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:

and by cross-cutting working groups:

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