| ILWS Ionosphere
Thermosphere Task Group Members & Charter
- Dr. Roderick A. Heelis
University of Texas at Dallas
POB 830688 MS FO22
Richardson, TX 75083-0688 USA
email: heelis@utdallas.edu
- Dr. Mark Lester
University of Leicester
Dept Physics & Astronomy
Leicester, LE1 7RH United Kingdom
email: mle@ion.le.ac.uk
- Dr. Andrew W. Yau
University of Calgary
Dept Physics & Astronomy
2500 University Dr NW
Calgary, AB T2N 1N4 Canada
email: yau@phys.ucalgary.ca
- Dr. Harri E. Laakso
ESA/ESTEC/SCI-SO
Postbus 299
Noordwijk, AZ 2201 Netherlands
email: harri.laakso@esa.int
- Dr. Mangalathayil
A. Abdu
Instituto National Pesquisas Espaciais
CP 515
Sao Jose dos Campos, SP 12201 Brazil
email: abdu@dae.inpe.br
- Dr. Torsten Neubert
Danish Space Research Institute
Juliane Maries Vej 30
Copenhagen, 2100 Denmark
email: neubert@dsri.dk
- Prof. Gurbax Singh
Lakhina
Indian Institute Geomagnetism
Dr Nanabhai Moos Marg
Mumbai, 40005 India
email: lakhina@iig.iigm.res.in
- Dr. Koh-Ichiro Oyama
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
3 1 1 Yoshinadai Sagamihara
Kanagawa, 229 Japan
email: oyama@pub.isas.ac.jp
- Pierre-Louis Blelly
CESR-CNRS 6 impasse Aragon
Balma, F 31130 France
email: blelly@cesr.fr
- Prof. Sergai Alexander
Pulinets
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Cuidad Universitaria
Delegacion de Coyoacan
Codigo, Mexico
email:pulse@igeofcu.unam.mx
Charter
A. ORGANIZATION
1. The ILWS
IT task group (ITTG for brevity) is chartered by the
ILWS Working Group to perform scientific and programmatic tasks
as specified
below.
2. The ITTG shall be formed by the ILWS Steering Committee on behalf
of the
ILWS Working Group
3. The ITTG has an initial term of seven months.
4. The ITTG shall report to the ILWS Working Group.
5. The ITTG shall receive direction from ILWS Steering Committee
when the ILWS WG is in recess
6. The ITTG shall be headed by a Chair designated by the ILWS Steering
Committee
7. The Chair shall have the prime responsibility in organizing and
tasking
the ITTG to perform the work and in reporting the findings and recommendations
to the ILWS WG and Steering Committee
B. WORK
The ITTG shall:
8. Review and
prioritize IT science from the ILWS perspective and identify
measurement obejectives.
9. Develop a current inventory of relevant existing IT missions
and future funded IT missions for the agencies participating in
ILWS WG.
10. From 8 & 9 determine gaps and holes in IT science that are
not addressed
by present set of existing or planned missions.
11. Develop scenarios and options whereby the existing missions
can be better coordinated under the guidance of a sound
scientific strategy
12. Develop a coordination strategy for planned new initiatives,
with a view
towards maximal scientific performance and synergy
The ITTG may:
13. Recommend
new initiatives and missions that have not yet
been considered by ILWS member and partner agencies.
14. Develop strategies for better coordination and collaboration
with
ground-based ILWS assets, in consultation with other TG's. 15. Recommend
ways to implement a more efficient data analysis
system in the context of ILWS
C. SCHEDULE
AND DELIVERABLES
16. The preliminary
report and recommendations of the TG to the ILWS Working
Group shall be delivered no later than October 31, 2003
17. The final report and recommendations of the TG to the ILWS Working
Group
shall be delivered no later than January 31, 2004
D. RIGHTS
AND PUBLICATION
18. The ILWS
Working Group shall have rights to the name, logo, and any
other symbols of identification of International Living With a Star.
19. The ILWS Working Group shall ensure the probity of use of any
studies
performed under its auspice, agreement, or name.
20. The ILWS Working Group shall determine the timing and form in
which the
TG Report and Recommendations are published. |
