AGU Chapman Conference on Coronal Mass Ejections: Causes and Consequences

Dates: August 11-15, 1996

Location: Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana

Cosponsors:

American Geophysical Union
Montana State University
NOAA Space Environment Center
Electric Power Research Institute
National Science Foundation
ESA/NASA SOHO Workshop III on Solar Dynamic Phenomena and Solar Wind Consequences

Conveners:

Nancy U. Crooker, Center for Space Physics, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, e:mail: crooker@buasta.bu.edu, tele: 617-353-7421; and

JoAnn Joselyn, NOAA Space Environmental Laboratory, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80303, e:mail: jjoselyn@sel.noaa.gov; tele: 303-497-5147

Conference Description

The field of coronal mass ejection (CME) research is relatively young, since CMEs were discovered only about two decades ago. Nevertheless the field is rapidly reaching maturity owing to the central role CMEs have been found to play in space weather: the fastest ones directly cause the largest geomagnetic storms. The purpose of this conference is to bring into focus for the first time all aspects of CME research and, as a community, to address basic open questions such as what determines their location, time of release, and speed. The goals will be to elucidate areas of agreement, clarify the scientific basis of controversial aspects, and identify areas of important uncertainty.

The conference is intended to foster a significant advance toward the ultimate objective of predicting CME occurrences, their interplanetary consequences, and the strength of their geoeffective parameters.

Watch for further details on this conference to appear in upcoming issues of Eos and on the AGU World Wide Web Home Page.

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