Atmospheric and Space Electricity Focus Group
This Focus Group has the responsibility for fostering a focus for
atmospheric and space electricity within AGU. It is also charged with
building interdisciplinary interaction, and educating AGU members
about the nature and importance of problems and issues in atmospheric
and space electricity. It should play a central role in attracting
plasma physicists, space scientists, middle-atmosphere experts
as well as traditional atmospheric electricity researchers. [AGU page for all FGs]
Focus Group Report to the AGU, 2006-2008
Outgoing chair, Victor Pasko, authored this status report,
covering the 2006-2008 time period on the activities, accomplishments and near
term plans of the ASE FG.
Primary affiliation with the ASE Focus Group
AGU members are now able to declare primary affiliation with the ASE
Focus Group, while retaining secondary affiliation with one or more
other sections or focus groups. Primary affiliation helps maintain
ASE's visibility and continued growth within AGU. Members "lose" no
privileges by selecting primary affiliation with a Focus Group rather
than a Section. Membership affiliation can be updated on the Online Membership Directory page.
Meetings
Voluntary Contributions to the ASE Fund
All AGU Sections and Focus Groups maintain separate
funds to support special activities of the groups.
If you would like to make a voluntary contribution to
the ASE Fund (or the AGU Annual Campaign), please visit: http://www.agu.org/givingtoagu/
. Gifts can also be specified as Memorials or Special Recognitions,
and can be made at any time during the year. To contribute to the ASE
Fund from the giving page, select "Fund Drive" from the pulldown menu,
and "Atmospheric and Space Electricity" from the pulldown menu on the
next page.
ASE Outstanding Student Paper Awards (chosen Fall Meeting, 2007)
Three Outstanding Student Paper Awards were given:
- Matt Bailey, Utah State University, USA
- Sprite Halos and Associated Lightning Characteristics over South America
- Phillip Bitzer, University of Alabama Huntsville, USA
- Hydrometeor Environments Near Lightning Centroids and the Impact on Initial Breakdown
- Brian Grefenstette, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
- A Reanalysis of the Time Evolution and Spectroscopy of the BATSE TGFs
Three student papers were chosen for honorable mention:
- Thomas Gjesteland, University of Bergen, Norway
- Monte Carlo simulation of the temporal behavior of Terrestrial Gamma ray Flashes
- Jingbo Li, Duke University, USA
- Charge Transfer Characteristics and Initiation Mechanisms of Long Delayed Sprites
- Amitabh Nag, University of Florida, USA
- Measurements of Wideband Electric Fields and Their Derivatives in Conjunction With HF and VHF Radiation Produced by Lightning Discharges
The AE Editor's Choice "virtual journal" provides online access to
AE-themed papers across all AGU journals. A Collection Editor (Vlad
Rakov) and Advisory Panel (Davis Sentman & Maribeth Stolzenburg)
select and update the virtual collection twice a month. The subscription
rate is $45.
Officers for 2006–2007
- Chair: Victor Pasko, Communications and Space Sciences Laboratory
211B Electrical Engineering East, Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
Tel: (814) 865-3491; Fax: (814) 865-7065
E-mail: vpasko (at) psu.edu
- Vice-Chair: Thomas Marshall, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Lewis Hall, Room 108
University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677-8750
Tel: (662) 915-5325; Fax: (662) 915-5045
E-mail: marshall (at) olemiss.edu
- Secretary: Mark Stanley, FMA Research
E-mail: sparky (at) mark-stanley.name
- EOS Corresponding Editor: Maribeth Stolzenburg, Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677-1848
Tel: (662) 915-5252; Fax: (662) 915-5045
e-mail: mstolzen (at) phy.olemiss.edu
- Web Page Curator: Monte Bateman, National Space Science and Technology Center
NASA/MSFC SD-60, 320 Sparkman Drive NW
Huntsville, AL 35805-1912
Tel: (256) 961-7804, Fax: (256) 961-7979
E-mail: monte.bateman (at) nasa.gov
Ad-hoc Committees
Awards and Fellows
The Awards and Fellows committee is responsible for advancing
ASE-affilated fellows nominations and Fleming Award nominations, as
well as coordinating selection of outstanding ASE student paper awards at
the Fall Meeting. Membership is composed of ASE-affiliated Fellows and
Fleming Award recipients, rotating at-large members, and the Focus Group
Executive Committee. Members are: Phil Krider, Martin Uman, Richard
Dowden, Don MacGorman, Mark Stanley, Victor Pasko, Tom Marshall, and
Dennis Boccippio.
- Named Lecture
The Named Lecture committee will select the topic and speaker of the ASE
Fall Meeting Named Lecture (Franklin Lecture).
Committee Reports
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White Paper on the Scientific Basis for Traditional Lightning Protection Systems (NFPA Report)
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