Monday, March 1, 2010

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EXCLUSIVE: REPORTS OF UFO SIGHTINGS AND SKY CHANGING COLORS OVAR CHILE BEFORE QUAKE
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February 27, 2010 - Viewing LIVE TV coverage, I captured some glowing anomalies in the sky in photos and videos of the aftermath coverage.


BREAKING NEWS: Mayan Cosmic Puzzle 90% Complete - Is This Good News?


by Mitch Battros - Earth Changes Media

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What is the cause of natural cyclical events such as the 8.8 Chile earthquake just hours after the 7.3 Japan quake on February 27 and all other events? It is the interchange of magnetic flux (charged particles), not just from our Sun - but from our galaxy (Milky Way) itself.

The puzzle is coming together faster than anyone thought. Modern science is catching up at a rapid pace with understanding ancient text and their collective directive. In short -- hold-on-tight (modern metaphor) or learn to let go and cautiously go-with-the- flow (metaphysical metaphor).

Scientific galactic discoveries are reaching a point of such a feverish pitch, there are some in the astro-physics community who believe a stop-gap measure should be implemented out of concern (I would say fear), of losing control of traditional scientific methods.

Before I disclose some of the recent scientific discoveries, I need to lay-down a foundation of understanding, as it will give you perspective of the nervous anxiety many astro-physicists are feeling now, and will only increase in the months and years ahead.

This scientific shift is so vast; I would compare it to a time when Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Paul Allen were working out of their garage producing a machine that would change the world forever. Of course, it was the start of something called the PC. It wasn't just the outcome of Macintosh, and Windows, but perhaps even more importantly was the offspring of Intel and AMD.

This will be a longer article than what you are use to, but I would suggest to savior every sentence of it. I believe this will be an outline (template) of the direction science is heading.

It will be no surprise to those who have been following ECM's research, to find the direction of current new galactic and geo-physical findings run smack-dab into Mayan Prophecy. What is now being discovered and embraced - is galactic events related to charged particles i.e. magnetic fields, plasma, and yes -- dark energy, black holes, ether - has a direct causal interplay with Earth's core.

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- Scientific Method -

What is the practice and principal of what is known as the 'Scientific Method' of research? I will present the 'long version' for my scientific colleagues, and this will be followed by a more brief 'summary' for those who have no practical need to understand the language.

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Long Version:

The scientific method may be summarized as the following sequence of steps: Identification of a knowledge problem; precise formulation or reformulation of the problem; examination of the background knowledge in a search for items that might help solve the problem; choice or invention of a tentative hypothesis that looks promising; conceptual test of the hypothesis, that is, checking whether it is compatible with the bulk of the existing knowledge on the matter; drawing some testable consequences of the hypothesis; design of an empirical (observational or experimental) test of the hypothesis or a consequence of it; actual empirical test of the hypothesis, involving a search for both favorable and unfavorable evidence (examples and counterexamples) ; critical examination and statistical processing of the data (for example, calculation of average error and elimination of outlying data); evaluation of the hypothesis in the light of its compatibility with both the background knowledge and the fresh empirical evidence; if the test results are inconclusive, design and performance of new tests, possibly using different special methods; if the test results are conclusive, acceptance, modification, or rejection of the hypothesis; if the hypothesis is acceptable, checking whether its acceptance forces some change (enrichment or correction) in the background knowledge; identifying and tackling new problems raised by the confirmed hypothesis; and repetition of the test and reexamination of its possible impact on existing knowledge.

Short Version:

Scientific method is comprised mathematical and experimental techniques employed in the natural sciences. Many empirical sciences, especially the social sciences, use mathematical tools borrowed from probability theory and statistics, together with such outgrowths of these as decision theory, game theory, utility theory, and operations research. Philosophers of science have addressed general methodological problems, such as the nature of scientific explanation and the justification of induction. See also Mill's methods.

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High Anxiety Resides Among Scientists Adjusting to a New Paradigm

A consortium of astro-physicists, cosmologist, and astronomers have warned that, unless we use this current flood of new galactic research sparingly, we risk setting up a dangerous scenario. If the whole data set from the WISE and PLANCK mission is released at once, as is planned, any new ideas that cosmologists come up with may have to remain unresolved because they will have no frame of reference to measure against.

This is a problem unique to cosmology. In other sciences, additional information is always available: you can always reset and rerun an experiment, or go out into the field to collect more data. Because of our fixed location in the universe, however, cosmology doesn't have that luxury. There is only a finite amount of information we can gather about our galaxy and this segment of the universe. In this area of cosmic ray particles, we may never know the source of cyclical events beyond the Sun-Earth connection - and our rapid discoveries of the Galactic Core - Earth Solar System connection.

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W.I.S.E. and PLANCK

What is the source of this new data flow which seems to have made the field of solar-physics and cosmologist extremely anxious? It is the two spacecraft 1) WISE & 2) PLANCK

WISE (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer): WISE will survey the whole sky in infrared light, and will produce an all-sky image atlas and catalogue of over 300 million infrared sources. Things of particular interest to the scientists working on WISE are the structure of the Milky Way Galaxy, Ultra-luminous infrared galaxies, asteroids, large scale structure of the Universe, the coldest and nearest stars and regions of new star and planet formation.

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- PLANCK'S MISSION:

PLANCK - originally named COBRAS/SAMBA, was renamed on approval of the mission in 1996 in honor of the German scientist Max Planck (1858-1947) who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1918.

Planck will help provide answers to some of the most important questions in modern science: how did the Universe begin, how did it evolve to the state we observe today, and how will it continue to evolve in the future? Planck's objective is to analyze, with the highest accuracy ever achieved, the remnants of the radiation that filled the Universe immediately after the Big Bang - this we observe today as the Cosmic Microwave Background.

The simultaneous mapping of the sky over a wide frequency range will permit the separation of Galactic and extragalactic foreground radiation from the primordial cosmological background signal. Planck will offer vastly improved performance compared to balloon-borne and ground-based experiments and will exceed the performance of other space-based instruments. The spacecraft revolves about its Sun-pointing axis once per minute to gyroscopically stabilize its attitude. Planck will use this stabilization spin to operate in a sky scanning survey mode, observing at least 95% of the sky on two separate occasions within twelve months.

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Galaxy's Milky Way, Andromeda and the Mayan Prophecy Connection

Andromeda is the closest large galaxy to our Milky Way galaxy, and is located 2.5 million light-years from our Sun. It is close enough for telescopes to spy the details of its ringed arms of new stars and hazy blue backbone of older stars.

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The Andromeda galaxy is larger than our Milky Way and contains more stars, but the Milky Way is thought to perhaps have more mass due to its larger proportion of a mysterious substance called dark matter. Both galaxies belong to our so-called Local Group, a collection of more than 50 galaxies, most of which are tiny dwarf systems. In its quest to map the whole sky, WISE will capture the entire Local Group.

The almost tangible anxiety astro-physicists and cosmologists are experiencing, in what is now daily historical revelations; is the fact that new galactic discoveries are presenting tangible evidence that do not fit the current models, formats, patterns, formulas of today's theoretical outcomes.

One main surprise is how charged particles have a much greater influence in the galaxy and in our solar system than previously believed. In addition, is the observation of larger rhythmic cycles very similar to the much shorter sunspot solar cycle we monitor today.

Is it possible the Mayan ancestry "knew" of these longer galactic/cosmic cycles which have been passed down over thousands of years? Did the Mayans know what we today call "Cycle 24" has its apex (maximum) in the year 2012? Is it possible the Mayans knew of a larger cycle that would occur simultaneously with Cycle 24 ushering in a pulse of charged particles from our home galaxy the 'Milky Way'? Would such an event have an effect on Earth's magnetic field and Earth's core?

