2017 GEM Workshop

Detailed Schedule

Below is a detailed session schedule with names of tentative speakers provided by Focus Group Leaders. The information here serves as a rough guide for those who wish to know the most updated session plans. Due to the dynamic nature of the Workshop, Focus Groups may continue to revise their agenda as needed.

GEM Student Day: See Sunday Agenda provided by the Workshop Coordinator.

Poster Sessions will be held at Portsmouth I-III Admiral & Terrace Portsmouth Foyer during 18:00 - 21:00 on Tuesday and Thursday. Poster titles can be found in the spreadsheet provided by the Workshop Coordinator.

All other information about the 2017 GEM Summer Workshop can be found at the GEM Workshop Coordinator site.

Monday, June 19

0800-1000: Plenary Session

Location: Portsmouth IV-V

• GEM business by Jacob Bortnik and Paul Cassak

• MIC tutorial by Bob Lysak -- E&M coupling of the magnetosphere with the ionosphere and atmosphere

• GSM tutorial by Binzheng Zhang

1030-1215: Splinter Sessions

[FG] Tail Environment and Dynamics at Lunar Distances

Location: Holley Ballroom

(PLACE AGENDA HERE)

[FG] ULF wave Modeling, Effects, and Applications

Location: Port VI-VIII

(PLACE AGENDA HERE)

[FG] Geospace Systems Science

Location: Amphitheater

(PLACE AGENDA HERE)

1330-1500: Splinter Sessions

[FG] (Joint) Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere + Tail Environment and Dynamics at Lunar Distances + Magnetotail Dipolarization and Its Effects on the Inner Magnetosphere

Location: Holley Ballroom

In these joint sessions, we will be focusing on the connections between magnetic reconnection, dipolarization events, and plasmoids in Earth’s magnetotail. The first session will kick off with a short (~20 min) introduction by Prof. Vassilis Angelopoulos covering a very brief review of the system and how each of these three FGs are related. Then, we will take the remaining time in the sessions to move into an open discussion on the following questions/topics:

1. The role of various instability processes in the original onset and perpetuation of reconnection in the magnetotail (Session 1)
2. Comparing and contrasting the qualities of earthward vs. tailward jets of reconnection in the magnetotail (dipolarizing flux bundles / bubbles vs. plasmoids). Comparing and contrasting the qualities of dipolarizing flux bundles/bubbles/plasmoids between near-Earth and mid-tail. (Sessions 1 and 2)
3. The forces driving the spatiotemporal evolution of dipolarizing flux bundles / bubbles and plasmoids and how they both interact with the ambient plasma through which they are moving (e.g., can they themselves trigger additional reconnection???) (Session 2)
4. Definitions and concepts and what various subsets of the community mean when they say things like dipolarization front; magnetotail dipolarization; extended X-line; X-line motion; plasmoid; etc. Basically, are we all speaking the same language here? (wrap-up activity at the end of the Session 2 if we have any time)

We want to stress that these sessions will be run in an informal nature; we will not be asking for any formal presentations from participants. Instead, we solicit the community to contribute with informal slides, figures, and/or plots to stress key points on any of the above topics. We hope that this session will inspire audience interaction and open discussion and/or debate. If you would like to contribute in these sessions, please just show up with any material you have and join us in going with the flow of the discussion!

[FG] ULF wave Modeling, Effects, and Applications

Location: Port VI-VIII

(PLACE AGENDA HERE)

[FG] 3D Ionospheric Electrodynamics and Its Impact on the Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere Coupled System

Location: Amphitheater

(PLACE AGENDA HERE)

1530-1700: Splinter Sessions

[FG] (Joint) Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere + Tail Environment and Dynamics at Lunar Distances + Magnetotail Dipolarization and Its Effects on the Inner Magnetosphere

Location: Holley Ballroom

See the description for the first PM session

[FG] (Joint) ULF wave Modeling, Effects, and Applications + Modeling Methods and Validation

Location: Port VI-VIII

(PLACE AGENDA HERE)

[FG] 3D Ionospheric Electrodynamics and Its Impact on the Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere Coupled System

Location: Amphitheater

(PLACE AGENDA HERE)

