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Schedule for

“Sun-Earth Connection Physics:

The GeoImpact of  CMEs, CIRs, and Ordinary Solar Wind”

Fiesta Americana Hotel,

Merida, Mexico

November 8-12, 2004

WORD VERSION (.doc)

Updated November 2, 2004

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REGISTRATION

 Sunday Afternoon

 Near the Salon Yucatan

   3:00-6:30

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ICEBREAKER

 Sunday Evening

 Terraza Montejo

   7:30-9:30

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SESSION 1: Tutorial Talks

 Monday Morning 8:15-12:10

 Salon Yucatan

 Chair Ennio Sanchez

8:15-8:30

 Opening Remarks

8:30-9:25

 George Siscoe

   GeoImpacts of Solar Wind Forcings

9:25-10:15

 Jack Gosling

   The Solar Wind

10:15-10:35 BREAK

10:35-11:25

 Chris Russell

   The Earth's Magnetosphere

11:25-12:15

 John Foster

   Global Ionospheric Redistribution during Severe

   Geomagnetic Storms

12:15 END

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SESSION 2: Solar and Heliospheric Physics of CMEs

 Monday Afternoon 2:00-5:20

 Salon Yucatan

 Chair Joe Borovsky

2:00-2:35

 Janet Luhmann

   Potential Field Source Surface Models of the Coronal Magnetic

   Field and ICME Characteristics

2:35-2:55

 Bernie V. Jackson, A. Buffington, P. P. Hick, M Kojima, and

 M. Tokumaru

   Heliospheric Photometric Images and 3D Reconstruction from

   the Solar Mass Ejection Imager (SMEI) Data Analyses

2:55-3:15

Alejandro Lara, Nat Gopalswamy, Grzegorz Michalek, Hong

 Xie, and Seiji Yashiro

   Brightness Characteristics of Halo CMEs

3:15-3:50

 Dusan Odsrcil, V. J. Pizzo, C. N. Arge, P. Riley, and X. P. Zhao

   Propagation of Interplanetary CMEs in Structured Solar

   Wind

3:50-4:10 BREAK

4:10-5:00

 DISCUSSION 1 led by Bob McPherron

   The Propagation of Features in the Solar Wind: How Do

   We Improve Predictions?

5:00-5:20

 E. Jensen, M. K. Bird, S. Asmar, L. Iess, J. G. Luhmann,

 J. D. Anderson, and C. T. Russell

   Solar Coronal Transients Observed during the Cassini

   Faraday Rotation Experiment

5:20 END

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SESSION 3: POSTERS

 Monday Evening 6:30-9:30

 Salon Yucatan

P1

Ernesto Agular-Rogriguez, X. Blanco-Cano, and N.

 Gopalswamy

   Composition and Magnetic Structure of Interplanetary

   Coronal Mass Ejections at 1 AU and Their Solar Association

P2

 A. Carrillo, A. Gonzalez-Esparza, R. Perez-Enriquez, E.

 Anrade, B. C. Rodriguez, S. Kurtz, A. Kotsarenko, and

 X. Blanco-Cano

   MEXART Observations of the Solar Transit: Calibration Tests

P3

 Tom Detman

   Modeling the 2003 Halloween Chain Storm Massacre

P4

 Americo Gonzalez-Esparza

   Hydrodynamic Numeric Simulations of in situ Observations of

   Interacting Ejecta near 1 AU

P5

 L. X. Gonzalez and J. F. Valdes-Galicia

   Solar Neutron Telescope in Mexico

P6

 Nat Gopalswamy, G. Michalek, H. Xie, S. Yashiro, and R. A. Howard

   Solar Sources of Large Geomagnetic Storms During Solar Cycle 23

P7

 Dietmar Krauss-Varban, Y. Li, and J. G. Luhmann

   Entry of Solar Energetic Ions into the Magnetosphere: Impact

   of Turbulence and Wave-Particle Interactions

P8

 Jared S. Leisner, C. T. Russell, K. K. Khurana, and M. K.

