[AAA] información para difundir congreso con sesión astronomía

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Estimados colegas,
envío información para difundir respecto del SCAR meeting de este año, con
sesiones muy interesantes de Astronomía y fisica solar terrestre desde
zonas polares.
El envío de abstracts cierra el 15 de febrero. Están todos invitados a
submitir trabajos.
Saludos cordiales
Adriana

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S15 Solar Terrestrial physics in the polar regions

Emilia Correia, Brazil; Maurizio Candidi, Italy; Craig J. Rodger, New
Zealand; Yasmina M. Martos, UK

Research in the polar regions provides key high-latitude observations,
which are essential to understand fundamental aspects of coupling between
the solar wind and Earth’s atmosphere, ionosphere, and magnetosphere
(AIM). The vast geographical regions in both hemispheres provide unique
and comprehensive access to a broad range of geophysical phenomena,
spanning magnetic and geographic latitudes from the sub-auroral zone to
the polar caps, and altitudes from the troposphere upwards. These include
investigations of high energy particles in the upper atmosphere, wave
processes in the magnetosphere, auroras, inter-hemispheric differences,
induced electrical currents, space weather, the geomagnetic field,
ionosphere, temperature and winds in the neutral atmosphere, and
atmospheric waves. This session solicits papers on recent advances in
Solar-Terrestrial Physics, studies incorporating Antarctic observations in
the global context, and studies based on the integration of space and
ground based observations . Similar research on other planets and
comparison with the Earth are also welcome.

S17. Astronomy and astrophysics from Antarctica
Anna Moore, USA; John Storey, Australia; Adriana Gulisano, Argentina;
Jennifer Cooper, USA

Antarctic stations have been found to offer unique and impressive
advantages for astronomy over the numerous temperate sites in place around
the world. New observatories are continuing operations on the plateau and,
together with various other scientific research stations, are revealing
new insights into stellar structure, star formation, galactic structure
and cosmology. The study of site conditions continues, and complementary
locations in the Arctic and Greenland are now also being examined as an
expansion to polar astronomy. Polar observatory sites have low
temperatures, low water vapor content, large volumes of ice, stable
atmospheres, and low boundary layers compared to temperate sites. These
factors result in superior performance over a diverse range of
observational experiments. These particular conditions are of interest to
both astronomers as well as to atmospheric scientists who wish to look
beyond the atmospheric base; an ongoing project known as the Latin
American Giant Observatory is looking to make an expansion to Antarctica
from its current presence on 2 continents due to this favorable setting.
New instrument and site proposals continue to make advancements for both
the ground and airborne-based groups, especially for experiments in cosmic
microwave background, neutrino detection, cosmic ray detection, and
studies in the optical, infrared, sub-mm & THz regimes.