Student Workshop
Convenor: Andrew Stephan
Sunday June 13, 01:00-04:45 PM
Benson Earth Sciences Auditorium
Many of the reions of the solar-terrestrial environment are coupled via interfacing boundaries, particle transport, and energy exchanges. As space weather becomes an increasingly important initiative to CEDAR, a familiarity with research in the solar and magnetospheric regions is a requirement for understanding these interactions and inputs to CEDAR-supported research. The 1999 CEDAR Student Workshop will begin with an introduction to the GEM (Geospace Environment Modeling) and SHINE (Solar, Heliospheric, and INterplanetary Environment) communities. We will outline the particular interests of these NSF sponsored programs, with emphasis on potential interactions and collaborations with the CEDAR community. This will serve as a rudimentary introduction to the Friday joint CEDAR/GEM/SHINE session, which will combine work from all three groups in a discussion of a single geophysical event.
The second half of the Student Workshop will be a tutorial discussion of waves in the upper atmosphere and ionosphere. Waves are an important component of the dynamics of both the neutral and ionized constituents of the upper atmosphere. They exist in all sizes, magnitudes, and geographical locations, and can influence particle momentum and energy, develop into instabilities, and even be generated to probe plasma characteristics and dynamics. We will include a general description of the general physics behind these wide-reaching phenomena, with a discussion of several specific waves types which are of interest to CEDAR students and scientists, including gravity waves and tides.
Finally, in response to the positive feedback we received from last year's workshop, we will hold an evening social at a nearby park (possibly another outing to Chautauqua ) where students can interact in an informal setting to discuss graduate school, classes, theses, or even just go for a hike and enjoy the mountain air.