International SCOSTEP Newsletter, June 1999

INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE (ICSU)
President: W. Arber
Secretary General: H. A. Mooney
Executive Director: J. F. Stuyck-Taillandier
ICSU Secretariat, secretariat@icsu.org
http://www.icsu.org

SCOSTEP SECRETARIAT
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/stp/SCOSTEP/scostep.html
Scientific Secretary: J. H. Allen, Program Assistant: C. M. Hanchett
c/o NOAA/NGDC, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80303
Telephone (1 303) 497-7284, Fax (1 303) 497-6513, email: jallen@ngdc.noaa.gov
Publication Coordinator: Belva Edwards, C, bmedward@staff.uiuc.edu

SRAMP STEERING COMMITTEE
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/stp/SRAMP/sramp.html
Chairman: D. N. Baker, baker@orion.colorado.edu
Members: S. Basu, B. J. Fraser, E. Friis-Christensen, Y. Kamide, H. Koskinen, A. H. Manson, H. Matsumoto, P. Newman, G. Ya. Smolkov, ex officio: J. M. Forbes, S. Fukao, M. Hagan, V. N. Obridko, G. Shepherd, R. A. Vincent, S. T. Wu

EPIC STEERING COMMITTEE
http://www.kurasc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~epic
Co-Chairmen: S. Fukao, fukao@kurasc.kyoto-u.ac.jp, R. A. Vincent, rvincent@physics.adelaide.edu.au, J. M. Forbes, forbes@zeke.colorado.edu
Members: M. A. Abdu, L. Gray, A. Matthews, R. F. Woodman, H. Wiryosumarto

SRAMP SUBGROUP: SPACE WEATHER
http://aoss.engin.umich.edu/intl_space_weather/sramp/
Chairman: H. Koskinen, hannu.koskinen@fmi.fi
Members: D. Boteler, J. K. Chao, J. Kozyra, R. Schwenn, X H. Singer, T. Tanaka, O. Troshichev, P. Wilkinson.

ISCS STEERING COMMITTEE
http://cspar.uah.edu/www_root/ documents/iscs/
Co-Chairmen: S. T. Wu, wus@cspar.uah.edu, V. N. Obridko, obridko@lars.izmiran.troitsk.su
Members: T. Kosugi, P. K. Manoharan, B. Schmieder, M. A. Shea, S. Tsuneta, T. Watanabe

The SCOSTEP Secretariat invites contributions of information about publications or databases of special interest to scientists involved in the range of solar-terrestrial disciplines that comprise SCOSTEP and its programs. In general, we do not have time or opportunity to review whole works, but will rely on the involvement of contributors with related research or monitoring of STP phenomena. Probably, it will be best if contributions from Working Groups are sent through the Chairs/Co-Chairs of the Projects. At the least, they should receive a copy of the materials.

Jean Pierre Antikidis (CNES) provided copies of the "CEOS CDROM 98" mailed with this International SCOSTEP Newsletter. It follows a similar CD they produced for 1997, which was reviewed favorably in an earlier newsletter. Thanks to the generosity of CNES, the SCOSTEP Secretariat received a shipment of 4,000 of these CDs for distribution with this NL.

The new CD may be used either in connection with Internet or as a "Stand Alone" unit (similar to its predecessor, but with improved navigation software included.) The CD and its contents are free to any non-commercial user involved in education and/or remote sensing promotion in the general public or as a professional. Contents may be reproduced freely without the necessity to seek special permission so long as the origin is acknowledged as "CEOS CDROM 98". In the opinion of the SCOSTEP Scientific Secretary, this is one of the best such data and information products available today. It sets a high mark for quality of contents and ease of application that should be sought by others.

Inserting the CD into a personal computer attached to the Internet (as in the Secretariat office) provides the user with a seamless junction of the CD, its contents, and material at many WWW sites. The user who "clicks" on a topic from the CD menu is either transferred to it directly on the CD or, via WWW, is linked to a remote site holding additional data or information about the topic selected.

This newsletter item is not intended as a review of the enclosed CD; the contents are too extensive to be covered here. Please browse through the files and acquaint yourself with the material. I was particularly interested to see the files on satellite observations of biomass burning. Many other examples of satellite data, usually portrayed as imagery, are included. The CD contains data samples and case studies from some 19 remote sensing satellites. Among them are: SPOT, LANDSAT, IRS, ADEOS, ERS, RADARSAT, METEOSAT, and NOAA/TIROS. There are papers on remote sensing, suggested teaching outlines, and a wide variety of links to on-line collections of data and information worldwide.

In addition to the work done at CNES to prepare this CD (and the previous one), some of the effort was done at the Australian CSIRO (see CD for meaning of acronyms.) We thank all involved, and the groups that collected, processed and made the data and products available.

Dr. S. T. Wu informed the Secretariat that Prof. C. H. Liu, President of SCOSTEP and of National Central University (Chung Li, Taiwan) was elected a member of the Academy Sinica (Central Academy of Science) in Taiwan, ROC. Prof. Liu is the first space scientist elected to this Academy. Congratulations, C.-H.

Dr. Tuija I. Pulkkinen of the Finnish Meteorological Institute, a winner of the 1998 Macelwane Medal of the AGU, was recently selected for a significant award in her home country of Finland. Dr. Pulkkinen was honored with the City of Helsinki Science Award. This award has in the past been granted to senior scientists and educators, so the selection of a younger researcher is a bit of a departure. Pulkkinen was feted in a ceremony on 19 May 1999 in Helsinki where she delivered a speech summarizing her work on solar-terrestrial physics and its potential effects on human technological systems.

Professor S. Kokubun has retired from directing the Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory (STEL) of Nagoya University. The new director is Professor Y. Kamide. We wish them both well in their respective future activities and look forward to continued active cooperation with STEL. Y. Kamide was active in organizing the ISC-4 meeting at Lake Hamana in March 1998, and in organizing the COSPAR Assembly at Nagoya last July. He is active in SCOSTEP as a member of the SRAMP Steering Committee.

