SCOSTEP meetings related to VarSITI in 2014
SCOSTEP’s 13th Quadrennial Solar-Terrestrial Physics Symposium (STP 13)
October 12-17, 2014 Xi’an, Shanxi, China
Registration Deadline: July 31, 2014 Abstract Submission:
SCOSTEP completes the Climate and Weather of the Sun Earth System (CAWSES) program at the end of 2013 and launches its new scientific program known as the Variability of the Sun and Its Terrestrial Impact (VarSITI) in 2014. Therefore, the results presented in this symposium originate from both of these scientific programs. The number of data sources for solar-terrestrial research has also increased rapidly over the past few years, providing excellent data on the Sun, the interplanetary medium and the geospace. Results utilizing these data from space and ground also feature in the Symposium. Studies on the current strange state of the Sun are also reported in the Symposium. After a prolonged minimum period around 2009, the solar activity peaked at a level that is very low in the modern era. We have the opportunity to study the geospace and heliospheric consequences of a weak Sun. The CAWSES program covered the journey of the Sun toward the weak maximum in the 2012-2013 timeframe. The VarSITI program will study solar-terrestrial processes as the Sun enters into its declining activity phase. Tutorial presentations, keynote and review talks, and contributed papers and posters will form the basis for scientific deliberations during the meeting.
The Scientific Organizing Committee has put together an excellent program, helping disseminate the work done over the past several years. The Local Organizing Committee, under the leadership of Professor Chi Wang, has planned everything meticulously, so we all can focus on science and benefit from the deliberations. The local organizing committee has been instrumental in securing financial support to many young scientists.
Nat Gopalswamy (chair),
Yihua Yan, National Astronomical Observatories, CAS
Suiyan Fu, Peking University
Chi Wang (chair), National Space Science Center, CAS
Li Lan, National Space Science Center, CAS
Yanni Gao, National Space Science Center, CAS
Registration Deadline: June 30, 2014
Abstract Submission Deadline: July 31, 2014
This is the thirteenth in the series of Solar-Terrestrial Physics Symposia organized by the Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics (SCOSTEP) and held approximately every four years. SCOSTEP is engaged in three activities: long-term scientific programs, capacity building, and public outreach. The scientific programs are designed to advance our understanding of the solar terrestrial relationship using space- and ground-based data, cutting-edge models, and theory. SCOSTEP programs are thus of interdisciplinary nature and involve scientists from all over the world. In 2013, the Climate and Weather in the Sun-Earth System (CAWSES) program ended, and the new program known as the Variability of the Sun and Its terrestrial Impact (VarSITI) started. The underlying theme of SCOSTEP scientific programs is the way Sun affects Earth over various time scales. The VarSITI program expands the solar terrestrial physics to a broader context to star-planet interaction, which might further our scientific understanding of Sun-Earth connection. This Symposium, known as STP13 for short, will highlight results obtained during the CAWSES program and the new results from the VarSITI program.
The scientific sessions of STP13 feature the chains of physical processes that operate in the solar terrestrial domain. These are: (i) the mass chain in the form of plasmas and particles emitted from the Sun, (ii) the electromagnetic radiation chain in the form irradiance (total and spectral) and flare emissions, and (iii) the intra-atmospheric chain representing energy flow from Earth into space. The processes considered include the generation of energy in the interior of the Sun and near Earth and its flow in various directions. In particular the symposium will address recent advances in solar dynamo theory and predictions of the future solar activity, long-term variations of solar activity and their impact on terrestrial climate, and the origin and probability of solar extreme events. Finally, a one-day workshop session will be held to analyze the data collected during the MiniMax24 campaign.
- Mass Chain: Origin, evolutions, and Earth impact a. of coronal mass ejections; b. of high speed streams; c. of energetic particles from solar, magnetospheric and galactic sources;
- Electromagnetic Chain: a. Long-term solar variability (magnetism, total irradiance, and spectral irradiance) and its impact on geospace and Earth; b. Origin of solar flares and their impact on Earth’s ionosphere/atmosphere; c. Coronal, Interplanetary and Terrestrial radio bursts
- Intra-Atmospheric Chain a. Geospace response to variability of the lower atmosphere; b. Trends in the entire atmosphere, including anthropogenic aspects; c. Regional, hemispheric and inter-hemispheric couplings and transport in the atmosphere;
- Workshop to analyze Sun-to-Earth MiniMax24 Events
The STP13 scientific sessions consist of tutorial lectures/keynotes in the mornings and focused presentations (invited talks, contributed papers) in the afternoons. Original research papers are solicited on any of these topics or on topics related to other aspects of Sun-Earth connection. Papers involving the origin and consequences of the current weak solar activity are encouraged.
