The Venue is the conference facility of the Museum of the History of the University of Athens, right in the center of the Plaka area, in the nice archaeological site around the Acropolis, the ancient Agora where the ancient philosophers used to develop their philosophy for life and existence and the origin of the world.

The address of the Athens University History Museum is: Tholou Str, 5, Plaka, P.C. 105 56, Athens Greece.

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Organisers and Sponsors

Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics,
Space Applications and Remote Sensing
(IAASARS)
National Observatory of Athens
Metaxa & Vas. Pavlou str.
15236 Penteli, Athens, GREECE
Tel:+30-210-8109109, +30-6944369713
Fax:+30-210-6138343
Email: omaland[at]noa.gr

Variability of the Sun and Its Terrestrial Impact

Scientific Organizing Committee
Olga Malandraki (IAASARS, National Observatory of Athens) - Chair
Katya Georgieva (Space Research and Technologies Institute, Bulgaria) - Co-Chair
Georgeta Maris (Institute of Geodynamics, Romanian Academy) - Co-Chair
Dragan Rosa (Astronomical Observatory in Zagreb, Croatia)
Vladimir Obridko (IZMIRAN, Moscow, Russia)
Atila Özgüc (Kandilli Observatory, Turkey)
Oleg Lytvynenko (Observatory URAN-4, Radioastronomical Institute, Odessa, Ukraine)
Ashot Chilingarian (Cosmic Ray Division, Alikhanyan Physics Institute, Yerevan, Armenia)
Elchin Babayev (Shamakhy Astrophysical Observatory, Shamakhy Astrophysical Observatory, Azerbaijan)

Organisers and Sponsors

National Autonomous University, Mexico

Email: jzhang7[at]gmu.edu

Variability of the Sun and Its Terrestrial Impact

Ses: Low frequency wave processes in space plasmas

Ses: Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling

Read the workshop program

The Geospace Environment Modeling (GEM) program is a National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Atmospheric Sciences initiative to coordinate and focus research on the near-earth portion of geospace from the lower ionosphere to where the earth system interacts with the solar wind. The purpose of GEM program is to support basic research into the dynamical and structural properties of geospace, leading to the construction of a global geospace general circulation model (GGCM) with predictive capability. The GGCM effort is now being treated as a separate campaign. The strategy for achieving GEM goals is to undertake a series of campaigns, in both theory and observational modes, each focusing on particular aspects of the geospace environment.

Topic Description Understanding the dynamics of energetic particles in Earth’s radiation belts is of interest both scientifically and practically. Over the past few decades, various physical processes have been identified as potential mechanisms for the acceleration, transport, and loss of radiation belt particles. These processes, which have been mainly developed separately in the past, are now mature enough to be combined and assessed as a whole in accounting for the observed radiation belt dynamics. Furthermore, this assessment can now be performed quantitatively, owing to the unprecedented high-quality wave and particle measurements in radiation belts from multiple spacecraft, and the greatly enhanced fidelity in radiation belt modeling. Motivated by these facts, this new Focus Group (FG) on “Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling” will bring together the current state-of-art models for the acceleration, transport, and loss processes in radiation belts, develop event-specific and global wave, plasma, and magnetic field models to drive these radiation belt models, and finally combine all these components to achieve a quantitative assessment of the relative importance of acceleration, transport, and loss processes in radiation belts by validating against contemporary radiation belt measurements.

GEM Focus Group Proposal

A16 Energetic Particle Precipitation into the Atmosphere: Sources and Atmospheric Impacts

A17 The Earth’s Plasmasphere: Remote Sensing and Modelling (Div. II-VERSIM)

A18 Sun-Earth System Response to Extreme Solar Events and Space Weather (Div. II/Div. III)

A19 ULF Waves: Space-Ground Coordination (Div. III)

A20 ULF waves in the inner magnetosphere (Div. III)

A21 Wave and Particle Dynamics in the Radiation Belts and Ring Current (Div. III)

A23 Different Response Modes of the Magnetosphere to Solar Wind Driving (Div. III)

A24 The Plasmasheet - Ionosphere, a Coupled System: Sinks, Sources, Transport and the Roles of Field-Aligned Currents and Ion Outflow (Div. III/Div. II)

A27 Reporter Review for Div III

The workshop will be limited to a maximum of
55 people. Please register early to confirm your place. Please complete the registration form and email to Mick Denton: Email Link

Workshop Structure: The workshop will take the form of morning and evening sessions with ample time for both formal talks and workshop-style discussion. Afternoons will be left largely to informal discussion and leisure.

Workshop Topics: The workshop will focus on unresolved problems in magnetospheric physics. Example discussion topics are detailed on workshop web-site (http://spacescience.org/upmpw/)

Organising Committee:
Joe Borovsky (Space Science Institute, USA); Mick Denton (Space Science Institute, USA); Marina Stepanova (Universidad de Santiago de Chile; Chile); Joanna Denton (UK); James Denton (UK)

Session 3: Effects of Energetic Particles on Earth's Atmosphere and Climate supported by ROSMIC
This session focuses on observations of the complex interaction of energetic particles with the atmosphere, at different altitudes and on varying time-scales. We seek contributions on Cosmic rays, Solar Energetic Protons and other types of particles that affect physical and chemical atmospheric processes, which feed-back into the climate system.

Session 4: Modeling studies of solar influences on climate supported by ROSMIC
Numerical modeling of the impacts of solar variability on the climate system from the upper atmosphere to the oceans can help in better understanding processes involved in producing these impacts. For this session we seek contributions presenting such studies covering solar forcing of all types and timescales and numerical tools ranging from simple conceptual to complex Earth system models. We particularly welcome studies dealing with coupling processes in the climate system. We also encourage contributors to discuss experience with model intercomparison studies and what will be needed to make future intercomparison projects useful for solar-climate research.

Session A4: Geospace over and related to the Arctic region supported by ROSMIC