Tim Eastman, consultant with Plasmas International in Silver Spring, MD and senior research associate with the Space Science Institute, has completed a major upgrade to the web site for all plasma science and technology, formerly at www-plasma.umd.edu since November, 1994. Comprehensive coverage of all fields is provided along with links worldwide. Space plasmas and plasma astrophysics are both featured as key application areas. Contributions, suggestions and corrections are all welcome. Please contact Tim at plasmas@bellatlantic.net or call directly at 301-587-0894.

Three-hundred years ago, Sir Edmond Halley sailed the North and South Atlantic in a series of voyages, measuring the Earth's magnetic field. This September, the British Geologic Survey, along with several sponsors, will retrace Halley's voyage to commemorate his expedition and his chart of the Earth's magnetic field. The expedition leader, Toby Clark (BGS), was (and probably still is) looking for people interested in joining the expedition. If you are interested in the opportunity, visit the Paramore web site at: http://ub.nmh.ac.uk/paramore/.

NSSDC has just created a new 3-panel main space physics www page. One panel is a list of spacecraft most of which have data network-accessible through NSSDC's various interfaces. A second panel provides links to NSSDC's data and information access systems. The third is for other services (models, trajectories, etc.) Upon selecting a spacecraft, the second panel shows only those systems supporting that spacecraft and the third panel becomes a spacecraft-specific panel. Making initial choices from the second or third panel (instead of specifying a spacecraft first) links one to the top of the selected service.

You are encouraged to exercise this new page, expected to provide easier access to data and services and to enable easier moving through NSSDC's web of related pages. Your feedback is welcome.

The new page is at http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/space/. This is the same URL as for NSSDC's previous main space physics page. Several of the data access systems linked to from this page were developed in collaboration with the Space Physics Data Facility.

Over the years, a research team at Moscow State University, led by Prof. Boris Tverskoy, has flown a series of energetic particle detectors on Soviet spacecraft. Data from these detectors have recently been prepared by Dr. Nikolai Pavlov at MSU for archiving and for community access from both MSU and from NASA/NSSDC.

The data include proton, electron, and alpha particle count rate data from the extra-terrestrial mid-1960s Zond 1 and 3, the early 1970s Luna and Mars series, the Venera series starting in the mid-1960s and extending 20 years, Vega 1 and 2 of the mid-1980s, and the Phobos 2 spacecraft of 1988-89. Not all species were measured on each mission. Typical channels were for 30 MeV protons, 1-5 MeV protons, and 50 keV electrons. Time resolutions ranged from daily for the earliest Zond and Luna missions to 20 min - 4 hours for later missions. The data from each of these missions are of sufficiently small volume that they fit in one mission-specific data file of 2 MB or less.

In addition, 2-min and 20-min proton and alpha particle count rate data for 1989-1995 from the high-eccentricity geocentric Granat mission (initial apogee = 31 Re) and 5-sec proton and electron rate data from the 1977-1979 low-altitude polar Cosmos 900 were also prepared and are available at MSU and NSSDC. The Granat data have been separated into magnetospheric and solar wind phases of the orbit, and are available as 1-year 2-4 MB files. The Cosmos data are available as daily 1-3 MB files.

The digital data, GIF browse plots, and more detailed descriptive material are available from MSU at http:// taspd.npi.msu.su/ and from NSSDC at ftp://nssdc. gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/spacecraft_data/russian_msu/. The preparation of these data for archiving and community access was supported in part by the NASA space physics data restoration program, and was done by Dr. Pavlov in consultation with NSSDC.

The last few years we have been collaborating with different industries in Norway on topics related to Space Weather. A paper, which will soon appear in the Proceedings of the ESA Workshop on Space Weather (ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 11-13 November 1998), describes these activities. We have made this report available at the following link since many people have asked for copies. Look at: http://www.uio.no/~paalb/estec_proceeding.pdf

VOLCANISM, COLD TEMPERATURE, AND PAUCITY OF SUNSPOT OBSERVING DAYS (1818-1858): A CONNECTION?

Dr. Robert M. Wilson (NASA, MSFC) sent the publication "Volcanism, Cold Temperature, and Paucity of Sunspot Observing Days (1818-1858): A Connection?", NASA/TP-1998-208592. It should be of special interest to those involved with the history of ST observing. The abstract reads: "During the interval of 1818-1858, several curious decreases in the number of sunspot observing days per year are noted in the observing record of Samuel Heinrich Schwabe, the discoverer of the sunspot cycle, and in the reconstructed record of Rudolf Wolf, the founder of the now familiar relative sunspot number. These decreases appear to be nonrandom in nature and often extended for 1-3 yr (or more.) Comparison of these decreases with equivalent annual mean temperature (both annual means and 4-yr moving averages), as recorded at Armagh Observatory (Northern Ireland), indicates that the temperature during the years of decreased number of observing days trended downward near the start of each decrease and upward (suggesting some sort of recovery) just before the end of each decrease. The drop in equivalent annual mean temperature associated with each decrease, as determined from the moving averages, measured about 0.1-0.7 degrees C. The decreases in number of observing days are found to be closely related to the occurrences of large, cataclysmic volcanic eruptions in the Tropics or Northern Hemisphere. In particular, the interval of increasing number of observing days at the beginning of the record (i.e., 1818-1819) may be related to the improving atmospheric conditions in Europe following the 1815 eruption of Tambora (Indonesia; 8 deg. S), which previously has been linked to "the year without a summer" (in 1816) and which is the strongest eruption in recent history, while the decreases associated with the years of 1824, 1837, and 1847 may be linked, respectively, to the large, cataclysmic volcanic eruptions of Galunggung (Indonesia; 7 deg S) in 1822, Cosiguina (Nicaragua) in 1835, and, perhaps, Hekla (Iceland; 64 deg N) in 1845. Surprisingly, the number of observing days per year, as recorded specifically by Schwabe (from Dessau, Germany), is found to be linearly correlated against the yearly mean temperature at Armagh Observatory (r = 0.5 at the 2 % level of significance); thus, years of fewer sunspot observing days in the historical record seem to indicate years of probable cooler clime, while years of many sunspot observing days seem to indicate years of probable warmer clime (and vice versa.) Presuming this relationship to be real, one infers that the observed decrease in the number of observing days near 1830 (i.e., during "the lost record years" of 1825 to 1833) provides a strong indication that temperatures at Armagh (and, perhaps, most of Europe, as well) were correspondingly cooler. If true, then, the inferred cooling may have resulted from the eruption of Kliuchevskoi (Russia; 56 deg N) in 1829."

