RAS Specialist Discussion Meeting

“Solar Orbiter: Synergy between Observations and Theory”

Friday 10th November 2017
10.30am-15.30pm

Closing date for abstract submission: 7th October 2017.

Dear Colleagues,
The Royal Astronomical Society will host a Specialist Discussion Meeting on November 10th 2017 on, “Solar Orbiter: Synergy between Observations and Theory”.

Information regarding the scope of the meeting, abstract submission, travel support and the science programme can be found at,

http://www-solar.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~duncan/RAS_SO/RAS.html

Please note that the closing date for abstract submission is 7th October 2017.

Organisers: Duncan Mackay, Andrzej Fludra, Louise Harra, Tim Horbury and Chris Owen

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As you are probably aware, the next UK NAM will be held jointly with the European Week of Astronomy and Space Science (EWASS) in Liverpool from 3rd-6th April 2018. A Special Session (three 1.5-hour blocks) on Space Weather is being organized, as described below. We encourage members of the UK space weather and solar communities to submit contributions (oral or poster) to this session. Please note that abstract submission is already open and the deadline is 27th November.

SS28: The Causes and Consequences of Space Weather
http://eas.unige.ch/EWASS2018/session.jsp?id=SS28

Space weather is an overarching term that covers a wide discipline including solar, interplanetary and solar-terrestrial physics. The source of space weather may be solar flares, co-rotating interaction regions, coronal mass ejections, solar energetic particles or more routine solar wind, all of which vary on time scales of the solar cycle and longer and may in turn be driven by interior processes that can be studied by techniques such as helioseismology. However, seemingly similar solar drivers can produce vastly different magnetospheric and ionospheric effects, meaning that both the solar driver and current state of the magnetosphere-ionosphere system must be understood before we can fully understand the coupled Sun-solar wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere system. We would solicit contributions from this wide-ranging field, with specific focus on understanding multiple parts of this coupled system.

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Dear Colleagues.

This is the FINAL open announcement of our exciting workshop entitled “Into the Red Dragon’s Lair: Four-in-One Workshop Tackling Outstanding Problems in Heliophysics and Space Weather”. There are only a few places left so please register and submit your abstracts now – only two weeks left before the abstract and registration deadline of 01 October 2017 – and please remember to pay in the second step of the process as registration is not complete until payment has been made – we are only expecting around 40 participants to be able to maintain the workshop environment.

***Full details and deadlines can be found on the workshop website here: https://www.ukssdc.ac.uk/meetings/IntoTheRedDragonsLair/.***

Our Workshop encompasses four main themes:
– The “Fourth Remote-Sensing of the Inner Heliosphere Workshop”;
– “Where are we on Bz?” (a SEREN follow-on);
– “Novel Ionospheric Studies with Advanced Observing Techniques”; and
– The “11th LOFAR Solar Physics and Space Weather Key Science Project”.
(The combined workshop also incorporates the MWA SHI and future potential SKA SHI SWG science.)

The workshop aims to gather experts from the various fields of remote¬-sensing observations of the inner heliosphere (EUV, white-/visible-¬light, radio), together with modellers, in order to tackle key outstanding heliophysics issues. It is also intended to establish closer working relations and devise the best ways our group can move the field forward as a whole, tapping into observational capabilities that can be used to aid the upcoming Solar Orbiter and Parker Solar Probe Communities, as well as Space Weather science and forecasting enhancements in general.

The workshop registration fee (£150 late registration) includes lunches, excursions, welcome reception, and workshop dinner (the latter three are all Welsh themed allowing participants an insight into Wales’ culture and recent history). Menus and excursion details have been updated accordingly on the website along with some other updates.

Several invited speakers have already been confirmed to include Sarah Gibson (UCAR), Colin Lonsdale (MIT Haystack), Jackie Davies (STFC RAL Space), Curt de Koning (NOAA SWPC), Anthony Yeates (Durham), David Jackson (Met Office), Giovanni Lapenta (KU Leuven), Dusan Odstrcil (GMU/NASA), and Cleo Loi (Cambridge University).

We look forward to welcoming you to Cardiff!

Best wishes,

Mario (SOC and LOC Chair, on behalf of the SOC and LOC).

