GGOS Focus Area
Geodetic Space Weather Research
Study and Working Groups
To reach the aforementioned objectives one Joint Study Group (JSG) and three Joint Working Groups (JWG) have been defined and implemented into the IAG GGOS program, namely:
- JSG 1: Coupling processes between magnetosphere, thermosphere and ionosphere
Implemented at IAG ICCT; joint with GGOS, Focus Area on Geodetic Space Weather Research and Commission 4, Sub-Commission 4.3
Chair: Andres Calabia Aibar (China)
Vice-Chair: Munawar Shah (Pakistan)
- JWG 1: Electron density modelling
Joint with Commission 4, Sub-Commission 4.3
Chair: Fabricio dos Santos Prol (Germany)
Vice-Chair: Alberto Garcia-Rigo (Spain)
- JWG 2: Improvement of thermosphere models
Joint with IAG Commission 4, Sub-Commission 4.3 and ICCC
Chair: Christian Siemes (The Netherlands)
Vice-Chair: Kristin Vielberg (Germany)
- JWG 3: Improved understanding of space weather events and their monitoring by satellite missions
Joint with IAG Commission 4, Sub-Commission 4.3
Chair: Haixia Lyu (China)
Vice-Chair: Benedikt Soja (Switzerland)