CEDAR email: TESS 2022 Topical Session "Innovation and discovery in solar and space physics enabled by citizen science"

[Gareth Perry]

We cordially invite you to submit an abstract to the session "Innovation and discovery in solar and space physics enabled by citizen science” at the upcoming TESS 2022 meeting, which will be held in Seattle August 8-12 (https://aas.org/meetings/tess2022 <https://aas.org/meetings/tess2022>). The abstract deadline is April 15.	

"Citizen scientist contributions to solar and space physics are quickly becoming more commonplace, a trend that is no doubt driven by their capacity to enable impactful scientific discovery.  Indeed, some of these very motivated individuals and groups have become integrated into ongoing science programs and are fast becoming a critical agent of data collection and data analysis. For example, STEVE, an optical phenomena that occurs during geomagnetically active periods in the terrestrial sub-auroral region, was discovered by amateur auroral photographers and brought to the attention of the “professional” science community.  As a result, the field of sub-auroral and inner-magnetospheric physics has been rejuvenated with multiple lines of research and publications.  In this particular case, data collected by citizen scientists is driving the science forward as it is of the highest quality available.  Other projects like “Planet Hunters TESS” which help discover new planets around stars outside our own solar system or “Solar Jet Hunter” where citizen scientists help identify solar jets are but a few examples that demonstrate the wide variety of ways in which citizen scientists  participate in science and lead to solar and space physics fields.  In this session we solicit papers reporting on science innovation and discovery resulting from citizen science projects and efforts.  We also encourage submissions disseminating innovative and best practices for the engagement, retention, recognition, and proliferation of citizen scientists.  This session is planned as an interdisciplinary session that will serve to collect ideas and propagate effective methodologies throughout the solar and space physics disciplines and beyond.  

The format of the session will be invited and contributed talks.”

We are very excited to have two excellent invited speakers: Dr. Elizabeth MacDonald from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and Dr. Sophie Musset from the ESA. We look forward to seeing you in the Pacific Northwest!

Dr. Gareth Perry, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Dr. Bea Gallardo-Lacourt, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Dr. Karl Battams, Naval Research Laboratory

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