Science Organising Committee (SOC):
Mario M. Bisi (STFC RAL Space, UK) (Chair)
Michael (Mike) A. Hapgood (STFC RAL Space, UK)
Richard A. Fallows (ASTRON, NL)
Kent Miller (EOARD, UK/AFRL, USA)
Bernard (Bernie) V. Jackson (UCSD, US)
David (Dave) F. Webb (BC, US)
Biagio Forte (University of Bath, UK)
Alexander (Alec) MacKinnon (University of Glasgow, UK)
Gottfried Mann (AIP, DE)

Local Organising Committee (LOC):
Mario M. Bisi (STFC RAL Space, UK) (Chair)
Catherine A. Baker (Baker-Bisi Executive Assistance, UK)
Annabel Cartwright (Cardiff University, UK)

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2018 Sun-Climate Symposium:
“The State of the TSI and SSI Climate Records at the Junction of the SORCE and TSIS Missions”
March 19-23, 2018 * Lake Arrowhead, California

* Call for Abstracts: Due Jan. 5, 2018 *

We are pleased to announce the 2018 Sun-Climate Symposium, which is sponsored by the Sun-Climate Research Center (SCRC), a joint venture between NASA GSFC and LASP at the University of Colorado. Please visit the meeting website for a detailed program description, abstract form and submittal instructions, confirmed speaker listing, and logistical information:
http://lasp.colorado.edu/home/sorce/news-events/meetings/2018-scs/.

Observations of the Sun and Earth from space have revolutionized our view and understanding of how solar variability and other natural and anthropogenic forcings impact Earth’s atmosphere and climate. Since 1978 – more than three solar cycles – the total and spectral solar irradiance (TSI and SSI) and global terrestrial atmosphere and surface have been observed continuously, providing unprecedented quality data for Sun-climate studies. The 2018 Symposium will convene experts from across the solar-terrestrial community and from various disciplines that include Sun-climate connections, atmospheric physics and chemistry, heliophysics, and metrology to discuss solar and climate observations and models during this crucial period near the end of the Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE) and the start of the Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor (TSIS) Mission. Sessions will be organized around six themes:

1. The creation, significance, and applications of accurate Climate Data Records

2. The state of the TSI and SSI Climate Records near the end of the SORCE Mission

3. What was learned about solar variability and impacts on the terrestrial environment during SC24?

4. What are the expectations for the next solar minimum and SC25?

5. Stellar variability and connections to the Sun

6. Next generation of solar and atmospheric observations

The format for this symposium consists of invited and contributed oral and poster presentations. We encourage your participation and hope that you will share this announcement with colleagues. Please join us!

Best regards,
2018 Sun-Climate Symposium Organizing Committee
(Odele Coddington, Jerry Harder, Charles Ichoku, Greg Kopp, Jae Lee, Peter Pilewskie, Doug Rabin, Erik Richard, Marty Snow, Tom Woods, Dong Wu)

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The Symposium from the International Astronomical Union IAUS 340:

Long – Term Datasets for the Understanding of Solar and Stellar Magnetic Cycles

B. M. Birla Auditorium, Jaipur, India

February 19 – 24, 2018

http://www.iiap.res.in/iaus340/

Email: iaus340@iiap.res.in.

Dear Colleagues,

Abstracts for talks and posters should be sent via the submission form https://www.iiap.res.in/iaus340/Abstract_Submission by 30th September 2017, because the space for contributed talks is very limited. Later submissions will still be accepted, and will be reviewed as poster contributions.

Applications for IAU travel grants can be made on the form https://www.iiap.res.in/iaus340/IAU_travel_grants by 30th September 2017.

Registration is now open for IAU Symposium 340. The deadline for early registration (200 EUR) is November 30th 2017. Late registration (250 EUR) is possible until December 30th 2017. Very late registration, on-site registration fee 300 EUR.

Jaipur is a popular tourist destination and February is the peak season so please book your accommodation at the earliest. Check the web site https://www.iiap.res.in/iaus340/Accommodation for details.

Looking forward to welcoming you in Jaipur, India.

