12 September 2011
Workshop Schedule[]
The Topic Leader, designated for each session, is responsible for organizing/ coordinating the presentation of that topic.
Monday 19 September The Sunspot Number, Total Immersion
08:15 Ed Cliver Welcoming remarks / Logistics / Ground rules / Motivation & Goals
08:45 Frédéric Clette, Laure Lefevre, Leif Svalgaard & Ali Kilcik – History, Evolution, and Construction of the International Sunspot Number
10:00 Break
10:20 Continuation
11:00 Jose Vaquero, Frédéric Clette, & Thierry Dudok de Wit, & (Rainer Arlt) – Historical Sunspot Records
12:00 Lunch (Dining Hall; ~$5/day)
13:30 David Hathaway, Leif Svalgaard, & (Ken Schatten) – The Group Sunspot Number
14:40 Break
15:00 Bill Livingston, Frédéric Clette, Phil Judge, Laure Lefevre, Ali Kilcik, David Hathaway & Ken Tapping – The Disappearing Sunspots & the Recent Solar Minimum
17:00 Wine & Beer Reception (Dining Hall)
Tuesday 20 September The Sunspot Number, Total Immersion (Continued)
08:00 Doug Biesecker – The Boulder Sunspot Number
08:30 K.S. Balasubramaniam – Automated Sunspot Number from ISOON
Sunspots & The Magnetic Needle
09:00 Alexis Rouillard & Leif Svalgaard – Historical Geomagnetic Data
10:00 Break
10:20 Leif Svalgaard – Using Geomagnetic Data to Calibrate the Sunspot Number
12:00 Lunch (Dining Hall)
13:30 Ingrid Cnossen & Erdal Yigit – Earth’s Changing Dipole & Geomagnetic Activity
14:30 Break
15:00 Continuation
16:00 Open Discussion
17:00 Western Barbeque (Dining Hall)
Wednesday 21 September From a Peak to a Cavern
Convoy leaves for Carlsbad Caverns at 08:30
Thursday 22 September Keeping Tabs on the Sunspot Number
08:30 Alexei Pevtsov, David Hathaway, Ali Kilcik, & (Peter Foukal) – Sunspot Area as a SSN Correlate: Greenwich and Beyond
10:00 Break
10:30 Luca Bertello, Jeff Morrill, & Alexis Rouillard & (Peter Foukal) Development of the Ca II K-line Index
12:00 Lunch
13:30 Ken Tapping & Stephen White – The F10.7 Index
15:00 Break
15:30 Ed, Leif & All Open Discussion / Summary / Mid-course Assessment / Planning for the 2nd Workshop
16:30 Adjourn
18:30 Workshop Banquet at The Lodge