2014 Summer Workshop Sessions

June 15-20, 2014

Renaissance Portsmouth Hotel & Conference Center, Portsmouth, Virginia

Information about the GEM Student Workshop on Sunday, June 14 is available at GEM Student Forum.

Monday, June 16, 2014

0815-1000 AM: Planery Session (Ports Ballroom IV-V)

• IMS tutorial by Drew Turner -- Probing the tempest: Current concepts and recent relevations concerning the nature of Earth's inner magnetosphere and geomagnetic storms
• MIC tutorial by Joe Huba -- Modeling the ionosphere/plasmasphere system: Quiet and stormtime conditions

1530-1700 PM: Splinter Sessions

[Special] Strategic Priorities for Funding in the NSF Antarctic Program (Ports Ballroom IV-V)

NSF has requested that the National Academy of Science develop a consensus recommendation on the most compelling research that can be supported in the coming decade and outline steps forward to implement this research. This meeting is to engage the space science community to participate in the development of this consensus recommendation. The Antarctic can be a platform for measurements and investigation of space weather phenomena and several measurement programs are presently active. How should funding priorities be set for this research during the coming decade? Please help to establish these priorities. Very broad key scientific questions have been identified in the 2011 NRC report “Future Science Opportunities in the Antarctic and Southern Ocean”. The relevant question for our community is “What can the Antarctic platform reveal about the interactions between the Earth and the space environment”. The results from the NAS committee established to develop funding priorities will have an important impact on funding decisions at NSF and our research community needs to be strongly represented.

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

0815-1000 AM: Planery Session (Ports Ballroom IV-V)

• Tail tutorial by Jim Klimchuk -- Onset conditions for impulsive magnetic energy release
• GGCM tutorial by Jian Yang -- Effects of plasma-sheet bubble injections

1030 AM-1215 PM: Splinter Sessions

[GGCM] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma-Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM (Ports Ballroom I-III)

• Bob Schunk -- Overview of Ion Outflow (invited)
• Dan Welling -- Merged Ionosphere/Magnetosphere Modeling of the GEM Idealized Storm Period Using GPW and BATSRUS
• Nick Perlongo -- PWOM Results as Input to MHD Models for the Idealized and First Real Storm Periods
• Dan Welling and Nick Perlongo -- Merged Ionosphere/Magnetosphere Modeling of the GEM Idealized Storm Period Using PWOM and BATSRUS (invited)
• Roger Varney and Mike Wiltberger -- Merged Modeling of the GEM Idealized Storm Period Using an Ionosphere/Polar Wind Model (IPWM) and the LFM-MIX/CMIT (invited)

[Tail] Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions (Amphitheater)

[10 minutes/5 vugraph limit per presentation]

• Xiangning Chu, UCLA, “On the relation between the formation of SCW and the BBFs and the aurora”

• Joachim Birn, SSI: “On relation of SCW to BBFs”

• Yan Song, Univ. Minn, “Theory of the Generation of Field-Aligned Current in Association with the Substorm Current Wedge Related to BBFs/Dipolarization Fronts”

• Bob Lysak, Univ. Minn, What is the physics of the oscillations in the field and plasma seen ahead of the front?"

• Toshi Nishimura, UCLA, “Tail-inner magnetosphere interaction seen by auroral streamers and proton aurora”

• Ying Zou, UCLA, “Polar cap flow-PBI-streamer connection”

1330-1500 PM: Splinter Sessions

[GGCM] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma-Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM (Ports Ballroom I-III)

• Vince Eccles -- Ionospheric Dynamics During the 8-day GEM First Real Storm Study Period (invited)
• Abdallah Barakat -- Ion Outflow Predicted by the Generalized Polar Wind Model During the GEM First Real Storm Period (invited)
• Dan Welling and Abdallah Barakat -- Merged Ionosphere/Magnetosphere Modeling of the First Storm Period Using GPW and BATSRUS
• Naritoshi Kitamura -- FAST Ion Outflow Measurements—Flux, Velocity, Temperature, Current Density and Characteristics of Electron Precipitation During the GEM First Storm (invited)
• Tom Moore and Rick Chappell -- Polar Measurements of Low Energy Ion Outflow and Lobal Wind During the GEM First Storm Period (invited)

[Tail] Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions (Amphitheater)

[10 minutes/5 vugraph limit per presentation]

• W Douglas Cramer, UNH, “OpenGGCM to investigate steady and bursty tail flow into the ring current region during CME and CIR-driven storms”

• Xiaojia Zhang, UCLA: "Evaluation of ECH Wave Contribution to Diffuse Aurora

• Jian Yang, “RCM-E simulation of a thin arc preceded by a north-south-aligned streamer” & “RCM-E simulation of field-line slippage in the near-Earth plasma sheet: a test of substorm inside-out scenario (tentative)”

• Shin Ohtani, APL, “Variations of High-energy Ions during Fast Plasma Flows and Dipolarization in the Plasma Sheet: Comparison among Different Ion Species”

1530-1700 PM: Splinter Sessions

[GGCM] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma-Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM (Ports Ballroom I-III)

