SPA-Magnetospheric Physics



SM001
Advances in Auroral Studies
Primary Convener:  Yongliang Zhang, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States
Conveners:  Larry J Paxton, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States, Robert M Robinson, Catholic University of America, Physics, Washington, DC, United States and Elizabeth MacDonald, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Minneapolis, MN, United States
Primary Liaison:  Elizabeth J Mitchell, JHU/APL, Odenton, MD, United States


SM002
Advances in Magnetoseismology
Primary Convener:  Alfredo Del Corpo, University of L'Aquila, Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, L'Aquila, Italy
Conveners:  Jiwon Choi, Kyung Hee University, School of Space Research, Yongin, Korea, Republic of (South) and Banafsheh Ferdousi, University of New Hampshire, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, Durham, NH, United States
Primary Liaison:  Alfredo Del Corpo, University of L'Aquila, Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, L'Aquila, Italy


SM003
Advances in Radiation Belt Physics: Challenges in Models and Observations
Primary Convener:  Ravindra Tobias Desai, Imperial College London, Physics, London, SW7, United Kingdom
Conveners:  Richard Bertram Horne1, Nigel Peter Meredith1 and Wen Li2, (1)British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom(2)Boston University, Boston, MA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Ravindra Tobias Desai, Imperial College London, Physics, London, SW7, United Kingdom


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


SM005
Applications of Data Science and Engineering to Magnetospheric Physics and Aeronomy
Primary Convener:  Bharat Kunduri, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States
Conveners:  Maimaitirebike Maimaiti, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States, Asti Bhatt, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA, United States and Ashton Seth Reimer, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Primary Liaison:  Bharat Kunduri, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States


SM006
Causes and consequences of energetic particle losses in the coupled ionosphere-thermosphere-magnetosphere system
Primary Convener:  Hong Zhao, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
Conveners:  Binbin Ni, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, Jacob Bortnik, University of California Los Angeles, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States and Allison N Jaynes, University of Colorado at Boulder, LASP, Boulder, CO, United States
Primary Liaison:  Binbin Ni, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China


SM007
Characterization of the radiation environment in Earth's magnetosphere and its impact on the atmospheric phenomena
Primary Convener:  Valeriy Tenishev, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Convener:  Natalia Y Ganushkina, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Primary Liaison:  Natalia Y Ganushkina, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland


SM008
Current State of Knowledge of the Earth’s Ring-Current
Primary Convener:  Jerry Wayne Manweiler, Fundamental Technologies, LLC, Lawrence, KS, United States
Conveners:  A. Rualdo Soto-chavez, Syntek Technologies, Inc, Fairfax, VA, United States and Kunihiro Keika, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Primary Liaison:  Jerry Wayne Manweiler, Fundamental Technologies, LLC, Lawrence, KS, United States


SM009
Dayside Magnetospheric Interactions
Primary Convener:  Xuzhi Zhou, Peking University, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Beijing, China
Conveners:  Hui Zhang, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Physics Department & Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, AK, United States and Quanqi Shi, Shandong University at Weihai, Institute of Space Science, Weihai, China
Primary Liaison:  Hui Zhang, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Physics Department & Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, AK, United States


SM010
Do Intrinsic Magnetic Fields Shield Planetary Atmospheres From Escaping?
Primary Convener:  Dave A Brain, University of Colorado at Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, United States
Conveners:  Stanislav V Barabash, Swedish Inst Space Physics, Kiruna, Sweden, Thomas Earle Moore, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Kanako Seki, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Primary Liaison:  Dave A Brain, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, United States


SM011
Earth's dynamic cusps
Primary Convener:  Jeffrey Michael Broll, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States
Conveners:  Stephen A Fuselier, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States, Shasha Zou, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States and Yue Deng, University of Texas Arlington, Arlington, TX, United States
Primary Liaison:  Jeffrey Michael Broll, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States