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Mitch Battros Research on Sun-Earth

Connection and 2012

Mitch Battros presents fascinating, and sometimes shocking, research from the world's top scientists. After years of dialogue with these experts, Mitch has been accepted into the guarded halls of NASA, NOAA, ESA, Royal Observatory, the US Naval Observatory and other highly esteemed scientific bodies. In addition to the latest research on the Sun's influence on our "weather", Mitch also presents ground-breaking evidence of how the Sun and other celestial orbs produce 'charged particles' and their impact on humanity.

Just as the Sun's solar activity affects the Earth's magnetic field which has a dramatic affect on Earth's weather i.e. earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, hurricanes; so does this wave of electrical currents affect the human body's magnetic field. Mitch also reveals a little-known development from modern medicine known as Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS). TMS provides empirical evidence of how magnetic fields can influence human emotions.

Solar Cycle 24 has begun - and it has been predicted by NASA, NOAA and ESA to be up to 50% stronger than its 'record breaking' predecessor Cycle 23 which produced the largest solar flare ever recorded. The Sun will reach its 'apex' (maximum) in late 2011 into 2012.

"I believe it will be the magnetic influence produced by the Sun which will usher in what is described by our ancient ancestors as "the transition" bringing us to a new state-of-being" . (Mitch Battros)

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UfOs in Santiago Chile Videos: 1


ufo formation in chile, one of many similar clips that have been video taped there, i guess they have a lot of visitations from the superhuman africans from the other star system who landed on earth

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http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-03-01/chilean-quake-likely-shift...

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Rietbrock said he hasn’t been able to get in touch with seismologists in Concepcion to discuss the quake, which registered 8.8 on the Richter scale.

“What definitely the earthquake has done is made the Earth ring like a bell,” Rietbrock said.

The magnitude 9.1 Sumatran in 2004 that generated an Indian Ocean tsunami shortened the day by 6.8 microseconds and shifted the axis by about 2.3 milliarcseconds, Gross said.

The changes happen on the day and then carry on “forever,” Benjamin Fong Chao, dean of Earth Sciences of the National Central University in Taiwan, said in an e-mail.

“This small contribution is buried in larger changes due to other causes, such as atmospheric mass moving around on Earth,” Chao said.



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Chilean Quake May Have Shortened Our Earth Days

NASA - ‎3 hours ago‎
This view of Earth comes from NASA's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer aboard the Terra satellite. The Feb. 27 magnitude 8.8 earthquake in Chile ...

NASA: Quake Shifted Earth's Axis, Shortened Day

AOL News - ‎5 hours ago‎
(March 1) -- Apart from claiming the lives of hundreds of people and wreaking enormous property damage, Chile's massive earthquake has likely altered the ...
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Scientist: Chilean quake probably shortened length of day

News10.net - ‎7 hours ago‎
CONCEPCION, Chile - Saturday's magnitude 8.8 earthquake in Chile probably changed the earth's axis and rotation and in turn, ever so slightly shortened the ...


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FEMA, NOAA Run Solar Storm Worst-Case Scenario Exercise Could Be Earth's Next Katrina


Source: NPR

Every few decades, the sun experiences a particularly large storm that can release as much energy as 1 billion hydrogen bombs. Officials from Europe and the U.S. say an event like that could leave millions on Earth without electricity, running water and phone service.

A massive solar storm could leave millions of people around the world without electricity, running water, or phone service, government officials say.

That was their conclusion after participating in a tabletop exercise that looked at what might happen today if the Earth were struck by a solar storm as intense as the huge storms that occurred in 1921 and 1859.
Solar storms happen when an eruption or explosion on the surface of the sun sends radiation or electrically charged particles toward Earth. Minor storms are common and can light up the Earth's Northern skies and interfere with radio signals.

Every few decades, though, the sun experiences a particularly large storm. These can release as much energy as 1 billion hydrogen bombs.

How Well Can We Weather The Solar Storm?

The exercise, held in Boulder, Colorado, was intended to investigate "what we think could be close to a worst-case scenario," says Tom Bogdan, who directs the Space Weather Prediction Center in Boulder. The Center is a part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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"It's important to understand that, along with other types of natural hazards, (solar) storms can cause impacts," says Craig Fugate, Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), who also took part in the tabletop exercise.

