SPA-Solar and Heliospheric Physics



SH001
Acceleration and Transport Processes of Energetic Electrons in Solar Flares and Interplanetary Space
Primary Convener:  Frederic Effenberger, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany; Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, NASA Research Park, Moffet Field, CA, United States
Conveners:  Nina Dresing, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany, Sophie Musset, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States and Natasha Louise Scarlet Jeffrey, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12, United Kingdom
Primary Liaison:  Frederic Effenberger, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany; Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, NASA Research Park, Moffet Field, CA, United States


SH002
Applications in Python for Solar and Space Physics
Primary Convener:  Alexandria Ware, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, United States
Conveners:  D Aaron Roberts, NASA Goddard SFC, Code 672, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Baptiste Cecconi, Paris Observatory Meudon, Meudon, France
Primary Liaison:  Alexandria Ware, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States


SH003
A Quarter Century of Wind observations
Primary Convener:  Lynn B Wilson III, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Conveners:  Bennett Maruca, Center for Astrophysics, Berkeley, CA, United States, Teresa Nieves-Chinchilla, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Susan T Lepri, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Primary Liaison:  Bennett Maruca, University of Delaware, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Newark, DE, United States


SH004
Collisionless Shock Waves in Astrophysical Plasmas
Primary Convener:  Lynn B Wilson III, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Conveners:  Drew L Turner, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Katherine Goodrich, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States and Alessandro Retino, Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas, Palaiseau, France
Primary Liaison:  Lynn B Wilson III, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States


SH005
Combining Observations and Data-driven Modelling of Coronal Mass Ejections
Primary Convener:  Daniel James Price, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Conveners:  Diana Morosan, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland and Benjamin J Lynch, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Daniel James Price, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland


SH006
From IBEX to IMAP: Toward a Leap in Understanding the Physics of the Global Heliosphere
Primary Convener:  Maher A Dayeh, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States
Conveners:  Christina Cohen, Caltech, Pasadena, CA, United States, Joe Giacalone, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States and Colin J Joyce, Princeton University, Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton, NJ, United States
Primary Liaison:  Maher A Dayeh, Southwest Research Institute San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States


SH007
Frontier Discovery from the Whole Heliosphere and Planetary Interactions (WHPI) Initiative
Primary Convener:  Ryan Michael McGranaghan, Atmospheric and Space Technology Research Associates (ASTRA), Louisville, CO, United States
Conveners:  Giuliana de Toma, NCAR, Boulder, CO, United States, Gina A DiBraccio, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States and Sarah E Gibson, NCAR, HAO, Boulder, CO, United States
Primary Liaison:  Giuliana de Toma, NCAR, Boulder, CO, United States


SH008
Fundamental Physics of the Solar Corona and Inner Heliosphere
Primary Convener:  Chadi S Salem, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States
Conveners:  Marco Velli, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Olga Panasenco, Advanced Heliophysics, Pasadena, CA, United States and Yannis Zouganelis, European Space Agency, ESAC, Villanueva de la Canada, Spain
Primary Liaison:  Chadi S Salem, University of California, Berkeley, CA, United States


SH009
High-Energy Solar Investigations Through Next-Generation Spectroscopy, from X-rays to Radio and beyond
Primary Convener:  Amir Caspi, Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO, United States
Convener:  Lindsay Glesener, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, MN, United States
Primary Liaison:  Amir Caspi, Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO, United States


SH010
Innovative approaches in solar flare forecasting
Primary Convener:  Han He, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Convener:  Robertus Erdelyi, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Primary Liaison:  Han He, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China


SH011
Instabilities and Their Role in Modifying Plasma Dynamics
Primary Convener:  Jason M TenBarge, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States
Conveners:  Kristopher G. Klein, University of Arizona, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Tucson, AZ, United States and Bennett Maruca, University of Delaware, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Newark, DE, United States
Primary Liaison:  Jason M TenBarge, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States


SH012
Interstellar Probe: At the Intersection of Helio-, Planetary and Astrophysics
Primary Convener:  Pontus C. Brandt, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States
Conveners:  Kathleen Mandt, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Space Exploration Sector, Laurel, MD, United States, Parisa Mostafavi, Princeton University, Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton, NJ, United States; Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States and Elena A Provornikova, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, United States
Primary Liaison:  Pontus C. Brandt, Johns Hopkins Univ/APL, Laurel, MD, United States