Tuesday, June 20

0815-1000: Plenary Session

Location: Portsmouth IV-V

• Agency reports by M. Wiltberger, P. Shepson (NSF), H. Singer (NOAA)

• Mission update: Van Allen Probes by M. Gkioulidou

• Mission update: THEMIS by V. Angelopoulos

• Mission update: FIREBIRD by D. Klumpar

1030-1215: Splinter Sessions

[FG] (Joint) Modeling Methods and Validation + Dayside Kinetic Processes in Global Solar Wind-Magnetosphere Interaction

Location: Holley Ballroom

(PLACE AGENDA HERE)

[FG] Geospace Systems Science

Location: Port VI-VIII

(PLACE AGENDA HERE)

[FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions

Location: Amphitheater

(PLACE AGENDA HERE)

1330-1500: Splinter Sessions

[FG] Modeling Methods and Validation

Location: Holley Ballroom

Planning session for the Ionospheric Conductance Challenge

First event: 2016 Oct 13-15 ICME event. The concept for the challenge is that modelers would run at least two versions of their code, one with an "old" conductance specification and another with a "new" specification. At this session, we will decide on common settings between model runs and specific data-model comparisons that all teams should conduct.

Additional speaker(s): George Khazanov

[FG] Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere

Location: Port VI-VIII

This session will be an open forum for discussion of topics about reconnection in the magnetosphere. It may include discussion from any topic relevant to the focus group as interest dictates. Please contact Brian Walsh <bwalsh at bu.edu> with questions.

[FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions

Location: Amphitheater

(PLACE AGENDA HERE)

1530-1700: Splinter Sessions

[FG] (Joint) Tail Environment and Dynamics at Lunar Distances + Modeling Methods and Validation

Location: Holley Ballroom

(PLACE AGENDA HERE)

[FG] (Joint) Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms + ULF wave Modeling, Effects, and Applications + Dayside Kinetic Processes in Global Solar Wind-Magnetosphere Interaction

Location: Port VI-VIII

(PLACE AGENDA HERE)

[FG] Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions

Location: Amphitheater

(PLACE AGENDA HERE)

Wednesday, June 21

0815-1000: Plenary Session

Location: Portsmouth IV-V

• MPS tutorial by Anton Artmeyev -- Earth magnetotail current sheet: observations vs. model

• IMAG tutorial by Christine Gabrielse

1030-1215: Splinter Sessions

[FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling

Location: Holley Ballroom

• Xinlin Li Long term perspective on out belt electrons: Van Allen Probes era with previous two solar cycles
• Simon Wing Untangling solar wind drivers of radiation belt: an information theoretical approach
• Alex Boyd Peaks in Phase Space Density: When, Where and for How Long?
• Zheng Xiang Understanding the Mechanisms of Radiation Belt Dropouts Observed by Van Allen Probes
• Nikita Aseev New signatures of ultrarelativistic electron loss in the heart of the Earth's radiation belts
• Yuri Shprits Observations of Electron Precipitation by ELFIN-L Instrument Suite on Lomonosov Spacecraft
• David Malaspina Statistics of Low Frequency Hiss
• Dave Hartley Estimating Plasmasphere Electron Densities from Observations of Plasmaspheric Hiss
• Drew Turner The phase coherency scales of individual chorus elements and the greater chorus active region observed by Van Allen Probes and MMS
• Mark Engebretson EMIC waves observed by the Van Allen Probes

[FG] Merged Modeling & Measurement of Injection Ionospheric Plasma into the Magnetosphere (M3I2) and Its Effects -- Plasma Sheet, Ring Current, Substorm Dynamics

Location: Port VI-VIII

(PLACE AGENDA HERE)

[FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms

Location: Amphitheater

• Yan Song Formation of Aurora
• Robert McPherron Earthward Flows
• Eric Donovan STEVE
• Drew Turner MMS Injections
• Douglas Cramer Substorm Simulations

1330-1500: Splinter Sessions

[FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling

Location: Holley Ballroom

(PLACE AGENDA HERE)

[FG] Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere

Location: Port VI-VIII

This session will be a continuation of the open forum from Tuesday. We also would like to spend some time discussing community interest in proposing a new reconnection focus group. Discussion on topics for the next group to address are invited, as this is a grass roots effort. Please contact Yi-Hsin Liu <Yi-Hsin.Liu at Dartmouth.edu> with questions.

[FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms

Location: Amphitheater

• Kyle Murphy Event Discussion
• Toshi Nishimura Event Discussion
• Tetsuo Motoba Event Discussion
• Mostafa El-Alaoui Substorm Simulations
• Robert McPherron Substorm Simulations

1530-1700: Splinter Sessions

[FG] (Joint) Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling + Modeling Methods and Validation

Location: Holley Ballroom

(PLACE AGENDA HERE)

[FG] Storm-Time Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Convection

Location: Port VI-VIII

(PLACE AGENDA HERE)

[FG] Testing Proposed Links between Mesoscale Auroral and Polar Cap Dynamics and Substorms

Location: Amphitheater

• James Weygand dB/dt SEC
• Robert McPherron Substorm onsets in the SML Index
• Shin Ohtani TBD
• Misha Sitnov Substorm magnetic field modeling
• Larry Lyons Storm-time substoms
• Christine Gabrielse Streamer and flow

Thursday, June 22

0815-1000: Plenary Session

Location: Portsmouth IV-V

• SWMI tutorial by Stephen Eriksson -- New insights from MMS observations on magnetic field reconnection in a large guide magnetic field along the Earth's flank magnetopause

• MIC tutorial by Yiqun Yu -- Global modeling of the magnetosphere-ionosphere electrodynamic coupling: overview and challenges

1030-1215: Splinter Sessions

[FG] Magnetotail Dipolarization and Its Effects on the Inner Magnetosphere

Location: Holley Ballroom

(PLACE AGENDA HERE)

[FG] Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt Modeling

Location: Port VI-VIII

(PLACE AGENDA HERE)

[FG] Merged Modeling & Measurement of Injection Ionospheric Plasma into the Magnetosphere (M3I2) and Its Effects -- Plasma Sheet, Ring Current, Substorm Dynamics

Location: Amphitheater

(PLACE AGENDA HERE)

1330-1500: Splinter Sessions

[FG] Magnetotail Dipolarization and Its Effects on the Inner Magnetosphere

Location: Holley Ballroom

(PLACE AGENDA HERE)

[FG] Modeling Methods and Validation

Location: Port VI-VIII

(PLACE AGENDA HERE)

[FG] Dayside Kinetic Processes in Global Solar Wind-Magnetosphere Interaction

Location: Amphitheater

(PLACE AGENDA HERE)

1530-1700: Splinter Sessions

[FG] Magnetotail Dipolarization and Its Effects on the Inner Magnetosphere

Location: Holley Ballroom

(PLACE AGENDA HERE)

[FG] Modeling Methods and Validation

Location: Port VI-VIII

General Validation Session - model verification and validation studies that are not part of a particular GEM challenge - data verification and validation studies that are not part of a particular GEM challenge - resources for model-data comparison and validation - discussion of best practices for model-data comparison and validation

Speakers:
Howard Singer
Seth Claudepierre
Yari Collado-Vega
Gabor Fascko

[FG] Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere + Dayside Kinetic Processes in Global Solar Wind-Magnetosphere Interaction

Location: Amphitheater

This session will focus on discussing the following science topics: 1) Kinetic physics of dayside and/or magnetosheath reconnection - dissipation, energy conversion, particle acceleration, and comparisons between the two regions, 2) Do kinetic bow shock and magnetosheath transients impact magnetopause reconnection?, and 3) Does kinetic physics at the dayside impact the global reconnection process? Discussion on other topics related to the two focus groups is welcome.

We plan to have most of the time driven by discussion. Time permitting, we would like community members to pose a science question or challenge that they would like to see other people address (e.g., “is it possible to observe/simulate this feature I’ve simulated/observed?”). We would also like to have time to brainstorm on open questions. Please contact Paul Cassak <Paul.Cassak at mail.wvu.edu> or Heli Hietala < heli at igpp.ucla.edu> with questions.

Friday, June 23

0815-1000: Plenary Session

Location: Portsmouth IV-V

• Student tutorial

• Student rewards

1000-1030: Plenary Session

Location: Amphitheater

• SPEDAS tutorial / hands-on workshop