UN/US Workshop on the International Space Weather Initiative
The Decade after the International Heliophysical Year 2007

July 31÷ August 4, 2017, Boston College, Boston, US

Online Presentations


Monday, 31 July 2017

Opening Remarks
Chair: Patricia DOHERTY, US
  • Dr. Thomas CHILES, Vice Provost for Research, Boston College, US
  • Dr. Nat GOPALSWAMY, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, US
  • Mr. Kenneth HODGKINS, Director of Space and Advanced Technology, Department of State, US
  • Ms. Simonetta DI PIPPO, Director, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV)
Introduction to the United Nations/US Workshop
Chair: Terry ONSAGER, NOAA, US

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, US

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), US

National Science Foundation Space Weather Research
- Irfan AZEEM, National Science Foundation (NSF), US

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, US

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

Tuesday, 1 August 2017

Summary of Previous Day and Workshop Goals
- Terry ONSAGER, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Session 2: (Continued) Building on Today's Space Weather Foundation

Panel: International Elements of a Coordination Framework

Moderator: Chris CANNIZZARO, US

WMO Four-Year Plan/International Space Environment Service
- Toshiyuki KURINO, World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

International Space Environment Service
- Terry ONSAGER, National Weather Service (NWS), US

Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites
- Elsayed TALAAT, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), US

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), US

COSPAR Space Weather Roadmap
- Lennard FISK, Committee on Space Research (COSPAR)

Session 3: Developing an International Framework for Space Weather Services

Moderator: Ian MANN, Canada

Summary of Draft Document for Framework, Recommendations for UNISPACE+50
Thematic Priority 4

IHY+10: The Origins of ISWI

Chair: Barbara THOMPSON, US

Beginnings of the International Heliophysical Year and the International Space Weather Initiative
- Joseph DAVILA, (Invited) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), US

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, US

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

Instruments Panel:

Scientific Results on the Interplanetary Medium and Geospace

Chairs: David WEBB, US 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), US

Impulsive Energy Transfer via Joule Heating from the Magnetosphere to the Ionosphere During Geomagnetic Storm
- Larry ZANETTI, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), US

Studies of Solar Eruptions Using Type II Bursts from Ground and CMEs from Space
- Nat GOPALSWAMY, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), US

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

Wednesday, 2 August 2017

Scientific Results on the Ionosphere and Thermosphere

Chair: Endawoke YIZENGWA, US 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, US

Multi-Nation Coordinated Monitoring of Ionospheric Weather By Means of High Frequency Sounding
- Ivan GALKIN & Bodo REINISCH, UMass Lowell, US

Early Results of Ionospheric Observations from LITES on the ISS
- Susanna FINN, UMass Lowell, US

Evidence of Madden-Julian Oscillation Effects in the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere from GOCE and MERRA/TIME-GCM
- Federico GASPERINI, Utah State University, US

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

Space Weather Instruments

Chairs: Jean-Pierre RAULIN, Brazil and Keith GROVES, US

The AWESOME Program: VHF/LF Remote Sensing of the Ionosphere and Magnetosphere
from IHY to ISWI and beyond

- Morris COHEN, Georgia Institute of Technology, US

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

Monitoring and investigation of geospace disturbances along the 120E/60W longitudes:
International Meridian Circle Project

- S. ZHANG, MIT Haystack Lab, US

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, US

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, US

SCINDA Scintillation Sensor Network: Sites, Systems and Science
- Keith GROVES, Boston College, US

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

Thursday, 3 August 2017

Space Weather Modelling 1: From Sun to Geospace

Chairs: Renato FILJAR, Croatia and Maria KUZNETSOVA, US

Challenges and Opportunities in Solar-Heliospheric Modeling for Space Weather Prediction (Invited)
- Judy KARPEN, (Invited), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), US

Modeling and Forecasting the Geospace Environment
- Tamas GOMBOSI, (Invited) University of Michigan, US

Norwegian contributions to the ISWI program
- Karl LAUNDAL, (Invited) University of Bergen, Norway

Extreme Space Weather

Predictability of Extreme Space Weather
- Surjalal SHARMA, University of Maryland, US

On the Energetics of Large Geomagnetic Storms
- William BURKE, Boston College, US

Space Weather Modelling 2: Near-Earth Radiation and Plasma Environment

Chairs: Maria KUZNETSOVA, US and Renato FILJAR, Croatia

Long Term and Short Term Forecasts of the Radiation and Plasma Environment Near Earth: Identifying Needs And Delivering Value
- T. Paul O'BRIEN, (Invited), The Aerospace Corporation, US

Space Hazards Induced near Earth by Large Dynamic Storms (SHIELDS)
- Reinhard FRIEDEL, Los Alamos National Laboratory, US

Ionosphere-Thermosphere Variability

From Discovery to Operations: Whole Atmosphere-Ionosphere Physical Models for
Space Weather Applications

- Tim FULLER-ROWELL, (Invited) University of Colorado, US

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

International Outreach and Capacity Building

Chairs: Sharafat GADIMOVA, UN OOSA, and Patricia DOHERTY, US

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), US

The Need for Training Integrating Knowledge from the Sun to the Earth
- Christine AMORY-MAZAUDIER, LPP Polytechnique, France & ICTP, Italy

The Boston College/Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics Collaboration and Outreach Workshops
- Patricia DOHERTY, Boston College, US

Girls InSpace Project: A New Space Physics Outreach Initiative
- Alessandra ABE PACINI, InSpace, LLC, US

A Collaborative Approach at Building Capacity in Space Weather at the Undergraduate Student Level
- M. Chantale DAMAS, CUNY, Queensborough Community College, US

The National Space Weather Program: Two Decades of Interagency Partnership and Accomplishments
- Michael BONADONNA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), US

Friday, 4 August 2017

Coordination of Space- and Ground-Based Data Resources and ISWI

Chairs: Shing FUNG, US and Terry ONSAGER, US

NASA and International Open Standards and the Future of Space Weather Studies
- D. Aaron ROBERTS, (Invited) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), US

NASA Data Resources and the International Space Weather Initiative
- Robert McGUIRE, (Invited) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), US

ESA Heliophysics Archives: a Key Asset for ISWI
- Arnaud MASSON, (Invited) European Space Agency (ESA), France

JAXA's Contribution to Space Weather: Arase and Other Satellites
- Nana HIGASHIO, (Invited) 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
- Michael MENDILLO, (Invited) Boston University, US

Space Weather Resources Available Through MIT Haystack's Madrigal Database
- Anthea COSTER, (Invited) MIT Haystack Laboratory, US

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
- Reinhard FRIEDEL, (Invited) Los Alamos National Laboratory, US

Ionopsheric TEC Assimilation and Now-Casting System Over China
- Ercha A, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

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, US


Final Discussion:
Observations, Recommendations and the Way Forward

Chairs: Nat GOPALSWAMY and Patricia DOHERTY, US, Sharafat GADIMOVA, UN OOSA