[Grad-postdoc-assn] [Postdocs] Thompson Lecture Series from Nov. 15th to Nov. 17th, 2011
Wei-Yu Chang
cwy at ucar.edu
Thu Oct 27 10:49:16 MDT 2011
Dear all,
Prof. Shadia R. Habbal (nominated by Hui Tian) from Institute for
Astronomy, University of Hawaii, will be our next
Thompson Lecturer, and will come to NCAR from November 15th to November
17th, 2011. Prof. S. R. Habbal, the current Chair
of Solar Physics Division of the American Astronomical Society, current
Faculty Chair of Institute for Astronomy at the
University of Hawaii, and the former Chaired Professor in
Solar-Terrestrial Physics at the University of Wales, is a
leading scientist in solar and space physics. She worked also as one
year ASP term at NCAR (1977-1978).
Prof. Habbal has over 100 publications in major refereed journals,
she has explored scientific problems in a very
broad range of topics, notably coronal heating and solar wind origin.
Prof. Habbal was one of the three editors of JGR-space
physics (2002-2006), editor of several books, and member of more than 10
scientific committees (e.g. Solar Probe Advisory
Panel, NASA Space Physics Subcommittee). She has received many awards
such as the prestigious Arab Thought Foundation Pioneer
award (2004), NASA group achievement award (2000), Adventurous Women
Lecture Series Award (1998).
Prof. Habbal is very easy to talk to and she is always willing to
give advice to young scientists. She speaks English,
French, and Arabic fluently, with some elementary knowledge of German.
More information can be found at
http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/users/shadia/ .
The agenda for her visit can be found on the NCAR wiki:
https://wiki.ucar.edu/display/aspthompson08/Home
We will have FOUR major events: 1) two seminars, 2) two roundtable
discussions, 3) Potluck dinner and 4) individual meeting. The detail
information are listed as follow.
FIRST, SEMINAR
1) general audience seminar: Nov. 15th, 11:00 - 12:30 PM (11:00 - 12:00:
Lecture, 12:00 - 12:30: Questions ), at ML Main Seminar Room.
Abstract 1 for general audience: Scientific Discoveries from a
Fleetingly Disappearing Sun
The discovery of the solar corona would not have been possible
without the advent of total solar eclipses, which occur at most once
every year, and last at most a
few minutes. Conceivably, the history of astronomical discoveries and
space exploration would have followed a different path in the absence of
total solar eclipses. It
wasn't until the beginning of the 19th century that the corona was
established as an extension of the solar atmosphere beyond the visible
photosphere. The advent of
imaging and spectroscopy around that time period marked the dawn of
scientific explorations of the solar corona, and led to the discovery,
almost a century later, that
the dominant coronal emission was characteristic of hot gases at
temperatures exceeding a million degrees. With the invention of the
coronagraph by B. Lyot in 1930,
and the dawn of space exploration in the early 1960's, total solar
eclipses were no longer the sole opportunities available for remote
sensing of the corona through imaging
and spectroscopy. Nevertheless, eclipse observations continued to offer
unique opportunities for scientific discoveries. This talk will focus on
the scientific breakthroughs
made with total solar eclipse observations, and on the discoveries from
recent eclipse observations, enabled by advanced digital recording
technologies and image
processing capabilities.
2) Science seminar:Nov. 16th, 03:30 - 05:00 PM (03:30 - 04:30: Lecture,
04:30 - 05:00: Questions ), at CG South Auditorium.
Abstract 2 for specialized audience: Insights into the Quiescent
and Dynamic Large Scale Structures of the Solar Corona from Eclipse
Observations
Images of the corona taken during total solar eclipses are
snapshots of the state of the corona within the few minutes of totality.
Such observations capitalize on the
diagnostic properties of the visible and near infrared wavelength range,
in particular, emission from broadband white light and coronal forbidden
lines, which include a
number of ionized states of Fe, and other elements such as Ni and Ca, to
name a few. These images offer unique perspectives into the quiescent
and dynamic large scale
structures of the corona and their thermodynamic properties, starting
from the solar surface out to a few solar radii. Despite the abundance,
at present, of uninterrupted
space-based broadband white light and extreme ultraviolet observations,
with high spatial and temporal cadence, much can still be learned from
the short duration of
eclipse observations that is not possible from space. An overview of the
novel results that have emerged from recent eclipse observations will be
presented, with particular
emphasis on the role of prominences in the quiescent and dynamic state
of coronal structures.
SECOND, ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: one on CAREER and one on SCIENCE.
1) Career discussion: Nov. 15th, 08:30 - 10:30 AM at ML Damon Room
2) Science discussion: Nov. 17th 09:00 - 10:30 AM at EOL Atrium
THIRD, POTLUCK DINNER
On the evening of Nov. 15th, we will have a Potluck dinner at the Mesa
lab Damon Room with Prof. Habbal (starting at 5:30 pm).
To facilitate planning, please let Alex (ajahn at ucar.edu
<http://mailman.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/grad-postdoc-assn>) know if
you'll come and if you'll bring someone (families welcome!)
before Nov. 8st. And to make sure we have a good variety of food to eat,
please list what dish you'd like to bring on the wiki, also before
Nov. 8th.
https://wiki.ucar.edu/display/aspthompson08/Shadia+Habbal+potluck+%28Wednesday+16.+November+2011%29
FOURTH, INDIVIDUAL MEETING
The rest of Prof. Habbal visit will be devoted to individual
meetings with postdocs at NCAR. These meetings (30 minutes long)
are a great opportunity to meet renowned scientists. And even if Prof.
Habbal is in a very different field than you, don't be
afraid to sign up, because the speakers we invite normally have a
breadth of interests and can also offer you interesting insights
on career development. So rush to sign up for a meeting, we only have 16
spots. You can sign up here:
https://wiki.ucar.edu/display/aspthompson08/Shadia+Habbal+individual+meetings
Please let us know if you have any questions or suggestions,
The TLS Committee
Alexandra, Christoph, Gulnur, Nick, Shanlin, Vanessa, Wei-Yu
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