RBSP Science Working Group Meeting 2014-09-23

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RBSP Science Working Group, SwRI, San Antonio, TX

 

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

8:30	Agenda, purposes, general discussions
8:45	Mission Status (Reynolds speaking for Reynolds and Kirby)
9:00	RBSPICE Team SOC and Data Status (Manweiler) EFW Team SOC and Data Status (Wygant) EMFISIS Team SOC and Data Status (Kletzing) RPS Team SOC and Data Status (O'Brien)
9:30	Independent Assessment on accessibility (Sibeck)
9:45	Archiving Mission Archive Plan (Barnes) SPDF Support for Van Allen Probes (McGuire)
10:05	Break
10:30	Introduction to Preparations for Extended Mission (Mauk et al.)
10:40	MMS: Brief description of MMS orbits (Mauk)
10:45	ERG Status and capabilities Current Status of ERG Project (Matsuoka) Orbit evolution impacts on the diagnosis of ULF wave parameters (Takahashi)
11:05	Status of orbit evolution and orbit tweaking studies ( Sotirelis and Siddique)
11:25	Instrument status + What flexibility do the instrument teams have in modifying the instrument operations for Extended Mission purposes? EFW Operational Modes (Wygant) RBSPICE (Lanzerotti) RPS Operations: Status and Extended Mission Topics (Mazur) RBSP-ECT Suite Status (Spence) EMFISIS Instrument and Ops Status (Kletzing)
12:15	Discussion of Extended Mission resources.
12:30	Lunch
1:30	General Discussion of Senior Review Science Themes.
2:00	Plenary on Science Themes 1 (Injections) and 3 (Precipitation)
3:00	Splinter on Science Theme 1 (Injections) Theme Description (Mauk) Dipolarizing flux bundles inside GEO (Liu) Multi-point observations of dispersionless injection fronts inside geostationary orbit: propagation and structure (Malaspina) Injections (Gkioulidou) Dual S/C observationsof shock-driven electron acceleration (Foster) RBSP Radiation Belt changes (Wygant) A Statistical Look at the Radiation Belt Seed Population (Boyd)
3:00	Splinter on Science Theme 3 (Precipitation) Theme Description (Mauk) First Direct Experimental Measurement of loss cone scattering of energetic electrons by whistler mode hiss in the plasmasphere (Breneman) CeREs: A Compact Radiation Belt Explorer (Kanekal) Does EMIC Wave Scattering Lead to Significant Relativistic Electron Loss? (Thorne) AeroCube-6: A Brief Overview And First Light (Blake) Responsive Environmental Assessment, Commercial Hosting Demonstration (REACH) (Mazur) Ring Current He-­Ions: A Summary of Two years of Observations and Pc3‐induced Flux Modulation (Gerrard)

 

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Wednesday, September 24, 2014

8:30	Collaborative Opportunities of the MMS and VAP Missions(Burch)
8:50	Plenary on Science Themes 2 (Waves) and 6 (Magnetopause coupling)
9:50	Splinter on Science Theme 2 (Waves) Theme Description (Mauk) Modeling ULF waves, and comparison with observations for the 8 Oct 2013 shock event (Hudson) Statistical analysis of hiss wave spectrum from the EMFISIS wave data (Li) Orbit evolution impacts on the diagnosis of ULF wave parameters (Takahashi) RBSP-B, February 23, 2014 Event (Khazanov) Fast mode rarefraction wave? (Wygant) Dynamic features of plasmapause revealed by in situ measurements from Van Allen and THEMIS Probes (Califf) SuperMAG ULF Data Products: ground-based supporting tool for Van Allen Probes (Motoba) A look at the convection electric field and plasmasphere erosion with the Van Allen Probes during the June 1, 2013 storm (Thaller) Can bounce resonance with MS waves kick those electrons out of equatorial plane? (Lunjin) New For Extended Mission Statistical analysis of hiss wave spectrum from the EMFISIS wave data (Li) A New Technique to obtain the Global Distribution of Chorus (Thorne) Nonlinear Coupling of Plasma Waves in the Inner Magnetosphere (Khazanov, Sibeck) Direct measurements of chorus wave effects on electrons in the 5-40 KeV range from the Van Allen Probes Mission (Friedel)
9:50	Splinter on Science Theme 6 (Magnetopause coupling) Theme Description (Mauk) Global Storm-Time Depletion of the Outer Electron Belt (Fennell, Ukhorskiy) Magnetopause Shadowing Loss -­ 2013/6/27 Event (Huang) Plumes in the Inner Magnetosphere (Goldstein) Shock Impact: Compression; Toroidal, Compressional plus MOre (Wygant)
12:00	Lunch
1:00	Plenary on Science Themes 4 (Solar Phase) and 5 (Microphysics)
2:00	Splinter on Science Theme 4 (Solar Phase) Theme Description (Mauk) CME-Driven Storms and High Speed Streams (Baker) Radiation Belt variations during current solar maximum (Fennell) Ring Current Dynamics During HSS-driven compared to CME-driven storms (Jordanova) CSSWE/REPTile measurements during Oct 3-8, 2013 (Li) Total Radiation Belt Electron Content (TRBEC) (Huang) 02 Oct 2013 CME (Jaynes) Ring Current He-­Ions: A Summary of Two years of Observations and Pc3-­induced Flux Modulation (Gerrard) Enhancement of Inner Zone Electron Fluxes (Fennell) Figure 12 - Solar Cycle Solar Wind Driving of Radiation Belt Dynamics (Reeves) Seed Population Precipitation (Chen)
2:00	Splinter on Science Theme 5 (Microphysics) Theme Description (Mauk) Nonlinear electric field structures in the inner magnetosphere (Malaspina) The Signature of Radiation Belt Electron Acceleration by Whistler-Mode Chorus Emissions (Thorne) Studying EMIC Wave Excitation Using Direct Ion Measurements
4:00	Miscellaneous Volunteer Science presentations
4:00	Splinter of those individuals who will be taking leadership in generating the Senior Review Proposal: Final themes, proposal structure action items, etc.

 

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Thursday, September 25, 2014

8:30	Planning for mini-GEM and AGU
9:00	Senior Review Proposal Discussions
10:00	Break
10:30	Work on Proposal (Mauk)
12:00	Lunch
1:00	Miscellaneous Team Meetings

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