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Winter-Spring 2008
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CISTO News is the semi-annual newsletter of the Computational and Information Sciences and Technology Office of Goddard Space Flight Center’s Sciences and Exploration Directorate. |
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ISSUE FOCUS ON HELIOPHYSICS
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NCCS
Support of Space Exploration: Improving
Space Weather Modeling Required for Interplanetary
Travel
Simulating phenomena from the
Sun to Earth, Goddard Space Flight Center
scientists are using the NASA Center for
Computational Sciences (NCCS) to advance
space weather modeling.
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Part I: Simulating Coronal
Mass Ejections
In the near vicinity of the
Sun, Joachim Schmidt investigates coronal
mass ejections and their measurable
effects at radio wavelengths using observations
from spacecraft and ground-based telescope
arrays.
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Part II: Focusing on Magnetic
Reconnection
Inside the tail of Earth’s
magnetosphere, Alex Klimas models the
evolution and interaction of magnetic
reconnection sites in the plasma sheet—phenomena
that can accelerate energetic particles
towards our planet.
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Part III: Getting the Ionosphere
Model Right
Still closer to Earth, Tom
Moore simulates the magnetosphere and
ionosphere as they react to the solar
wind and complicated solar events.
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Epilogue
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NEWS UPDATES |
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NCCS–SIVO
Open House Features Computing and Service
Upgrades
Hosted by the NCCS and the Software
Integration and Visualization Office (SIVO),
the event included a variety of presentations,
a demonstration of scientific visualization
capabilities, and a tour of the high-end
computing facilities.
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Nobel Prize-Supporting
Work Among Highlights at Supercomputing
2007 Conference
Nobel Peace Prize-supporting climate simulations
were among the NASA achievements showcased
at Supercomputing 2007, the International
Conference for High-
Performance Computing, Networking, Storage,
and Analysis.
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NEWS NOTES |
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NASA Debuts New High-End Computing
Website
NASA's High-End Computing Program has
officially launched its new website, which
provides information about the program's
mission, accomplishments, computing
systems, and support services.
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Best Paper Award
A manuscript on a queue simulation tool
received the Best Paper award at the Computer
Measurement Group 2007 International Conference.
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