CEDAR email: 2018 Fall AGU Session: Ground-Truth Data and Model Validation for Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling Processes

[Stephen Kaeppler]

Dear Colleagues-

We would like to encourage you to submit a presentation to the "SA006: 
Ground-Truth Data and Model Validation for Magnetosphere-Ionosphere 
Coupling Processes" session at the 2018 Fall AGU Meeting.  This session 
will be an outstanding opportunity to make progress in 
magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling by bringing together data and models. 
This session will feature invited presentations by Jesper Gjerloev 
(JHU-APL) and Olga Verkhoglyadova (NASA-JPL).

Title: SA006: Ground-Truth Data and Model Validation for 
Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling Processes

Summary: Magnetosphere-Ionosphere coupling includes several feedback 
processes that can be characterized as electromagnetic (e.g. currents, 
electric fields, waves, conductivities) or mass coupling (e.g. 
precipitating and outflowing particles, bulk plasma). 
Magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling has a strong impact on geomagnetic 
activity and space weather. Direct measurements of the relevant 
processes are sparse, making it necessary to use remote and/or indirect 
observations that are dependent on modeled parameters. Therefore, it is 
important to resolve uncertainties in models of magnetosphere-ionosphere 
coupling with ground-truth observational data. Analysis of observational 
data and construction of global datasets often includes the use of 
simplifying assumptions, fitting, or statistics that contribute to 
another set of uncertainties. These data and models require validation 
against each other with consideration of uncertainties. We welcome 
papers on datasets that can test understanding and prediction of global 
magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling parameters, as well as validation of 
physics-based, empirical, and assimilative models and suggested metrics 
for future validation.

Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,
Katherine Garcia-Sage, NASA Goddard and Catholic University of America
Robert Robinson, NASA Goddard and Catholic University of America
Tomoko Matsuo, University of Colorado
Stephen Kaeppler, Clemson University
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Stephen R. Kaeppler, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Clemson University
Clemson, SC 29634
Email: skaeppl at clemson.edu
Phone: 864-656-3416
Amateur Radio Callsign: AD0AE
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