Bogdan and Fugate say that eventually there will be another storm as big as the ones in 1921 and 1859 — a sort of solar Katrina.

But the impact is likely to be far worse than in previous solar storms because of our growing dependence on satellites and other electronic devices that are vulnerable to electromagnetic radiation.

In the tabletop exercise, the first sign of trouble came when radiation began disrupting radio signals and GPS devices, Bogdan says.

Ten or 20 minutes later electrically charged particles "basically took out" most of the commercial satellites that transmit telephone conversations, TV shows and huge amounts of data we depend on in our daily lives, Bogdan says.

"When you go into a gas station and put your credit card in and get some gas," he says, "that's a satellite transaction."

Disabled Satellites Are Just The Beginning

The worst damage came nearly a day later, when the solar storm began to induce electrical currents in high voltage power lines. The currents were strong enough to destroy transformers around the globe," Bogdan says, leaving millions of people in northern latitudes without power.

Without electricity, many people also lost running water, heat, air conditioning and phone service. And places like hospitals had to rely on emergency generators with fuel for only two or three days, Bogdan says.

In many ways, the impact of a major solar storm resembles that of a hurricane or an earthquake, says Fugate.

But a solar Katrina would cause damage in a much larger area than any natural disaster, Fugate says. For example, power could be knocked out almost simultaneously in countries from Sweden to Canada and the U.S., he says. So a lot more people in a lot more places would need help.

Individuals don't need to make any special preparation for a solar storm, Fugate says. The standard emergency kit of water and food and first aid supplies will work just fine.

"If you've got your family disaster plan together, you've taken the steps, whether it be a space storm, whether it be a system failure, whether it be another natural hazard that knocks the power out," Fugate says.


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An Exercise To Model a "Solar Radiation Katrina"



Hugh Pickens writes in with an update on the warnings we discussed a year back about the dangers of a "solar Katrina." Now NPR is reporting on a tabletop exercise mounted in Boulder, Colorado by government workers attempting to model the effects of a worst-case solar electromagnetic storm. "...an exercise held in Boulder, Colorado, has investigated what might happen if the Earth were struck by a solar storm as intense as the huge storms that occurred in 1921 and 1859 — a sort of solar Katrina — and researchers found that the impact is likely to be far worse than in previous solar storms because of our growing dependence on satellites and other electronic devices that are vulnerable to electromagnetic radiation. 'In many ways, the impact of a major solar storm resembles that of a hurricane or an earthquake,' says FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate, except that a solar Katrina would cause damage in a much larger area — power could be knocked out almost simultaneously in countries from Sweden to Canada and the US. In the exercise, the first sign of trouble came when radiation began disrupting radio signals and GPS devices, says Tom Bogdan, who directs the Space Weather Prediction Center. Ten or 20 minutes later electrically charged particles 'basically took out' most of the commercial satellites that transmit telephone conversations, TV shows, and huge amounts of data we depend on in our daily lives. But the worst damage came nearly a day later, when the solar storm began to induce electrical currents in high voltage power lines strong enough to destroy transformers around the globe, leaving millions of people in northern latitudes without power."

"A newly released NASA report warns that the world has forgotten the power of the sun, creating a technological society susceptible like never before to large infrastructure damage from solar storms. According to the report, the world has grown so dependent on modern technologies without respect of what the sun can and has done, that it's risking major communications, finance, transportation, government and even emergency services disruptions."

