RBSP Science Working Group Meeting 2011-10-20

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RBSP Science Working Group Meeting at APL

Thursday October 20, 2011

8:30	Science Discussion 1 - Discussion leader John Wygant Are substorm injections important to the generation of the electron radiation belts? What role do they play? How do we test that role? Substorm Energetic Particle Injections and Radiation Belt Flux Enhancements, Dan Baker Substorm "Flavors", Reiner Friedl Injections disturb particle distributions which generate waves which may energize particles, Barry Mauk Inner Magnetosphere Response to IMF Changes, Robert Strangeway
10:30	Team presentations (RPS, RBSPICE, EMFISIS, EFW, ECT) PSBR Science Investigation Status, Joe Mazur RBSPICE, Lou Lanzerotti, Don Mitchell, Tom Armstrong, Jerry Manweiler EMFISIS Science Investigation Status, Craig Kletzing EMFISIS SOC Status Report, Daniel Crawford RBSP EFW SWG Status, John Wygant RBSP-ECT Suite Science Investigation Status Report, Harlan Spence, Reiner Friedl
1:00	Space Weather Processing - Discussion leader Michele Weiss Status of Ground Station Participation, Mona Kessel Overview of Space Weather Processing, Michele Weiss
2:00	Science Discussion 2 - Discussion leaders Drew Turner with Robyn Millan and Paul O'Brien The relative role of global and local loss mechanisms across the outer radiation belt; recent findings/understandings. The relative role of global and local loss mechanisms in the outer radiation belt, Drew Turner Depletion Events, Robyn Millan Relativistic Electron Microbursts Observed by SAMPEX, Paul O'Brien
4:00	RBSP EPO Plans: Education and Public Outreach SWG Update, Alexandra Novak and Dawn Turney
4:15	Reports and discussions from Working Groups and paths forward RBSP-THEMIS Working Group Status, Dave Sibeck RBSP-SuperDARN Coordination Working Group Report, Tim Yeoman BARREL-RBSP Activities, Robyn Millan

Friday October 21, 2011

8:30	RBSP Environmental Radiation Monitor (ERM), John Goldsten
9:00	RBSP Coordinates "CooCoo" Committee, Paul O'Brien
9:30	Science Data Products, Common Analysis Tools, and Collaboration - Discussion leader Robin Barnes SPDF Discussion SPDF Updates for RBSP, Bob McGuire High level CDF "show and tell" from the instrument teams RBSP Common Analysis Tools RBSP Science Gateway, Michele Weiss Themis Data Analysis Software, Cindy Russell ViRBO and Autoplot, Bob Weigel MIDL, Larry Brown Open forum for other teams Collaboration: Discussions on what teams need from each other
11:30	The Properties of Large Amplitude Whistler Mode Waves in the Magnetosphere: Propagation and Relationship with Geomagnetic Activity, Lynn Wilson
12:00	Wrap-up