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AGU Scientists Host Teacher Workshop in Ethiopia
Promoting Space Weather Studies in Eastern Europe and Western Asia
Japanese International Symposium in November 2008
"Strange Space Weather Over Africa": First Results of the IHY-Africa Space Weather Workshop
Plasma Plumes Over Africa?
Interim Report from the IHY US Education Advisory Committee
The Traveling SOHO SunWorks Exhibit
Sun|trek, a New Educational Solar Website
Video: "Memory of the International Geophysical Years" by Dr. R. P. Kane
A Special Session of the AAS: The International Geophysical Year and the Dawn of Space-Based Astronomy
"From the Sun to the Stars" Podcasts and Videos Available!
The IHY Schools Program Continues to be a Success!
Whole Heliosphere Interval Going Strong!
Workshop announcement: Whole Heliosphere Interval Data and Modeling Analysis Workshop (WHIDMAW)
Presentations from the Whole Heliosphere Interval (WHI) AGU/SPD Special Session Are Now Available Online
4th UN Basic Space Sciences-IHY Workshop Held in Bulgaria; First Results from UNBSS-IHY Observatory Network Reported!
Special Addition: IAU Symposium No. 257: Second Announcement; Registration and Abstracts due 30 June.
21st European Cosmic Ray Symposium in Kosice, Slovakia to be held 9 - 12 September 2008
IGY Gold Club: The Japanese members

About This Newsletter

of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles; DEBORAH K. SCHERRER, Solar Center, Stanford University, Calif.; M. CRISTINA RABELLOSOARES, W. W. Hansen Experimental Physical Laboratory, Stanford University; PATRICIA REIFF, Rice Space Institute, Rice University, Houston, Tex.; and CAROLYN SUMNERS, Houston Museum of Natural Science, Tex. that appeared in the AGU Newspaper, Eos, vol. 89, no. 10, p. 99, 4 March 2008. It describes the Geophysics Information for Teachers (GIFT) workshop for Ethiopian high school physics educators organized on 10 November 2007 by the AGU Space Physics and Aeronomy Education and Public Outreach (SPA EPO) Committee in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa. The workshop was held in conjunction with the IHY-Africa Space Weather Science and Education Workshop.

(4 March 2008)
 
Promoting Space Weather Studies in Eastern Europe and Western Asia
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An article by NORMA B. CROSBY, Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, Brussels and ELCHIN S. BABAYEV, Shamakhy Astrophysical Observatory, Baku, Azerbaijan that appeared in the AGU Newspaper Eos, vol. 89, no. 15, p. 143, 8 April 2008. It describes a regional network and an international refereed scientific journal, the Sun and Geosphere journal that have been established to promote space weather studies in southeastern and east central Europe and in the Caucasus region. The main impetus behind establishing the Balkan, Black Sea, and Caspian Sea Regional Network on Space Weather Studies is to strengthen activities in the region in the field of space science. All of this is being done under the umbrella of IHY.

For more information about the network, visit the Website: http://www.stil.bas.bg/IHY.
For information about the journal, visit the Website: http://www.shao.az/SG.

(8 April 2008)
 
Japanese International Symposium in November 2008
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An International Symposium "Fifty Years After IGY - Modern Information Technologies and Earth and Solar Sciences" will be held at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan on November 10-13, 2008.

The first circular is now available at http://wdc2.kugi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/igy50/index.html.

Abstract submission will start after the middle of May.

IHY contact: Prof. Kiyohumi Yumoto (Kyushu University)

Submitted by Shinichi Watari

(17 April 2008)
 
"Strange Space Weather Over Africa": First Results of the IHY-Africa Space Weather Workshop
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From the nasa.gov Headline: Something strange is happening in the atmosphere above Africa and researchers have converged on Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to discuss the phenomenon. The Africa Space Weather Workshop kicked off Nov. 12th with nearly 100 scientists and students in attendance. The strange phenomenon that brings all these people together is the ion plume "a newly discovered form of space weather," says University of Colorado atmospheric scientist and Workshop co-organizer Tim Fuller-Rowell.