Abstract Submission Deadline: July 31, 2014
Support Request Deadline: May 31, 2014
Plans are underway for the thirteenth Solar-Terrestrial Physics Symposiumof the Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics (SCOSTEP) will be held in Xi’An, China during October 12-18, 2014. The scientific sessions of STP13feature the chains of physical processes that operate in the solar terrestrial domain. These are: (i) the mass chain in the form of plasmas and particles emitted from the Sun, (ii) the electromagnetic radiation chain in the form irradiance (total and spectral) and flare emissions, and (iii) the intra-atmospheric chain representing energy flow from Earth into space. The processes considered include the generation of energy in the interior of the Sun and near Earth and its flow in various directions. In particular, the symposium will address recent advances in solar dynamo theory and predictions of the future solar activity, long-term variations of solar activity and their impact on terrestrial climate, and the origin and probability of solar extreme events. Finally, a one-day workshop session will be held to analyze the data collected during the MiniMax24 campaign.
The STP13 scientific sessions consist of tutorial lectures/keynotes in the mornings and focused presentations (overview talks, invited talks, contributed papers) in the afternoons. Original research papers are solicited on any of these topics or on topics related to other aspects of Sun-Earth connection. Papers involving the origin and consequences of the current weak solar activity are encouraged.
1. Mass Chain - Keynote speaker: Vladimir Obridko- Origin, evolutions, and Earth impact of coronal mass ejections - Invited Speakers: J. Zhang (overview), Victor Grechnev, ST Wu, Dan Baker, Dominique Fontaine
- Origin, evolution, and Earth impact of high speed streams- Invited Speakers: Ian Mann ((overview,TBC), Yuri Yermolaev, Gang Lu, Reiner Friedel, Ryuho Kataoka (TBC)
- Origin, evolution, and Earth impact of energetic particles from solar, magnetospheric and galactic sources - Invited Speakers: Annika Seppala (overview), Stan Solomon (TBC), Karel Kudela, Ed Cliver (TBC), Charley Jackman, Bernd Funke, Eduard Kontar (TBC)
- Long-term solar variability (magnetism, total irradiance, and spectral irradiance) and its impact on geospace and Earth - Invited Speakers: Dibyendu Nandi, Sami Solanki, Jie Jiang
- Origin of solar flares and their impact on Earth’s ionosphere/atmosphere - Invited Speakers: Jean-Pierre Raulin (overview), LudgerScherliess (TBC), Kazu Shibata, Phil Chamberlin
- Coronal, Interplanetary and Terrestrial radio bursts - Invited Speakers: Stuart Bale (overview), Yao Chen, Ying Liu, Alessandro Bemporad, Vratislav Krupar, Iver Cairns (TBC)
- Geospace response to variability of the lower atmosphere - Invited Speakers: Franz-Josef Luebken (overview), Weixing Wan, Huixian Liu, Marianna Shepherd
- Trends in the entire atmosphere, including anthropogenic aspects - Invited Speakers: Jan Lastovicka , Alexei Danilov (TBC), Ana Elias
- Regional, hemispheric and inter-hemispheric couplings and transport in the atmosphere - Invited speakers: William Ward (overview) , K. G. Ratovsky (TBC), Yvan Orsolini, Rolando Garcia (TBC)
5. Space Weather Meridian Session - Invited Speakers: Chi Wang (overview) John Foster, Michael Ruohoniemi, Tony van Eykan, Bodo Reinisch, Qian Wu, Shunrong Zhang, Hongqiao Hu, Xiankang Dou
Other Highlights
Review talks on CAWSES and VarSITI programs
SCOSTEP Science Award ceremony (Senior and Young Scientist)
Subject: varSITI campaign study in STP13 symposium
Dear VarSITI colleagues,
On behalf of VarSITI campaign coordinators, it is my pleasure to inform you that we have selected four campaign events for the upcoming SCOSTEP’s 13th Symposium on Oct. 12-18, 2014, Xian, China. The last day of the symposium (Oct. 18, Saturday) will be dedicated to the campaign study along with the ISEST program. Note that Oct. 18 is one day extension of the dates originally announced.
The campaign study is intended for a complete Sun-to-Mud investigation of space weather events, encompassing the whole chain of activities from the Sun to the heliosphere, from solar wind to the magnetosphere, ionosphere and upper atmosphere, and their couplings.
We encourage you to attend the STP13 symposium and contribute to the campaign study. The registration deadline is due soon on June 30 at http://stp13.csp.escience.cn/dct/page/1.
If you can not make to the conference, you can also share your data and ideas as well as obtain the information from others at the online event portal at http://solar.gmu.edu/heliophysics/index.php/Main_Page.
The four events and the interests of selection are outlined below.
