Solar and Space Physics: A Science for a Technological Society: An Overview (2014)
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SOLAR AND SPACE PHYSICS A SCIENCE FOR A TECHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY |
AN OVERVIEW
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
The National Academies—comprising the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council—work together to enlist the nation’s top scientists, engineers, health professionals, and other experts to study specific issues in science, technology, and medicine that underlie many questions of national importance. The results of their deliberations have inspired some of the nation’s most significant and lasting efforts to improve the health, education, and welfare of the United States and have provided independent advice on issues that affect people’s lives worldwide. To learn more about the Academies’ activities, check the website at www.nationalacademies.org.
This booklet provides an overview of the most recent National Research Council decadal survey of solar and space physics, Solar and Space Physics: A Science for a Technological Society (The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., 2013), authored by the Committee on a Decadal Strategy for Solar and Space Physics (Heliophysics). Details about obtaining copies of the full report can be found at <http://sites.nationalacademies.org/SSB/index.htm>.
COMMITTEE ON A DECADAL STRATEGY FOR SOLAR AND SPACE PHYSICS (HELIOPHYSICS)
DANIEL N. BAKER, University of Colorado, Boulder, Chair
THOMAS H. ZURBUCHEN, University of Michigan, Vice Chair
BRIAN J. ANDERSON, Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory
STEVEN J. BATTEL, Battel Engineering
JAMES F. DRAKE, JR., University of Maryland, College Park
LENNARD A. FISK, University of Michigan
MARVIN A. GELLER, Stony Brook University
SARAH GIBSON, National Center for Atmospheric Research
MICHAEL HESSE, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
J. TODD HOEKSEMA, Stanford University
MARY K. HUDSON, Dartmouth College
DAVID L. HYSELL, Cornell University
THOMAS J. IMMEL, University of California, Berkeley
JUSTIN KASPER, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
JUDITH L. LEAN, Naval Research Laboratory
RAMON E. LOPEZ, University of Texas, Arlington
HOWARD J. SINGER, NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
HARLAN E. SPENCE, University of New Hampshire
EDWARD C. STONE, California Institute of Technology
ARTHUR A. CHARO, Senior Program Officer, Space Studies Board, Study Director
ABIGAIL A. SHEFFER, Associate Program Officer, Space Studies Board
Support for this publication was provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Contract NNH11CD57B, task number NNH14CL39D). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the agency that provided support for the project.
The Space Studies Board acknowledges Arthur Charo, the decadal survey committee, and its Committee on Solar and Space Physics for drafting the text of this booklet.
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