International Space Weather Initiative September 2009 Joseph Davila, Barbara Thompson, Nat Gopalswamy NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center.

International Space Weather Initiative

September 2009

Joseph Davila, Barbara Thompson, Nat Gopalswamy

NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center

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IHY Objectives

• Develop the basic science of heliophysics through cross-

disciplinary studies of universal processes.

• Determine the response of terrestrial and planetary magnetospheres and atmospheres to external drivers.

• Promote research on the Sun-heliosphere system outward

to the local interstellar medium - the new frontier.

• Foster international scientific cooperation in the study of heliophysical phenomena now and in the future.

• Preserve the history and legacy of the IGY on its 50th Anniversary.

• Communicate unique IHY results to the scientific community and the general public.


IHY Participation

• 71 countries with National committees


IHY Reasearch Participation

• 200 Observatories• 65 Coordinated Investigation Plans (CIPs) • Thousands of scientists


Four Elements of the IHY Program

1. Science of Universal Processes – Coordinated Investigation

Programs (CIPs) Scientific Research

2. Distributed small instrument program– New observational capability

3. Education, outreach– Promoting space science

4. IGY History preservation – Preserving the history of space

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International Campaigns

• Characterize heliosphere from Sun to Heliopause– Observations at the Sun– Stereo/SOHO– Jupiter and Saturn– Voyager 1, 2– IBEX

• Understand the current extended minimum

• Provide an environmental baseline for future studies









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IHY Participation

• UN-IHY– 17 Distributed instrument observatory programs

Location of the Equatorial Ionization Anomaly (EIA) over Africa

Image compiled from the GUVI instrument on the TIMED satellite. Courtesy of Larry Paxton, APL

Global images of ionospheric anomalies near the Magnetic Equator

VLF Radio Receivers

• Ionospheric changes observed by monitoring the reflected radio waves

• Natural emissions from lightning, and other sources provides insight into energetic atmospheric processes


IHY Programs Seed Space Science

• Ethiopia– New Masters and PhD

program in Space Science planned for Bahir Dar University

• Zambia– Four new Space Science

research positions at University of Lusaka









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International Eclipse Campaigns

• 2005 Tunisia– Public lectures

– Interviews

– Student trip

– Science show for Arab teens

• 2006 Brazil to Russia– Lectures in Ghana

– Scientific trip to Libya

– DOS/NASA video

• 2008 China– Scientific

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IHY Gold

IHY (http://ihy2007.org)

• 197 IHY Gold Certificates have been handed out to IGY participants

• Recipients include Alan Shapley, James Van Allen

• And Prince Philip in the UK

• Special meeting organized in India

Preserving the history of the IGY

International Space Weather Initiative (ISWI)

• Follow-on to the IHY to continue to build space physics in developing countries

• Joint NASA, UN, JAXA, ESA effort• Approved by the UN Committee for Peaceful Uses of

Outer Space, will be formally adopted by the General Assembly this fall.


ISWI Objectives


• Develop the scientific insight necessary to understand the science, and to reconstruct and forecast near-Earth space weather

– Instrumentation• Expand and continue deployment of new and existing instrument arrays

– Data analysis • Expand data analysis effort for instrument arrays and existing data bases

– Coordinate data products to provide input for physical modeling• Input instrument array data into physical models of heliospheric processes• Develop data products that reconstruct past conditions in order to facilitate assessment of

problems attributed to space weather effects

– Coordinate data products to allow predictive relationships to be developed• Develop data products to allow predictive relationships that enable the forecasting of Space

Weather to be established• Develop data products that can easily be assimilated into real-time or near real-time predictive

models

• Education, Training, and Public Outreach– University and Graduate Schools

• Encourage and support space science courses and curricula in Universities that provide instrument support

– Public Outreach• Develop public outreach materials unique to the ISWI, and coordinate the distribution

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Principles of the Instrument Program

• The lead scientist or principle investigator funded by his/her country provides instrumentation (or fabrication plans) and data distribution

• The host country provides the workforce, facilities, and operational support typically at a local university.

• Host scientists become part of science team• All data and data analysis activity is shared • All scientists participate in publications and scientific

meetings where possible


Current Activities

• National planning committees forming• Steering committee meeting in March 2010• Logo contest organized by Prof Yumoto• Web site available soon• Continue to seek new ideas for promoting Space

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