Fairbanks Workshop on Plasma Entry and Transport in the Magnetosphere

The Fairbanks workshop on `Plasma Entry and Transport in(to) the Magnetosphere' will address the origin, transport paths, and related physical mechanisms of plasma in the magnetosphere. The workshop addresses ionospheric and solar wind sources and considers physical mechanisms and observations relevant to the origins of magnetospheric plasma. A more detailed outline of the motivation and a list of the core discussion topics is presented in the workshop topics page.

Convenors

S. Wing (Johns Hopkins University, APL)

J. R. Johnson (PPPL)

A. Otto (GI, University of Alaska)

 

Meeting site

The workshop will be held in the Tanana room at the Westmark Hotel, Fairbanks on March 8-13, 2009. The meeting room will have both a viewgraph and a LCD projector.

Registration

The registration fee will $330 before February 15, 2009 and $400 after this date. In order to register, please follow the Registration link at the top of this page. Breakfast and lunch are included in the conference fee. There will be an Icebreaker on Sunday March 8 at 6:00pm in suite 108/110, a reception on Monday March 9 and an excursion to Poker Flat Rocket Range followed by a banquet on Wednesday March 11. There is an additional fee of $100.00 for accompanying guests. This fee covers daily breakfast and lunch for the week of the conference, as well as the icebreaker and Banquet. For the meals provided we need input of how many vegetarian meal we need. Please let us know if you prefer vegetarian food. Either on late Tuesday or Thursday we plan to visit Ice Art Alaska (World Ice Art Championship 2009) which is a rather big exhibition of ice sculpture art.

A list of local restaurants can be found here.

Student Support

There is support for a limited number of qualified students which we apply on a first come first serve basis. Students who apply for the support are asked to provide a brief recommendation from their advisor on the specific benefit of participating in this workshop. The maximum support available per student is currently $1,666.00. This may change based on the number of applicants.

Presentation Information

The individual presentation slots are 35 minutes and typically every two presentations will have additional 35 minutes of discussion time scheduled. This discussion time also serves as a buffer if there is much discussion already during the presentations. It will be helpful for the discussion if presentations also emphasize unresolved issues and raise questions. Please check whether your is associated with the correct topic and let us know if you would like any changes made. We have put presentation in the topics list as requested or as we thought appropriate if there was no request.

List of Participants

The list of registered participants along with e-mail addresses will be posted here.

Workshop Topics

Workshop Schedule

Workshop Presentations

Hotels and ground transportation

We have a block of rooms at the Westmark Hotel at the university room rate is about $70+tax per day. There is free internet access in each of the guest rooms. For room reservations please go to the hotel website (Westmark Hotel, Fairbanks). When reserving rooms, place PET09 in the special requests section of the reservation form in order to obtain the workshop rate. The hotel also provides shuttle service to and from the airport.

For info on how to get to around Fairbanks, please follow the link: Fairbanks Map.

Travel Considerations

In order to arrive in Fairbanks by Sunday evening, it is likely necessary to fly through Anchorage, as the direct flights to Fairbanks from the continental U.S. arrive rather late (around 11:00pm and 1:00am). While in mid March average daytime temperature approach a comfortable range, temperature can vary by much. Warm clothing wouldn't hurt in particular if you plan to spend hours outside to look for aurora or visit the ice sculptures.Temperature chart.

In case of any other questions please contact Eric Adamson (907-474-5747), Antonius Otto (907-474-6169), Jay R. Johnson (609-243-2603) or Simon Wing (240-228-8075).

This is an NSF sponsored workshop and we are grateful to the National Science Foundation for their generous support for this workshop. We also thank the Geophysical institute for its support in planning and organization of this workshop.

Last updated 12/12/08