SM012
Explosive Magnetotail Activity: Studies throughout the Solar System during the Spaceflight Era
Primary Convener:  Christine Gabrielse, The Aerospace Corporation, Space Sciences Department, El Segundo, CA, United States
Conveners:  Matina Gkioulidou, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States, Drew L. Turner, The Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles, CA, United States and Viacheslav G Merkin, The Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD, United States
Primary Liaison:  Christine Gabrielse, The Aerospace Corporation, Space Sciences Department, El Segundo, CA, United States


SM013
Geospace Research from Polar Environments
Primary Convener:  Hyomin Kim, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Edison, NJ, United States
Conveners:  Andrew J Gerrard, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research, Newark, NJ, United States, Sarah Jones, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Matthew D Zettergren, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL, United States
Primary Liaison:  Sarah Jones, NASA Goddard Space Flight Cent, Greenbelt, MD, United States


SM014
Imaging the Global Dynamics of the Solar Wind Interaction
Primary Convener:  Yaireska M Collado-Vega, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Conveners:  Hyunju KIM Connor, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States and Dennis Lee Gallagher, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, United States
Primary Liaison:  Yaireska M Collado-Vega, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States


SM015
Inner magnetospheric waves and their impact on the ionosphere
Primary Convener:  Hyunju KIM Connor, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States
Conveners:  Allison N Jaynes, University of Colorado at Boulder, LASP, Boulder, CO, United States and Michael Hartinger, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Primary Liaison:  Hyunju KIM Connor, University of New Mexico Main Campus, Albuquerque, NM, United States


SM016
Inner Radiation Belt Particles and Waves Dynamics
Primary Convener:  Jean-Francois Ripoll, CEA Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique DAM, Arpajon Cedex, France
Conveners:  Gregory Cunningham, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States, Richard Bertram Horne, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom and Jay Albert, Air Force Research Lab, Albuquerque, NM, United States
Primary Liaison:  Jean-Francois Ripoll, CEA/DAM- ILE DE FRANCE, Arpajon, France


SM017
Interactive Visualizations of Magnetic Reconnection: Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) Observations and Simulations
Primary Convener:  Jason R Shuster, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Conveners:  Frederick D Wilder, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States and Cecilia Norgren, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Primary Liaison:  Jason R Shuster, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States


SM018
Kinetic effects in solar wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling during extreme magnetic storms
Primary Convener:  Li-Jen Chen, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Conveners:  Marilia Samara, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Chuanfei Dong, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States
Primary Liaison:  Marilia Samara, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States


SM019
Magnetic Reconnection on the Dayside AND the Resulting Ionospheric Signatures.
Primary Convener:  Gerard J Fasel, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA, United States
Conveners:  David G Sibeck, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Han Desheng, School of Ocean and Earth Science, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
Primary Liaison:  Gerard J Fasel, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA, United States


SM020
Magnetic reconnection – connecting ideas from observations, experiments and models.
Primary Convener:  Yi-Hsin Liu, Dartmouth College, Physics and Astronomy, Hanover, NH, United States
Conveners:  Michael Hesse, University of Bergen, Birkeland Centre for Space Science, Bergen, Norway, Kevin James Genestreti, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States and Jongsoo Yoo, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States
Primary Liaison:  Yi-Hsin Liu, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States


SM021
Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Dynamics: Determining the Timings of the System's Response to Changes in Upstream Driving
Primary Convener:  Nathan Case, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
Conveners:  Adrian Grocott, Lancaster University, Department of Physics, Lancaster, United Kingdom, Robert C Fear, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO14, United Kingdom and Stein Haaland, MPS/BCSS, IFT, Bergen, Norway
Primary Liaison:  Nathan Case, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom


SM022
Magnetosphere - Plasmasphere - Ionosphere Coupling: Transport of Ionospheric Ions to the Magnetosphere and their Consequences
Primary Convener:  Sergio Toledo Redondo, IRAP-CNRS, Toulouse, France
Conveners:  Stephen A Fuselier, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States, Elena A Kronberg, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Gottingen, Germany and Sarah K. Vines, Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins, Laurel, MD, United States
Primary Liaison:  Sergio Toledo Redondo, IRAP, Toulouse, France


SM023
Magnetospheres in the Inner Solar System
Primary Convener:  Leonardo Regoli, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Conveners:  Gina A DiBraccio, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Daniel J Gershman, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Heliophysics Science Division, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Marissa F. Vogt, Boston University, Center for Space Physics, Boston, United States
Primary Liaison:  Leonardo Regoli, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States


SM024
Magnetospheres in the Outer Solar System
Primary Convener:  Xianzhe Jia, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Conveners:  Chris Paranicas, Applied Physics Lab, Laurel, MD, United States and George B Hospodarsky, University of Iowa, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa City, IA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Xianzhe Jia, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States


SM025
Magnetospheric Modeling: State of the Art, Gaps, and Future Innovations
Primary Convener:  Gian Luca Delzanno, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States
Conveners:  Daniel T Welling, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Masha Kuznetsova, Community Coordinated Modeling Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Michael McKerns, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States
Primary Liaison:  Gian Luca Delzanno, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States


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


SM027
Moon-Plasma Interactions Throughout the Solar System
Primary Convener:  Sven Simon, Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus, Atlanta, GA, United States
Conveners:  Lucas Liuzzo, Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus, Atlanta, GA, United States, Aljona Bloecker, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden and Lorenz Roth, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Space and Plasma Physics, School of Electrical Engineering, Stockholm, Sweden
Primary Liaison:  Sven Simon, Universitaet zu Koeln, Koeln, Germany


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


SM029
Nonlinear phenomena in the inner magnetosphere, modeling approaches and active experiments
Primary Convener:  Mark Golkowski, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, United States
Conveners:  Yoshiharu Omura, Kyoto University, Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto, Japan and Gian Luca Delzanno, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States
Primary Liaison:  Mark Golkowski, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, United States


SM030
Nonlinear wave-particle interaction in the Earth’s magnetosphere
Primary Convener:  Lunjin Chen, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, United States
Conveners:  Yuto Katoh, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, Xiaojia Zhang, UCLA, Los Angeles, United States and Peter H Yoon, University of Maryland, IPST, College Park, MD, United States
Primary Liaison:  Xiaojia Zhang, UCLA, Los Angeles, United States


SM031
Our Evolving Understanding of Auroral Physics and Magnetosphere Dynamics at Jupiter
Primary Convener:  Robert W Ebert, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States
Conveners:  George B Clark, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States, Masafumi Imai, University of Iowa, Physics and Astronomy, Iowa City, IA, United States and Scott J Bolton, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States
Primary Liaison:  Robert W Ebert, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States


SM032
Panel Discussion: The Impact of Cold Ions and Cold Electrons on the Magnetospheric System
Primary Convener:  Joseph Borovsky, Space Science Institute Los Alamos, Los Alamos, NM, United States
Conveners:  Kateryna Yakymenko, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States and Michelle F Thomsen, Planetary Science Institute, Tuscon, AZ, United States
Primary Liaison:  Joseph Borovsky, Space Science Institute, Los Alamos, NM, 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


SM034
Plasma Convection in the Subauroral Ionosphere and Coupled Inner Magnetosphere
Primary Convener:  J. Michael Ruohoniemi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States
Conveners:  Naomi Maruyama, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States, Solene Lejosne, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States and Bharat Kunduri, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States
Primary Liaison:  J. Michael Ruohoniemi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States


SM035
Radiation Belt Dynamics: Wave-Particle Interactions and Radiation Belt Modelling
Primary Convener:  Homayon Aryan, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10, United Kingdom
Conveners:  Oleksiy V Agapitov, Space Science Laboratory, UCB, Berkeley, CA, United States, Lauren Blum, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States and David Malaspina, University of Colorado, Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, United States
Primary Liaison:  Homayon Aryan, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10, United Kingdom


