2008 Workshop:Community Models Workshop

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Community Models Workshop

1 Community Models Workshop

Location

Matterhorn

Date/Time

9:00 - 17:00 22 Sunday June 2008

9:00 – 9:15 Opening Comments

Goals for this workshop and beyond - Bob Robinson (NSF)

9:15 – 10:15 Panel on Lessons Learned From Existing Community Programs

Moderator: Bob Robinson (NSF)
CEDAR – Rich Behnke (NSF)
GEM – Bill Lotko (Dartmouth College)
SHINE – Vic Pizzo (NOAA)

10:15 – 10:45 Break

10:45 – 12:00 Panel on Lessons Learned From Current Modeling Activities

Moderator: Paul Bellaire (NSF)
Center for Integrated Space Weather Modeling - Jeff Hughes (Boston University)
Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative - George Fisher (UC Berkeley)
Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative - Brian Wilson (JPL)
Center for Space Environment Modeling - Tamas Gombosi (University of Michigan)
Community Coordinated Modeling Center - Michael Hesse (NASA)

12:00 – 1:30 Lunch

1:30 – 2:30 Modeler Panel – Moderator: Nick Arge (AFRL)

Stan Solomon (NCAR)
Jimmy Raeder (University of New Hampshire)
Jon Linker (SAIC)
Bob Schunk (Utah State University)
Nick Omidi (Solana Scientific Inc.)

2:30 – 3:00 Break

3:00 – 4:00 User Community Panel – Moderator: Joe Borovsky (LANL)

Janet Luhmann (University of California, Berkeley)
Rod Heelis (University of Texas, Dallas)
Bob McCoy (NRL)
Howard Singer (NOAA)
Kent Tobiska (Space Environment Technologies)

4:00 – 5:00 Where do we go from here?

Open Discussion

Conveners

Specifics

Format of the Workshop - presentations and discussion
Duration - ~8 hours
Estimated attendance - ~100
Conflicts with other workshops
- This joint CEDAR/GEM/SHINE workshop is on Sunday 22 June
Special technology requests - none

Forum

Comments, Questions, Discussion Forum

Brief Initial Description

On Sunday June 22, 2008, we will hold a workshop on community modeling at the Zermatt Resort in Midway, Utah. This date is the Sunday following the CEDAR meeting (June 16-21, http://cedarweb.hao.ucar.edu/wiki, click on Workshops) and preceding the joint GEM/SHINE meeting (June 23-27, http://spacibm.rice.edu/~gemm http://www.shinegroup.org), all of which will be held at the Zermatt Resort. The purpose of this workshop is to explore the needs for community models, the roles that community models can play in our solar-terrestrial research, and what it will take to make community models a significant part of space research and applications. Comments and suggestions prior to the workshop are welcome, and can be directed to any member of the organizing committee:
Chair: Terry Onsager (terry.onsager@noaa.gov)
CEDAR: Tim Fuller-Rowell (tim.fuller-rowell@noaa.gov) and Joe Huba (huba@ppd.nrl.navy.mil)
GEM: Aaron Ridley (ridley@engin.umich.edu) and Michael Wiltberger (wiltbemj@ucar.edu).
SHINE: Jon Linker (linkerj@saic.com) and Christopher Russell (ctrussell@igpp.ucla.edu)

Defining a Program for Space Weather Modeling

This workshop has been organized at the request of NSF to examine what we need in a broad space weather modeling program to maintain the momentum that has been made over the last decade and to carry us forward into the future.

Questions that will be addressed include: Is a community space weather modeling program desirable? Is it the right time to start such a program? Are space weather models conducive to the community modeling approach? What is the right balance of elements needed for a community-based space weather modeling program: a grants program, a steering committee, periodic workshops, mechanisms for dealing with issues such as interagency coordination, input/output standards, data standards, validation activities, metrics, model transitioning, version control, model access, etc. If there is a role for a center or centers in these activities, what would be the mechanism for establishing and supporting such a center?

Other questions include: What is the level of effort required? How large a grants program should there be? How much additional cost would be associated with support for a steering committee, workshops, a center, students, visiting scientists, etc? What are the steps ahead? Should there be other workshops, workshop reports, strategic and implementation plans?

The workshop has been organized as series of panels to encourage open discussion and to hear the perspectives of modelers, model users, leaders of group modeling activities, and program organizers.