A second report by Wilson and colleagues, NASA/TP-1998-208591: "On the Correlation Between Maximum Amplitude and Smoothed Monthly Mean Sunspot Number During the Rise of the Cycle (From t=0 to 48 Months Past Sunspot Minimum)" , was received at the Secretariat. It probably would be revised to accommodate more months of sunspot counts than were available in mid-1998 when the report was published.

Thank you for your many email messages sounding alarm at the proposed change in the length of papers in JGR Space Physics. It seems that our April Fool's day special message was taken seriously by some SPAnews readers, and we apologize for any inconvenience this caused. Your letters of support for the present system were very reassuring and we are pleased to announce that it will not be changed. Please continue to submit your brief, newsworthy articles to Robert Winglee for consideration for GRL, and your regular papers to JGR Space Physics.

Dr. J. Andersen, General Secretary, IAU
Niels Bohr Institute for Astronomy, Physics and Geophysics
Astronomical Observatory, Juliane Maries Vej 30
2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
Tel: (45 353) 25 934, Fax: (45 353) 25 989
email: ja@astro.ku.dk

Prof. R. A. Duce, President, IAMAS
Geosciences and Maritime Studies, Texas A & M University
Room 204A, O & M Building, College Station, TX 77843 USA
Tel: 1 (409)845-3651, Fax: 1 (409) 845-0056
email: rduce@ocean.tamu.edu

Prof. M. A. Geller
Marine Sciences Research Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5000 USA
Tel: (1 516)632-8781; Fax: (1 516) 632-8915
email: mgeller@notes.cc.sunysb.edu

Dr. R. Gendrin, (new)
Inst. Français pour la Recherche & Technologie Polaires, Avenue du Maréchal Fayolle 47 F-75116 Paris, France
Tel: (33 1) 4504 1771, Fax: (33 1) 4503 1487
ISCS: New WWW address: http://cspar.uah.edu/iscs

Prof. R. P. Kraft, President, IAU
Lick Observatory, University of California at Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA
Tel: 1 (408) 459-3281, Fax: 1 (408) 426-3115
email: kraft@helios.ucsc.edu

Prof. R. List, Secretary General, IAMAS
Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A7, Canada
Tel: 1 (416) 978-2982, Fax: 1 (416) 978-8905
email: iamas@atmosp.physics.utoronto.ca

Dr. Katsuhide Marubashi (new Chairman of ISES, replacing R. J. Thompson)
Co mmunications Research Laboratory, Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, 2-1, Nukui-Kitamachi 4-chome, Koganei-shi, Tokyo 184, Japan

Prof. J. S. Nilsson, President, IUPAP
Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, Box 16067,10322 Stockholm, Sweden
Tel: (46 8) 679-9609, Fax: (46 8) 611-8397
email: jsn@kaw.se

Dr. G. W. Proelss, (new)
Inst. Astrophysik, Auf Dem Huegel 71, 53121 Bonn, Germany
Tel: (49) 228-733666, Fax: (49) 228-733672

Prof. A. C. Rocha-Campos,
Instituto de Geociencias da USP, Dept. de Paleontologia e Estratigrafia,R. do Lago 562, Butantan, Sao Paulo, SP CEP 05508-900, BRAZIL
Tel:(55-11) 818 4125, 818 4138, Fax: (55-11) 818 4129
email: acrcampo@usp.br

Prof. T. B. A. Senior, President, URSI
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, University of Michigan, 1301 Beal Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2122 USA
Tel: 1 (313) 764-0500 Fax: 1 (313) 747-2106
email: senior@eecs.umich.edu
SRAMP: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/stp/SRAMP/sramp.html

Prof. R. Turlay, Secretary General, IUPAP
Dafnia/DIR, CEN Saclay, 91191 Gif sur Yvette, France
Tel: (33 1) 6908-8418, Fax: (33 1) 6908-7636
email: turlay@hep.saclay.cea.fr

TWO GRADUATE STUDENTS ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS GROUP INSTITUTE of SPACE and ATMOSPHERIC STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN

The Atmospheric Dynamics Group, Institute of Space and Atmospheric Studies is offering positions for two Graduate Students beginning in the 1999/2000 year.

The Research Program involves the operation of, and use of data from, the local MF Radar at Saskatoon (52N); the jointly operated MFR at Tromso, Norway (Universities of Saskatchewan, Tromso, Nagoya), which is at the site of EISCAT and close to the ALOMAR observatory; and the soon-to-be-installed MFR at Platteville (Universities of Saskatchewan and Colorado.)

Projects for Graduate Students/Research Assistants may involve the development of Radar Experiments (using hardware and software); or the analysis of data from the Radars and from Global Networks of Opticals, Radars and Satellites. The Dynamics Group is strongly associated with PSMOS (SCOSTEP) and CEDAR activities, projects and campaigns; as well as the planning of Atmospheric Satellite Missions associated with the Canadian Space Agency. There are also collaborations with GCMs such as CMAM and SKYHI.