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The Sun's Sneaky Variability

Every 11 years, the sun undergoes a furious upheaval. Dark sunspots burst forth from beneath the sun's surface. Explosions as powerful as a billion atomic bombs spark intense flares of high-energy radiation. Clouds of gas big enough to swallow planets break away from the sun and billow into space.
Almost none of the drama of Solar Maximum is visible to the human eye. Look at the sun in the noontime sky and—ho-hum—it's the same old bland ball of bright light.
"The problem is, human eyes are tuned to the wrong wavelength," explains Tom Woods, a solar physicist at the University of Colorado in Boulder. "If you want to get a good look at solar activity, you need to look in the extreme ultraviolet (EUV)."
EUV is a high-energy form of ultraviolet radiation with wavelengths between 1 and 120 nanometers. EUV photons are much more energetic and dangerous than the ordinary UV rays that cause sunburns. Fortunately for humans, Earth's atmosphere blocks solar EUV; otherwise a day at the beach could be fatal.
When the sun is active, intense solar EUV emissions can rise and fall by factors of thousands in just a matter of minutes. These surges heat Earth's upper atmosphere, puffing it up and increasing the drag on satellites. EUV photons also break apart atoms and molecules, creating a layer of ions in the upper atmosphere that can severely disturb radio signals.
To monitor these energetic photons, NASA is going to launch a sensor named "EVE," short for EUV Variability Experiment, onboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory as early as this winter.
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Bill Murtagh, Program Coord. & Space Weather Forecaster, NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Joseph Kunches, Space Scientist, NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center

During the sun’s most active periods, solar wind disturbances (created by coronal mass ejections and ?ares) impact Earth’s magnetosphere, producing large magnetic storms lasting one or more days. These storms have been known to seriously damage electric power networks; a?ecting communications, damaging satellites and other technology-reliant systems.
Geomagnetic storms induce electrical currents that can have a signi?cant impact on electricaltransmission equipment. Power companies have procedures in place to mitigate the impact of geomagnetic storms, but a worse-case scenario would result in a widespread blackout for a signi?cant period of time. On March 13, 1989, in Montreal, Quebec, six million people were without commercialelectric power for nine hours as a result of a geomagnetic storm. In October 2003, power blackouts in Sweden and signi?cant transformer damage in South Africa were attributed to geomagnetic storms. FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate recognizes the potential threat space weather and peak solar activity pose. He has designated FEMA Region VIII to work with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Space Weather Prediction Center in Boulder, Colo. as a center of excellence for space weather prediction. Together, FEMA and NOAAare working in conjunction with the European Unionon a best practice approach to geomagnetic storms.

A workshop is scheduled for February 2010 in Boulder, Colo. that will focus on communication and coordinated response during a solar event.
For more information, or to subscribe for real-time updates on space weather, please contact Bill Murtagh at bmurtagh@noaa.org.

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Compact View of Conference

Sunday, 17 January 2010

7:30 AM-9:00 AM, Sunday
Short Course Registration


9:00 AM-6:00 PM, Sunday
Annual Meeting Registration Begins


12:00 PM-4:00 PM, Sunday
Weatherfest


3:00 PM-4:00 PM, Sunday, B314
First-Time Attendee Briefing


5:00 PM-6:00 PM, Sunday, B314
Annual Meeting Review and Fellows Awards


6:00 PM-7:00 PM, Sunday, Exhibit Hall B2
Fellows Reception

Monday, 18 January 2010

7:30 AM-5:30 PM, Monday
Registration Open


9:00 AM-10:30 AM, Monday, Thomas Murphy Ballroom 1 and 2
Presidential Forum


10:30 AM-11:00 AM, Monday
Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer


10:30 AM-11:00 AM, Monday, B303
Coffee Break Reception - Sponsored by Ball Aerospace


11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Monday, B303
Session 1 Agency Updates 1
Cochairs: Robert McCoy, Office of Naval Research, Arlington, VA; Genene Fisher, AMS Policy Program, Washington, DC

11:00 AM1.1NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center—New Developments in Space Weather Forecasting and Modeling wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Louis W. Uccellini, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD

11:15 AM1.2DoD Operational Space Weather
Fred Lewis, AWS, Washington, DC

11:30 AM1.3NSF and space weather today wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Timothy L. Killeen, NSF, Arlington, VA; and R. A. Behnke

11:45 AM1.4NASA's Contributions to Space Weather wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Richard R. Fisher, NASA, Washington, DC; and B. L. Giles


