Meeting Announcements of Interest
MEETING: IUGG 2011 General Assembly, 28 June - 7 July 2011,
Melbourne, Australia.
The IUGG GA brings the 8 member Associations, including IAGA, together every
four years. Much of the IAGA program is relevant to URSI scientists.
The IAGA program at IUGG consists of 16 IAGA Symposia, 5 Joint Symposia
with other Associations led by IAGA, plus other Symposia co-sponsored by IAGA.
Details of the Scientific Program and other aspects of the General Assembly
are available at http://www.iugg2011.com/
Registration is now open and abstracts are due by 1 February 2011.
Peter Dyson
IUGG 2011 LOC Committee Member
E-mail: p.dyson@latrobe.edu.au
Peter L. Dyson
Emeritus Professor
Department of Physics
Mailing Address:
Department of Physics
Room 418 PS1 Building
La Trobe University
VICTORIA 3086
AUSTRALIA
Phone: +61 407 324 327 (0407 314 327)
Fax: +61 3 9479 1552
E-mail: p.dyson@latrobe.edu.au
La Trobe University Physics: <http://www.latrobe.edu.au/
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Fall Meeting of the AGU: Special Session
We would like to inform you of a pertinent session at the 2010 Fall
Meeting of the AGU. This session, SM20, concerns recent developments and current
challenges in space weather forecasting. We encourage abstract submissions
regarding any aspect of space weather forecasting in an focus area (solar, the
heliosphere, the magnetosphere, or the ionosphere). This session should provide
an opportunity to address the forecasting problem from both a fundamental
research and an operational perspective, and a chance to share recent results
with a diverse audience. The session will include a panel discussion featuring
Dr.Daniel Baker (University of Colorado/LASP), Maj. Jose Harris (Air Force
Weather Agency), Dr. Terrence Onsager (NOAA/SWPC), and Dr. Michael Wiltberger
(NCAR).
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SM20: Space Weather Forecasting: Present Status and Future Directions
Sponsor: SPA-Magnetospheric Physics
CoSponsor: SPA-Solar and Heliospheric Physics
Description: Forecasting space weather is fraught with obstacles due to sparse
observations, computational limitations, and an incomplete understanding of the
dynamics of the Sun-Earth system. We invite presentations on the current status
and limitations of space weather forecasting and the way forward. Presentations
may focus on current and new ideas for forecasting methods, model development,
computational optimization, incorporation of new observations or the transition
to operational use. There may be a panel discussion on current constraints on
forecasting including physical constraints, such as the prediction of
B<sub>z</sub> values, computational constraints on models and other
limitations when forecasting real-time.
Sincerely,
Josef Koller, James McCollough, and Shawn Young
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Josef Koller (TSPA/Correspondence)
Space Science and Applications, ISR-1, MS D466
Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM 87545-1663
Phone: (505) 665 3399
http://www.koller.info
Fax: (505) 665 7395 email
jkoller@lanl.gov
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