Research themes which are presently being pursued focus upon Weather and Climate Change processes in the Middle Atmosphere (40-100 km.) These involve local, regional and global studies of Gravity Waves, Planetary Waves and Tides: their characteristics, climatologies, interactions; and effects upon Chemical Constituents, and the Thermal and Dynamical state of the Middle Atmosphere.

Degrees may be awarded in the disciplines of "Physics", "Engineering Physics", or "Environmental Engineering."

Funding is available for well qualified students. Apply to: Dr. A. H. Manson, Chair (leader of Atmospheric Dynamics Group), Institute of Space and Atmospheric Studies, University of Saskatchewan, 116 Science Place, Saskatoon SK S7N 5E2 CANADA Tel. 1-306-966-6401 -6428 (FAX) manson@dansas.usask.ca http://www.usask.ca/physics/isas/

Applications and nominations are invited for the position of Director of the Geophysical Institute. The new Director will replace Dr. Syun Akasofu who will resign from the directorship to become the Interim Director of the International Arctic Research Center. The Director provides scientific leadership and has administrative and budgetary responsibility for the research programs of the Geophysical Institute, as well as for major research facilities operated by the Institute such as the Poker Flat Research Range, Alaska SAR Facility and Alaska Volcano Observatory. The research programs at the Institute include solar-terrestrial physics and aeronomy, atmospheric sciences, glaciology, geology and solid earth geophysics. Graduate studies leading to the M.S. and Ph. D. degrees in all of these fields are conducted through the College of Science, Engineering and Mathematics, with thesis research projects that may be carried out within and supported by the Geophysical Institute. The Institute has 96 faculty and research staff, 175 technical and administrative staff and 76 students. Further information on the Institute can be obtained through its web address at: http://www.gi.alaska.edu/.

Applicants should be distinguished senior scientists with a doctoral degree or commensurate experience. Selection criteria will include well documented evidence of substantial contributions to the candidate's field of science in a discipline represented in or related to the research programs of the Institute; well documented evidence of innovative and successful leadership of substantial and major scientific research programs, including the procurement of funds to support such; evidence of ability to communicate effectively with scientific peers, sponsors of research, support staff, administrators, legislators and the general public; and administrative/managerial/fiscal experience in the planning and supervision of major research projects and operational facilities. Familiarity with the U.S. Federal agencies (e.g., NASA, NSF, NOAA, DOI, etc.) funding research and instruction in the polar regions is essential.

The Search Committee will begin its evaluation of applicants on 1 July. The position will remain open until filled. The appointment of the Director will be made by the Regents of the University upon the recommendation of the President of the University, with the approval of the President of the National Academy of Sciences, according to the Act of Congress which established the Geophysical Institute in 1946. The appointment normally carries with it a tenured full professorship in appropriate academic department(s) of the University.

Please send a letter of interest, a resume and the names of at least three references to:
Dr. Gunter Weller, Chairman, Search Committee
Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fa irbanks, AK 99775-7320

or contact Dr. Weller at (907) 474 7371, Fax. 907 474 7290 or email at gunter@gi.alaska.edu for further information.

The University of Alaska Fairbanks is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and educational institution. Your application for employment with the University of Alaska is subject to public disclosure under the Alaska Public Records Act.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR SPACE AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AT NATIONAL ASTRONOMY AND IONOSPHERE CENTER

The National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (NAIC) invites applications for the position of Assistant Director for Space and Atmospheric Sciences at the Arecibo Observatory. The individual holding this position will be responsible for supervising activities of the Space and Atmospheric Sciences Group at Arecibo and overseeing the use of the world's most capable 430 MHz incoherent scatter radar and a variety of LIDAR systems to study the Earth's atmosphere and surroundings. He or she will work with the Director of NAIC to develop plans and budgets for space and atmospheric sciences activities at Arecibo and will prepare an annual program plan for research supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), currently at an annual level of $1.5 million. The Assistant Director will be the primary point of contact between the NSF and the Space and Atmospheric Sciences staff within NAIC, will represent NAIC at national and international meetings, and will work to enhance the relationship between NAIC and the space sciences and atmospheric community. The Assistant Director will also be expected to pursue a vigorous program of scientific research using Arecibo and possibly other facilities. An outstanding record of scientific accomplishment and vision, good ability to work with and motivate other researchers, and good communication skills are very important qualifications for this position. A demonstrated successful record of dealing with funding agencies is essential. Salary level will be commensurate with experience. It is preferred that the Assistant Director be resident at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico.

NAIC is operated by Cornell University under a Cooperative Agreement with the NSF, and funding for this position is contingent upon continued support from the Division of Atmospheric Sciences. Questions regarding the position can be sent to: jtm14@cornell.edu. Applications including names and addresses of at least three references, should be sent to NAIC, 504 Space Sciences Building, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-6801 Attn: J. Morrison/ATM Assistant Director Search Committee. AAE/EOE

Michael J. Golightly (NASA JSC) gave a talk on this topic in the recent Space Weather meeting held in Boulder. His talk was of special interest although he carefully introduced it with the following disclaimer (quoted from R. L. Park, APS): "The views expressed here are my own, and not necessarily those of NASA, although perhaps they should be."

He told about operations of the Space Radiation Analysis Group (SRAG) in support of the astronaut program. In particular, they want to help flight management minimize astronaut exposure to ionizing radiation. Michael provided copies of his viewgraphs to the SCOSTEP Secretariat and gave us permission to reprint parts of this provided we emphasize that it is his personal viewpoint and not that of NASA's.

Michael reviewed effects of radiation on humans and stated SRAG's goal as minimizing cancer risk for astronauts exposed to space radiation. This has special relevance to those astronauts who will be performing extended EVA work during construction of the International Space Station (ISS); especially if the construction occurs mainly around maximum of the current solar (sunspot) cycle. Astronauts are classified as "radiation workers" by the US OSHA and are subject to regulations that control their exposure. This means operationally exposure limits "As Low As Reasonably Achievable" (ALARA.) "Understanding and minimizing exposures from space weather events" is an important part of the ALARA principle for manned missions.

