Space Environment Center Space Weather Week

was held April 13 -16, 2004

About Space Weather Week

Conference Agenda

Introduction

About Space Weather Week 2004

The Sun was good to us last fall, and sent lots of interesting and educational activity our way. This was particularly good for SEC; we spent much of the year trying to educate the public, the media, and the governmental powers-that-be that we are needed to provide space weather services.

On the other hand, the Sun did no favors for many of our users, and we expect to learn a lot from them about effects, avoidances, and useful warnings of the recent "Halloween Storms." The Space Weather Week conference this year (April 13-16) will focus on the recent solar and geomagnetic activity and will cover specific space weather impacts and our scientific understanding of this activity. The conference promises to be a real draw for users who were affected by the storms, and by researchers and forecasters who want to know what they can do to help users mitigate storm damage.

The conference program will highlight recent space weather impacts in several areas of the environment, including airline problems, GPS and ionospheric disturbances, satellite drag, and geomagnetic storms. We anticipate that representatives from industries impacted by space weather will attend, including those from electric power, commercial airlines, satellite operations, navigation, and communications, as well as vendors serving these industries.

You can expect to see national and international commercial and government representatives among the attendees. There will be three poster sessions, and all the posters will be up all week.

Space weather talks will describe impacts in these areas:

Space Weather Week 2004 is co-sponsored by the NOAA Space Environment Center, the Air Force Research Laboratory, the NSF Division of Atmospheric Science, and the NASA Sun-Earth Connection Program.