Chapman Conference on
Corotating Solar Wind Streams and Recurrent Geomagnetic Activity
Tropical Manaus Eco-Resort and Convention Center, Manaus, Brazil

06 – 12 February 2005

Conveners
Program Committee
Local Organizing Committee
Cosponsors
Conference Overview
Format and Schedule
Required Documents for entering Brazil

Conveners

• Bruce T. Tsurutani, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA, email: bruce.t.tsurutani@jpl.nasa.gov
• Nat Gopalswamy, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA, email: gopals@fugee.gsfc.nasa.gov
• Walter D. Gonzalez, National Institute of Space Research (INPE), Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil, email: gonzalez@dge.inpe.br
• Robert L. McPherron, UCLA IGPP, Los Angeles CA, USA, email: rmcpherron@igpp.ucla.edu
• Gang Lu, High Altitude Observatory, NCAR, Boulder, CO, 80301-3000, USA, email: ganglu@ncar.ucar.edu

Program Committee

A. de Assis, A. Balogh, W. Baumjohann, J. Burkepile, A. Chian, I. Daglis, C.-G. Falthammar, Y. Feldstein, A. J. Foppiano, N. J. Fox, T. J. Fuller-Rowell, A. L. C. Gonzalez, M. Grande, H. Hudson, Y. Kamide, J. Moen, G. Rostoker, P.-E. Sandholt, J. H. A. Sobral, J. F. Spann, R. M. Thorne, V. M. Vasyliunas and T. Zurbuchen

Local Organizing Committee

A. de Assis
A. Chian
W. D. Gonzalez
F. L. Guarnieri
G. A. Zambon
E. Echer

Cosponsors

Associação Latino-Americana de Geofísica Espacial — ALAGE (Latin-American Association of Space Geophysics)
National Science Foundation - NSF
Fundação de Amparo e Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo — FAPESP
Fundação de Amparo e Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro — FAPERJ
The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics — ICTP
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais — INPE
National Aeronautics and Space Administration — NASA
University of Southern California — USC
Brazilian Space Agency — AEB
The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory — SOHO
Fluminense Federal University — UFF
Capes — Space Geophysics Course (GES)/INPE

Conference Overview

The conference organizers welcome talks on all facets of this space weather topic, from the sun to the ionosphere/atmosphere. Some specific topics that will be addressed are:

• What is the dynamics of the evolution of coronal holes, e.g., how do they expand/contract?
• How is the high speed solar wind heated? What is the role of Alfven waves in this process and why are they so prevalent in high speed streams?
• How are CIRs formed and what is the cause of their internal microstructure?
• Why are CIR-driven magnetic storms less intense than solar maximum (ICME driven) magnetic storms?
• During recurrent geomagnetic activity events, do well-defined ring currents form(note change), and if so, are they (energetically) dominated by oxygen ions?
• Why do the "recovery phases" of CIR-induced magnetic storms last from days to weeks?
• What is the process by which "killer electrons" are created by high-speed solar wind streams and/or their geomagnetic consequences?
• What is the cause of the extended intervals of high AE during high-speed streams? Are the high AE intervals substorms, convection bays or something else?
• What is the nature of particle injections during the above intervals?
• What is the magnetospheric response due to small-scale (less than the magnetospheric scale size) IMF Bz fluctuations?
• What is the ionospheric response to CIR-induced magnetic storms and the days to weeks of high AE intervals that follow?
• What is the atmospheric dynamical consequences of CIR-induced magnetic storms?

Format and Schedule: (tentative)

The conference will include five and a half days of presentations, discussions, and posters. The preliminary schedule will be posted on this website when completed.

Required Documents for entering Brazil:

Citizens of certain countries, including the United States, require a visa to enter the country of Brazil. Please contact the Brazilian Consulate for further information on which documents are required for your travel to the conference.

Further Information:

More information about this conference can be found at www.ManausChapman2005.org

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