Particular "space weather" conditions that apply are: Status of outer zone electron belts; Status of interplanetary proton flux; and Geomagnetic field conditions. The SRAG must provide preflight astronaut exposure projections; give real-time radiation protection support; monitor radiation exposure; and model comprehensive crew exposure. To this end, SRAG provides a support person in Mission Control to examine available space weather data, reports and forecasts of trends or conditions which may lead to enhanced near-Earth space radiation environment. They coordinate with NOAA SEC solar forecasters for "big picture" input. They check vehicle status and crew timeline for the potential of unscheduled EVAs. And they report crew exposure status and space weather conditions to flight management. Particular attention is given to conditions from 1 hour before scheduled EVA, until astronauts return to the Shuttle or Space Station.

What characteristics of space weather data, forecasts and models are desirable in order for them to have an operational impact?

There are specific goals to: maintain at least current space weather support capabilities into the future; fix monitoring and crew exposure projection shortcomings; automate everything; and improve general operational radiological support. To these ends, Michael suggested a "Top Ten" list of desiderata (he followed the example of the TV comedian who starts with the lowest and progresses to the highest in his lists, but we reversed this here because our Word Processor is more comfortable with numbering in normal sequence):

These are the SCOSTEP Scientific Secretary's edited, slightly summarized versions of the points made in Michael Golightly's viewgraphs and talk. Obviously, I thought it was a very useful summary of his experienced view of applications and needs in the Space Weather area.

Call for Participation: We are soliciting comments on additional science topics/issues that can be addressed, information on available data sets, and presentations for the June 18 workshop dealing with science topics appropriate to this campaign.

What to Do: Please send comments and suggestions for the workshop to either: Janet Kozyra (kozyra@engin.umich.edu), David Webb (webb@plh.af.mil) or Michael Buonsanto (mjb@haystack.mit.edu). Let us know if you plan to attend the workshop and have information to present on these events or on science issues addressable using observations from these events.

To facilitate collaborations and aid in the development of a campaign strategy focused around broad science issues, we would like to post summary data (along with contact information) for these storm events at http://leadbelly. lanl.gov/GEM_Storms/GEMstorms.html. If you have summary plots for these intervals, please email Geoff Reeves reeves@lanl.gov.

REMINDER
AURORAL PLASMA DYNAMICS WORKSHOP: AKEBONO TEN YEARS LATER
July 5-7, 1999, Banff, Alberta, Canada

The Workshop will be held at the Banff Conference Center. Please refer to International SCOSTEP Newsletter, Vol. 2, No.1, March 1999, for information concerning this Workshop or contact Gregory G. Arkos at arkos@phys.ucalgary.ca.

SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE WORKSHOP ON THE MICROSATELLITE DEMETER
July 15-16, 1999, Orleans, France

The micro-satellite DEMETER (Detection of Electro-Magnetic Emissions Transmitted from Earthquake Regions) is a low-altitude satellite (< 800 km) with a nearly polar orbit. It will be the first scientific microsatellite launched by CNES, the French National Space Agency. The expected launch date is mid-2001. The main scientific objectives of this project are related to the investigation of ionospheric perturbations due to seismic activity, and to the global study of the Earth electromagnetic environment. The payload of DEMETER is composed of several sensors associated to a data processing unit and a large memory in order to record the information all around the Earth independently from a telemetry station. DEMETER will measure electromagnetic waves from DC up to 4 MHz, and plasma parameters. There are two modes:

This Workshop will focus on points related to the scientific objectives of DEMETER:

The Workshop will be held in Orleans. Orleans is located within 1 hour from Paris either by car or by train (two hours from the airport Roissy Charles de Gaulle.)

The Workshop is planned to be on July 15-16, 1999 (just before the IUGG meeting in Birmingham, July 18-30.) It is recommended to arrive in Orleans on July 14 and to leave on July 17 because the two days will be busy (40 pre-registered.)

P. Bernard (IPGP, France), J. J. Berthelier (CETP, France), E. Blanc (LDG, France), A. Kerdraon (LPSH, France), P. Lognonne (IPGP, France), M. Menvielle (CETP, France), F. Lefeuvre (LPCE, France), M. Parrot (LPCE, France), J.-A. Sauvaud (CESR, France.)

The Workshop will be organized by CNES. There is no registration fee. All exchanges will be done by e-mail. The program will contain oral and poster sessions. It is expected to publish the proceedings in a journal with referees. Bastille Day on July 14 is not expected to interfere with transportation to Orleans because planes and trains will be active. Restaurants will be open but shops closed. Otherwise in the evening you will enjoy public ball and fireworks.

Items 1. - 10. Friday, 16 July
Items 11. - Beginning of 12. Saturday, 17 July
Conclusion item 12. Sunday, 18 July morning
Departure Sunday afternoon.

If you have agenda suggestions, please send them to the Secretariat. We will circulate them to Bureau members and others likely to attend. Carol is preparing folders for each participant with copies of documents. I put Program Reports on Saturday morning (11. a.-d.) to reduce people-days at Cosenor's House.

DATE CHANGE FOR IAGA SYMPOSIUM 3.08: MAGNETOTAIL DYNAMICS AND RELATION-SHIP TO HIGH LATITUDE PHENOMENA

This is to announce that IAGA Symposium 3.08 has been moved from Monday 26 July and Tuesday 27 July to Saturday 24 July and Monday 26 July in order to avoid conflict with the related IAGA Symposium 3.02 on Magnetospheric Substorm Onset.

REMINDER
INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON RADIO METHODS FOR STUDYING TURBULENCE
August 9-12, 1999, Urbana, IL

If you have not already done so, please submit your registration information and/or abstract now to: Prof. A. W. Wernik at aww@cbk.waw.pl with a copy to Joyce Mast at jmast@uiwpls.ece.uiuc.edu. Details are on the Web at www.ece.uiuc.edu/news/ursi/ursi1.html.