12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Monday
Lunch Break


1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Monday, B303
Session 2 Agency Updates 2
Chair: W. Kent Tobiska, Space Environment Technologies, Pacific Palisades, CA

1:30 PM2.1The National Space Weather Program extended abstract wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Samuel P. Williamson, Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology, Silver Spring, MD; and M. F. Bonadonna and M. R. Babcock

1:45 PM2.2The USGS Dst and Magnetic-Disturbance Mapping Project wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Jeffrey Love, USGS, Denver, CO; and J. L. Gannon

2:00 PM2.3Space Weather Products at the Community Coordinated Modeling Center extended abstract wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Michael Hesse, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and M. Kuznetsova, A. Pulkkinen, M. Maddox, L. Rastaetter, D. Berrios, and P. MacNeice

2:15 PM2.4Solar Cycle Update—Will the New Cycle Please Start? wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Joseph Kunches, NOAA/SWPC, Boulder, CO


2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday, Exhibit Hall B2
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break


2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday
Poster Session Space Weather Posters


201Results from the NAIRAS model for the Halloween Storms
Michael Wiltberger, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. J. Mertens, B. Kress, and S. C. Solomon


202Development of the Joint METOC Space Environment Solar Segment (JMSESS) Database
William F. Bagby, Northrop-Grumman, Colorado Springs, CO; and S. L. McNew, J. O. Quick, R. S. Davis, and K. Landis


203Real-time assimilative modeling for the Earth's radiation belts using DREAM extended abstract
Geoffrey D. Reeves, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and M. G. Henderson, J. Koller, Y. Chen, R. H. W. Friedel, J. St. Ledger, J. Holland, and S. Zaharia


204Prediction of solar activity cycles by the EnKF data assimilation method
Irina N. Kitiashvili, Stanford University, Stanford, CA; and A. G. Kosovichev


205Impacts of extended periods of low solar activity on climate
Matthew J. Niznik, NOAA/NESDIS, Boulder, CO; and W. F. Denig


206Real-time neural network predictions of magnetospheric activity extended abstract
Ramkumar Bala, Rice University, Houston, TX; and P. H. Reiff


207Reflections before the max: the evolution of space weather extended abstract
Joseph DiTommaso, Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, VT; and G. Fisher


208Space Weather and GPS-Reliant Industries
Jennifer Meehan, Hampton University, Hampton, VA; and G. Fisher and W. J. Murtagh


209Space weather prediction via complexity measures in the solar-terrestrial record extended abstract
James A. Wanliss, Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC; and M. Watke, T. Bitner, J. Johnson, A. Knaak, and P. Dobias


210Upgraded Auroral Model for Inferring and Forecasting Globally the Precipitating Electron Dosing To Drive Space Weather-Based Models extended abstract
James M. Griffin, AER, Lexington, MA; and H. E. Snell and T. Connor


211Space Environment and Effects Tool for STK (STK-SEET) technical primer extended abstract
Richard A. Quinn, AER, Lexington, MA; and C. Roth, A. Ling, P. P. Whelan, and N. A. Bonito


266The operational DMSP F18 SSULI UV Sensor
Patrick Dandenault, NRL, Washington, DC; and A. C. Nicholas, C. Coker, S. A. Budzien, D. H. Chua, T. T. Finne, C. A. Metzler, and K. F. Dymond


4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Monday, B303
Session 3 New data sources and products
Chair: Geoff Crowley, Atmospheric & Space Technology Research Associates, San Antonio, TX

4:00 PM3.1GPS, GNSS, and Space Weather wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Paul M. Kintner Jr., Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and T. E. Humphreys and B. O'Hanlon

4:15 PM3.3Coronal Mass Ejections from Multiple Viewpoints wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Russell A. Howard, NRL, Washington, DC

3.2PAPER WITHDRAWN

4:30 PM3.4Helioseismic detection of large-scale subsurface flows at solar minimum wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Rachel Howe, National Solar Observatory, Tucson, AZ; and F. Hill, R. W. Komm, J. Christensen-Dalsgaard, J. Schou, and M. J. Thompson

