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Panel on Space Weather

ISWAT Cluster G3 Update

G3: Near-Earth Radiation and Plasma Environment

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Yihua Zheng and Ian R. Mann

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G3: Near-Earth Radiation and Plasma Environment

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G3 at This Virtual Meeting �G3-02&04 (Surface & Internal Charging), G3-05 (SEPs in the near-earth region)�

MON (9/13/21)

12:00-14:00 UT

Wed (9/15/21)

16:30-18:30 UT

THU (9/16/21)

14:00-16:00UT

WED (9/28/21)

14:00-16:00 UT

THU (9/29/21)

15:00-17:00 UT

plenary

G3-05

G3-04�

G3-02

G3-02

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Focus: COSPAR Space Weather Roadmap paper contribution and updates

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�G3-05: Solar Energetic Particle Population in Geospace:�

Had a mini-ISWAT virtual meeting on 25 February 2021

https://www.iswat-cospar.org/virtual-meeting-series_G3-05

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Recording

https://youtu.be/6LGutXeKU-c

� This meeting (Space Weather Roadmap paper discussions and modeling SEPs in Geospace and model validation)

Lead: Valeriy Tenishev

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G3-04 Internal Charging Effects and the Relevant Space Environment�

  • Benchmarking Challenge I: Validation of Radiation Belt Codes That use GEO Measurements for the Outer Boundary Condition
    • Defined the modeling challenge guideline document

https://drive.google.com/file/d/18pMh-HV8JbB7EULJdJq6soVLoYo0X9Dp/view

    • Received modeling results
      • VERB
      • DREAM3D
      • BAS Radiation Belt model
    • Preparing CAMLE-ready format for calculation of different metrics
  • Roadmap Paper Discussions (this meeting)

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Leads: Yuri Shprits, Paul O’Brien

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G3-02 Surface Charging Effects and the Relevant Space Environment�

  • Benchmarking Challenge I: Validation of Ring Current Models That use GEO Measurements for the Outer Boundary Condition
    • The modeling challenge guideline document - draft

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1q-mlI3pJiuSzMqAO1rs2F6tXHUVsOhFgC16VAiJJfRE/edit

    • Interval/event selections
    • Data preparation (nontrivial, Cristian Ferradas Alva)
      • GOES 16/17 data (Terry Onsager, Brian Kress, Trevor Leonard, Athanasios Boudouridis)
      • LANL data (Mike Henderson)
      • Solar wind and indices (OMNI data)
  • Roadmap Paper Discussions

Leads: Natalia Ganushkina, Joseph Minow, Dave Pitchford, Vania Jordanova

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Roadmap Papers from G3 Cluster

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