IHY and IPY

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IHY and IPY

• ICESTAR/IHY Proposal

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IPY and its EoIs

• International Polar Year
• Also running 2007/8
• www.ipy.org
• Call for Expressions of Intent in late 2004
• Received over 900, including one from IHY
• Clustered thematically and grouped into missions
  within each cluster
• One or two EoIs suggested to lead writing of a
  fuller proposal

• Space related cluster
• IHY and ICESTAR leading a mission with 29 EoIs
  as suggested participants
• ICESTAR
• Interhemispheric Conjugacy Effects in
  Solar-Terrestrial and Aeronomy Research
• Martin Fullekrug will say more

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ICESTAR/IHY proposal

• Fuller proposal prepared by June 30th 2005
• Interhemispheric Conjugacy in Geospace Phenomena
  and their Heliospheric Drivers
• Mostly Kirsti Kauristie (FMI)
• 24 original EoIs included
• Countries
• Australia, Brazil, Canada, Finland, Italy, Japan,
  Malaysia, Sweden, UK, Ukraine, USA
• http//www.ipy.org/
• (proposal 66)

• Focus on three main areas
• Coupling processes between the different
  atmospheric layers and their connection with the
  solar activity
• Energy and mass exchange between the ionosphere
  and the magnetosphere
• Inter-hemispheric similarities and asymmetries in
  geospace phenomena
• Organisation
• federation of subsidiary projects
• Work with existing mechanisms
• CIPs proposed as principal mechanism for
  establishing inter-project cooperation

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Status

• Received conditional endorsement from IPY on
  25th August
• Implementation Plan will be needed before 1 March
  2006
• Pierre Cilliers (EoI 551) has proposed a CIP with
  an ICESTAR flavour
• GAIA-VXO Global Auroral Imaging Access
• Eric Donovan, University of Calgary
• First version of a browser available at
  http//gaia-vxo.org/
• Optical/riometer groups invited to participate
• ICESTAR-IHY-CAWSES session proposed for EGU 2006

• The Joint Committee
• considers that your proposal includes very
  strong scientific components and demonstrates a
  high level of organisation and of adherence to
  the IPY themes and goals.
• has every reason to believe that the activity
  will constitute a prominent and valued part of
  the IPY program
• intends that these endorsements provide
  assistance and support as IPY researchers seek
  funding for the work proposed.
• expects to provide final endorsements,
  contingent on continued progress, by 1 March 2006