Top scientists to gather at National Press Club June 5, 2012
To Warn the World About The Threats of Solar Maximum 2013
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?The event is being called the Space Weather Enterprise Forum 2012: Solar Maximum 2013 - How Space Weather Will Affect You!
And the reason it is being held at the National Press Club in Washington DC June 5, 2012 is that the lazy press can no longer ignore the story and avoid the responsibliltiy of preparing the nation for the risks of Solar Maximum on life as we know it.
?Here is how they explain it:
?Motivation
?As we approach the next peak of solar activity expected in 2013, our Nation faces multiplying uncertainties from increasing reliance on space weather-affected technologies for communications, navigation, security, and other activities, many of which underpin our national infrastructure and economy.? We also face increasing exposure to space weather-driven human health risks as trans-polar flights and space activities, including space tourism and space commercialization, increase.?
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This is what they will learn, from a report on www.Marsnow.info
?"Coronal mass ejections expand away from the Sun at speeds as high as 2000 km per second. They carry up to ten billion tons (1016 grams) of plasma away from the Sun, NASA explains in a posting far away from any mention of MLS.
Coronal mass ejections were once thought to be initiated by solar flares. Although most are accompanied by flares, it is now understood that flares and CMEs are related phenomena, but one does not cause the other. This has important implications for understanding and predicting the effects of solar activity on the Earth and in space.
While a flare alone produces high-energy particles near the Sun, some of which escape into interplanetary space, a CME drives a shock wave which can continuously produce energetic particles as it propagates through interplanetary space.
When a CME reaches the Earth, its impact disturbs the Earth's magnetosphere, setting off a geomagnetic storm. A CME typically takes 3 to 5 days to reach the Earth after it leaves the Sun. Observing the ejection of CMEs from the Sun provides an early warning of geomagnetic storms. Only recently, with SOHO, has it been possible to continuously observe the emission of CMEs from the Sun and determine if they are aimed at the Earth.
One serious problem that can occur during a geomagnetic storm is damage to Earth-orbiting satellites, especially those in high, geosynchronous orbits. Communications satellites are generally in these high orbits. Either the satellite becomes highly charged during the storm and a component is damaged by the high current that discharges into the satellite, or a component is damaged by high-energy particles that penetrate the satellite. We are not able to predict when and where a satellite in a high orbit may be damaged during a geomagnetic storm.
?The Space Weather Enterprise?Forum
The Space Weather Enterprise Forum brings together the space weather community to share information and ideas among policymakers, senior government leaders, researchers, service- provider agencies, private-sector service providers, space weather information users, media, and legislators and staff from Capitol Hill to raise awareness of space weather and its effects on society.? This year, we will continue this outreach but will sharpen the focus on critical infrastructure protection, with the necessary underpinnings of research, improved products and services, and applications to serve a broad and growing user community.? Our ultimate goal is to improve the Nation?s ability to prepare for, avoid, mitigate, respond to, and recover from the potentially devastating impacts of space weather events on our health, economy, and national security.
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Forum Objectives
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?Describe space weather, why it matters, and its potential impacts.
?Discuss critical infrastructure protection, mitigation, and response.
?Describe the Unified National Space Weather Capability (UNSWC), and highlight?? the improvements this interagency initiative has fostered.
?Describe how space weather science benefits the public.
?Improve public understanding of and access to space weather services.
Who Should Attend
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?Users, operators, and developers of spacecraft, satellite communications, and high frequency radio and radar communications systems.
?Users, operators, and developers of global positioning systems and applications.
?Users, operators, and developers of the electric power generation system and distribution grid.
?Aircrews, operators, and aircraft design engineers for high-altitude and trans-polar aviation.
?Human spaceflight managers, astronauts, planners, and engineers including suborbital space tourism activities.
?Academic, private sector, and government space weather researchers.
?Commercial space weather data and service providers.
?Government space weather data and service providers.
?Policymakers and analysts in the areas of space, energy, aviation, communications, and national security.
?Congressional members and staff
?Staff of the Executive Office of the President
Registration Required
The forum is open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis but a registration fee of $50 is required for all attendees.? Register online by clicking on the Registration link on this page.
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Forum Sponsors
The National Space Weather Program Council is organizing the 2012 SWEF through the Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorological Services and Supporting Research (OFCM), and we would especially like to thank the National Science Foundation for providing the financial support for this year?s forum.? Please click on the ?National Space Weather Program? link for more information on the program, the Council, the Committee for Space Weather, the OFCM, and the participating agencies.
?Presented by: The National Space Weather Program
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