Space Weather
31 May – 10 June, 2005
Boulder, Colorado
Hosted by the Advanced Study Program and the High Altitude Observatory
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Space weather describes the prevailing conditions in the coupled Sun-Earth system, including the solar wind, magnetosphere, ionosphere, and thermosphere. Space weather influences the performance and reliability of technological systems, both in space and on the ground. Storms in this environment cause disruptions to communications, navigation, satellite operations, and electric power grids. The effects can result in economic losses, and can even endanger human health.
This 8-day colloquium is designed for upper level graduate students. The program includes lectures by experts from universities and research institutions, a student poster session, a tour of the NOAA Space Environment Center , and interactive sessions designed for student teams to gain hands-on experience with space measurements. Participants will have ample opportunity to interact with the experts throughout the colloquium.
View the Archive of colloquium presentations.
Organization:
The colloquium lectures will include two sets of tutorials and a series of topical presentations that detail specific space weather events and their effects. One tutorial series will provide quantitative perspectives on select physical processes that govern the Sun-Earth system. These include:
- Fundamentals of Single-Particle Motion in a Collisionless Plasma (Terry Onsager, NOAA/SEC)
- Magnetized Fluid Descriptions of Space Plasmas (Tom Holzer, NCAR/HAO)
- Current Systems in the Terrestrial Space Environment (Rod Heelis, UT-Dallas)
- Particle Acceleration from the Sun to the Earth and Beyond (Marty Lee, UNH)
The second set of lectures will characterize the Sun-Earth system domains.
The opening lecture, entitled "Space Weather, A Biography of the Field" will be given by George Siscoe (Boston University).
Later in the week George will discuss "Bimodal Solar Wind-Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling".
The Space Weather Colloquium is being organized by M. Hagan, S. Gibson, D. Marsh, and M. Wiltberger (all of NCAR), and T. Onsager (NOAA/SEC).