Joint Meeting of the
ACE / SOHO / STEREO / WIND
Spacecraft Teams

June 8-11, 2010.

Schedule and links to talks.




Breakout Topics and Session Organizers:

A. Solar Minimum: Solar Wind Acceleration, Heating and Composition (Szabo, Lepri, & Bochsler)
B. CIRs (Lee, Simunac & Mason)
C. Solar Energetic Particles (Mewaldt & Klecker)
D. PUIs and Building the Energetic Particle Reservoir (Moebius & Gloeckler)
E. ICMEs and Magnetic Clouds (Farrugia & Jian)
F. ACRs and GCRs (Leske & Aldayeh)

Plenary Talks:

David McComas will present results from the extended solar minimum.
Glenn Mason will present recent observations of CIRs.
Mihir Desai will present observations of shock acceleration of hot ion populations.
Marty Lee will present theory of shock acceleration of hot ion populations.
Len Fisk and Randy Jokipii will debate the theory of hot ion tails.
Russell Howard and Nathan Schwadron discuss different aspects of the Sun / solar wind boundary.

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

8:45 - 9:00 Eberhard Moebius: Welcome and Startup
9:00 - 10:30 Eric Christian, Chair
9:00 - 9:15 Ed Stone: ACE Overview
9:15 - 9:30 Berndt Klecker: SOHO Overview
9:30 - 9:45 Janet Luhmann: STEREO Overview
9:45 - 10:00 Adam Szabo: WIND Overview
10:00 - 10:30 David McComas: Weaker Solar Wind over the Protracted Solar Minimum
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30 Miriam Forman, Chair
11:00 - 11:30 Glenn Mason: Recent CIR Physics
11:30 - 12:00 Mihir Desai: Hot Ion Acceleration by Shocks
12:00 - 12:30 Marty Lee: Shock Acceleration of Hot Ions
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:30 Breakout Session B (CIRs): Topic I. Plasma Structure and Geomagnetic Effects of CIRs
14:00 - 15:30 Breakout Session F (GCRs & ACRs):
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 - 17:30 Breakout Session B (CIRs): Topic II. Energetic Particles at CIRs
16:00 - 17:30 Breakout Session F (GCRs & ACRs cont'd):
17:30 - 18:00 Reception

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

8:45 - 9:00 Charlie Farrugia, Chair
8:45 - 8:50 Call to Meeting
8:50 - 9:00 Dick Mewaldt: Decadal Survey
9:00 - 10:30 Ed Roelof, Chair
9:00 - 9:30 Len Fisk: Theory of v-5 Distributions
9:30 - 10:00 Randy Jokipii: Theory of v-5 Distributions
10:00 - 10:30 Debate and Discussion from the Floor
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30 Breakout Session A (Solar Min):
  • Justin Kasper: Proton and electron temperature anisotropies and what they say about the solar wind.
  • Lynn Wilson: High time resolution observations at IP shocks - particle heating.
  • Mihir Desai: Hot ion distribution and particle acceleration - this is a continuation of his joint presentation.
  • Marc Palupa & Stuart Bale: STEREO/IMPACT Observations of Upstream Electrons.
11:00 - 12:30 Breakout Session C (SEPs): Topic 1 - Longitudinal Spread of SEPs
Breakout Session C (SEPs): Topic 2 - SEP Transport / Cross-field diffusion
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:30 Breakout Session A (Solar Min cont'd):
14:00 - 15:30 Breakout Session C (SEPs): Topic 3 - SEP Acceleration Mechanisms
Breakout Session C (SEPs): Topic 4 - SEP Event Lists
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 - 17:30 Jack Gosling, Chair
16:00 - 16:30 Russ Howard: The Solar Source
16:30 - 17:00 Nathan Schwadron: Sun Viewed from Here
17:00 - 17:30 Discussion and Debate from the Floor
17:30 - 18:00 Reception

Thursday, June 10, 2010

8:45 - 9:00 Eberhard Moebius, Call to Meeting
9:00 - 10:30 Breakout Session D (PUIs):
9:00 - 10:30 Breakout Session E (ICMEs):
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30 Breakout Session D (PUIs cont'd):
11:00 - 12:30 Breakout Session E (ICMEs cont'd):
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:30 Eileen Chollet, Chair
Breakout Session Summaries
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 - 17:00 Justin Kasper and Glenn Mason, Chairs
Meeting Wrap Up

From the organizers: Thank you all for attending and for contributing freely to the discussion. Thank you session organizers, chairs, speakers, one and all for a stimulating three days.