SH013
Kappa Distributions and Turbulence: Theory and Applications in space plasmas
Primary Convener:  George Livadiotis, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States
Conveners:  William H Matthaeus, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States, Eric Zirnstein, Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research, Huntsville, AL, United States and Peter H Yoon, University of Maryland, IPST, College Park, MD, United States
Primary Liaison:  George Livadiotis, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States


SH014
Large scale interplanetary structures and their space weather effects
Primary Convener:  Fang Shen, National Space Science Center, CAS, Beijing, China
Conveners:  Noé Lugaz, University of New Hampshire, Durham, United States, Lan Jian, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Jie Zhang, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Fang Shen, National Space Science Center, CAS, Beijing, China


SH015
Machine Learning and Data Assimilation as Emerging Tools for Characterization and Forecasting of Solar Variability and Space Weather Events
Primary Convener:  Irina Kitiashvili, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States
Conveners:  Chun Ming Mark Cheung, Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory, Palo Alto, CA, United States, Madhulika Guhathakurta, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States and Nagi Nicolas Mansour, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Irina Kitiashvili, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States


SH016
Measurements of Photospheric Magnetic Flux and Magnetic Field Models
Primary Convener:  Shaela I Jones, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States; Catholic University of America, Department of Physics, Washington, DC, United States
Conveners:  Nishu Karna, George Mason University Fairfax, Fairfax, VA, United States and Derek A Lamb, Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO, United States
Primary Liaison:  Shaela I Jones, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States; Catholic University of America, Department of Physics, Washington, DC, United States


SH017
Novel measurement techniques for space plasma in Heliophysics
Primary Convener:  Keiichi Ogasawara, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States
Conveners:  Jason A Gilbert, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, John W Bonnell, University of California, Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States and Georgios Nicolaou, University College London, Mullard Space Science Laboratory, Dorking, United Kingdom
Primary Liaison:  Keiichi Ogasawara, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States


SH018
Parker Solar Probe: Changing our view of the Solar Wind
Primary Convener:  Kelly E Korreck, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA, United States
Conveners:  Aleida Katherine Higginson, University of Michigan, AOSS, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Adam Szabo, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Marco Velli, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Kelly E Korreck, Smithsonian Observatory, Cambridge, MA, United States


SH019
Particle Acceleration and Transport at the Sun and in the Inner Heliosphere
Primary Convener:  Linghua Wang, Peking University, Beijing, China
Conveners:  Richard A Mewaldt, Caltech, Pasadena, CA, United States, Gang Li, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States and Robert F Wimmer-Schweingruber, University of Kiel, Institute for Experimental and Applied Physics, Kiel, Germany
Primary Liaison:  Linghua Wang, Peking University, Beijing, China


SH020
Plasma Energization, Particle Acceleration, and High-energy Emission in Solar Flares
Primary Convener:  Fan Guo, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States and Xiaocan Li
Conveners:  Lindsay Glesener, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, MN, United States, Xiaocan Li, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States, Hugh S Hudson, UC Berkeley, Space Sciences Lab, Berkeley, CA, United States and Xiaocan Li
Primary Liaison:  Fan Guo, Los Alamos National Lab, Los Alamos, NM, United States and Xiaocan Li


SH021
Preparing for Solar Orbiter: Linking the Sun to the Heliosphere
Primary Convener:  Yannis Zouganelis, European Space Agency, ESAC, Villanueva De La Can, Spain
Conveners:  Russell Howard, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States, Christopher John Owen, University College London, Mullard Space Science Laboratory, London, United Kingdom and Robert F Wimmer-Schweingruber, University of Kiel, Institute for Experimental and Applied Physics, Kiel, Germany
Primary Liaison:  Yannis Zouganelis, European Space Agency, ESAC, Villanueva De La Can, Spain


SH022
Science Problems in the Middle Corona
Primary Convener:  Matthew John West, Royal Observatory of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium
Conveners:  Laurel Rachmeler, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, United States, Daniel B Seaton, Royal Observatory of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium and Sabrina L Savage, NASA Marshall Space Flght Ctr, Madison, AL, United States
Primary Liaison:  Matthew John West, Royal Observatory of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium


SH023
Solar and Heliospheric Physics: General Contributions
Primary Convener:  Christina O Lee, Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States
Conveners:  Elizabeth MacDonald, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Minneapolis, MN, United States and Romina Nikoukar, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States
Primary Liaison:  Christina O Lee, Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States


