SM32A
Origins of Extreme Events in the Geospace I

Wednesday, 16 December 2015: 10:20-12:20
2018 (Moscone West)
Primary Conveners:  Natalia Buzulukova, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Conveners:  David G Sibeck, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Jerry Goldstein, Southwest Research Institute San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States and Mihail Codrescu, SWPC/NOAA, Boulder, CO, United States
Chairs:  Natalia Buzulukova, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Jerry Goldstein, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Natalia Buzulukova, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
10:20
NOAA Environmental Satellite Measurements of Extreme Space Weather Events (68576)
William F Denig, NOAA Camp Springs, Camp Springs, MD, United States
10:35
On the Log-Normality of Historical Magnetic-Storm Intensity Statistics: Implications for Extreme-Event Probabilities (62564)
Jeffrey J Love1, Erin Joshua Rigler1, Antti A Pulkkinen2 and Pete Riley3, (1)USGS Geomagnetism Program, Denver, CO, United States, (2)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (3)Predictive Science Inc., San Diego, CA, United States
10:50
How Might the Thermosphere and Ionosphere React to an Extreme Space Weather Event? (Invited) (58332)
Timothy J Fuller-Rowell1, Mariangel Fedrizzi1, Mihail Codrescu2, Naomi Maruyama1 and Joachim Raeder3, (1)Univ of Colorado-CIRES, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)University of New Hampshire, Space Science Center, Durham, NH, United States
11:05
Long-lived plasmaspheric plumes: What is the source of the plasma? (Invited) (59956)
Michael Denton1,2, Joseph Borovsky1,3, Michelle F Thomsen4 and Daniel T Welling5, (1)Space Science Institute, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)New Mexico Consortium, Los Alamos, NM, United States, (3)University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (4)Planetary Science Institute Tucson, Tucson, AZ, United States, (5)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
11:20
Extreme enhancements and depletions of relativistic electrons in Earth’s radiation belts (Invited) (61555)
Drew L Turner1, Seth G Claudepierre2, Paul O'Brien2, Joseph F. Fennell1, J Bernard Blake1, Daniel N. Baker3, Allison N Jaynes4, Steven Morley5 and Reeves Geoffrey5, (1)The Aerospace Corp, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (2)Aerospace Corporation Santa Monica, Santa Monica, CA, United States, (3)University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)University of Colorado at Boulder, LASP, Boulder, CO, United States, (5)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States
11:35
Global differences between moderate and large storms (Invited) (58324)
Philip W Valek1,2, Natalia Buzulukova3, Mei-Ching Hannah Fok3, Jerry Goldstein2, Amy M Keesee4, David J McComas2 and Joseph D Perez5, (1)University of Texas at San Antonio, Department of Physics & Astronomy, San Antonio, TX, United States, (2)Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States, (3)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (4)West Virginia University, Physics and Astronomy, Morgantown, WV, United States, (5)Auburn University at Montgomery, Auburn, AL, United States
11:50
Trapped Ring Current Ion Dynamics During the 17-18 March 2015 Geomagnetic Storm Obtained from TWINS ENA Images (63537)
Joseph D Perez1, Jerry Goldstein2, David J McComas2, Philip W Valek3, Mei-Ching Hannah Fok4 and Kyoung-Joo Hwang4, (1)Auburn University at Montgomery, Auburn, AL, United States, (2)Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States, (3)Southwest Research Inst, San Antonio, TX, United States, (4)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
12:05
Global, Energy-Dependent Ring Current Response During Two Large Storms (70735)
Jerry Goldstein1, Vassilis Angelopoulos2, James L Burch1, Sebastian De Pascuale3, Stephen A Fuselier4, Kevin James Genestreti4, William S Kurth3, Kristie LLera5, David J McComas4, Geoffrey D Reeves6, Harlan E. Spence7 and Philip W Valek8, (1)Southwest Research Institute San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States, (2)University of California Los Angeles, Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (3)University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States, (4)Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States, (5)University of Texas at San Antonio, Department of Physics & Astronomy, San Antonio, TX, United States, (6)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States, (7)University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Space Science Center, Durham, NH, United States, (8)Southwest Research Inst, San Antonio, TX, United States