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AGS Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences |
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| Initial Amendment Date: | March 23, 2012 |
| Latest Amendment Date: | February 13, 2013 |
| Award Number: | 1237589 |
| Award Instrument: | Standard Grant |
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Irfan S. Azeem
AGS Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences GEO Directorate for Geosciences |
| Start Date: | April 1, 2012 |
| End Date: | September 30, 2013 (Estimated) |
| Total Intended Award Amount: | $47,432.00 |
| Total Awarded Amount to Date: | $47,432.00 |
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3090 CENTER GREEN DR BOULDER CO US 80301-2252 (303)497-1000 |
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1850 Table Mesa Drive Boulder CO US 80305-5602 |
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| NSF Program(s): | Upper Atmospheric Facilities |
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| Award Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Fund Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Assistance Listing Number(s): | 47.050 |
ABSTRACT
This is an award to support the Space Weather Enterprise Forum (SWEF) being held on June 5, 2012 in Washington, DC, which brings together members of government at all levels, the private sector and academia, to raise awareness, improve understanding, and to educate all participants on opportunities, needs and priorities related to space weather. The forum focuses on the costs of space weather impacts and the benefits of improved space weather services with an emphasis on the anticipated needs of the user community from 2011 to 2020. Space weather scientists and service providers seek to better understand and serve society's needs for space weather information. The desired outcome is actionable information to drive improved space weather science, products, services, and applications to serve a broad user community.
PROJECT OUTCOMES REPORT
Disclaimer
This Project Outcomes Report for the General Public is displayed verbatim as submitted by the Principal Investigator (PI) for this award. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this Report are those of the PI and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation; NSF has not approved or endorsed its content.
This project included two separate activities: the Space Weather Enterprise Forum (SWEF) and the Tropical Cyclone Research Forum (TCRF).
1. Space Weather Enterprise Forum (SWEF)
The 2012 SWEF was held in Washington, D.C., on June 5, 2012. The theme of the workshop was Solar Maximum 2013 – How Space Weather Will Affect You! The Nation faces many uncertainties from increasing reliance on space weather-affected technologies for communications, navigation, security, electrical power generation and distribution, and other activities. We also face increasing exposure to space weather-driven human health risks as transpolar flights and space activities, including space tourism and space commercialization, increase.
The workshop was attended by approximately 210 representatives of the research and academic communities, industry, international stakeholder agencies, media, the Federal government and the military, and supporting staff. The workshop included four panel sessions dedicated to the following topics:
1. What is space weather and why it matters
2. Critical infrastructure protection, mitigation and response
3. The Unified National Space Weather Capability
4. Responding to new and emerging extreme events
Key speakers included: Mr. Samuel P. Williamson, Federal Coordinator for Meteorological Services and Supporting Research; Dr. Cora Marrett, Deputy Director of the NSF; Dr. Tamara Dickinson from the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP); and Congressman Trent Franks (R-AZ).
The outcome of the workshop was a report that offers assessments and specific recommendations in many topical areas. The finished 2012 SWEF report can be found at:
http://www.ofcm.gov/swef/2012/SWEF%20SumReport%20v%20final.pdf
Eleven media outlets covered the SWEF, including Space News, The Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun, The Associated Press, Kyodo News (Japan), and Agence France Presse. NASA and NOAA Public Affairs provided live Twitter updates during the forum.
The workshop is important to the Nation because it brings together the space weather community to share information 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. Its findings will contribute to improving 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.
2. Tropical Cyclone Research Forum (TCRF)
The TCRF was held on March 5-7, 2013 at the NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction in College Park, Maryland. The theme of the forum was “Tropical Cyclone Research: Our Vision for the Future”. There were 255 total registrants; 114 registered to attend in person, and 141 participated virtually.
The TCRF included plenary sessions, poster sessions, a Working Group for Hurricane and Winter Storms Operations and Research (WG/HWSOR) meeting and a panel discussion on the emergency response to Hurricane Sandy.
Conference sessions addressed the following topics:
1. Tropical Cyclone Research, Federal Agency Overview
2. Working Group for Tropical Cyclone Research
3. Federal Modeling Initiatives
4. 2012 Tropical Cyclone Season in Review
5. Joint Hurrican...
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