| SPACE DAILY | SPACE WAR | TERRA DAILY | MARS DAILY | SPACE MART | SPACE TRAVEL | GPS DAILY | ENERGY DAILY |
 |
The American Geophysical Union will soon launch the first journal devoted to the emerging field of space weather and its impact on technical systems, including telecommunications, electric power, and satellite navigation. Space Weather: The International Journal of Research and Applications will present peer-reviewed research, as well as news, features, and opinion articles. Louis J. Lanzerotti has been named Editor of Space Weather. Lanzerotti is consulting physicist at Lucent Technologies' Bell Laboratories and distinguished research professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. "The initiation of Space Weather recognizes the fact that the ever-increasing sophistication of technical systems within or under the influence of the Earth's space environment requires a forum where engineers, systems designers, scientists, and managers can obtain the latest information and discuss new developments," Lanzerotti said. Peer-reviewed articles will present the latest engineering and science research in the field, including studies of the response of technical systems to specific space weather events, predictions of detrimental space weather impacts, and effects of natural radiation on aerospace systems. News and feature articles will provide up-to- date coverage of government agency initiatives worldwide and space weather activities of the commercial sector. The editor will be assisted by a distinguished Board of Advisors. Space Weather will be published as an online AGU journal. A quarterly magazine digest will also be published and distributed free of charge to space weather professionals. Lanzerotti recently served as chair of the National Research Council's Decadal Survey Committee on Solar and Space Physics and also serves on the Governing Board of the American Institute of Physics. He is the author or co-author of more than 500 publications, many related to the effects of space weather on communications. AGU has received a grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Atmospheric Sciences to help support the launch of Space Weather. Related Links American Geophysical Union SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express 
NASA Assigns "Living With A Star Missions" ToAPL
Washington - Jan 24, 2003NASA has authorized the John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), Laurel, Md., to proceed with the implementation of the Geospace missions under NASA's existing "Living with a Star" contract with APL. The Living with a Star (LWS) program seeks to address how the variability in the sun affects life on Earth as well as its affect on space weather. New Theory Unravels Magnetic Instability 
Los Alamos - Dec 17, 2002Reconnection, the merging of magnetic field lines of opposite polarity near the surface of the sun, Earth and some black holes, is believed to be the root cause of many spectacular astronomical events such as solar flares and coronal mass ejections, but the reason for this is not well understood. Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory now have a new theory that may explain the instability and advance the understanding of these phenomena. American Geophysical Union/ New Jersey Institute of Technology Joint Release 5 February 2003 AGU Release No. 03-05 For Immediate Release AGU Contact: Harvey Leifert +1 (202) 777-7507 hleifert@agu.org NJIT Contact: Sheryl Weinstein +1 (973) 596-3436 Sheryl.M.Weinstein@njit.edu
|
|