 Dougherty

   The Interaction of the E-Ring with the Saturn Magnetosphere

P9

 Veronica Ontiveros and Americo Gonzalez-Esparza

   Study of Coronal Mass Ejections, Solar Flares, Solar Energetic

   Particle Events and Geomagnetic Storms during the Ascending

   Phase of Solar Cycle 23

P10

 Cynthia Lopez Portela and Xochitl Blanco Cano

   Large Scale Perturbations in the Interplanetary Medium:

   Magnetic Clouds and Complex Ejecta

P11

 Lubomir Prech, Jana Safrankova, Zdenek Nemecek, and Justin Casper

   Interaction of the Interplanetary Shocks with the Bow Shock

   and its Manifestation in the Magnetosheath

P12

 Cesar Rodriguez, R. Perez, A. Kotsarenko, A. Carrillo, A.

 Gonzalez, and S. Kurtz

   Acquisition and Analysis of MEXART Data

P13

 Paul Rodriguez

   HF Radar Astronomy: A New Window on Space Physics

P14

 Chris Russell, J. S. Leisner, K. K. Khurana, M. K. Dougherty,

 and X. G. Blanco-Cano

   Ion Cyclotron Waves in the Saturnian Magnetosphere

   Associated with Cassinis Engine Exhaust

P15

 Jana Safrankova, Andrey Koval, Zdenek Nemecek, Lubomir

 Prech, and Andrey Samsonov

   Propagation of Sharp Discontinues through the Solar Wind

   and Magnetosheath

P16

 Ennio Sanchez and Richard Doe

   Global Measurements of Reconnection and Plasma Transport

   in the Earth's Magnetosphere

P17

 William R. Sheldon, V. Andersen, J. R. Benbrook, E. A. Bering, and

 L. S. Pinsky

   The Zenithal Distribution of Electrons that Produce X-ray

   Bursts in the Atmosphere

P18

 Virginia M. Silbergleit, S. V. Gigola, and C. E. D. Attellis

   On the Long Range Dependence in Solar and Geomagnetic

   Activities

P19

 Maya Lol Sosa Salas and Alejandro Lara Sancez

   Deteminacion de al Distribucion de Densidad Electronica en

   Diferentes Estructuras Coronales

P20

 Hong Xie, N. Gopalswamy, A. Lara, and S. Yashiro

   Improved Empirical CME Arrival Time Prediction Model

P21

 Yuri Yermolaev and M. Y. Yermolaev

   Comparison of Methods and Results on Magnetic Storm

   Geoeffectiveness of Solar and Interplanetary Events

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EXCURSION #1 Archeological Site at Chichen Itza

 Tuesday Morning+Afternoon 8:30-5:15

   See Ignacio de Archaval to sign up.

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SESSION 4: CMEs Driving the Magnetosphere

 Tuesday Evening 6:15-9:15

 Salon Yucatan

 Chair J. Americo Gonzalez

6:15-6:50

 Pat Reiff

   Magnetospheric Response to CME Events

6:50-7:10

 Zdenek Nemecek, Jana Safrankova, Lubomir Prech, and

 Andrey Koval

   Interaction of Interplanetary Discontinuities with the

   Magnetopause

7:10-8:00

 DISCUSSION 2 led by Terry Onsager

   What Drives the Ring Current (Dst)? What Drives the

   Radiation Belts?

8:00-8:20 BREAK

8:20-8:55

 Mike Liemohn, J. U. Kozyra, A. J. Ridley, D. L. Gallagher,

 P. C. Brandt, D. G. Mitchell, and J. Goldstein

   Assessing Our Ability to Model the Inner Magnetosphere

   during ICME-Driven Storms

8:55-9:15

 Zdenka Smith and W. Murtagh

   Solar Wind Low-Energy Energetic Ion Enhancements,

   Their Sources and their Relationship to Large Geomagnetic

   Storms

9:15 END

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SESSION 5: Physics of Solar-Wind/Magnetosphere Coupling

 Wednesday Morning 8:30-11:50

 Salon Yucatan

 Chair Xochitl Blanco-Cano

8:30-9:05

 Ramon Lopez, Salvador Hernandez, Michael Wiltberger,

 And John Lyon

   Global MHD Studies of Storm-Time Solar Wind-

   Magnetosphere Energy Coupling

9:05-9:25

Joe Borovsky and Herb Funsten

   The Geoimpact of Turbulence in the Solar Wind: An Eddy-

   Viscosity Interpretation

9:25-9:45

 Joachim Birn and Michael Hesse

   Effect of Magnetotail Deformations on Current Sheet

   Formation and the Onset of Reconnection

9:45-10:20

 Steve Schwartz

   Cluster Results at the Earth's Bow Shock

10:20-10:40 BREAK

10:40-11:30

 DISCUSSION 3 led by Jorge Chau

   How Does the Ionosphere Regulate the Magnetosphere under

   Different Solar-Wind Conditions?