The full article is at: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/13nov_africa.htm

Submitted by Barbara Thompson

(14 April 2008)
 
Plasma Plumes Over Africa?
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Another article, this time in the AGU's prestigious Space Weather journal, on space weather over Africa and the IHY-Africa Space Weather Workshop. Timothy Fuller-Rowell, Madhulika Guhathakurta, and Tony Mannucci are interviewed.

See: http://www.agu.org/journals/sw/swa/news/article/?id=2007SW000378

Written by Irene Klotz

(13 March 2008)
 
Interim Report from the IHY US Education Advisory Committee
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The Space Physics and Aeronomy Education and Public Outreach Committee of the American Geophysical Union (in spite of the name, a world-wide organization) is serving as the US Advisory Committee for Education and Public Outreach for the International Heliophysical Year (IHY). The committee, chaired by Deborah Scherrer of Stanford University, includes Cristina Rabello-Soares, the IHY International Coordinator for Education, plus several other individuals also directly involved in IHY activities. They have issued a very nice report that summarizes the Committee's major IHY activities during the first year of the IHY.

The report is available at: http://ihy2007.org/outreach/2008_epo.html

Submitted by Deborah Scherrer

(April 2008)
 
The Traveling SOHO SunWorks Exhibit
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As reported previously, there is an art exhibit on the Sun called SunWorks that is touring the U.S. The 24 pieces in SunWorks were selected from over 500 submissions to the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory's "Sun Works" art contest that ran for 10 months and ended in March 2006. All entries had to have some thematic tie-in to the Sun. Images of all media were accepted from around the world. Artists were grouped by Grades 4-8; Grades 9-12, and adults with monthly prizes awarded in each group. The best of the best were selected; the pieces were sent to us; then we had them framed and mounted for SunWorks. Details on the exhibit and its travels are available at:

http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/sunworks/exhibit.html.

If you are interested in bringing SunWorks to your venue, please contact Steele Hill at steele.hill {at} gsfc.nasa.gov
 
Sun|trek, a New Educational Solar Website
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Sun|trek is an exciting new website for school students and teachers about the Sun and its effect on the Earth. Sun|trek has been motivated and inspired by the fantastic images and movies of the Sun taken from space. It is narrated by solar guides (young solar researchers), who not only share the excitement that they feel about working with these solar space projects, but also say a bit about themselves, how they became interested in astronomy and what their other interests are. They are 'role models' who could inspire the younger students. The Sun|trek team is led by Helen Mason of the University of Cambridge, UK.

Details on Sun/Trek are available at: http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/outreach/index.html

Steele Hill

(February 2008)
 
Video: "Memory of the International Geophysical Years" by Dr. R. P. Kane
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Dr. Rajaram Purushottam Kane is a recent recipient of an IGY Gold Club award. He was born in India in 1926 and moved to Brazil in 1978, to work in INPE (National Institute for Space Research). His institute prepared a video interview with him which has some excellent insights about both the past and the future, and includes a special greeting to IHY.

http://ihy2007.org/kane.html
 
A Special Session of the AAS: The International Geophysical Year and the Dawn of Space-Based Astronomy
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A special session organized by the Historical Astronomy Division (HAD) of the Amercian Astronomical Society was held in Austin TX on Tuesday, 8 January 2008. The description of the session said that it will look back over fifty years at several aspects of the beginning of the Space Age, including Project Moonwatch, the early days of Soviet Space astronomy and auroral and magnetospheric studies associated with the International Geophysical Year. The four speakers were Jay M. Pasachoff, Williams College, Joel M. Weisberg, Carleton College, William C. Keel, Univ. of Alabama and J. McKim Malville, Univ. of Colorado.

See: http://www.aas.org/had/meetings/2008Abstracts.html.

