Meetings related to VarSITI in 2016
Added on August 06, 2015
Updated on November 05, 2015
First VarSITI General Symposium (VarSITI2016)
June 6-10, 2016
Albena,Bulgaria (to be confirmed)
Description:
The scientific program “Variability of the Sun and Its Terrestrial Impact” (VarSITI) is the current scientific program of SCOSTEP (Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics) for the period 2014-2018 (http://www.varsiti.org/). VarSITI focuses on the recent and expected future solar activity and its consequences for the Earth, over various time scales from thousands of years to milliseconds, and at various locations from the solar interior to the Earth’s atmosphere. In particular, VarSITI focuses on the interconnections in the Sun-Earth system. Four scientific projects are being carried out under VarSITI: (1) Solar Evolution and Extrema (SEE), (2) International Study of Earth-Affecting Solar Transients (ISEST/MiniMax24), (3) Specification and Prediction of the Coupled Inner-Magnetospheric Environment (SPeCIMEN), and (4) Role Of the Sun and the Middle atmosphere/thermosphere/ionosphere In Climate (ROSMIC). Data from relevant space- and ground-based missions will be utilized in combination with theory and modeling efforts to facilitate the implementation of these projects.
The purpose of this first VarSITI General Symposium in 2016 (VarSITI2016) is to overview the progress of various activities in the four projects at the midpoint of the five-year program, especially to promote the interconnection among these projects. We will have topical sessions such as 1) extreme solar event and its consequences on Earth, 2) long-term variation of the Sun and climate, 3) space weather prediction and applications, 4) campaign event study of recent CMEs and magnetic storms, 5) modeling connection, and 6) data archives. Ample opportunity will be given for discussions on the new results.
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| Contacts | |
|---|---|
| Dr. Katya Georgieva VarSITI Co-chair Email: katyageorgieva[at]msn.com |
Dr. Kazuo Shiokawa VarSITI Co-chair Email: shiokawa[at]stelab.nagoya-u.ac.jp |
Committees
Read more...Science Organizing Committee:
Annika Seppälä, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland
Craig Rodger, University of Otago, New Zealand
Dibyendu Nandi, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Kolkata, India
Franz–Josef Lübken, Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Kühlungsborn, Germany
Jacob Bortnik, Dept. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, UCLA, USA
Jie Zhang, George Mason University, USA
Katya Georgieva, Space Research and Technologies Institute (SRTI), Bulgaria (co-chair)
Kazuo Shiokawa, Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory (STEL), Nagoya U, Japan (co-chair)
Manuela Temmer, University of Graz, Austria
Nat Gopalswamy, Heliophysics Division, NASA/GSFC, USA
Petrus Martens, Georgia State University, USA
Vladimir Obridko, IZMIRAN, Russia
William Ward, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Local Organizing Committee from the Space Research and Technology Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Science
Boian Kirov (chair); Jordanka Semkova; Rositza Koleva; Peter Tonev; Dimitar Danov;
Rositsa Miteva; Simeon Asenovski; Yana Asenovska; Ventsislav Mitev
A special issue based on VarSITI2016 presentations will be published in an international peer-reviewed journal (TBD)