CEDAR email: Meeting Announcement
Stan Solomon
stans at ucar.edu
Mon Apr 25 11:07:01 MDT 2016
Meeting Announcement:
Observation and Analysis Opportunities Collaborating with the ICON and
GOLD Missions
September 27-28, 2016
NCAR High Altitude Observatory, 3080 Center Green Dr., Boulder, Colorado
With a confluence of new satellite missions and ground-based
observations, there is an unprecedented opportunity for solving
significant outstanding problems in near-Earth space weather. Starting
in 2017, two new NASA missions, ICON and GOLD, will observe the
thermosphere and ionosphere using optical and in-situ instruments. The
international COSMIC-2 constellation will map the ionosphere using GPS
occultation. Enhanced ground-based observatories, cubesats, and other
satellite constellations, will also provide essential new measurements.
Combining these tools to effectively address questions in ion-neutral
coupling and upper-atmosphere dynamics will require a comprehensive
scientific strategy for broad community participation. This workshop
will present information on the goals and instrumentation of the
space-based missions, and invites contributions proposing complementary
ground-based observations, modeling, and data synthesis. A report will
be compiled, summarizing opportunities for discovery using future
observational and modeling methods.
The workshop is sponsored by the NSF Geospace Section, and will be
hosted by the NCAR High Altitude Observatory at its Center Green
facility in Boulder, Colorado. All are welcome to attend, including the
solar, heliospheric, magnetospheric, and atmospheric communities, whose
interests overlap the core thermosphere-ionosphere investigations.
For more information see http://www2.hao.ucar.edu/geogoldicon or contact
Stan Solomon, stans at ucar.edu, High Altitude Observatory, National Center
for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado.
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