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM FROM SOLAR CORONA THROUGH INTERPLANETARY SPACE, INTO EARTH'S MAGNETOSPHERE AND IONOSPHERE: INTERBALL, ISTP SATELLITES, AND GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
Kiev, Ukraine, February 1-4, 2000

Sponsored by: National Space Agency of Ukraine (NSAU); Taras Shevchenko Kiev University; Russian Academy of Sciences (IKI); Space Research Institute NASU & NSAU, Ukraine.

For a long time it was argued that circumterrestrial space with its complicated and dynamical plasmas is a giant natural laboratory for studies of real astrophysical plasmas. It now becomes true due to the achievments of experimental and theoretical studies based on the data from the unprecedented "space fleet" of high altitude satellites of the ISTP which includes GEOTAIL, WIND, POLAR, SOHO, ACE and four INTERBALL satellites, together with several lower-orbit satellites such as AKEBONO and FAST, and cooperating ground-based geophysical observatories all over the world.

This new wealth of high-quality multipoint data of various kinds, together with recent developments in theory and modeling, allows us to achieve a much deeper understanding

of the powerful processes in near-Earth space. At the same time, they allow advancement in general plasma physics because some of the limitations inherent in laboratory plasma devices, such as wall effects, temporal and spatial scales, are either different or absent in space. Effective cooperation between the satellites' teams and the exchange of data has started through INTERNET and by direct contacts between the scientists involved. This makes coordinated efforts especially fruitful. It may be noted that numbers of dedicated scientific journals for the INTERBALL Project results are already published (Ann. Geophys., v.15, N 6, 1997 and v.16, N 9, 1998; Cosmic Research, v.36, N 1, N 3 and N 6, 1998; Czechoslovak Journal of Physics, v.49, N 4a, April 1999, and, now being submitted, Cosmic Research, v.37, N 6, 1999.) In addition, many papers using INTERBALL data are already published in other journals. An important task is to stimulate further the fruitful analysis of these multipoint measurements, modeling and theoretical efforts, and the exchange of results and ideas to deepen the understanding of space plasmas.

A series of fruitful and informative workshops, or symposia, dedicated to these tasks has been successfully organised and performed. The last three were held near Helsinki, Finland (February, 1998), in Kosice, Slovakia (September, 1998), and in Zvenigorod, Russia (February, 1999.) As part of these efforts we plan to organize in February 2000, in Kiev, Ukraine, a topical Workshop, or Symposium, "From Solar Corona Through Interplanetary Space, into Earth's Magnetosphere and Ionosphere." It will be based mostly on recent INTERBALL results, but certainly will include results of other space projects on these topics. The total number of participants expected is about 100-150. (The estimate is based on the experience in our preceding 1999 Workshop in Zvenigorod.)

The beautiful and old city of Kiev will provide good accommodation and will make possible to increase the audience with many young talented scientists and students from Ukraine and other FSU countries, to facilitate contacts of western researchers in the field of Solar-Terrestrial Physics with the FSU scientific institutions and Universities involved in space physics. We expect fruitful discussions of many new scientific results obtained, stimulation of the mutual data exchange and scientific cooperation in their analysis. We plan to discuss briefly some perspective FSU space projects in the magnetospheric physics and possible international cooperation in their accomplishment.

The detailed list of these topics with the names of the panel discussion organizers will be placed on the meeting homepage http://space.ups.kiev.ua/iballconf/ and http://www.iki.rssi.ru. We would be grateful for your comments, additions and corrections to the preliminary proposals for the Program of the Kiev Symposium.

The Symposium will be held at the center of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, situated on the picturesque banks of the Dnipro river. Kiev is famous for its historical places and gardens. Winter is usually mild with the temperatures about -10 C .. +3 C in February. You will find social information about KIEV, sightseeing possibilities in this area, and the approximate cost of accommodation on the homepage.

In order to help in the organization of the Symposium we kindly ask you to send the preliminary registration form indicating your interest by email to conf@galaxy.ups. kiev.ua (reserved address: interball@space.is.kiev.ua) before 15 July 1999.

We look forward for active participation of scientists from the Space Plasma Physics community in the cooperative data analysis of the INTERBALL measurements and related modeling and theoretical research.

L. M. Zelenyi, INTERBALL Project Coordinator.
V. N. Ivchenko and O. P. Verkhoglyadova, Local Organizing Committee.

For further information, please contact:
Olga Verkhoglyadova (Secretary of the LOC), Dept. of Astronomy and Space Physics, Kiev University, Glushkova, 6, Kiev 252022, Ukraine
Phone/Fax: +380(44) 266-4507
email: conf@galaxy.ups.kiev.ua or directly verkh@galaxy.ups.kiev.ua
(reserved address: interball@space.is.kiev.ua )

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PROCLIM - FORUM FOR CLIMATE AND GLOBAL CHANGE
F ebruary 27 - March 1, 2000, Zurich, Switzerland

After eight years the Swiss Priority Programme for Environmental Research (SPP Environment) is ending. They have scheduled a conference on "Transdisciplinarity: Joint Problem-Solving among Science, Technology and Society" at the Swiss Academy of Sciences. This will be the final SPP Environment event. The conference will be in Zurich, Switzerland from 27 February - 1 March 2000. Information is available on WWW at: http://www. snf.ch/transdisciplinarity/home.html (which should test your typing capability the first time.) For email contact: transdisciplinarity@snf.ch. An elegant brochure about the conference is available from the organizers as a "First Announcement and Call for Interactive Contributions".

