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Dates:
Tuesday May 15th, Wednesday May 16th, and Thursday May 17th (ending at
noon on
the 17th)
Location:
Room 244
of "The Original Building" on GMU's Arlington Campus
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Registration:
http://www.regonline.com/ssw
Agenda:
Preliminary Program Final program to be posted on April 17th.
To suggest
a presentation for the workshop please email a brief
description to Therese Moretto Jorgensen at NSF, tjorgens@nsf.gov,
preferably before April 15,
2007.
Contact:
Meeting
schedule: Therese Moretto Jorgensen at NSF, tjorgens@nsf.gov
Meeting
logistics: Robert Weigel, rweigel@gmu.edu
Location:
Room 244
of "The Original Building" on GMU's Arlington Campus
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Description:
The
National Science Foundation is sponsoring a workshop on small
satellite missions for space weather and atmospheric research on May
15-17,
2007 in Arlington, VA.
In the recent report
by the Assessment Committee for the National
Space Weather Program, a key
recommendation was for
NSWP agencies to investigate immediately the feasibility of using
micro-satellites with miniaturized sensors to provide cost-effective
science
and operational data sources for space weather applications.
In response,
NSF’s Division of Atmospheric Sciences is organizing a
workshop with the
purpose to explore the possibilities and benefits of utilizing small
satellite
missions to provide essential measurements for space weather and
atmospheric
research.
Topics
that will be addressed at the workshop include:
- launch
opportunities for small spacecraft
- innovative
technology developments for small satellite systems
- miniaturization
of scientific payloads
- advancing
research by means of measurements from small satellites
- using
small
satellites as an educational tool for science and engineering
- identify
key
space weather needs that can be satisfied by small satellite
observations
The
Workshop will include both invited and contributed
presentations and posters. Scientific and technical contributions that
can help
establish existing capabilities as well as emerging new developments on
all
these topics are invited. Those that contribute to space
weather research
and applications are particularly encouraged.
A program
committee will oversee the planning of the program for
the workshop. Its members are:
- Charles
Gay,
NASA HQ
- Michael
Hesse, NASA/GSFC
- Robert
McCoy,
ONR
- Kent
Miller,
AFOSR
- Therese
Moretto Jorgensen, NSF
- Howard
Singer, NOAA/SEC
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