SH024
Space weather events at solar system bodies and beyond
Primary Convener:  Reka Moldovan Winslow, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Conveners:  Reka Moldovan Winslow, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States, Jingnan Guo, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China and Christina O Lee, Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Reka Moldovan Winslow, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States


SH025
Space Weather Research and Forecasting: End Users, Impacts, and Tomorrow's Monitoring Capabilities.
Primary Convener:  Mario Mark Bisi, United Kingdom Research and Innovation – Science & Technology Facilities Council - Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, RAL Space, Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Conveners:  Antti A Pulkkinen, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Brent Gordon, NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder, United States and Krista Hammond, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom
Primary Liaison:  Mario Mark Bisi, United Kingdom Research and Innovation – Science & Technology Facilities Council - Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, RAL Space, Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom


SH026
The Outer Heliosphere: Where the Solar Wind, Interstellar Pickup Ions, Suprathermal Particles, and Galactic Cosmic Rays Interact
Primary Convener:  Heather Alison Elliott, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States
Conveners:  Eberhard Moebius, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States, John D Richardson, MIT, Cambridge, MA, United States and Merav Opher, Boston University, Astronomy, Boston, MA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Heather Alison Elliott, Southwest Research Institute San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States


SH027
The role of coherent structures and intermittency in space plasma cascade, energy conversion and dissipation.
Primary Convener:  William H Matthaeus, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States
Conveners:  Yan Yang, Southern University of Science and Technology, Senzhen, China and Sergio Servidio, University of Calabria, Cozenza, Italy
Primary Liaison:  William H Matthaeus, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States


SH028
The 2019 Eugene Parker Lecture
Primary Convener:  Christina Cohen, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
Convener:  Geoffrey D Reeves, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States
Primary Liaison:  Christina Cohen, Caltech, Pasadena, CA, United States


SH029
Thinking outside the Sun-Earth Line:  Science and operational applications of alternative solar vantage points
Primary Convener:  Andres Munoz-Jaramillo, Southwest Research Institute Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
Conveners:  Nicholeen M Viall, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Scott William McIntosh, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO, United States
Primary Liaison:  Andres Munoz-Jaramillo, Southwest Research Institute Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States


SH030
Turbulence, Waves, and Magnetic Reconnection from Magnetohydrodynamic to Kinetic Scales
Primary Convener:  Stas Boldyrev, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, United States
Conveners:  Nuno Loureiro, MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Cambridge, MA, United States, Benjamin D G Chandran, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States and Christopher H K Chen, Queen Mary University of London, School of Physics and Astronomy, London, United Kingdom
Primary Liaison:  Stas Boldyrev, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, United States


SH031
Turbulent energization and dissipation:  Insights from multispacecraft observations from Cluster and MMS to Helioswarm, Debye and beyond.
Primary Convener:  William H Matthaeus, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States
Conveners:  Daniel Verscharen, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States, Kristopher G. Klein, University of Arizona, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Tucson, AZ, United States and James Webster, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States
Primary Liaison:  William H Matthaeus, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States


SH032
Utilizing Next Generation Helio Missions to Address Long Standing Solar Wind Mysteries
Primary Convener:  Yeimy Rivera, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Conveners:  Benjamin L Alterman, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Aleida Katherine Higginson, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States and Steven R Cranmer, University of Colorado at Boulder, APS, Boulder, CO, United States
Primary Liaison:  Yeimy Rivera, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States


A123
The Current and Future Scientific Impact of Small Satellites on Space Missions
Primary Convener:  Charles D Norton, NASA Headquarters, Science Mission Directorate, Washington, DC, United States
Conveners:  David M Klumpar, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, United States, William H Swartz, Johns Hopkins Univ, Laurel, MD, United States and Pamela Millar, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Primary Liaison:  Charles D Norton, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States


IN046
Tools and Databases for Solar and Planetary Sciences at the Big Data Era
Primary Convener:  Baptiste Cecconi, Observatoire de Paris, PSL, CNRS, LESIA, Meudon, France
Conveners:  Alexandria Ware, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States and Emily Law, CalTech JPL, Pasadena, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Baptiste Cecconi, Paris Observatory Meudon, Meudon, France


