CEDAR Coupling, Energetics and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions

1. CEDARCoupling, Energetics and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions Jan J. Sojka* On behalf of Sixto González and the CEDAR Science Steering Committee A presentation at the International Heliophysical Year (IHY) Boulder, Colorado, 17 February 2005 *Center for Atmospheric and Space Sciences Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-4405

2. CEDAR Organization and Structure National Science Foundation Dr. Richard Behnke Section Head, Upper Atmosphere Research Section (GEO/ATM) Dr. Robert Kerr Program Director, Aeronomy NSF GEO/ATM Dr. Robert Robinson Program Manager, Upper Atmospheric Facilities NSF GEO/ATM Working Groupsi, Host CEDAR Workshops Student Mentoring and Participation CEDAR Science Steering Committee Chair: Sixto González “grass roots efforts” Generate CEDAR Documents Organize CEDAR Annual Meeting Community Generated Reports, i.e., LIDAR Report, etc. Science Results Initiatives

3. CEDAR - IHY Collaborations and Associations • Create a tangible presence in CEDAR, i.e., via a working group. Needs to be a “grass roots” effort. • Create IHY campaigns by specific liaison between IHY leaders and specific CEDAR working groups who either have existing infrastructure available or who’s science objectives complement IHY’s. • Have an existing working group sponsor IHY activities such as preparations for an IHY campaign. • Contribute IHY status update reports for the CEDAR post. As an example, CAWSES through Janet Kozyra’s leadership ran a “first CAWSES Campaign” workshop at CEDAR last year.

4. So What are CEDAR Working Groups and Workshops? • Grass roots efforts by scientists who are interested in CEDAR science. • Kick-off workshops are held at the annual CEDAR meeting, advertised via newsletters, etc. • Community response in the form of participation leads to growth and activity. • Working groups fade away when their “time is up.” • Working groups cover all aspects of CEDAR: • novel instrumentation • facilities • associations with other organizations • regional science • topical science • future science • data assimilation and modeling • student workshops

5. Workshops from Last Year’s Santa Fe CEDAR Meeting • Novel Instrumentation • Design Tips for Optical Instrumentation in Aeronomy [Conveners: Jeff Baumgardner, Josh Semeter]

6. Workshops from Last Year’s Santa Fe CEDAR Meeting • Facilities • Polar Aeronomy: Current Initiatives and Future Plans [Conveners: Josh Semeter, Craig Heinselman, Phil Erickson] {Advanced Modular Incoherent Scatter Radar (AMISR)} • Scheduling the Upper Atmospheric Facilities for World Day Coordinates Experiments [Convener: Wesley E. Swartz] • Contributions to the Climatology of the Upper Atmosphere by Optical Techniques Associated with the Upper Atmosphere Facilities [Convener: Rick Niciejewski, John Noto] • Applications for GPS in Multi-Instrument Investigations [Conveners: Anthea Coster, Patricia Doherty] • LIDAR workshop Technical Session [Convener: Jonathan Friedman] • Distributed Radio Instrumentation [Convener: Frank D. Lind]

7. Workshops from Last Year’s Santa Fe CEDAR Meeting • Associations with Other Organizations • First CAWSES Campaign Results [Conveners: Janet Kozyra, Jan Sojka, Marty Mlynczak] • TIMED/CEDAR Collaborative Science Workshop [Conveners: Elsayed Talaat, Larry Paxton, Sam Yee, Jim Russell, Tom Woods, Qian Wu] • CNOFS Forecast - Collaborative Measurements and Campaigns [Conveners: Odile de la Beaujardiere, David Hysell, Michael Kelley, Vincent Eccles, Robert Pfaff, Koki Chau]

8. Workshops from Last Year’s Santa Fe CEDAR Meeting • Regional Science • Low- and Mid-latitude Aeronomy and Stormtime Disturbance [Conveners: Dave Hysell, Michael Sulzer, Hyosub Kil, Jonathan Makela, Mihail Codrescu] • Mid-Latitude Plasma Structuring [Conveners: Mike Ruohoniemi, Ray Greenwald, John Foster] • High-Latitude Plasma Structures Working Group [Conveners: Jan Sojka, César Valladares, Lie Zhu] • Effects of Geomagnetic Storms in the Lower Thermosphere and Mesosphere Workshop [Convener: Larisa Goncharenko]

9. Workshops from Last Year’s Santa Fe CEDAR Meeting • Topical Science • Transient Optical Emissions in the Atmosphere [Conveners: Mike Taylor, Mark Stanley] • New Advances in Observations, Theory and Modeling of Atmospheric Gravity Waves and Bores [Conveners: Mike Hickey, Steve Smith, Mike Taylor] • Comparative Aeronomy on Earth and Mars [Conveners: Michael Mendillo, Paul Withers] • Meteors and the Upper Atmosphere [Conveners: Lars Dyrud, Diego Janches] • Superstorms: Observations, Analysis and Modeling of Large Geomagnetic Disturbances [Conveners: Larry Paxton, Janet Kozyra, Larisa Goncharenko, Geoff Crowley, Alan Burns, Wenbin Wang] • Comparative Studies of the Polar MLT from Ground and Space [Conveners: Bob Vincent, Susan Avery, Scott Palo]

10. Workshops from Last Year’s Santa Fe CEDAR Meeting • Future Science • Science Challenges for the CEDAR (LIDAR) Observing Community [Conveners: Richard Collins, Hanli Liu]

11. Workshops from Last Year’s Santa Fe CEDAR Meeting • Data Assimilation and Modeling • Middle and Upper Atmospheric Data Assimilation and Forecast Techniques [Conveners: Andrew J. Gerrard, Robert W. Schunk] • Towards an Integrated Data Environment Workshop [Conveners: Michele Weiss, John Holt, Stuart Nylund]

12. Workshops from Last Year’s Santa Fe CEDAR Meeting • Student Workshop • Instrumentation Gear for Your Thesis [Conveners: Stan Briczinski, Lars Dyrud]

13. Summary • CEDAR’s involvement of Aeronomers at all levels is through working groups and their “sponsored” workshops. • The prior list of workshops provides key names of working group leaders. • Is there an IHY link in these lists? • Who will lead an IHY-CEDAR working group/campaign? • Last year we had 24 workshops at CEDAR. • Listed are over 60 scientists. • A workshop can be: a round table discussion, an organized set of speakers, in promptu speakers, a tutorial-led discussion, etc.