| Author | Institution | Title | Summary | Panel Selection | FileName |
| ITS Test please disregard | Robert Imreh | Test | TEST TEST TEST | Atmosphere-Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Interactions (AIM)
Solar and Heliospheric Physics (SH)
Solar Wind-Magnetosphere Interactions (SWM)
None of the above | 2011-2012_Holiday_Vacation.doc |
| Mannucci, Anthony J. | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology | Estimating The Forces That Drive Ionosphere And Thermosphere Variability: Continuous Data And Assimilative Modeling | We advocate developing a model-based approach to retrieving the driving forces from measurements of electron density structure and dynamics. | Atmosphere-Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Interactions (AIM) | MannucciAnthonyJ-AIM_Forces.pdf |
| Mannucci, Anthony J. | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute Of Technology | GNSS Geospace Constellation (GGC): A Cubesat Space Weather Mission Concept | We recommend technology investment in miniaturized GPS receivers that can be deployed on Cubesats for ionospheric remote sensing. | Atmosphere-Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Interactions (AIM) | MannucciAnthonyJ-AIM_Cubesat.pdf |
| Mannucci, Anthony J. | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute Of Technology | Research To Operations: Continuous Improvement | Operational effectiveness benefits from research targeted towards improving capability. This white paper suggests a path forward that, over time, will lead to steadily improving operational capabilities in space weather. | Atmosphere-Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Interactions (AIM) | MannucciAnthonyJ-AIM_R2O.pdf |
| Mannucci, Anthony J. | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute Of Technology | Global Ionospheric Storms | We discuss Global Ionospheric Storms as an important sub-field of study within solar and space physics. Outstanding science questions are discussed as well as methods to address them. | Atmosphere-Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Interactions (AIM) | MannucciAnthonyJ-AIM_Storm.pdf |
| Liewer, Paulett C. | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology | Solar Polar Imager: Observing Solar Activity from a New Perspective | The Solar Polar Imager mission, in a 0.48-AU orbit with an inclination of 75º, targets the unexplored polar regions enabling crucial observations not possible from lower latitudes. The orbit is achieved using a solar sail, a technology now demonstrated in space by the Japanese IKAROS mission. | Solar and Heliospheric Physics (SH) | Solar_Polar_Imager_Liewer_RevB.pdf |
| Chandran, Benjamin D. G. | University of New Hampshire | THEORETICAL RESEARCH ON SOLAR WIND TURBULENCE | Significant advances in the theory of solar wind turbulence are needed as part of the community's efforts to understand the origin and thermodynamics of the solar wind. This White Paper describes several areas in which future research holds particular promise and offers brief policy recommendations. | Solar and Heliospheric Physics (SH) | Chandran_WP.pdf |
| Oza, Nikunj C. | NASA Ames Research Center | Data Mining for Heliophysics | Analysis of heliophysics data is essential to increasing our knowledge of the sun. Unfortunately, the volume of data is much too large for manual examination and even for most advanced techniques. New data mining techniques are needed to support new breakthroughs in heliophysics. | Solar and Heliospheric Physics (SH) | OzaNikunjC-SH.doc |
| Wilson, Gordon R | AFRL | Local Response of the Ionosphere/Thermosphere to High-Latitude Energy Deposition | A mission design to monitor the atmospheric response in a local high-latitude region while simultaneously measuring the magnetospheric energy input to that region. | Atmosphere-Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Interactions (AIM) | WilsonGordonR-AIM.docx |
| MacDowall, Robert J. | NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center | A Radio Observatory on the Lunar Surface for Solar studies (ROLSS) | A lunar-based radio telescope to image solar radio bursts at frequencies < 10 MHz is described. If such an observatory were in place by 2020, it would provide context for observations during Solar Probe Plus perihelion passes. | Solar and Heliospheric Physics (SH) | MacDowallRJ-SH.pdf |
| Araujo-Pradere, Eduardo A. | Univ. of Colorado and NOAA | Research To Operations (R2O) Activities, a Natural Conclusion of Research | The transitions of academic models to operations is an important element of the research process that would improve the inefficient knowledge transfer currently existing in Space Weather. These activities require an organizational structure and a clear financial commitment, barely existing today. | None of the above | Araujo-PradereEduardo.pdf |
| G P Zank | University of Alabama in Huntsville | Role of the National Science Foundation ATM/GEO Directorate in promoting and supporting Space Physics | Recommendation that the NSF ATM/GEO Directorate not limit funding of heliospheric research to within 1 AU. | Solar and Heliospheric Physics (SH) | ZankGaryP-SH.pdf |
| G P Zank | University of Alabama in Huntsville | A White Paper advocating a Heliophysics Theory Mission | Recommendation for a major theory program that has the status of a Mission. | Atmosphere-Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Interactions (AIM)
Solar and Heliospheric Physics (SH)
Solar Wind-Magnetosphere Interactions (SWM) | ZankGaryP-AIMSHSWM.pdf |