11:30-11:50

 Jorge L. Chau and B. G. Fejer

   Jicamarca Capabilities for Storm Studies at Low Latitudes

11:50-12:10

 Delores Knipp

   Relative Effectiveness of Heating Source for the Thermosphere-

   Solar Cycles 21-23

12:10 END

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SESSION 6: CMEs Close to the Sun

 Wednesday Afternoon 12:30-1:25

 Salon Yucatan

 Chair Gary Geernaert

12:30-1:05

 Russ Howard and Nat Gopalswamy

   Properties of Coronal Mass Ejections Observed by SOHO

1:05-1:25

 Americo Gonzalez-Esparza, A. Carrillo, E. Andrade, C.

 Rodriguez, R. Perez-Enriquez, S. Kurtz, and X. Blanco-Cano

   Calibration Testings of the MEXART Antenna: An

   Interplanetary Scintillation Array in Mexico

1:25 END

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Free time to see Merida and Progresso

 Times for bus to Progresso to be announced

   See Ignacio de Archaval to sign up.

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SESSION 7: CIRs and Comparison with CMEs

 Thursday Morning 8:30-11:35

 Salon Yucatan

 Chair Mike Liemohn

8:30-9:05

 Masayoshi Kojima, M. Tokumaru, K. Fujiki, M. Yamashita,

 and D. Baba

   Solar Wind Observed with Unbiased Interplanetary

   Scintillation Measurements

9:05-9:25

 Lan Jian, C. T. Russell, and J. T. Gosling

   Using the Total Perpendicular Pressure to Diagnose

   Corotating Interaction Regions and ICMEs

9:25-10:00

 Pete Riley

   Modeling Corotating Interaction Regions

10:00-10:20 BREAK

10:20-10:55

 Michelle Thomsen, Mick Denton, Mike Liemohn, and Jichun Zhang

   The Storm-Time Plasma Sheet at Geosynchronous Orbit

10:55-11:15

 Bob McPherron

   A Comparison of the Solar Wind and Magnetospheric Activity

   during Passage of Corotating Interaction Regions and

   Ordinary Solar Wind

11:15-11:35

 Yuri Yermolaev, M. Y. Yermolaev, A. A. Petrukovich, and L. M.

 Zelenyi

   Statistic Study of Relationship between Solar, Interplanetary,

   and Geomagnetic Disturbances

11:35 END

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EXCURSION #2 Archeological Site at Dzibilchaltun

 Thursday Afternoon 12:30-5:30

See Ignacio de Archaval to sign up.

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SESSION 8: CMEs in the Heliosphere

 Thursday Evening 6:30-9:00

 Salon Yucatan

 Chair Alejandro Lara

6:30-6:50

 Dietmar Krauss-Varban, J. G. Luhmann, Y. Li, I Roth, and S.

 Ledvina

   Ion Acceleration at Interplanetary Shocks and Spatio-

   Temporal Profiles of ESP Events

6:50-7:10

 Sergio Dasso, C. H. Mandrini, A. M. Gulisano, and P. Demoulin

   A New Model-Independent Method to Quantify Magnetic

   Helicity in Interplanetary Clouds

7:10-7:30

 Richard A. Fallows, A. R. Breen, H. B. Vo, S. E. Pryse, M. M. Bisi,

 K. L. Dewis, R. A. Jones, and H. R. Middleton

   Tracking the Signatures of Solar Events through the Inner

   Heliosphere

7:30-8:20

 DISCUSSION 4 led by Nat Gopalswamy

   For a Better Understanding of the Sun-Earth Connection, What

   Science Needs to Be Done in Heliospheric Physics?

