SM31A:
Addressing Operational Space Weather Needs II Posters

Wednesday, 17 December 2014: 8:00 AM-12:20 PM
Chairs:  Shawn L Young, AFRL, Kirtland Afb, NM, United States, James Parker McCollough II, Air Force Research Laboratory Kirtland AFB, Kirtland AFB, NM, United States and Timothy B Guild, The Aerospace Corporation, Chantilly, VA, United States
Primary Conveners:  Shawn L Young, AFRL, Kirtland Afb, NM, United States
Co-conveners:  James Parker McCollough II, Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland AFB, NM, United States and Timothy B Guild, The Aerospace Corporation, Chantilly, VA, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Timothy B Guild, The Aerospace Corporation, Chantilly, VA, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

 
NASA Space Weather Research Center: Addressing the Unique Space Weather Needs of NASA Robotic Missions
Yihua Zheng1, Antti A Pulkkinen1, Maria M Kuznetsova1, Marlo M Maddox1, M. Leila Mays1,2, Aleksandre Taktakishvili1,2, Anna Chulaki1,2, Barbara J Thompson1, Yaireska M Collado-Vega1, Karin Muglach1,3, Rebekah M Evans4, Chiu Wiegand1, Peter J MacNeice1 and Lutz Rastaetter1, (1)NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (2)Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, United States, (3)Artep Inc., Ellicott City, MD, United States, (4)NASA GSFC/ORAU, Greenbelt, MD, United States
 
In-Progress flare Forecasting of the Peak and Fall of X-Ray Flares
K S Balasubramaniam, Air Force Research Laboratory Kirtland AFB, Kirtland AFB, NM, United States and Lisa M Winter, Atmospheric and Environmental Research Inc. Superior, Superior, CO, United States
 
Estimate of Solar Maximum using the 1-8 Å GOES X-ray Measurements 
Lisa M Winter, Atmospheric and Environmental Research Inc. Superior, Superior, CO, United States and K S Balasubramaniam, Air Force Research Laboratory Kirtland AFB, Kirtland AFB, NM, United States
 
Investigating the geoeffectivness of CMEs, based on ejection location, utilizing the Enlil model
Joshua J Murphy1 and Scot Richard Elkington1,2, (1)University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, United States
 
Sapce based low frequency interferometric radioastronomy: the path towards the imaging of the inner heliosphere.
Baptiste Cecconi1, Philippe M Zarka1, Julien Girard1,2, Marc Klein Wolt3, Albert-Jan Boonstra4, Willem Baan4,5, Carine Briand1, Milan Maksimovic1 and Boris Segret1, (1)Observatoire de Paris, LESIA, Meudon, France, (2)CEA/SAp/Irfu, AIM, Saclay, France, (3)Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands, (4)ASTRON,, Dwingeloo, Netherlands, (5)Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
 
Estimating the temporal cutoff-rigidity variations and their implication on manned space missions
Konstantin Herbst1, Johannes Labrenz1, Andreas Kopp1, Bernd Heber1, Sönke Burmeister1 and Thomas Berger2, (1)Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Institute for Experimental and Applied Physics, Extraterrestrial Physics, Kiel, Germany, (2)German Aerospace Center DLR Cologne, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, Radiation Biology Department, Cologne, Germany
 
Mapping Geosynchronous Solar Energetic Particle Observations to Lower Earth Orbits
Shawn L Young, AFRL, Kirtland Afb, NM, United States and Brian T Kress, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States
 
Developing an Empirical Model for Predicting Solar Energetic Particle Events
Richard A Quinn, AER, Inc., Lexington, MA, United States, Lisa M Winter, Atmospheric and Environmental Research Inc. Superior, Superior, CO, United States, Kathryn Ledbetter, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, United States and Sierra F Ashley, University of Denver, Denver, CO, United States
 
A Soft X-Ray Imager for the Space Weather Applications
David G Sibeck1, Michael R Collier1, Hyunju Connor1, Kip D Kuntz2, Scott Porter1 and Brian Walsh3, (1)NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (2)Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States, (3)University of California Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States
 
