ILWS End Users Task Group

Introduction | Charter | Members | Meetings | Presentations | Reference Docs | Useful Links

News:

The latest actions of the End Users Task Group were presented during the ILWS Steering Committee and Working Group meeting 10-12th June 2008, in Prague. The End Users presentation can also be found below. Many thanks to all who provided input.

If you would like to provide input or make suggestions relating to any of the group's activities, please email Alexi Glover

Last updated 3rd July 08

Introduction:

Welcome to the ILWS End Users Task Group website. This site is intended to provide news of End User Task Group related business and to maintain an archive of the group's activities. If you have suggestions or recommendations for improvements to the site, please don't hesitate to contact the members listed below.

Charter:

The main aims of the End Users Task Group are as follows:

1. Review current understanding of end-user needs
2. Identify measurement, modeling and knowledge requirements supporting these needs
3. Evaluate how current and future ILWS missions and associated modeling activities support end user needs
4. From 1, 2 & 3 determine user needs that are not addressed by the present set of existing or planned missions and associated modeling activities
5. Make recommendations for ILWS members to address:
   • key areas to be targeted by ILWS members in order to fill gaps identified in (4).
   • Candidate areas for mission and/or modelling initiative coordination
   • New initiatives perhaps not yet considered by ILWS member and partner agencies
6. Improved data exploitation and modeling serving end-users (ref point 3), in the context of ILWS. 
   Coordination with other groups a requirement e.g. ISES, COSPAR PSW

Last updated 10 June 2008

Group Members:

• Chair:
  • E. Daly, Space Environments and Effects Section, ESA/ESTEC
• Members:
  • Alexi Glover (ESA/ESTEC)
  • David Boteler (ISES)
  • Terry Onsager (NOAA/SWPC)
  • Maki Akioka (NICT, Japan)
  • Mike Hapgood (Chair, ESA Space Weather Working Team)
    

Meetings and Events:

For a complete list of ILWS meetings see the ILWS pages.

The End Users Task Group has been represented at the following meetings:

• ILWS ILWS Steering Committee / Working Group Meeting (25-26 May 2004, Banff, Canada)
  • Presentation
• ILWS Steering Committee & Working Group Meeting - June 11-13, 2007, Uppsala, Sweden
  • Presentation
• ILWS Steering Committee & Working Group Meeting - June 10-12, 2008, Prague, Czech Republic
  • Presentation

• In addition, a working meeting of the ILWS TG itself was held during the First European Space Weather Week, ESA/ESTEC, 29th November - 3rd December 2004

Reference Docs:

• ESA Space Weather Studies, public documents
• Space Weather CDF Study (2001)

Useful Links:

International Space Environment Service

International Living With a Star Programme

COSPAR Panel on Space Weather

NOAA Space Weather Prediction Centre

ESA Space Environment and Effects Site

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