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT
NINTH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC ASPECTS OF MST RADAR (MST9)
combined with
COST-76 FINAL PROFILER WORKSHOP (COST76)
and the
THIRD INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ON ATMOSPHERIC RADAR (ISAR 3)
March 13-17 and March 20-24, 2000, Toulouse, France

The International Workshop on MST radar, held about every two years, is a major event drawing together experts from all over the world, engaged in research and development of radar techniques to study the mesosphere, stratosphere, troposphere (MST) and the ionosphere. It offers also excellent opportunities to young scientists, research students and also new entrants to the field, for close interactions with the experts on all technical and scientific aspects of MST radar. The latter applications will be highlighted in this Workshop by the particular inclusion of wind profiler projects.

The major topics of the Ninth MST Radar Workshop (MST9) deal as usual with radar scattering processes in the atmosphere and ionosphere, winds, waves and turbulence in the lower and middle atmosphere, meteorological phenomena and applications, such as, wind profilers, boundary layer radars and networks, as well as major scientific, technical and signal processing achievements and highlights from the MST radar facilities and wind profilers of the world. MF, meteor, boundary layer and coherent ionospheric scatter radars are included in MST9.

Special sessions will be held dealing with wind profiler applications by the combination of MST9 with the COST-76 Final Profiler Workshop (COST76.) COST-76 is an action of the European Commission on the "Development of UHF/VHF Wind Profilers and Vertical Sounders for use in European Observing Systems." As for COST76, which is more focused on operational aspects and networking, special sessions will be held on the main topics: Operational experience with wind profilers, quality control and quality evaluation, technical and scientific development of wind profilers, development of other upper-air observing systems, user requirements, studies and demonstrations of usefulness of wind profilers.

The International Steering Committee of MST9-COST76 (ISC), consists of J. Röttger (Chair, Germany), S. Fukao (Cochair, Japan), M. F. Larsen (USA), C. H. Liu (Taiwan R.O.C.), A. P. Mitra (India) and W. Monna (The Netherlands.) The Programme Committee, besides members of ISC, includes L. Alonso (Spain), K. S. Gage (USA), W. K. Hocking (Canada), E. Legrand (France), G. Nastrom (USA), G. Peters (Germany), P. B. Rao (India), R. A. Vincent (Australia) and R. F. Woodman (Peru). V. Klaus (France) heads the Local Organization Committee.

At the invitation of the French ST radar community, the MST9+COST76 will be held 13-17 March 2000 at the Centre International de Conferences in Toulouse, France. Send the information requested on the form below to indicate your interest in MST9+COST76.

Following MST9+COST76, the 3rd International School on Atmospheric Radar (ISAR3) is planned to be held at Ecole Nationale de la Meteorologie (ENM) Toulouse, during 20-24 March 2000. The syllabus of ISAR3 will include basic lectures on atmospheric radar, a few tutorials on scientific/ technical highlights by eminent scientists, attending the MST9, and extensive group discussions with the participants. Interested young scientists and newcomers to the field should announce their interest in ISAR3 to the local organizers by sending the information requested on the form below.

Sponsorship of MST9-COST76 and ISAR3 by COST, SCOSTEP, URSI, CNRS and Meteo-France is anticipated.

Please send the details of your response, by email or fax or mail to the address shown at the end of this Announcement. Those responding to this circular will be placed on the mailing list for the second circular which will contain more details about abstract submissions and logistics for the meeting. Please feel free to share this announcement with colleagues who have an interest in the Workshop and School topics.

If you are interested in receiving the second and subsequent circulars on MST9-COST76 and/or ISAR3, please furnish the information requested on this form by 30 June 1999.

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FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SUBSTORMS-5
May 16 - 20 , 2000 : St. Petersburg, Russia

Conveners:
Oleg Troshichev (Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, AARI) and Victor Sergeev (St. Petersburg State University, SPbU)

Program Committee:
V. Angelopoulos (USA), D. N. Baker (USA), W. Baumjohann (Germany), J. Birn (USA), J. Buechner (Germany), S. W. H. Cowley (UK), K.-H. Glassmeier (Germany), M. Hesse (USA), M. Hoshino (Japan), Y. Kamide (Japan), A. P. Kropotkin (Russia), M. Lockwood (UK), A. T. Y. Lui (USA), L. R. Lyons (USA), R. L. McPherron (USA), T. Nagai (Japan), H. J. Opgenoorth (Sweden), G. K. Parks (USA), S. Perraut (France), T. I. Pulkkinen (Finland), J. Raeder (USA), G. D. Reeves (USA), I. Sandahl (Sweden), J.-A. Sauvaud (France), V. A. Sergeev (Russia), Chair, A. S. Sharma (USA), J. A. Slavin (USA), O. A. Troshichev (Russia), N. A. Tsyganenko (USA), L. M. Zelenyi (Russia)

The Fifth International Conference on Substorms (ICS-5) will be held in St. Petersburg, Russia, from May 16 to 20, 2000 to discuss the new results in the theoretical modeling, data analysis and numerical simulations of the magnetospheric substorms as well as related problems of solar wind/magnetosphere and magnetotail/ionosphere interactions and the magnetotail instabilities.

The ICS-5 will be held at the Congress Center of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, located at the sea side (Finnish Gulf of the Baltic Sea) of St. Petersburg. There is convenient transportation (15 min by the metro) to downtown St. Petersburg.

The Conference program consists of five Topical Sessions (covering ~2/3 of the conference time), as well as of three ordinary sessions, including General Contributions. Each Topical Session will include poster presentations followed by the session summary and discussion. The contents of the Topical Sessions are:

Proceedings:
The ICS-5 Proceedings will be published by the ESA Publications Division in a special volume of the ESA SP series (SP-443) about 3 months after the Conference. Authors will receive instructions electronically direct from the ESA Editor for the preparation of their camera-ready contributions. Authors will be required to deliver their papers to the Editor at the conference.

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In case if you are considering the possibility of attending the ICS-5 and want to receive the relevant information, please furnish the information requested on the following form and send it now by email to confer@snoopy.phys.spbu.ru. This will help us to prepare the Conference.

