= White Paper Clearing House for the 2012 Solar and Space Physics Decadal Survey =

The Decadal Survey in Solar and Space Physics is now underway, [[http://sites.nationalacademies.org/SSB/CurrentProjects/SSB_056864|SSP2012]].  

To assist the survey committee, the scientific community has been asked to submit science concept
[[http://sites.nationalacademies.org/SSB/CurrentProjects/SSB_056864#White_Papers_and_Community_Input|white papers]] 
describing how to advance an existing or new scientific objective, contribute to fundamental understanding of the Sun-Earth system, and/or facilitate the connection between science and societal needs (e.g., improvements in space weather prediction).

Whitepapers are due on '''November 12, 2010'''

Instruction on the proper format for 7-page white papers are at 
[[http://sites.nationalacademies.org/SSB/CurrentProjects/SSB_057790|this pdf]].

The ideas and concepts received will be reviewed by one or more of the survey's study panels, which are organized to address the following themes:
 . §  Atmosphere-Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Interactions
 . §  Solar Wind-Magnetosphere Interactions
 . §  Solar and Heliospheric Physics
and by cross-cutting working groups:
 . § Theory & Modeling
 . § Explorers, Suborbital and other Platforms
 . § Innovations in Technology, Instruments, and Data Systems
 . § Research to Operations/Operations to Research
 . § Education/Workforce/Outreach

Initiatives and concepts that are cross-cutting among these themes are particularly encouraged. 

=== The Solar Physics Division of the AAS wants to facilitate community involvement in the process. As a service to help coordinate the solar and space physics community response, this web page is available to those interested in preparing a white paper to register their intent and share information. ===


== Proposed White Papers for Solar and Space Physics Decadal Survey ==

|| || Title || Author || Contact e-mail ||
|| 1 || High-resolution, high-accuracy plasma, electric, and magnetic field measurements for discovery of kinetic plasma structures and processes in the solar wind. || John Podesta || jpodesta@solar.stanford.edu ||
|| 2 || [[http://wso.stanford.edu/whitepapers/DataMining.doc|Data Challenges for the Next Decade of Heliophysics Research]] || Nikunj Oza || nikunj.c.oza@nasa.gov ||


 . Please contact the author to comment on a white paper or participate in its development.

 . To add information about your white paper, please contact Shadia R Habbal shadia@ifa.hawaii.edu