SM036
Radiation Belts at the Earth, the Gas Giants, and Beyond
Primary Convener:  Peter Kollmann, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States
Conveners:  Elias Roussos, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany, Emma E Woodfield, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom and Jacob Bortnik, University of California Los Angeles, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Elias Roussos, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany


SM037
Recent Advances in ULF Wave Research: Sources and Impacts
Primary Convener:  Xueling Shi, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States
Conveners:  Joseph B. H. Baker1, Michael Hartinger1,2 and Kazue Takahashi3, (1)Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States(2)Space Science Institute Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States(3)Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States
Primary Liaison:  Xueling Shi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States


SM038
Solar Cycle 24 Exploration, Mysteries, and Discoveries in Energetic Particle Processes of the Near-Earth Space
Primary Convener:  Aleksandr Y Ukhorskiy, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States
Conveners:  Yoshizumi Miyoshi, Nagoya University, ISEE, Nagoya, Japan, Hong Zhao, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States and Lauren W Blum, LASP, Boulder, CO, United States
Primary Liaison:  Aleksandr Y Ukhorskiy, JHU/APL, Laurel, MD, 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


SM040
Understanding and modeling of the inner magnetosphere
Primary Convener:  Richard Boynton, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10, United Kingdom
Conveners:  Stepan Dubyagin, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland and Dmitri A Kondrashov, University of California Los Angeles, Atmos. Sci, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Richard Boynton, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10, United Kingdom


SM041
Wave and Plasma Structures in the Subauroral Geospace
Primary Convener:  Anatoly V Streltsov, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL, United States
Convener:  Evgeny V Mishin, Air Force Research Laboratory, Albuquerque, NM, United States
Primary Liaison:  Anatoly V Streltsov, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL, 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


SA001
Advances in Equatorial Thermosphere and Ionosphere Studies
Primary Convener:  Elvira Astafyeva, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Paris, France
Conveners:  Chaosong Huang, Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland Afb, NM, United States, Huixin Liu, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan and Endawoke Yizengaw, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, United States
Primary Liaison:  Elvira Astafyeva, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Paris, France


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


SA007
Cross-scale Coupling and Energy Transfer in the mid and high-latitude Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere System
Primary Convener:  Toshi Nishimura, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States
Conveners:  Olga P Verkhoglyadova, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States and Larry R Lyons, University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Toshi Nishimura, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States


SA008
Energetic Precipitation Effects in the Middle and Upper Atmosphere
Primary Convener:  Dong Lin, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States
Conveners:  Wenbin Wang1, Harlan E. Spence2 and Chia-Lin Huang2, (1)NCAR, HAO, Boulder, CO, United States(2)University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States
Primary Liaison:  Dong Lin, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, 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


SA014
Pathways of Dynamic Magnetosphere Coupling to High-Latitude Ionosphere
Primary Convener:  Olga P Verkhoglyadova, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
Conveners:  Cheryl Y Huang, USAF, Albuquerque, United States, Michael Hartinger, Space Science Institute Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States and Stephen Roland Kaeppler, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, United States
Primary Liaison:  Olga P Verkhoglyadova, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States


SA015
Processes Driving Ionospheric Upflow and Outflow
Primary Convener:  Katherine Garcia-Sage, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Conveners:  Roger H Varney, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States and Shasha Zou, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Primary Liaison:  Katherine Garcia-Sage, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States


SA016
Recent advances in MIT coupling science from high to mid-latitude using ground-based observations
Primary Convener:  Bea Gallardo-Lacourt, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Conveners:  Gareth William Perry, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research, Newark, NJ, United States and Carlos R. Martinis, Boston University, Center for Space Physics, Boston, MA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Bea Gallardo-Lacourt, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, 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


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


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


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


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