Nowcast Model for Low Energy Electrons (10-200 keV) in the Inner Magnetosphere
Natalia Y Ganushkina, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, David A Pitchford, Power/Thermal Subsystems & Spacecraft Survivability, SES, Chateau de Betzdorf, Luxembourg, Daniel T Welling, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States and Daniel Heynderickx, DH Consultancy, Leuven, Belgium
 

High Order Schemes in Bats-R-US for Faster and More Accurate Predictions

Yuxi Chen, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Gabor Toth, Univ Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States and Tamas I Gombosi, Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
 
Design, Calibration and Specifications of the Space Environment in-Situ Suite (SEISSS) Space Weather Instruments for the GOES-R Program
Bronislaw Dichter1, Gary E Galica1, John O McGarity1, E. Gary Mullen1, Frederick A Hanser1, Sam Tsui1, Clifford Lopate2 and James J Connell3, (1)Assurance Technology Corporation, Carlisle, MA, United States, (2)University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States, (3)University of New Hampshire, Physics, Durham, NH, United States
 
On the Cross-Energy Cross-Pitch-Angle Coherence of Electrons in the Outer Radiation Belt
Yue Chen1, Geoffrey D Reeves1, Weichao Tu1, Gregory Cunningham1, Michael G Henderson1, Craig Kletzing2 and Robert J Redmon3, (1)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States, (2)Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States, (3)Natl Geophysical Data Ctr, Boulder, CO, United States
 
Real-Time Monitoring of the Dayside Geosynchronous Magnetopause Location
Robert J Redmon, Natl Geophysical Data Ctr, Boulder, CO, United States, Tapuosi M Lotoaniu, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, Mark Berguson, Thomas Jefferson University, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, United States, Stefan Mihail Codrescu, NOAA Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, Jih-Hong Shue, NCU National Central University of Taiwan, Jhongli, Taiwan, Howard J Singer, NOAA-Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder, CO, United States, William Floyd Rowland, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States and William F Denig, National Geophysical Data Center, Boulder, CO, United States
 
Prediction Model of the Geosynchronous Electron Fluxes at a Wide Energy Range Based on a Neural Network Scheme
Dae-Kyu Shin1, Dae-Young Lee1 and Kyung-Chan Kim2, (1)Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, South Korea, (2)KASI Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, Daejeon, South Korea
 
Modeling Extreme Space Weather Scenarios: July 23, 2012 Rare-Type CME
Chigomezyo Mudala Ngwira and Antti A Pulkkinen, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
 
Predictions of Geospace Drivers By the Probability Distribution Function Model
Charles Bussy-Virat, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States and Aaron J Ridley, Univ Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
 
The Very Low Frequency Particle Mapper (VPM) Nanosat for Space Weather and VLF Characterization
Travis Willett Gies1, James Meub1, Durand Smith2, Michael J Starks3 and David Voss4, (1)ATA Aerospace, Albuquerque, NM, United States, (2)ARES Corporation, Albuquerque, NM, United States, (3)AFRL/RVBX, Kirtland Afb, NM, United States, (4)Air Force Research Laboratory Kirtland AFB, RVEP, Kirtland AFB, NM, United States
 
Constellation of CubeSats for Realtime Ionospheric E-field Measurements for Global Space Weather
Geoffrey Crowley1, Charles Swenson2, Marcin Pilinski1, Chad S Fish1, Tim L. Neilsen3, Erik M Stromberg3, Irfan Azeem1 and Aroh Barjatya4, (1)Atmospheric and Space Technology Research Associates LLC, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)Utah State University, Logan, UT, United States, (3)Space Dynamics Laboratory, North Logan, UT, United States, (4)Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Physical Sciences Department, Daytona Beach, FL, United States
 
Is Space Weather impact different over Africa, and if so why?
Patricia H Doherty, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, United States, Endawoke Yizengaw, Boston Cllg-Scientific Rsrch, Chestnut Hill, MA, United States and Timothy J Fuller-Rowell, Univ of Colorado-CIRES, Boulder, CO, United States
 