8:20-8:40 BREAK

8:40-9:00

 Jack Gosling, Ruth Skoug, Dave McComas, and Chuck Smith

   Direct Evidence for Magnetic Reconnection in the Solar Wind

   near 1 AU

9:00 END

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SESSION 9: Ordinary Solar Wind and Its Effect on the

Magnetosphere

 Friday Morning 8:30-12:15

 Salon Yucatan

 Chair Nat Gopalswamy

8:30-9:05

 Jean-Pierre St. Maurice

   The Not-So-Passive Role Played by the Ionosphere in the

   Response of the Magnetosphere-Ionosphere System to the

   Solar Wind Input

9:05-9:25

Don Mitchell, Pontus Brandt, and Jerry Goldstein

   Magnetosphere Ionosphere Coupling -- The Missing Link

9:25-9:45

 Xochitl Blanco Cano, Nick Omidi, and Chris Russell

   Influence of ULF Waves on the Solar-Wind Magnetosphere

   Coupling

9:45-10:05

 Ennio Sanchez and Russell Cosgrove

   Measurement of Coherence of Directly Driven and Intrinsic

   ULF Pulsations in the Earth's Magnetosphere

10:05-10:25 BREAK

10:25-11:15

 DISCUSSION 5 led by Josh Semeter

   ULF Waves in the Magnetosphere: What Are their Sources

   and What Are their Effects?

11:15-11:35

 Roman Perez-Enriques, A. Carillo, and C. Rodriguez

   Multifractal Character of the Inner Heliosphere as Obtained

   from Wavelet Analysis of IPS Data for the Period 1991-1994

11:35-11:55

 Judy Cumnock

   The Influence of the Interplanetary Magnetic Field on the

   High-Latitude Aurora during Steady Northward IMF

11:55-12:15

 Joshua L. Semeter, C. J. Henselman, J. P. Thayer, E. Sanchez,

 G. Sivjee, and H. Frey

   Production of Ionospheric O+ by Wave-Accelerated Electrons

   at the Polar Cap Boundary

12:15 END

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SESSION 10: Physics of Geomagnetic Storms

 Friday Afternoon 2:00-5:20

 Salon Yucatan

 Chair Joachim Birn

2:00-2:35

 Scot R. Elkington, M. J. Wiltberger, A. A. Chan, D. N. Baker,

 and Y. Fei

   Energy Transfer from the Solar Wind to the Inner

   Magnetosphere Via ULF Waves

2:35-2:55

 Megan L. Cartwright and C. T. Russell

   Compressional Wave Power in the Magnetosphere during

   Periods of Enhanced Radial Diffusion in the Inner

   Magnetosphere

2:55-3:15

 Terry Onsager

   Response of Radiation Belt Electrons to Changes in the Solar

   Wind Conditions

3:15-3:50

 Rod Heelis and W. R. Coley

   The Evolution of Electric Fields in the Topside Ionosphere

   during the Superstorm Events of October and November 2003

3:50-4:10 BREAK

4:10-5:00

 DISCUSSION 6 led by Don Mitchell

   What Are the Differences between CME-Driven and CIR-

   Driven Storms?

5:00-5:20

 Sergey A. Pulinets, H. Perez de Tejada, V. H. Depuev, E. A.

 Araujo-Pradere, T. J. Fuller-Rowell, D. Bilitza, and V. Truhlik

   Checking the Possible Global Circulation Pattern during

   Magnetic Storm by the Intercosmos-19 Satellite Data

5:20 END

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CONFERENCE DINNER

 Friday Evening 7:00-??

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Discussion Sessions

Discussion 1: Monday Afternoon 4:10-5:00

Bob McPherron

The Propagation of Features in the Solar Wind: How Do We Improve Predictions?

Discussion 2: Tuesday Evening 7:10-8:00

Terry Onsager

What Drives the Ring Current (Dst)? What Drives the Radiation Belts?

Discussion 3: Wednesday Morning 10:40-11:30

Jorge Chau

How Does the Ionosphere Regulate the Magnetosphere under Different Solar-Wind Conditions?

Discussion 4: Thursday Evening 7:30-8:20

Nat Gopalswamy

For a Better Understanding of the Sun-Earth Connection, What Science Needs to Be Done in Heliospheric Physics?

Discussion 5: Friday Morning 10:25-11:15

Josh Semeter

ULF Waves in the Magnetosphere: What Are their Sources and What Are their Effects?

Discussion 6: Friday Afternoon 4:10-5:00

Don Mitchell

What Are the Differences between CME-Driven and CIR- Driven Storms?

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