Hi all,
A reminder of the RAS discussion meeting to take place tomorrow (Friday 9th October) at Burlington House on
The Geomagnetic Field: Preparing for the SWARM Multi-Satellite Mission
Details including schedule and talk abstracts are available at the web site http://www.liv.ac.uk/~holme/rasmeet.html
Richard Holme
Reader in Geophysics
University of Liverpool
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> Subject: RAS discussion meeting on Geomagnetic Earth Observation (Swarm)
>
> RAS Specialist Discussion Meeting 9 October: 10 am to 3:30 pm
>
> (RAS Lecture Theatre, Burlington House)
>
> The Geomagnetic Field: Preparing for the SWARM Multi-Satellite Mission
>
> This meeting focuses on the upcoming ESA Swarm mission, which consists
> of three spacecraft in a low, polar orbit, and has the primary aims to
> map the near-Earth geomagnetic field, the lithospheric surface field
> contributions and the external ionospheric/magnetospheric current systems.
> Our aim is to bring together workers from all areas of UK geomagnetic
> interest, including the geomagnetic and 'STP' communities, to examine
> the scientific opportunities and challenges of this unique 3-satellite
> configuration.
>
> We have invited talks from two representatives of ESA, describing the
> missions and some of the opportunities provided through ESA, and from
> Prof. Nils Olsen (DTU Space, Copenhagen ) and Prof. Hermann Luehr (GFZ
> Potsdam), to discuss results from recent related missions (Oersted and
> CHAMP) and possible Swarm scientific outlook.
>
> We solicit additional contributions either on issues related to Swarm,
> or more generally to satellite geomagnetism, ionospheric and
> magnetospheric
> physics. We plan at the moment for 15 minute slots for presentations, but
> depending on level of interest and number of submissions, we may be
> flexible. If you would like to give a talk, please let us know as soon
> as possible (by Friday September 26th if possible) so we can plan the
> programme. We plan to organise a poster session with the meeting and all
> contributions are welcome. (Poster format is A0 portrait.)
>
> In order to produce an abstract booklet, please submit short abstracts
> to Richard Holme by Friday 2nd October, by email. Plain text format
> preferred - if you require special characters, either in word, or in
> latex format which I can translate!
>
> We will also schedule time in the afternoon to discuss how to optimise
> UK participation in the mission, and its funding. This will (hopefully)
> be wide ranging, but will focus particularly on recent discussions with
> the National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO).
>
> More details: http://www.liv.ac.uk/~holme/rasmeet.html
>
> Organisers:
>
> Richard Holme, (Liverpool) ([log in to unmask]); Malcolm Dunlop, (RAL)
> ([log in to unmask]);
> Kathy Whaler, (Edinburgh)
>
> Please indicate your interest to Richard Holme or Malcolm Dunlop
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