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invite you to submit an abstract to our special-format panel
session titled “ Assessment of Space Environment Models and
Data: Validation Metrics, Frameworks, and Applications”. We will
have 8 panelists, representing atmospheric, ionospheric,
magnetospheric, and solar research and applications. The
discussion will be devoted to bringing the research communities
together, with an emphasis on identifying cross-disciplinary
tools, methods, and approaches to aid in efficient and effective
research progress, both towards research goals and applications.
The session format will stimulate discussion between presenters,
the panel members, and the audience, providing a forum for
communication. We hope to identify efficient and effective
methods and approaches utilized across different research and
application areas that may benefit both researchers and society.
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Title: SM002. Assessment of Space Environment Models and Data:
Validation Metrics, Frameworks, and Applications</span></p>
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- Earth and Space Science Informatics</span><span
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style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">The
assessment of both scientific understanding and its application
to societal needs can drive progress through providing
direction, and constructive feedback into the research efforts
of a field. The tools needed to assess and track this progress
include metrics, validation techniques, and framework designs.
Advances in computation and instrumentation, and the resulting
large data sets, provide new potential for system-wide
assessment. However, they also provide a challenge for the
relevant frameworks. Many of the needed tools can be
cross-disciplinary in their applicability, and the space physics
research community can learn from, and share with the Earth and
atmospheric science communities, who likewise share the goals of
both scientific understanding, and applications beneficial to
society. The goal of this session is to bring these research
communities together to discuss current efforts, successful
approaches, and lessons learned in building and applying tools
for validation, metrics, and applications to societal needs.</span></p>
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<div class="">Conveners: </div>
<div class="">Adam Kellerman (UCLA), Alexa Halford (Dartmouth
College), Katherine Garcia-Sage (NASA/GSFC), and Jeff Klenzing
(NASA/GSFC)</div>
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