Third bi-annual HELCATS project Meeting

The third bi-annual project meeting was held November 2015 at Helsinki University and was held in conjunction with the formal project mid-term review attended by the EU project officer and external reviewer.

Minutes of Meeting

Agenda

The meeting agenda is shown below. Follow the links to download copies of the individual presentations.

Tuesday 3rd November 2015
Time Presentation Presenter
09:30 - 09:45 Welcome and introduction E. Kilpua
09:45 - 10:00 Aims of the meeting R. Harrison, J. Davies, S. Mekaoui
WP1: Management
10:00 - 10:30 Report on status of HELCATS project at 18 months and WP1 status R. Harrison (WP1 lead)
WP2: Producing a definitive catalogue of CMEs imaged by STEREO/HI
10:30 - 10:45 Overview J. Davies (WP2 lead)
10:45 - 11:15 Coffee/tea
11:15 - 11:25 Manual CME identification D. Barnes
11:25 - 11:35 Automatic CME identification L. Rodriguez
11:35 - 11:45 Comparison of CME catalogues N. Mrotzek
WP3: ~Deriving/cataloguing the kinetic properties of STEREO/HI CMEs based on geometrical and forward modelling
11:45 - 12:00 Overview V. Bothmer (WP3 lead)
12:00 - 12:10 Geometrical modelling D. Barnes
12:10 - 12:20 Forward modelling and CME kinematics A. Pluta
12:20 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 14:10 Inverse modelling P. Gallagher
WP4: Verifying the kinematic properties of STEREO/HI CMEs against in-situ CME observations and coronal sources
14:10 - 14:25 Overview C. Möstl (WP4 lead)
14:25 - 14:35 Comparing to coronal sources V. Bothmer
14:35 - 14:45 In-situ comparison E. Kilpua
WP5: Producing a definitive catalogue of CIRs imaged by STEREO/HI that includes derived model-derived kinematic properties
14:45 - 15:00 Overview A. Rouillard (WP5 lead)
15:00 - 15:10 Update on the CIR catalogue I. Plotnikov
WP6: Initialising advanced numerical models based on the kinetic properties of STEREO/HI CMEs and CIRs
15:10 - 15:25 Overview A. Rouillard (WP6 lead)
15:25 - 15:35 Preparing boundary conditions for ENLIL R. Pinto
15:35 - 16:05 Coffee/tea
WP7: Assessing the complementary nature of radio measurements of solar wind transient
16:05 - 16:20 Overview J. Eastwood (WP7 lead)
16:20 - 16:30 Type II (see overview) J. Eastwood
16:30 - 16:40 IPS (see overview) M. Bisi
WP8: Dissemination
16:40 - 16:55 Overview C. Perry (WP8 lead)
16:55 - 17:05 STFC (see overview) C. Perry
17:05 - 17:15 UPS/CNRS A. Rouillard
17:15 End of session
Wednesday 4th November 2015
Time Presentation Presenter
Mop-up Session
09:30 - 09:45 Review of actions from previous meetings R. Harrison, J. Davies
09:45 - 10:00 Summary of new actions from current meeting R. Harrison
10:00 - 11:00 Open discussion on technical issues J. Davies
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee/tea
11:30 - 11:45 Overview of next six months of the project R. Harrison
11:45 - 12:00 Comments from EU Project Officer and Reviewer S. Makaoui, B. Schmieder
12:00 - 12:30 Arrangements for next meeting & AOB R. Harrison
12:30 End of session