The IAUS 340 Scientific Organizing Committee: Dipankar Banerjee, Jie Jiang, Kusano Kanya, Sami Solanki (Co-Chairs) & Paul Charbonneau, Frédéric Clette, Ilaria Ermolli, Sarah Gibson, Todd Hoeksema, Haisheng Ji, Alexei Pevtsov, Leonid Kitchatinov, P.K. Manoharan, Ralph Neuhaeuser, Nandita Srivastava, Ilya Usoskin

Dipankar Banerjee
iaus340@iiap.res.in
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Dear colleague,

I know that we are all focused on the GA2018 in Vienna which promises to be very exciting yet I would like to remind you that the 15th of September 2017 is the deadline for submitting Letters of Intent for IAU Symposia in 2019.

Make sure you read the Rules and Guidelines for IAU Scientific Meetings in the IAU Webpage, in particular 2.1 and 3. prior to preparing the LoI. You should also consult the list of Past Meetings to avoid that your proposal duplicates any topic addressed recently, unless there is a strong scientific reason to do it.

I look forward to receiving LoI for many very stimulating meetings in 2019.

Best regards,

Teresa

mtlago@astro.up.pt

Teresa Lago
Assistant General Secretary of the IAU

Full Professor (retired)
Physics & Astronomy Department
School of Sciences University of Porto
Rua do Campo Alegre 687
4169-007 Porto Portugal
&
Center for Astrophysics
University of Porto
Rua das Estrelas
4150-762 Porto
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Dear Colleagues.

This is the third announcement of our upcoming exciting workshop entitled “Into the Red Dragon’s Lair: Four-in-One Workshop Tackling Outstanding Problems in Heliophysics and Space Weather”. Please register and submit your abstracts soon – only one month left – and please remember to pay in the second step of the process as registration is not complete until payment has been made – we are only expecting around 40 participants to be able to maintain the workshop environment.

***Full details and deadlines can be found on the workshop website here: https://www.ukssdc.ac.uk/meetings/IntoTheRedDragonsLair/.***

Our Workshop encompasses four main themes:
– The “Fourth Remote-Sensing of the Inner Heliosphere Workshop”;
– “Where are we on Bz?” (a SEREN follow-on);
– “Novel Ionospheric Studies with Advanced Observing Techniques”; and
– The “11th LOFAR Solar Physics and Space Weather Key Science Project”.
(The combined workshop also incorporates the MWA SHI and future potential SKA SHI SWG science.)

The workshop aims to gather experts from the various fields of remote¬-sensing observations of the inner heliosphere (EUV, white-/visible-¬light, radio), together with modellers, in order to tackle key outstanding heliophysics issues. It is also intended to establish closer working relations and devise the best ways our group can move the field forward as a whole, tapping into observational capabilities that can be used to aid the upcoming Solar Orbiter and Parker Solar Probe Communities, as well as Space Weather science and forecasting enhancements in general.

The workshop registration fee (£150 late registration) includes lunches, excursions, welcome reception, and workshop dinner (the latter three are all Welsh themed allowing participants an insight into Wales’ culture and recent history). Menus and excursion details have been updated accordingly on the website along with some other updates.

Several invited speakers have already been confirmed to include Sarah Gibson (UCAR), Colin Lonsdale (MIT Haystack), Jackie Davies (STFC RAL Space), Curt de Koning (NOAA SWPC), Anthony Yeates (Durham), David Jackson (Met Office), Giovanni Lapenta (KU Leuven), Dusan Odstrcil (GMU/NASA), and Cleo Loi (Cambridge University).

We look forward to welcoming you to Cardiff!

Best wishes,

Mario (SOC and LOC Chair, on behalf of the SOC and LOC).

Science Organising Committee (SOC):
Mario M. Bisi (STFC RAL Space, UK) (Chair)
Michael (Mike) A. Hapgood (STFC RAL Space, UK)
Richard A. Fallows (ASTRON, NL)
Kent Miller (EOARD, UK/AFRL, USA)
Bernard (Bernie) V. Jackson (UCSD, US)
David (Dave) F. Webb (BC, US)
Biagio Forte (University of Bath, UK)
Alexander (Alec) MacKinnon (University of Glasgow, UK)
Gottfried Mann (AIP, DE)

Local Organising Committee (LOC):
Mario M. Bisi (STFC RAL Space, UK) (Chair)
Catherine A. Baker (Baker-Bisi Executive Assistance, UK)
Annabel Cartwright (Cardiff University, UK)

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