Plenary 2
INTERNATIONAL SPACE WEATHER INITIATIVE (ISWI)
Plenary Speaker: Joseph M. Davila (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA)
Date: September 22, 2009 (Tuesday)
Time: 10:40~11:10
Room: Dynasty Hall II (Room B)
Biography
Joseph Michael Davila is currently as Astrophysicist in the Solar Physics Branch at Goddard
Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Born December 30, 1948, Dr. Davila earned a
BS in Mechanical Engineering from Lamar University, Beaumont, TX in 1972, a BS in
Physics from the University of California, Irvine in 1978 and a PhD in Astronomy from the
University of Arizona in 1982. He is a member of the American Astronomical Society, the
American Geophysical Union and the International Astronomical Union. His research
interests have included the linear and non-linear theory of hydromagnetic waves;
hydromagnetic instabilities due to energetic particle beams, resonance absorption in
inhomogeneous plasmas, the acceleration of high speed wind streams in solar and stellar
coronal holes, and plasma heating in closed magnetic structures. Dr. Davila has also
published research on the acceleration of cosmic rays, the transport of energetic, particles
within the Galaxy, the modulation of Galactic cosmic rays by the solar wind and the
propagation of solar cosmic rays in the interplanetary medium. Dr. Davila was Principal
Investigator for the Solar Extreme-ultraviolet Research Telescope and Spectrograph (SERTS),
he was the Project Scientist for STEREO, and is the lead scientist for COR1 on the STEREO
mission, and Co-I on the Hinode and Solar orbiter missions.
Davila, J.M., Poland, A. I., and Harrison, R. A., 2004, “International Heliophysical year: a
program of global research continuing the tradition of previous international years”, Adv. Sp.
Res., 34, 2453.
Keenan, F.P., Katsiyannis, A. C., Ramsbottom, C.A., Bell, K.L., Brosius, J.W., Davila, J. M.,
and Thomas, R. J., 2004, “A Comparison of Theoretical Si VIII Emission Line Ratios with
Observations from SERTS”, Solar Physics 219, 251.
Moran, T. G., and Davila, J. M., 2004, “Three-dimensional Polarimetric Imaging of Coronal
Mass Ejections”, Science, 305, 66.
Keenan, F. P., Aggrawal, K. M., Milligan, R. O., Ryans, R. S. I., Bloomfield, D. S., Srigenan,
V., Mullane, M. G. O., Lawson, K. D., Msezane, A. Z., Brosius, J. W., Davila, J. M., Thomas.,
R. J., 2005, “Emission Lines of Fe XV in Spectra Obtained with the Solar ExtremeUltraviolet Research Telescope and Spectrograph”, Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 356, 1592.
Keenan, F. P., Aggrawal, K. M., Ryans, R. S. I., Milligan, R. O., Bloomfield, D. S., Brosius, J.
W., Davila, J. M., Thomas., R. J., 2005, “Fe XI Emission Lines in a High Resolution Extreme
Ultraviolet Active Region Spectrum Obtained by SERTS”, Ap. J., 624, 438.
Reginald, N. L., Davila, J. M., and St. Cyr, O. C., 2004, “The Effects of Streamers on the
Shape of the K-Coronal Spectrum”, Sol. Phys., 225, 249.
Moran, Thomas G., Davila, Joseph M., Morrill, Jeff S., Wang, Dennis, and Howard, Russel,
2005, “Solar and Heliospheric Observatory/Large Angle Spectrometric Coronagraph
Polarimetric Calibration”, Solar Physics, 237, 211.
Ofman, L., Davila, J. M., Nakariakov, V. M., and Vinas, A.-F., 2005, “High-frequency Alfvén
waves in multi-ion coronal plasma: Observational implications “JGR, 110, A09102.
Spicer, D. S., Sibeck, D., Thompson, B. J., and Davila, J. M., 2006, “A Kopp-Pneuman
Like Picture of Coronal Mass Ejections”, Ap. J., 643, 1304.
Abstract
The International Heliophysical Year (IHY), an international program of scientific
collaboration to understand the external drivers of planetary environments, has come to an
end. The IHY was a major international event of great interest to the member States, which
involved the deployment of new instrumentation, new observations from the ground and in
space, and an education component. We propose to continue the highly successful
collaboration between the heliophysics science community and the United Nations Basic
Space Science (UNBSS) program.
One of the major thrust of the IHY was to deploy arrays of small instruments such as
magnetometers, radio antennas, GPS receivers, all-sky cameras, particle detectors, etc.
around the world to provide global measurements of heliospheric phenomena. The United
Nations Basic Space Science Initiative (UNBSSI) played a major role in this effort.
Scientific teams were organized through UNBSS, which consisted of a lead scientist who
provided the instruments or fabrication plans for instruments in the array. As a result of the
this program, scientists from UNBSS member states now participate in the instrument
operation, data collection, analysis, and publication of scientific results, working at the
forefront of science research. As part of this project, support for local scientists, facilities
and data acquisition is provided by the host nation. In addition, support at the Government
level is provided for local scientists to participate.
Building on momentum of the IHY, we propose to continue the highly successful
collaboration with the UNBSS program to continue the study of universal processes in the
solar system that affect the interplanetary and terrestrial environments, and to continue to
coordinate the deployment and operation of new and existing instrument arrays aimed at
understanding the impacts of Space Weather on Earth and the near-Earth environment.
Toward this end, we propose a new program, the International Space Weather Initiative
(ISWI).