Space Weather Studies Using the Low-Latitude Ionospheric Sensor Network (LISN)
Edgardo Pacheco, Jicamarca Radio Observatory, Lima, Peru and Cesar E Valladares, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, United States
 
Maritime User Requirements at High Latitudes - the MARENOR Project
Rico Behlke, Polar Science and Guiding, Longyearbyen, Norway
 
A Trade Study of Thermosphere Empirical Neutral Density Models
Chin S Lin, Emeritus, Air Force Research Laboratory, RVBXI, Kirtland AFB, NM, United States, Samuel B Cable, AFRL, Kirtland Afb, NM, United States and Eric K Sutton, Air Force Research Laboratory Kirtland AFB, Kirtland AFB, NM, United States
 
Ensemble Assimilation Using Three First-Principles Thermospheric Models as a Tool for 72-hour Density and Satellite Drag Forecasts
Don Hunton1, Marcin Pilinski1, Geoffrey Crowley1, Irfan Azeem1, Timothy J Fuller-Rowell2, Tomoko Matsuo3, Mariangel Fedrizzi4, Stanley C Solomon5, Liying Qian6, Jeffrey P Thayer7 and Mihail Codrescu8, (1)Atmospheric and Space Technology Research Associates LLC, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)Univ of Colorado-CIRES, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)NOAA/SWPC-Univ. Colorado/CIRES, Boulder, CO, United States, (5)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, (6)NCAR High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO, United States, (7)University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (8)SWPC/NOAA, Boulder, CO, United States
 
Prototype Operational Advances for Atmospheric Radiation Dose Rate Specification 
W Kent Tobiska1, Dave Bouwer1, Justin James Bailey1, Leonid V Didkovsky1,2, Kevin Judge1, Henry Berry Garrett1, William Atwell1, Brad Gersey3, Richard Wilkins3, Don Rice4, Robert Walter Schunk4, Duane Bell4, Christopher J Mertens5, Xiaojing Xu6, Geoffrey Crowley7, Adam Reynolds7, Irfan Azeem7, Michael James Wiltberger8, Scott Wiley9, Stephen Bacon9, Edward Teets10, Alec Sim10 and Laura Dominik11, (1)Space Environment Technologies, Pacific Palisades, CA, United States, (2)Univ of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (3)Prairie View A & M University, CRESSE, Prairie View, TX, United States, (4)Utah State University, Logan, UT, United States, (5)NASA Langley Research Ctr, Hampton, VA, United States, (6)Science Systems and Applications, Inc. Hampton, Hampton, VA, United States, (7)Atmospheric and Space Technology Research Associates LLC, Boulder, CO, United States, (8)National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO, United States, (9)Tybrin Corporation, Palmdale, CA, United States, (10)NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center, Palmdale, CA, United States, (11)Honeywell Engineering and Technology, Minneapolis, MN, United States
 
KREAM: Korean Radiation Exposure Assessment Model for Aviation Route Dose
Junga Hwang1,2, Kyunghwan Dokgo3, Eun Jin Choi3, Kyung-Chan Kim1, Hang-Pyo Kim1,2 and Kyung-Suk F Cho1,2, (1)KASI Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, Daejeon, South Korea, (2)University of Science and Technology, Astronomy and Space Science, Daejeon, South Korea, (3)KAIST Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, South Korea
 
Estimation of Observatory Geoelectric Fields Induced during Great Magnetic Storms
Jeffrey J Love, USGS Geomagnetism Program, Denver, CO, United States and Andrei Swidinsky, Colorado School of Mines, Geophysics, Golden, CO, United States
 
Dynamic Geomagnetic Hazard Maps in Space Weather Operations
Erin Joshua Rigler, USGS, Denver, CO, United States, Antti A Pulkkinen, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Christopher C Balch, NOAA-Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder, CO, United States and Michael James Wiltberger, National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO, United States
 