Submitted by D. Webb

(4 June 2008)
 
"From the Sun to the Stars" Podcasts and Videos Available!
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Passport To Knowledge has produced several podcasts on IHY, including footage from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Barrow, Alaska. These videos include interviews from IHY scientists and show many IHY team members in action! All the videos are accessible using a web browser:

[From the Sun to the Stars] http://passporttoknowledge.com/suntostars/

Barbara Thompson

(5 June 2008)
 
The IHY Schools Program Continues to be a Success!
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The IHY Schools Program continues to be one of the most successful IHY programs. International schools have now been successfully run in North America (Boulder, CO, USA, August 2007), Asia-Pacific I (Kodaikanal Solar Observatory, India, December 2007), and Latin America (San Paulo, Brazil, February 2008). Two more schools are being planned for 2008: Asia-Pacific II in Beijing, China in October and Europe-Africa in Nsukka, Nigeria in November. Unfortunately, the Asia-Pacific III school planned for Malaysia in 2009 had to be cancelled due to funding problems.

The African school replaces that originally scheduled at the ICTP in Italy. ICTP is providing support for the new venue, as well as EOARD and the IHY Secretariat. The African school will feature internationally recognized researchers from many branches of heliophysics. The school will be held at the Centre for Basic Space Science, National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. The application deadline was 30 April 2008. Please contact Dr. A. Babatunde Rabiu (tunderabiu {at} yahoo.com) for further information and see the website at: http://www.cbss-online.com/.

The IHY Schools Program website has been updated. Please see http://ihy2007.org/outreach/ihy_schools.shtml for current information.

David Webb

(8 June 2008)
 
Whole Heliosphere Interval Going Strong!
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The Whole Heliosphere Interval (WHI) is entering its data collection and modeling/analysis assessment phase. It is not too late to join the campaign. The more complete information we receive, the more science potential. We have established a special WHI News page for updates and information. http://ihy2007.org/WHI/WHI_news.shtml. Join the WHI coordination team.

Submitted by Barbara Thompson

(5 May 2008)
 
Workshop announcement: Whole Heliosphere Interval Data and Modeling Analysis Workshop (WHIDMAW)
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August 26-29, 2008

NCAR/HAO Center Green Facility
Boulder, Colorado

http://ihy2007.org/WHI/whidmaw.shtml

The Whole Heliosphere Interval ( http://ihy2007.org/WHI/WHI.shtml ) is an international coordinated observing and modeling effort to characterize the 3-dimensional interconnected solar-heliospheric- planetary system. It is an IHY campaign.

This workshop will focus on gathering data and model information, performing preliminary assessment and analysis, and connecting and linking the various data and models. The workshop structure will include plenary/full group discussion sessions in the mornings, and small group breakouts in the afternoon. Daily themes will include

¯ Characterizing the global, interconnected, (non-transient) heliosphere ¯ Analyzing energy transport/transient origins and impact ¯ Studying physics at boundaries throughout the heliosphere

Registration is now open at: http://www.hao.ucar.edu/forms/whidmaw_registration.html.

Anyone interested in working on WHI science is encouraged to attend. If you can't make it to the workshop, remote participation is possible -- please indicate your interest in this option on the registration form. Please note the registration deadline is July 31, but hotels must be booked immediately due to the Democratic National Congress meeting the same week in Denver.

Submitted by Sarah Gibson
HAO/NCAR

(9 June 2008)
 
Presentations from the Whole Heliosphere Interval (WHI) AGU/SPD Special Session Are Now Available Online
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At the recent 2008 AGU Joint Assembly in Fort Lauderdale, FL 27-30 May, there were two special sessions on First Results of the IHY Whole Heliosphere Interval, a poster and an oral session. Despite being on the last day, the oral session was well attended and featured an introduction by Sarah Gibson and talks by several WHI working group leaders.

Both the oral and poster presentations are now online: http://ihy2007.org/WHI/AGUMAY08.shtml.

