GeoSpace at the System-Level
Abstract
We use global-scale observations obtained via satellite imaging and global networks of ground-based instruments to provide us with important insights into the system-level behavior of geospace. The objective of this ISSI study group will be to explore the current state of knowledge of the global-scale behavior of, and develop a clear science vision for future system-level studies of geospace. We will focus attention on the competing views of deterministic behavior that anticipates effects that can be predicted based on sufficient knowledge of state and input and more stochastic behavior more consistent with the emerging discipline of natural complexity. We will attempt to deliver clear questions that are closeable, the observational requirements that those questions will demand, and new techniques that would meet those requirements. This work will be of significant value to the international ground-based and imaging communities, and will lay the foundation for exciting new science. Colloquially speaking, we seek to move well beyond perceptions of global-scale observations as primarily providers of context, and to highlight new technologies that will reasonably and effectively be brought to efforts to study geospace at the system-level.
Objectives of Study Group
Participants
The organizer of the study group will be Mark Lester of Leicester University (UK). The team has been selected to bring together the elements of global imaging, global ground-based networks, global modeling, and natural complexity. This team is well positioned to and capable of developing a vision for system-level studies of geospace.
Carlson, Pontus |
USA |
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Denton, Mick |
UK |
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Donovan, Eric |
Canada |
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Frey, Harald |
USA |
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Imber, Suzie |
UK |
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Lester, Mark |
UK |
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Liemohn, Michael |
USA |
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Liu, William |
Canada |
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Milan, Steve |
UK |
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Østgard, Nikolai |
Norway |
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Palmrooth, Minna |
Finland |
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Ridley, Aaron |
USA |
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Spanswick, Emma |
Canada |
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Uritsky, Vadim |
Canada |
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Zhang, Xiaoxin |
China |
Meetings
The
first meeting was held at ISSI during the week starting October 29 2007
and lasted for 5 days. A report on this meeting will be placed here.
The second meeting will be held in Spring 2009.
Actual proposal submitted to ISSI
(in PDF)