AURORA on Earth

Photo Credit: Jan Curtis, UAF, GI
Comparative Aeronomy in the Solar System

2001 Fall AGU Meeting 

SA06 Future Directions in Aeronomy 
(joint with P, A, and AE)
AURORA on Ganymede

Photo Credit: NASA and Space Telescope Science Institute

 
A special session dedicated to the “Future Directions in Aeronomy” will be organized next 2001 Fall AGU meeting, held at San Francisco on December 10-14, 2001.
The "Comparative Aeronomy in the Solar System" is one of the components of  it.

Terrestrial and planetary scientists are specifically invited to contribute papers (oral or poster) dealing with an assessment of present knowledge in mesospheric, ionospheric, and thermospheric processes and an exposition of the outstanding problems that are expected to occupy the spotlight in the years ahead. In particular,  the Comparative Approach Applied to Solar System Bodies is becoming increasingly fruitful as spacecraft mission and ground-based datasets are assimilated and interpreted using state-of-the-art multi-dimensional models. The range and complexity of solar system environments available to study upper atmosphere processes attest to the planetary scope of aeronomy and its bright future.  A portion of this special session will be devoted to comparative planetary topics. Your participation is most welcome.

Look forward to hearing from you soon,

Marina Galand (mgaland at bu.edu) and Steve Bougher (sbougher at lpl.arizona.edu),
Co-conveners of SA06.


u More Info on the SA06 Special Session?

SA06 Future Directions in Aeronomy (joint with P, A, and AE):

We invite papers dealing with an assessment of present knowledge in ionosphere and thermospheric processes  and an exposition of the outstanding problems that are expected to occupy the spotlight in the years ahead. The objective of this session is to inspire the community to think constructively about aeronomy as an individual discipline and its role in the study of the broader space system.  What are the promising new research areas?  What new initiatives and missions are envisioned? What are the new measurement techniques needed to take aeronomy through the next decade?
We would encourage papers addressing general or pervasive scientific issues in both planetary and terrestrial aeronomy (including the comparative approach applied to solar system bodies) as well as papers addressing the role of technology in the future of the discipline. The session will also include papers that review recent progress and address the maturity of our understanding as a basis for projecting directions for the future.

Convenors: *A.B.Christensen, NOAA/NESDIS, Am Kavalleriesand 31, 64295 Darmstadt, Germany, tel: +49 6151 807 831, Fax: +49 6151 807 831, E-mail: christensen at eumetsat.de; and M. Galand, Center for Space Physics, Boston University, 725 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA, 02215, tel: 617-353-7431, Fax: 617-353-6463, E-mail: mgaland at bu.edu; and S. W. Bougher, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, tel: 520- 621-4900, Fax: 520-621-4933, Email: sbougher at lpl.arizona.edu; and C. G. Fesen, Center for Space Sciences, U. of Texas at Dallas, POB 830688 MS FO22, Richardson, TX 75083, tel: 972 883 2815,fax: 972 883 2761, E-mail: fesen at tides.utdallas.edu; M. C. Kelley, Cornell University Electrical and Computer Engineering 318 Rhodes Hall Ithaca, NY 14853, tel: 607 255-7425, E-mail: mikek at ece.cornell.edu; L. J. Paxton, Space Department, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, tel: 240-228-6871, Fax: 240-228-6870, E-mail: larry.paxton at jhuapl.edu; Odile de La Beaujardiere, Air Force Research Laboratory, Hanscom AF Base, MA 01731-3010, tel:781-377-2760, E-mail: odile.delabeaujardiere at hanscom.af.mil.


u How to Participate?
  • Abstract Submission 
We strongly encourage you to submit a contribution (oral or poster) on a topic related to comparative aeronomy in the solar system and its challenges. 
You should be planning to answer few of the questions proposed below.

All invited speakers and contributors (oral/poster) need to submit an abstract to SA06 special session (joint P, A, and AE) through SA, before:

    • August 30, 2001 for receipt of the Postal/Express Mail Abstracts,
    • September 6, 2001, 14UT for receipt of the Electronic Abstracts.

     
  • Key Questions to Answer 
We strongly encourage you to discuss at least several of the points proposed below.
    1) Why choosing the comparative approach? What are your motivations? What are the benefits you got? 
    What are the major issues/challenges you encountered?

    2) In which directions do you plan to go in the future regarding comparative aeronomy? Short term/long term plans?

    3) Have you exported or are you planning to export aeronomical models developed for Earth to other bodies of the solar system?

    4) Which past/current/future near-Earth observatories, space missions, or ground-based instruments have been or will be providing observations relevant for your subject of interest?  Precise kind of observations.

    5) Which other (in situ, remote, or laboratory) observations would be of great interest for further comparative studies? Precise if it requires new measurement techniques.

    6) Do you have any suggestions for encouraging comparative aeronomical studies?


u Related Websites
If you have any questions or comments regarding the comparative approach as part of the SA06 special session at 2001 Fall AGU, feel free to contact: 
- Marina Galand (mgaland at bu.edu) and Steve Bougher (sbougher at lpl.arizona.edu).

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