CEDAR email: Meeting Announcement

[Stan Solomon]

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.