NATO Advanced Research Workshop

Coordinated Studies of the Solar Wind-Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Interaction: Interball Observations September 7-11, 1998 Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics Technical University, Kosice, Slovakia

Progress in magnetospheric and ionospheric physics requires the coordinated study of multipoint and multi-instrument measurements from spacecraft and ground stations. The Interball-Tail and Interball-Auroral spacecraft have been providing observations crucial to the success of the ISTP for more than two years.

Now is a good time to:

• review the progress made in interpreting these observations
• establish new links with other researchers in the ISTP
• identify tasks which can be addressed by joint studies using the Interball data sets.

Special sessions will be devoted to the analysis of solar wind input into the magnetosphere, the structure and motion of magnetospheric boundaries, substorms, the ring current, and observations of the auroral ionosphere.

With these goals in mind, we have decided to organize a conference in Kosice, Slovakia, from September 7 to 11, 1998. The conference will emphasize the presentation of new scientific results via both contributed and invited talks, but will be organized in such a manner as to allow sufficient time for discussion and workshop activities. All participants in the ISTP are welcome.

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For additional details, see the WORKSHOP SCHEDULE and information about LOCAL ACCOMMODATIONS .

Kosice can be reached from Newark, NJ and Prague, Czech Republic via connecting flights on Continental/Czech Airlines. Kosice can be reached from Moscow via direct flights and train service. The airplane connection to Prague is twice daily. Visas are not required for US Citizens on short trips. Summers in Kosice, a small city with a baroque center, are warm and pleasant. There are numerous national parks and castles within a short drive.

We are currently applying to NATO for assistence in covering travel support and accommodation costs.

Researchers interested in receiving further details about the meeting are invited to respond to one of the organizers listed below.

The local organization will be arranged by the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Technical University; by the Faculty of Science of P.J. Safarik's University and by the Institute of Experimental Physics of the Slovak Academy of Sciences.



Organizers:

David Sibeck ( david.sibeck@jhuapl.edu , tel. 1-240-228-8545, fax 1-240-228-6670)
Karel Kudela ( kkudela@kosice.upjs.sk , phone ++421-95-6224554, fax ++421-95-6336292)


Coorganizers/ key speakers:

Maha Ashour-Abdalla (UCLA)
J. Bernie Blake (Aerospace Corporation)
Yurii Galperin (Space Research Institute, Moscow)
Joerg Buechner (MPAe Katlenburg-LIndau, Germany)
Toshifumi Mukai (ISAS, Tokyo, Japan)
Zdenek Nemecek (Charles University, Prague)
Karolen Paularena (MIT, Boston)
Christopher Russell (UCLA)
Jana Safrankova (Charles University, Prague)
Ingrid Sandahl (IRF, Sweden)
Jean-Andre Sauvaud (CESR, France)
J. Hunter Waite (SWRI, San Antonio)
Lev Zeleny (Space Research Institute, Moscow)
Peter Kiraly (KFKI Budapest, Hungary)
Atsuhiro Nishida (ISAS, Japan)
T. Terasawa (Tokyo University, Japan)
Pavel Triska (Inst. Atmospheric Physics, Prague)
Georgy Zastenker (Space Research Institute, Moscow)


For additional details, see the WORKSHOP SCHEDULE and information about LOCAL ACCOMMODATIONS .