Measurement Techniques for Solar and Space Physics Conference
Web: https://mtssp.msfc.nasa.gov
Date: April 20-24, 2015
Location: NCAR HAO Center Green, Boulder, Colorado
Conveners: James Spann, Thomas Moore, Philip Erickson, and Eftyhia Zesta, with Joe Davila, Glyn Collinson, Brian Anderson, Philip Erickson, Mike Wiltberger, John Bonnell, Alexi Pevtsov, Sabrina Savage, Rob Pfaff, James Clemmons, and Steven Christie
Key Dates:
Abstract deadline: January 23, 2015
Registration Deadline: March 20, 2015
Meeting Goals and Description: There are two goals for this workshop and the associated publication of its content: With reference to solar and space physics, (a) describe measurement techniques and technology development needed to advance high priority science and (b) provide a survey of techniques for measuring in situ and remotely observing space plasmas.
To make significant progress in priority science as expressed in the NRC solar and space physics decadal survey and recent NASA heliophysics roadmaps, identification of enabling measurement techniques and technologies to be developed is required. Additionally, it is valuable to the community and future scientists and engineers to have a complete state of the art survey of the techniques and technologies used by the practitioners of solar and space physics.
An update and augmentation captured in the existing two-volume AGU monograph series “Measurement Techniques in Space Plasmas: Particles and Fields” (Geophysical Monographs # 102 and 103, 1998, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC 20009) that focuses on particles and fields, is needed. Over the last decade much progress has been made in instrumentation to measure the properties of space plasma, and there is no equivalent collection of papers that address techniques for particles, fields, remotely sensing photon and particle sources and ground-based instrumentation. This workshop and publications will meet these goals in an effective manner.
In addition to particle and fields, the workshop will add measurements by photon imaging and ground-based methods. Particular attention will be given to those techniques and technologies that demonstrate promise of significant advancement in measurements that will enable the highest priority science as described in the 2012 Decadal Survey to be achieved. Additionally, a broad survey of the current technologies will be provided to serve as reference material and as a basis from which advanced and innovative ideas can be discussed. Instrumentation and techniques to observe the solar environment from its interior to its outer atmosphere, the heliosphere out to the interstellar regions, Geospace and planetary magnetospheres and atmospheres are included.
More information is available on the conference web page: https://mtssp.msfc.nasa.gov/
Below is a partial list of example measurement techniques that is included:
** Particles: Particles include the plasmas from energies from thermal to MeV, energetic particles, and neutral particles (ENA).
** Fields: Fields include electric and magnetic fields, and waves.
** Photons: The photons section will focus on instruments sensitive across a broad spectral range; from the near infrared to x-rays. Contributions of techniques and technology for optical design, optical components, sensors, material selection for cameras, telescopes, and spectrographs are encouraged.
** Ground-Based: the ground-based measurements for the study of solar and Geospace activity and space weather. The focus includes solar observatories, all-sky cameras, lidars, and ITM observatory systems such as radars, ionosondes, GPS receivers, and magnetometers; conjugate observations and airborne campaigns.… continue to the full article
Read more