Space Studies Board Annual Report 2012 (2013)
Chapter: 4 Workshops, Symposia, Meetings of Experts, and Other Special Projects
4 Workshops, Symposia, Meetings of Experts, and Other Special Projects
In 2012, the Space Studies Board (SSB) printed one workshop report and convened one workshop.
THE EFFECTS OF SOLAR VARIABILITY ON EARTH’S CLIMATE
The Effects of Solar Variability on Earth’s Climate workshop, held on September 8-9, 2011, in Boulder, Colorado, was open to the public and about 50 scientists attended the event each day. Sessions included “The Sun—Past and Present” and “The Sun-Climate Connection, Parts 1 and 2."
In 2012, a draft of the workshop summary report was completed in the first quarter and review was completed during the second quarter. After National Research Council approval and editing, the prepublication version of The Effects of Solar Variability on Earth’s Climate: A Workshop Report was delivered to the National Science Foundation and NASA on September 13, publically released on September 19, and printed in November. The Overview of the workshop report is reprinted in Chapter 5.
Planning Committee Membership*
Gerald R. North, Texas A&M University (chair)
Daniel N. Baker, University of Colorado, Boulder
Raymond S. Bradley, University of Massachusetts
Peter Foukal, Heliophysics, Inc.
Joanna D. Haigh, Imperial College, London
Isaac M. Held, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Gerald A. Meehl, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Larry J. Paxton, Johns Hopkins University
Peter Pilewskie, University of Colorado, Boulder
Carolus J. Schrijver, Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center
Ka-Kit Tung, University of Washington
Staff
Abigail A. Sheffer, Associate Program Officer, SSB (study director)
Arthur A. Charo, Senior Program Officer, SSB
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* All terms expired on September 30, 2012.
Amanda R. Thibault, Research Associate, ASEB
Terri Baker, Senior Program Assistant, SSB (until April 2012)
Dionna Williams, Program Associate, SSB (from April 2012)
Danielle Piskorz, Lloyd V. Berkner Space Policy Intern
Michael Barton, Lloyd V. Berkner Space Policy Intern
LESSONS LEARNED IN DECADAL PLANNING IN SPACE SCIENCE: A WORKSHOP
The 2012 workshop Lessons Learned in Decadal Planning in Space Science, held on November 12-13 in Irvine, California, was hosted by the SSB in collaboration with the Board on Physics and Astronomy. This workshop reviewed and discussed key aspects of the most recent NRC decadal surveys in space science—solar and space physics (2012), planetary science (2011), astronomy and astrophysics (2010), and Earth science and applications from space (2007)—with the goal of identifying lessons learned and best practices. The workshop brought together a variety of stakeholders in the space community who are impacted by and/or are responsible for the formulation and implementation of the decadal surveys. In addition to focusing on the decadal surveys, the workshop also afforded an opportunity to discuss the recent mid-decade reviews. The workshop participants from government and the research community engaged in a dialog that identified ideas for the future evolution of the decadal survey and mid-decade review processes by examining closely how the recent surveys were executed and are being implemented. A report summarizing the discussions and dialog that took place at the workshop is being prepared and is expected to be released in Spring of 2013.
Planning Committee Membership
Alan M. Dressler, Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science (co-chair)
Charles F. Kennel, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego (co-chair)
Steven J. Battel, Battel Engineering
Stacey W. Boland, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
William B. Gail, Global Weather Corporation
J. Todd Hoeksema, Stanford University
Anthony C. Janetos, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, University of Maryland
Robert P. Lin,* University of California, Berkeley
Stephen J. Mackwell, Lunar and Planetary Institute
Ralph L. McNutt, Jr., Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Paul L. Schechter, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A. Thomas Young, Lockheed Martin Corporation (retired)
Staff
David H. Smith, Senior Program Officer, SSB (study director)
Lewis Groswald, Research Associate, SSB
Rodney N. Howard, Senior Program Assistant, SSB
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* Dr. Lin passed away on November 17, 2012.