Submitted by Barbara Thompson

(9 June 2008)
 
4th UN Basic Space Sciences-IHY Workshop Held in Bulgaria; First Results from UNBSS-IHY Observatory Network Reported!
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The Fourth United Nations Basic Space Sciences Workshop on the International Heliophysical Year hosted by the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences during June 2-6, 2008 in Sozopol, Bulgaria. The workshop was attended by ~160 participants from more than 40 countries. The meeting was cosponsored by ESA, NASA, and JAXA along with the UN and the Solar-Terrestrial Influences Laboratory of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. J. Davila and N. Gopalswamy represented the IHY Secretariat. Representatives of many of the observatory networks were present during the workshop. Professors Yumoto and Chilingarian received commendations from UNCOPUOS for deploying the large networks of IHY instruments.

The main theme of the workshop was "First Results from the International Heliophysical Year 2007". First results from the IHY networks were presented along with scientific developments in various countries. In total, 70 Oral presentations and 92 Poster presentations were made. The following were the main scientific sessions:

Opening session, Climate, Heliobiology, Solar Physics (3), Heliosphere, Cosmic Rays, IMF, Magnetospheres, Ionosphere, High and Middle Atmosphere (2), Access to data of the Sun-Earth system, Instruments and Networks (4), Participation of nations in IHY and BSS, and Closing session.

It was decided that the papers presented at the workshop will be published in the Sun and Geosphere Journal.

Nat Gopalswamy

(12 June 2008)
 
IAU Symposium No. 257: Second Announcement; Registration and Abstracts due 30 June.
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The IAU Symposium No. 257 on "Universal Heliophysical Processes" will be held in Ioannina, Greece during September 15-19, 2008. Updated information about the Symposium is available at:

http://iau257.uoi.gr

The list of keynote speeches and invited talks and social events is given there. If you are interested in giving a contributed talk or in presenting a poster, please register and provide the abstract (title, author(s), affiliation(s), and the text of abstract less than 300 words) online at the above web site.

We remind you that the deadline for registration and submitting an abstract is June 30, 2008. Only abstracts received by this date will be considered for the selection of the contributed talks. Later registrations will be also welcome, but for poster presentations only. Please note that, the applications for IAU grants have been processed and the awards made. There may be a few small grants from the LOC that will be made to deserving participants. You must register before June 30, 2008 in order to be eligible for these grants (Please contact Dr. A. Nindos, LOC chair: anindos-at-cc.uoi.gr). The final program will be announced on August 15, 2008.

In order to ease the organization of the Symposium, we ask you to register as soon as possible. Please bring this announcement to your students and postdocs who may be interested in this unique symposium.

Looking forward to meeting you at Ioannina, Greece. On behalf of the SOC:

Nat Gopalswamy, David Webb, and Kazunari Shibata

17 June 2008
 
21st European Cosmic Ray Symposium in Kosice, Slovakia to be held 9 - 12 September 2008

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The 21st European Cosmic Ray Symposium will be held in The Technical University of Kosice, in Kosice, Slovakia, 9-12 Septmeber 2009. You can find information at http://ecrs2008.saske.sk. It is possible to have poster presentations and to register upon the arrival.

Karel Kudela

(15 June 2008)
 
IGY Gold Club: The Japanese members
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The following is a list of the Japanese members of the IHY Gold Club:

1. Dr. Kaichi Maeda
2. Dr. Hiroshi Maeda
3. Dr. Masahisa Sugiura
4. Dr. Noboru Wakai
5. Dr. Mutsuo Ishitsuka
6. Dr. Hiroyoshi Tanabe

7. Dr. Keizou Nishi
8. Dr. Eijiro Hiei
9. Dr. Masami Wada
10. Dr. Tai-ichi Kitamura
11. Dr. Takashi Oguti
12. Dr. Ichiro Kondo

You may see the actual IGY Gold Club certificates (pdf copies) at this website: http://www2.nict.go.jp/y/y223/sept/IHY/IHY-e4.html

All of the above persons were nominated by George Maeda on behalf of Professor Yumoto, who is the IHY National Organizer for Japan. Professor Yumoto is also the PI of the "MAGDAS Project" (which is Japan's most significant contribution to IHY) and he is the Director of SERC (Space Environment Research Center) at Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.

George Maeda

(16 June 2008)

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