Conveners:
Odile de La Beaujardiere (odile.delabeaujardiere@hanscom.af.mil), Hanscom AFB
Cheryl Huang (cheryl.huang@hanscom.af.mil), Hanscom AFB
David Hysell (daveh@geology.cornell.edu), Cornell University
Michael Kelley (mck13@cornell.edu), Cornell University
Vincent Eccles (vince.eccles@spacenv.com), Space Environment Corporation
Robert Pfaff (rob.pfaff@gsfc.nasa.gov), Goddard Space Flight Center
Jorge Chau (chau@geo.igp.gob.pe), Jicamarca Radio Observatory
Workshop Format: Short presentations
2005 June 28, 0130-0330 PM, Eldorado Sunset Room
This workshop will address the challenges in forecasting the equatorial ionosphere and irregularities within. The discussions will be related but not limited to the C/NOFS (Communication and Navigation Outage Forecast System) mission.
C/NOFS is a satellite mission dedicated to forecasting ionospheric densities, irregularities and scintillation. It will be launched in 2005, in a 13 degrees inclination, 710 x 375 km orbit. Its instruments will provide plasma parameters, electric & magnetic fields (AC and DC), density fluctuations, and neutral wind. It will also have a GPS receiver, and an RF beacon. Ground-based instruments and models, and space weather products are an integral part of the mission.
The purpose of this workshop is to: