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SPDF

Polar Gateways Arctic Circle Sunrise - Thursday, January 24, 2008

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II. Heliophysics Science and MissionHighlights for IPY-IHY 2007-2009

06:30 – 08:00 Breakfast – Iḷisaġvik College Kitchen (hours)

08:00 – 09:00 Heliosphere Impact on Geospace:Solar-Terrestrial and Aeronomy Research During the Fourth Polar YearCampaign

Kirsti Kauristie^1^, Juha-Pekka Luntama, A. Weatherwax, and R. Harrison

^1^Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland

Abstract     Slides - 27Mb     Video

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Apatity Phone Conference: 08:55 – 09:30

09:00 – 09:30 Polar Neutron Monitors in the Study of Solar Cosmic Rays (telecon)

Eduard V. Vashenyuk, Yuri V. Balabin, and Boris B. Gvozdevsky

Polar Geophysical Institute RAS, Apatity, Russia

Abstract     Slides - 8.5Mb     Video - 351Mb     Video - 232Mb

09:30 – 10:00 Break

Svalbard Video Conference: 09:45 – 12:00

10:00 – 10:05 Welcome and Introduction

Nikolai Ostgaard, University of Bergen, Norway

Slides - 3.8Mb     Video - 552Mb     Video - 351Mb

10.05 – 10:40 History ofSvalbard as a Research Community with Focus on Space Science

Prof. Asgeir Brekke, University of Tromsø, Norway

Abstract     Slides - 20Mb     Video

  • 281Mb     Video - 200Mb

10:40 – 11:10 Continuous Incoherent Scatter data through the IPY

Tony V. Eyken, Director, EISCAT Svalbard Radar, Spitzbergen, Norway

Abstract     Slides - 9Mb

11.10 – 11:35 The Mystic Twins: Aurora Borealis and Australis

Nikolai Ostgaard, University of Bergen, Norway

Abstract     Slides - 6.4Mb     Video - 1.7Mb     Video - 276Mb     Video - 189Mb

11.35 – 12:00 The Space Science Suitcase - Instruments for Exploring Near-EarthSpace from the Classroom

Assoc. Prof. Kjartan Olafsson, University of Bergen, Norway

Abstract     Slides - 1.3Mb     Video - 200Mb     Video - 133Mb

12:00 – 13:00 Lunch –Iḷisaġvik College Kitchen (hours)

GSFC-I Video Conference: 12:45 – 16:00

13:00 – 13:30 The Global Heliophysics Observatory for IPY-IHY 2007 - 2009

John F. Cooper, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Abstract     Slides

13:30 – 14:00 The Ulysses Mission: Studies of Solar (and Jovian) Polar Regions

Robert J. Macdowall, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC Videocon)

Slides (pdf) - 77kb     Slides (ppt)

14:00 – 14:45 SOHO andStereo Observations of Polar Coronal Holes at Solar Minimum

Barbara J. Thompson,****NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC Videocon)

Slides - 2.8Mb     Video - 425Mb     Video - 273Mb

14:45 – 15:00 Break

15:00 – 15:30 International Reference Ionosphere and the Polar Ionosphere

Dieter Bilitza, George Mason University / NASA GSFC (GSFC Videocon)

Abstract     Slides

  • 8.8Mb

15:30– 16:30 Break

UC-Berkeley Video Conference: 16:15 – 17:45

16:30 – 17:45 The Onset of Dynamic Aurora and THEMIS: Understanding a Polar Phenomena

Laura M.Peticolas^1^, J. W. Bonnell,M. Bester, D. G. Sibeck, E. F. Donavan, S. B. Mende, H. U. Frey, J. P.McFadden, D. E. Larson, C. T. Russell, and V. Angelopoulos

^1^Space Science Laboratory,UC-Berkeley (UCB Videocon)

Abstract     Intro Slides

EPO Slides

Video - 319Mb     Video - 209Mb

17:45– 18:45 Dinner – Iḷisaġvik College Kitchen (hours)

19:00– 19:30 The Voyagers Leave the Supersonic Bubble of theHeliosphere

John D. Richardson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Abstract     Slides (pdf) - 13Mb     Slides (ppt) - 11Mb

Heliosphere Movie - 12Mb    Termination Shock Movie - 25Mb

Video - 571Mb     Video - 362Mb

19:30 – 20:00 IBEXNeutral Atom Imaging of the Polar Heliospheric Boundary Regions

Christina L. Prested, Boston University

Abstract     Slides

20:00 – 21:00 Open Discussion on IPY-IHY Heliophysics Impact, Legacy, andFuture