NG008
Machine Learning in Space Weather
Primary Convener:  Enrico Camporeale, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, United States; University of Colorado, Boulder, United States
Conveners:  Jacob Bortnik, University of California Los Angeles, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Tomoko Matsuo, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States and Ryan Michael McGranaghan, Atmospheric and Space Technology Research Associates (ASTRA), Louisville, CO, United States
Primary Liaison:  Enrico Camporeale, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, United States; University of Colorado, Boulder, United States


NH018
Extreme Space Weather Benchmarks: The Next Steps
Primary Convener:  Tom Colvin, Science and Technology Policy Institute, Washington, DC, United States
Convener:  Michael Wiltberger, NSF, Washington, DC, United States
Primary Liaison:  Tom Colvin, Science and Technology Policy Institute, Washington, DC, United States


SA004
Aeronomy: General Contributions
Primary Convener:  Romina Nikoukar, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States
Conveners:  Christina O Lee, Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States and Elizabeth MacDonald, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Minneapolis, MN, United States
Primary Liaison:  Romina Nikoukar, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States


SA009
Investigating the Behavior of Multiscale Processes in the ITM system
Primary Convener:  Larry J Paxton, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States
Conveners:  Yue Deng, University of Texas Arlington, Arlington, TX, United States, Delores J Knipp, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States and Philip John Erickson, MIT Haystack Observatory, Westford, MA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Larry J Paxton, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States


SA020
Science from an ITM CubeSat constellation
Primary Convener:  James F Spann, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States
Conveners:  Rebecca L Bishop, The Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Jeffrey Klenzing, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Charles Swenson, Utah State University, Logan, UT, United States
Primary Liaison:  James F Spann, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States


SA021
Space Weather Science and Operations through Public-Private Partnerships and Industry Contributions
Primary Convener:  Jennifer L Gannon, Computational Physics Inc. Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
Conveners:  Terrance G Onsager, NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder, CO, United States and W Kent Tobiska, Space Environment Technologies, Pacific Palisades, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Jennifer L Gannon, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States


SA024
Visions of Future Innovation Across Space Physics and Aeronomy (SPA)
Primary Convener:  Alessandra Abe Pacini, Arecibo Observatory, Arecibo, PR, United States
Conveners:  Allison N Jaynes, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States, Barbara J Thompson, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Joshua L Semeter, Boston Univ, Boston, MA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Alessandra Abe Pacini, NorthWest Research Associates Boulder, Puerto Rico, United States


SM004
A Global Network of International Action Teams Targeting Improvements of Resilience to Space Weather.
Primary Convener:  Maria M Kuznetsova, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States and ISWAT Moderators
Conveners:  Sean Bruinsma, CNES, Toulouse, France, Dibyendu Nandy, Center for Excellence in Space Sciences and Indian Institute of Science, Education and Research, Kolkata, India, Hermann J Opgenoorth, Umea University, Umea, Sweden; Umeå University, Department of Physics, Umeå, Sweden and ISWAT Moderators
Primary Liaison:  Maria M Kuznetsova, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States and ISWAT Moderators


SM026
Magnetospheric Physics: General Contributions
Primary Convener:  Elizabeth MacDonald, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Conveners:  Romina Nikoukar, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States and Christina O Lee, Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Elizabeth MacDonald, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Minneapolis, MN, United States


SM028
Multi-scale investigations of fundamental plasma processes by in-situ observations and simulations
Primary Convener:  Kyoung-Joo Hwang, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States
Conveners:  James L Burch, Southwest Research Institute San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States, C Philippe Escoubet, ESTEC/ESA, Noordwijk, Netherlands and Sergio Toledo Redondo, IRAP, Toulouse, France
Primary Liaison:  Kyoung-Joo Hwang, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States


SM033
Physics of Space Weather Interactions and Societal Impacts
Primary Convener:  Linda Neergaard Parker, Universities Space Research Association Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States
Conveners:  Shawn L Young, AFRL, Kirtland Afb, NM, United States, Michele D Cash, NOAA-Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder, CO, United States and Eric K Sutton, University of Colorado at Boulder, Space Weather Technology, Research, and Education Center, Boulder, CO, United States
Primary Liaison:  Linda Neergaard Parker, Universitites Space Research Association, Huntsville, AL, United States


SM039
Uncertainty Quantification and Statistical Best Practices for Space Weather
Primary Convener:  Sean Elvidge, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15, United Kingdom
Conveners:  Steven Morley, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States and Sophie A. Murray, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Primary Liaison:  Sean Elvidge, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15, United Kingdom