Weather on Marine Positioning Services |
11:20 |
Why NASA Needs a Prediction of the Solar Cycle |
11:40 |
The Sun's Role in Past, Current and Future Climate Change |
12:00 - 1:00 |
Lunch |
12:00 - 1:30 |
Commercial Activities Roundtable Speakers and Commercial Sector Members Lunch |
12:00 - 12:45 |
Solar Cycle 24 Press Briefing |
1:00 - 2:45 |
Poster Session: Solar and Interplanetary Research and Applications |
2:30 |
Break |
2:45 - 3:15 |
Keynote Address: NOAA’s Role in Space Weather |
3:15 - 5:00 |
Agency Activities |
3:15 |
Future NOAA Space Weather Observational Capabilities |
3:30 |
The National Science Foundation |
3:45 |
NASA Heliophysics Division |
4:00 |
Space Weather for the DOD Warfighter: AFWA's Current Operations and Planned Improvements |
4:15 |
Air Force Basic Space Weather Research Program |
4:30 |
New Space Weather Initiatives from the Office of Naval Research |
4:45 |
European Space Agency |
6:00 - 8:30 |
Reception at UCAR Center Green |
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Recognition of Mr. Phil Karn for his development of software for decoding real-time broadcast telemetry for both the ACE and STEREO missions. |
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Special Guest Speaker: Dr. Clark Chapman, Southwest Research Institute, Department of Space Studies – How Dangerous are Near-Earth Asteroids? |
Thursday, April 26 |
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8:30 - 12:00 |
Space Weather Modeling and Operational Applications |
8:30 |
Deriving Tools from Real-Time Runs: A New CCMC Support for SEC and AFWA |
8:50 |
Forecasting CME All Clear from Magnetograms |
9:10 |
Adventures with the Space Weather Modeling Framework |
9:30 |
Improvements in Modeling the Space Environment: Recent Results from CISM - Jeff Hughes, Boston University |
9:50 |
Open GGCM Development and Applications |
10:10 |
Break |
10:40 |
JPL/USC GAIM 4DVAR: Using COSMIC Occultations to Estimate Ionospheric State and Drivers in Near Real-Time |
11:00 |
Operational Data Assimilation Models for Ionosphere Specifications and Forecasts –Robert W. Schunk, Utah State University, Center for Atmospheric and Space Sciences |
11:20 |
Towards Bridging the Gap Between Terrestrial and Space Weather |
11:40 |
Technology Transition: An AFWA Update |
12:00 - 1:00 |
Lunch |
1:00 - 3:00 |
Poster Session: Ionospheric Research and Applications |
2:45 |
Break |
3:00 |
GPS and Solar Radio Bursts |
3:20 - 5:00 |
Impact of Upper Atmosphere and Drag |
3:20 |
GPS Reliability and Availability vs. Construction Costs |
3:40 |
How Can Ionospheric Products Improve the Accuracy and Efficiency of GNSS Geodetic Positioning |
4:00 |
Improved GPS Positioning Using Ionospheric Models |
4:20 |
The Air Force Space Command’s Thermospheric Density Modeling for Accurate Satellite Tracking |
5:00 - 6:30 |
RBSP Space Weather Beacon Discussion Period |
6:00 - 9:00 |
Space Weather Commercial Sector Dinner and Meeting (closed) |
Friday, April 27 |
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8:30 - 9:10 |
Recent Developments in Space Monitoring Instrumentation |
8:30 |
STEREO: A New Source of Space Weather Data |
8:50 |
FORMOSAT – 3/COSMIC: Results from One Year in Orbit |
9:10 - 9:50 |
Near-Term Developments in Space Monitoring Instrumentation |
9:10 |
Plans for Follow-On Solar Wind and Coronal Mass Ejection Data |
9:30 |
Radiation Belt Storm Probes Space Weather Beacon |
9:50 |
Break |
10:20 |
Solar Dynamics Observatory |
10:40 |
NPOESS – The Restructured Program |
11:00 - 11:40 |
Vision for Exploration – Session Chair: Ronald Zwickl |
11:00 |
Space Radiation Protection, Space Weather and Exploration |
11:20 |
Radiation Protection for Lunar Operations |