Why is it interesting? This event was selected by ISEST. It is probably the best textbook-style event, in the sense that there are complete observations of the activity chain from the solar surface, inner corona, outer corona, to the in-situ near the Earth, resulting in an intense geomagnetic storm.
What has been and will be done? As of June 2014, two papers (Mostle et al. 2014; Cheng et al. 2014) have been published, one paper (Hess et al, 2014) was submitted, and the other paper (Shen et al. 2014) is in preparation.
Why is it interesting? This event was recommended by both ISEST and SPeCIMEN. From the ISEST point of view, it is an excellent stealth type of CME, that is, there is no obvious on-disk signature of eruption (no flare, no filament eruption, no dimming), but there is clearly a CME and/or ICME in white light images.
What has bee and will be done? Electron acceleration in the radiation belt has been studied by several papers (Reeves et al., 2013, Thorne et al., 2013, Li et al., 2013)
Why is it interesting? This event was recommended by SPeCIMEN, also one of ISEST events.
What has bee and will be done? Radiation Belt dynamics have been studied by Gerrad et al. (2014).
Why is it interesting? This event was recommended by ROSMIC, also one of ISEST events. It is characterized by a small sudden solar wind velocity increase (at ACE) by ~60 km/s at 15.5 UT on 31 May 2013 when IMF Bz fluctuated and later turned sharply southward (~ -20 nT) during ~00.20-07.00 UT on 01 June, which lead to an intense geomagnetic storm (DstMin=-119nT).
What has bee and will be done? It will be interesting to study the response of the ionosphere-thermosphere system to this and similar events during Min-Max (23-24) using data from ACE, magnetometers, optical instruments, ionosondes, GPS-TECs, radars, satellite, rockets, etc. on regional and global scales.
ISEST/Minimax: David Webb (david.webb[at]bc.edu)
SPeCIMEN: Yoshi Miyoshi (miyoshi[at]stelab.nagoya-u.ac.jp)
ROSMIC: Nanan Balan (b.nanan[at]sheffield.ac.uk)
VarSITI-wide: Jie Zhang (jzhang7[at]gmu.edu)
If you have any suggestions and questions, please do not hesitate to contact the campaign coordinator in your program of interest and/or me directly.
Best regards,
Jie
NOTE: The text below was borrowed from SCOSTEP NEWSLETTER - Special issue OCTOBER 2014 The full text of the newsletter here.
Dear colleagues,
This Newsletter comes right after the successful Solar Terrestrial Physics symposium (STP13) held recently in Xi’an, China during October 12-18, 2014. Nearly 300 people attended the Symposium, which featured excellent keynote talks, overview talks, invited talks, and contributed presentations. Most of the presentations will be available online soon (http://www.yorku.ca/scostep/?page_id=1745 and http://stp13.csp.escience.cn) for the benefit of the SCOSTEP community members who could not attend STP13. I take this opportunity to thank Professor Chi Wang (LOC Chair) and Ms. Yanni Gao for the meticulous planning and smooth running of the symposium. I must thank the SOC members for the fantastic job they did in identifying world-class scientists as speakers at the symposium.
Arrangements are also being made to publish original-research and review articles presented at the symposium as special issues in international journals.
One of the important highlights of STP13 was the SCOSTEP 2014 awards. Two young scientists, Dr. Neel Savani and Dr. Jia Yue shared the 2014 Distinguished Young Scientist Award. The Distinguished Scientist award was given to Professor Gordon Shepherd. I take this opportunity to congratulate the award recipients again.
With these awards, we complete the first 2–year cycle of awards that includes SCOSTEP Service award (2013) and the Distinguished Scientist awards (2014). This means we should gear up to nominate deserving candidates for the next SCOSTEP Service Award in 2015. My sincere thanks go to the SCOSTEP sub-committee headed by Dr. Vladimir Kuznetsov in developing the modus operandi for the awards and the Awards selection committee chaired by Prof. Marvin Geller, Past President of SCOSTEP for the job well done.
The SCOSTEP Awards is one of the new initiatives designed to raise the profile of SCOSTEP, a fine organization I am proud to be President of. Some of the other recent initiatives are: SCOSTEP is now a Permanent Observer to the Science and Technology Subcommittee (STSC) of the United Nations Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS); The SCOSTEP Visiting Scholar (SVS) program recently launched will train young students and postdocs in advanced laboratories and institutes engaged in solar terrestrial physics; The new scientific program VarSITI (Variability of the Sun and Its Terrestrial Impact) was designed and finalized at the International Space Science Institute (ISSI) in Bern.
With all these activities, and the tremendous enthusiasm shown by the scientific community in carrying out various SCOSTEP activates, SCOSTEP will soon reach new heights. SCOSTEP will continue to strive for serving the community and realizing ISCU’s mission of strengthening international science for the benefit of society.
Nat Gopalswamy SCOSTEP President
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