• Stein Haaland -- Cold Ion Outflow: Cluster Measurements During the GEM First Storm Period (invited)
• Lynn Kistler -- Cluster Measurements of O+ During the GEM First Storm Period (invited)
• Elena Kronberg -- Cluster RAPID Energetic Ion and Electron Measurements During the GEM First Storm Period (invited)
• Joe Borovsky -- LANL Plasma Measurements During the GEM First Storm Period (invited)
• Naritoshi Kitamura -- FAST Observations of the Solar Zenith Angle Dependence on Relations Between Energy Input and Outflowing H+ and O+ Ion Fluxes >3000 km

[Tail] Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions (Amphitheater)

[10 minutes/5 vugraph limit per presentation]

• Jacob Bortnik, UCLA, “TBA”

• Christine Gabrielse, Vassilis Angelopoulos, Andrei Runov, Drew L. Turner, UCLA:” Magnetospheric Particle Injections and their Relation to Impulsive, Localized Electric Fields”

• Christine Gabrielse, Vassilis Angelopoulos, Andrei Runov, Drew L. Turner, UCAL “Statistical characteristics of particle injections throughout the equatorial magnetotail”

• V. G. Merkin, M. Sitnov, J. Lyon: "Resistive MHD simulations of generalized 2D equilibria with LFMBOX”.

• Mike Wiltberger, NCAR: “LFM simulations of BBFs”

*J.C. Green, J.V. Rodriguez, J. Machol, R. Redmon: “Update on phase space density data from the POES and GOES satellites"

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

0815-1000 AM: Planery Session (Ports Ballroom IV-V)

• Agency Reports from NSF, NASA and NOAA
• Dayside tutorial by Jim Burch -- The science of the MMS mission

1030 AM-1215 PM: Splinter Sessions

[GGCM] The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma-Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM CCGM (Ports Ballroom I-III)

• Jonathan Krall -- SAMI 3 Modeling of Post-Storm Plasmasphere Filling and Comparisons With Measurements (invited)
• Joe Borovsky -- Long-lived Drainage Plumes—Where Does the Plasma Come From? (invited)
• GENERAL DISCUSSION OF FUTURE COLLABORATIVE STUDIES

[GGCM] Geospace System Science (Amphitheater)

"Timescales, Time Lags, and Feedback Loops in the M-I System". This is an audience-participation discussion about the time lags in the solar-wind-driven magnetosphere-ionosphere system, about the characteristic timescales in the dynamics of the system, and about feedback loops affecting the system.The discussion will involve the solar wind, geomagnetic current systems, the plasmas of the magnetosphere, the radiation belt, substorms, the ionosphere, and the atmosphere.

1330-1500 PM: Splinter Sessions

[GGCM] Geospace System Science (Amphitheater)

"Part1 -- Long-Running Measurements of the State of the System: What Can Be Done?". This is an audience-participation discussion about creating new geomagnetic indices from measurements besides magnetometers. The discussions will involve wave measurements, plasma measurements, composition measurements, radiation-belt measurements, substorm measurements, radar measurements, precipitation measurements, etc. A number of researchers have agreed to comment on ideas.

1530-1700 PM: Splinter Sessions

[GGCM] Geospace System Science (Amphitheater)

"Part2 -- Long-Running Measurements of the State of the System: What Can Be Done?". This is an audience-participation discussion about creating new geomagnetic indices from measurements besides magnetometers. The discussions will involve wave measurements, plasma measurements, composition measurements, radiation-belt measurements, substorm measurements, radar measurements, precipitation measurements, etc. A number of researchers have agreed to comment on ideas.

Thursday, June 19, 2014

0815-1000 AM: Planery Session (Ports Ballroom IV-V)

• Dayside tutorial by Antonius Otto -- Dayside solar wind-magnetosphere coupling
• GGCM tutorial by Jimmy Raeder -- Prospects for data assimilation in global magnetosphere models

1030 AM-1215 PM: Splinter Sessions

[GGCM] Geospace System Science (Amphitheater)

"Planning Session for the Geospace Systems Science Focus Group". An open discussion to select the topics for the GSS sessions for the next few GEM Summer Workshop. We want to consider new systems-science questions to ask, future joint sessions with other focus groups, new problems and new techniques, and data analysis methods.

1330-1500 PM: Splinter Sessions

[Special] THEMIS Training Session (Ports Ballroom IV-V)

This session is intended for developers who are interested in contributing plugin modules to support new missions or data sets within the SPEDAS framework and analysis tools. SPEDAS (Space Physics Environment Data Analysis Software) has evolved from a THEMIS-specific set of tools, to a more general multi-mission framework. We will present newly released features and capabilities of the framework, followed by an open discussion and Q&A regarding the road map for future development.

1530-1700 PM: Splinter Sessions

[Special] THEMIS Training Session (Ports Ballroom IV-V)

This session is intended for users who are interested in using SPEDAS for loading, plotting, and analyzing data from THEMIS and other supported missions. We will present a variety of data analysis scenarios, focused mostly on THEMIS data, but touching on some of the other multi-mission capabilities. The formal presentation will be followed by an open Q&A, help session, and installation clinic.

Friday, June 20, 2014

0815-1000 AM: Planery Session (Ports Ballroom IV-V)

• Tail tutorial by Mike Wiltberger -- Determination of the global conductance pattern and its influence on the dynamics of the geospace
• Student-selected tutorial by Robyn Millan -- Radiation belts: Lost and found in Antarctica