4:45 PM3.2AUltraviolet Remote Sensing of the Thermosphere and Ionosphere
Robert McCoy, Office of Naval Research, Arlington, VA

5:00 PM3.6Solar Flare Forecasts Based on Subsurface Helicity wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Frank Hill, National Solar Observatory, Tucson, AZ; and R. Komm, J. Henthorn, and A. Reinard

5:15 PM3.5An Analysis and Comparison of the Agreement between the Following Solar Activity Indices: Total Solar Irradiance (TSI), 2800 MHz Solar Flux (F10), and American Sunspot Number
Brenda Zuzolo, The Boeing Company, Springfield, VA; and P. A. Zuzolo


5:30 PM-7:30 PM, Monday, Exhibit Hall B1
Opening of the Exhibit Hall with Reception

Tuesday, 19 January 2010

8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Tuesday, B303
Session 4 Coupling between the lower and upper atmosphere
Chair: Richard Behnke, NSF, Arlington, VA

8:30 AM4.1Coupling between the lower and upper atmosphere in Whole Atmosphere Model (WAM) simulations wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Rashid A. Akmaev, NOAA/Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder, CO; and F. Wu, T. J. Fuller-Rowell, and J. W. Meriwether

8:45 AM4.2Eliassen-Palm Fluxes of the Diurnal Tides from the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model-Extended (WACCM-X) extended abstract wrf recordingRecorded presentation
McArthur Jones Jr., SOARS, Boulder, CO; and H. L. Liu and A. D. Richmond

9:00 AM4.3Modeling the effects of tropospheric tides on the ionosphere wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Sarah E. McDonald, NRL, Washington, DC; and J. D. Huba, M. E. Hagan, A. Maute, and S. Basu

9:15 AM4.4Lightning-related transient luminous events at high altitude in the Earth's atmosphere wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Victor P. Pasko, Penn State University, University Park, PA

9:30 AM4.5The Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere Mission: Science results after five PMC seasons
James M. Russell III, Hampton University, Hampton, VA; and S. M. Bailey, M. E. Hervig, C. E. Randall, L. L. Gordley, M. Taylor, D. E. Siskind, M. Summers, M. H. Stevens, G. E. Thomas, D. Rusch, and B. Karlsson


9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Tuesday, Exhibit Hall B2
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break


9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Tuesday
Joint Poster Session Space Weather Products and Services for Aviation and Commercial Space Posters (Joint between the Seventh Symposium on Space Weather and the 14th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology)


199Validation of the operational D-Region Absorption Prediction (D-RAP) model at the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center extended abstract
Rashid A. Akmaev, NOAA/Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder, CO; and A. Newman, M. V. Codrescu, J. Vickroy, C. Schultz, E. Nerney, S. Hill, and H. Sauer


200Developments in Aviation Space Weather Services
Bryn Jones, SolarMetrics Limited, Chedworth, Glos., United Kingdom; and C. Dyer, A. Hands, R. Iles, K. Ryden, M. Smith, M. Stills, and G. Taylor


11:00 AM-6:00 PM, Tuesday, Exhibit Hall B1
Exhibits Open


11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday, B303
Session 5 New Thermospheric Data Sources and Models
Chair: Robert McCoy, Office of Naval Research, Arlington, VA

11:00 AM5.1NADIR: Neutral Atmosphere Density Interdisciplinary Research wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Jeffrey M. Forbes, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and T. J. Fuller-Rowell

11:15 AM5.2The RAIDS Experiment on the ISS wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Scott A. Budzien, NRL, Washington, DC; and A. W. Stephan, R. L. Bishop, P. R. Straus, A. B. Christensen, and J. H. Hecht

11:30 AM5.3The Atmospheric Neutral Density Experiment mission results wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Andrew C. Nicholas, NRL, Washington, DC; and T. T. Finne, S. A. Budzien, and F. A. Herrero