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PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT:
34TH ESLAB SYMPOSIUM ON THE 3-D HELIOSPHERE AT SOLAR MAXIMUM
October 3-6, 2000, Noordwijk, The Netherlands

The 34th ESLAB Symposium, devoted to "The 3-D Heliosphere at Solar Maximum", will be held at ESTEC in Noordwijk, The Netherlands, on 3-6 October, 2000. This will be the third ESLAB Symposium focusing on the three-dimensional heliosphere (previous symposia were in 1985 and 1994), and the timing is particularly appropriate, marking as it does the 10th anniversary of the launch of the Ulysses spacecraft. Furthermore, Ulysses will have just started its third polar pass, the second over the Sun's south pole. Some of the questions to which answers will be sought during the Symposium are:

Many of these questions can only be answered by combining data from a variety of sources, including both space- and ground-based solar observations, and in situ heliospheric measurements. Equally important are the theoretical models developed to explain these data. While Ulysses will undoubtedly be the focal point of the Symposium, an important goal of the meeting will be to highlight and stimulate collaborative studies involving different missions and/or modeling efforts.

The scientific programme will be structured around invited reviews and contributed papers, the majority of the latter being in the form of poster presentations. For further information, please contact: Richard G. Marsden, Space Science Department of ESA, ESTEC, 2200 AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands (email: rmarsden@estec.esa.nl).

June 1-4: AGU Spring Meeting, Boston, MA
http://www.agu.org
Special Session SM02: New perspectives in dynamics and coupling in inner magnetospheric physics.
Contact: B. J. Anderson (brian.anderson@jhuapl.edu)
Special Session SM03: Probing magnetic storm and substorm connections with global imaging.
Contact: J. Spann (jim.spann@msfc.nasa.gov)
Special Session SM06: Space Weather - Observations, models, and products.
Contact: H. Koskinen (Hannu.Koskinen@fmi.fi)

June 9-11: 2nd TIGER Symposium, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Contact: G.Schmidtke (schmidtk@ipm.fhg.de)

June 18-19: Joint CEDAR-GEM-SHINE Sessions, Boulder, CO.
Contact: N. Crooker (crooker@buasta.bu.edu)

June 24-26: Open Meeting of the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Research Community, Kanagawa, Japan.
Contact: Caroline Nunes, (carolinen@icc.es)

June 26-July 1: Science for the 21st Century, Budapest, Hungary
Contact: UNESCO (confsci@unesco.org)

July 5-7: Auroral Plasma Dynamics Workshop: Akebono, Ten Years Later, Banff, Alberta, Canada
Contact: Takahiro Obara (T.Obara@crl.go.jp)

July 15-16: Workshop on the Microsatellite DEMETER, Orleans, France
Contact: M. Parrot (mparrot@cnrs-orleans.fr)

July 16-18: SCOSTEP Bureau Meeting, Abingdon, UK
Contact: J. Allen (jha@luna.ngdc.noaa.gov)

July 18-30: IUGG99 Assembly, Birmingham, UK
Long- and Short-Term Variability in the Sun's History and Global Change.
Contact: W. Schröder, Hechelstrasse 8, D-28777 Bremen-Roennebeck, Germany
Solar Variability and Climate
Contact: J. Pap (pap@astro.ucla.edu) or(jpap@solar.stanford.edu)
Solar Magnetic Field: Reversals, Polar Field, Dynamo
Contact: V. Obridko(solter@izmiran.troitsk.ru) or (solter@izmiran.rssi.ru)
IAGA Symposium on Magnetic Storms
Contact: B. Tsurutani (btsurutani@jplsp.jpl.nasa.gov)
IAGA Symposium 3.08, Magnetotail Dynamics and Relationship to High Latitude Phenomena, (new dates: July 24 and 26)
Contact: L. Lyons (larry@atmos.ucla.edu)
IAGA Symposium GA 4.02: CMEs, Prominence Eruptions and Flares: Onsets and Relationships
Contact: B. Schmieder (schmieder%mesoph@mesiob.obspm.fr)
New Approaches to Data Collection, Data Processing and Data Dissemination.
Contact: Yuri S. Tyupkin (tyupkin@wdcb.rssi.ru)
JSA06, Space Weather - Forecasting and Effects.
Contact: D. Boteler (boteler@geolab.nrcan.gc.ca)

July 25: SCOSTEP General Meeting, Birmingham, UK.
Contact: J. Allen (jha@luna.ngdc.noaa.gov)

August 9-12: International Workshop on Radio Methods for Studying Turbulence, Urbana, IL
Contact: A. W. Wernik (aww@cbk.waw.pl)

August 9-12: URSI/COSPAR International Reference Ionosphere Workshop, Lowell, MA
Contact: D. Bilitza (dbilitza@pop600.gsfc.nasa.gov)

August 9-14: Magnetospheres of the Outer Planets Conference (MOP 99), Paris, France
Contact: (mop@megasx.obspm.fr)

September 22-24: Cluster II Workshop, Imperial College, London, UK
Contact: P. Escoubet (cpescoub@estec.esa.nl)

February 1-4: International Symposium From Solar Corona Through Interplanetary Space, into Earth's Magnetosphere and Ionosphere: Interball, ISTP Satellites, and Ground-Based Observations, Kiev, Ukraine
Contact: O. Verkhoglyadova (conf@galaxy. ups.kiev.ua) or (verkh@galaxy.ups.kiev.ua)

March 13-17: Ninth Workshop on Technical and Scientific Aspects of MST Radar, and COST-76 Final Profiler Workshop, Toulouse, France.
Contact: J. Röttger (roettger@osf1.mpae.gwdg.de)

March 20-24: Third International School on Atmospheric Radar (ISAR3), Toulouse, France
Contact: S. Balland (cic-toulouse@meteo.fr)

October 3-6: 34th ESLAB Symposium on the 3-D Heliosphere at Solar Maximum, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
Contact: R. Marsden (rmarsden@estso4.estec.esa.nl)