Simulating Geomagnetically Induced Currents in the Irish Power Network
Sean Patrick Blake1, Peter Gallagher1, Joe McCauley1, Alan G Jones2, Colin Hogg2, Ciaran Beggan3, Alan W P Thomson4, Gemma Kelly4 and Sarah Walsh5, (1)Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, (2)Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Dublin, Ireland, (3)British Geological Survey Keyworth, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom, (4)British Geological Survey, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, (5)Eirgrid, Dublin, Ireland
 
Towards a National Space Weather Predictive Capability
Kurt L Lindstrom1, Nicola Justine Fox2, Michael Ryschkewitsch2, Brian J Anderson2, Jesper W Gjerloev3, Viacheslav G Merkin4, Michael A Kelly1, Ethan S Miller2, Mikhail I. Sitnov1, Aleksandr Y Ukhorskiy5, Robert E Erlandson6, Robin J Barnes1, Larry J Paxton7, Thomas Sotirelis6, Grant Stephens6 and Joseph Comberiate5, (1)JHU/APL, Laurel, MD, United States, (2)Johns Hopkins Univ Applied Phy, Laurel, MD, United States, (3)Johns Hopkins University - Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States, (4)The Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD, United States, (5)Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins, Laurel, MD, United States, (6)Johns Hopkins Univ, Laurel, MD, United States, (7)The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States
 
Improved in Situ Space Weather Data Services from the NOAA National Geophysical Data Center
Juan V Rodriguez1, William F Denig2, Janet C Green3, Tapuosi M Lotoaniu1, Robert E McGuire4, Robert J Redmon5, William Floyd Rowland6, Drew L Turner7, Robert S Weigel8 and Daniel C Wilkinson9, (1)University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)National Geophysical Data Center, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)GeoSynergy, Golden, CO, United States, (4)NASA Goddard Space Flight Cntr, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (5)Natl Geophysical Data Ctr, Boulder, CO, United States, (6)Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States, (7)University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (8)George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, United States, (9)NOAA, Boulder, CO, United States
 
Space Weather Tools of the Trade – A Changing Mix
Joseph Kunches, Geoffrey Crowley, Marcin Pilinski, Clive Winkler, Chad S Fish, Don Hunton, Adam Reynolds and Irfan Azeem, Atmospheric and Space Technology Research Associates LLC, Boulder, CO, United States
 
Innovative Tools and Systems Addressing Space Weather Needs Developed By the Community Coordinated Modeling Center (CCMC)
Chiu Wiegand1, Richard Mullinix1, M. Leila Mays1,2, Marlo M Maddox1, Anna Chulaki1,2, Maria M Kuznetsova1, Antti A Pulkkinen1 and Yihua Zheng1, (1)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (2)Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, United States
 
Operational Space Weather Needs – Perspectives from SEASONS 2014
Joseph Comberiate, Michael A Kelly, Larry J Paxton, Robert K Schaefer, Gary S Bust, Thomas Sotirelis and Nicola Justine Fox, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States
 
Validation of Kp Estimation and Prediction Models
James Parker McCollough II, Air Force Research Laboratory Kirtland AFB, Kirtland AFB, NM, United States, Shawn L Young, AFRL, Kirtland Afb, NM, United States and William Frey, Air Force Weather Agency Boulder, 2d Weather Squadron/OL-P, Boulder, CO, United States
 
Using Geostationary Communications Satellites as a Sensor: Telemetry Search Algorithms
Ashley Carlton, Kerri Cahoy and Whitney Quinne Lohmeyer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States
 
A Real-Time Technique for Sudden Commencement Detection
William Floyd Rowland, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States, Robert J Redmon, Natl Geophysical Data Ctr, Boulder, CO, United States and Howard J Singer, NOAA-Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder, CO, United States
 
Space Weather Conditions During the February 2014 Wide Area Augmentation System GPS Degradation
Tapuosi M Lotoaniu1,2, Robert J Redmon2, Mihail Codrescu3, Howard J Singer4, Rodney A Viereck5 and William F Denig6, (1)University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)Natl Geophysical Data Ctr, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)SWPC/NOAA, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)NOAA-Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder, CO, United States, (5)NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SWPC, Boulder, CO, United States, (6)National Geophysical Data Center, Boulder, CO, United States