11:45 AM5.4Neutral density variations in TIE-GCM induced by changes in spatial and temporal profile of eddy diffusivity wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Chin S. Lin, Air Force Research Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA; and L. C. Chang


12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Tuesday, B208
Kuettner Symposium Luncheon

12:00 PMB1.1Joach Kuettner—A Man in Love with the Sky
Einar Enevoldson, The Perlan Project, Emeryville, CA


12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Tuesday
Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall)


1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday, B315
Joint Session 1 Space Weather Products and Services for Aviation and Commercial Space (Joint between the 14th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology and the Seventh Symposium on Space Weather)
Cochairs: Karen Shelton-Mur, HQ FAA, Washington, DC; Joseph Kunches, NOAA/SWPC, Boulder, CO

1:30 PMJ1.1Federal Aviation Administration Examination of Space Weather in support of Aviation wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Steven Albersheim, Federal Aviation Administration, Washington, DC; and M. J. Gunzelman, AvMET Applications Inc.

1:45 PMJ1.2NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center – Products and Services in Support of Aviation wrf recordingRecorded presentation
William J. Murtagh, NOAA/Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder, CO

2:00 PMJ1.3Integrating Space Weather Observations & Forecasts into Aviation Operations: “Aviation Space Weather User Requirements” wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Bryn Jones, SolarMetrics Limited, Chedworth, Glos., United Kingdom; and D. Boteler, G. Fisher, J. Kunches, W. J. Murtagh, D. Rome, D. Rose, and M. Stills

2:15 PMJ1.4The use of Space Weather products at Delta Airlines wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Andrew W. Schultz, Delta Air Lines, Minneapolis, MN; and H. Heitzman

2:30 PMJ1.5Protecting spaceflight participants and crew during "non-regulated" on-orbit operations wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Karen Shelton-Mur, HQ FAA, Washington, DC

2:45 PMJ1.6Radiation exposure during suborbital commercial spaceflight wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Ronald E. Turner, Analytic Services Inc. (ANSER), Arlington, VA; and S. Murray


3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Tuesday, Exhibit Hall B1
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall


3:30 PM-5:45 PM, Tuesday, B303
Session 6 General space weather contributions
Cochairs: William J. Murtagh, NOAA/NWS/Space Weather Prediction, Boulder, CO; Marsha Korose, NorthropGrumman IT/TASC, Arlington, VA

3:30 PM6.1The USU USTAR Space Weather Center wrf recordingRecorded presentation
W. Kent Tobiska, Space Environment Technologies, Pacific Palisades, CA; and R. W. Schunk and J. J. Sojka

3:45 PM6.2Geomagnetically Induced Currents and Electricity Flows between the Ontario Power Grid and the United States wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Kevin F. Forbes, Catholic Univ., Washington, DC; and C. St Cyr

4:00 PM6.3Practical 27-day plus space weather forecasting wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Jan J. Sojka, Utah State University, Logan, UT; and R. W. Schunk

4:15 PM6.4Data assimilation models for space weather applications wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Robert W. Schunk, Utah State University, Logan, UT; and L. Scherliess, J. J. Sojka, D. C. Thompson, and L. Zhu

4:30 PM6.5Use of GPS radio occultation data for validation and improvement of ionospheric assimilation models wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Peter C. Ashton, Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc., Lexington, MA; and N. A. Bonito and P. R. Straus

4:45 PM6.6Processing COSMIC/FORMOSAT-3 data for use in near-real time assimilation wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Philip Stephens, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and A. Komjathy, B. D. Wilson, A. J. Mannucci, B. A. Iijima, and X. Pi

5:00 PM6.7High latitude ionospheric irregularity detection using COSMIC radio occultation observations extended abstract wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Man Feng, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; and S. Skone

5:15 PM6.9Developing a regional magnetic activity forecast capability with the Coupled Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere model (CMIT) wrf recordingRecorded presentation
George Millward, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and M. Wiltberger

6.8PAPER WITHDRAWN

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