| Vial, Jean-Claude | Institute d'Astrophysique | Fast UV Spectro-imagery for Solar Physics | We argue that imagining Fourier Transform Spectroscopy should be pursued to measure temperature, density, ionization, abundance, along with magnetic and velocity fields in the solar atmosphere in 3D and time, in the high chromosphere, corona and the transition region. | Solar and Heliospheric Physics (SH) | Vial.Jean.C-SH.pdf |
| Moses, J.D. | Naval Research Laboratory | Magnetic Properties of the Solar Atmosphere | The structure and dynamics of the solar atmosphere is dominated by the magnetic field. Our current lack of measurements of the coronal magnetic field is a major drawback to advance our understanding of the solar atmosphere. It is now technologically feasible to overcome this observational gap and ob | Solar and Heliospheric Physics (SH) | MosesJD-SH.pdf |
| Colgate, Stirling A. | Los AlamosNational Lab. | Experiments to Demonstrate Solar and Astrophysical Dynamos | Experiments have been based on the ansatz that turbulence alone would make a dynamo. Instead experiments have shown that turbulence leads primarily to enhanced resistive diffusion not a dynamo. It is only through experiments, not theory or modeling that this understanding has emerged. | Solar and Heliospheric Physics (SH) | White Paper dyn exp.pdf |
| Zhou, Xiaoyan | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | Dayside Aurora and Auroral Conjugacy | We discuss the scientific significance of dayside and conjugate auroras that have less ambiguity in the connection to their causes. Measurements of such auroras can be achieved by balloon flights in the Antarctica and by coordinating the balloon with simultaneous Arctic ground-based auroal imaging | Atmosphere-Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Interactions (AIM)
Solar Wind-Magnetosphere Interactions (SWM) | XiaoyanZhou-SWM-AIM.pdf |
| DELABEAUJARDIERE, ODILE | AFRL | LONG-TERM CHANGES IN THE IONOSPHERE/MAGNETOSPHERE SYSTEM AND RELIABLE PLATFORM FOR INNOVATIONS IN SPACE SENSORS | DWSS, the DMSP follow on, ought to accommodate instruments that provide the observations required for long-term trends in the magnetosphere ionosphere system as well as provide a reliable “home” for flight opportunity to test new instruments. | Atmosphere-Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Interactions (AIM) | odiledelabeaujardiereanddober-AIM.doc |
| Christensen, Andrew B | Aerospace Corp | The International Space Station as a Space Physics Observation Platform | A remote sensing space experiment, the RAIDS payload, has been successfully operated on the International Space Station since Oct 2009. Our experience has demonstrated that the Exposed Facility on the JEM module is suitable for siting optical instrumentation and conducting scientific experiments. | None of the above | ChristensenAndrewBV1.doc |
| Semeter, Joshua | Boston University | Energy Transfer from the Solar Wind to the Solid Earth | The solar wind exerts a force on the magnetosphere of 100 million Newtons, which is transferred, magnetically, to the solid Earth. The global force balance governing this interaction is established using distributed measurements from ground and from space, coupled through first-principles modeling | Atmosphere-Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Interactions (AIM)
Solar Wind-Magnetosphere Interactions (SWM) | Decadal_WhitePaper_0.pdf |
| De La Beaujardiere, Odile | AFRL | Global scintillation prediction | We propose a systems-approach mission to predict scintillations from UHF to L-band at all latitudes. A combination of space, ground observations, powerful neutral atmosphere/ionosphere/magnetosphere coupled models and careful analysis of the impact of scintillation on specific systems are required. | Atmosphere-Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Interactions (AIM) | odiledelabeaujardiere-AIM.doc |
| Keil, Stephen L. | National Solar Observatory | Science and Operation of the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope | Science goals for ATST are outline. The ATST has received construction funds from the NSF MREFC program. Completion is scheduled for 2017. Strong operational and scientific support is needed from NSF to insure the $298M investment in ATST has the expected impact on our understanding of the sun. | Solar and Heliospheric Physics (SH) | KeilStephenL2-SH.doc |
| Keil, Stephen L. | National Solar Observatory | GENERATION, EVOLUTION AND DESTRUCTION OF SOLAR MAGNETIC FIELDS | Magnetic fields control the inconstant Sun and play a major role throughout heliophysics. Measuring these fields on their natural physical scales requires a large aperture solar telescope. The ATST will provide this capability. | Solar and Heliospheric Physics (SH) | KeilStephenL-SH.doc |
| Reardon, Kevin P. | National Solar Observatory | Approaches to Optimize Scientific Productivity of Ground-based Solar Telescopes | There is clear value in the broader use of high-resolution, ground-based solar observations by the solar physics community and the need for university programs to train young scientists in the analysis of such data. Efforts to increase the accessibility of ground-based data should be supported. | Solar and Heliospheric Physics (SH) | ReardonKevinP-SH.pdf |
| Giampapa, Mark, S. | National Solar Observatory | CAUSES OF SOLAR ACTIVITY | This white paper emphasizes critical importance of a sustained program of long-term, high-continuity observations of the solar magnetic field by a network of groundbased synoptic-type instruments. | Solar and Heliospheric Physics (SH) | GiampapaMarkS-SH_1.pdf |
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