Dear members of IAU WG on Coordination of Synoptic Observations of the Sun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here\n is a brief update on the activities related to this IAU working group. \n First, I continued to recover the material that was lost due to crash \nof NSO\/Sac Peak server. List of existing observatories is almost \nrestored, but if something is still missing please let me know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Group\n members were actively involved in discussions\/strategic planning \nrelated to current and future synoptic observations, curation of \nsynoptic data sets, and coordination of international collaboration. \nThese activities included advocating the role of groundbased \nobservations in support of space missions (via International Living With\n a Star\/ILWS and other meetings). As the result, there is now a Solar \nProbe Plus \u2013 Ground-based support working group with Tim Bastian and \nNathan Schwadron as co-Chairs, which develops requirements (white paper)\n for groundbased support of Solar Probe Plus mission. At the last L5 \nmission workshop in London, a working group on \u201cL5: Complementary \nground-based instrumentation\/data to space-weather missions\u201d was formed.\n Mario Bisi and myself are leading this effort. Solar Physics Research \nIntegrated Network Group (SPRING) is developing instrumentation concepts\n for future network for solar observations (Markus Roth is leading this \neffort). Finally, there were a series of workshops held by \u201cSunspot \nNumbers\u201d working group (led by F. Clette, E. Cliver, and L. Svalgaard). \nThe purpose of these meetings was to establish a uniform data set of \nhistorical sunspot number series. This last effort resulted in \nre-calibration of sunspot number series. IAU issued a press release (http:\/\/www.iau.org\/news\/pressreleases\/detail\/iau1508\/<\/a>) and held a press briefing to highlight this achievement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n WG\n members played critical role in establishing broader international \ncollaboration in analyzing historical data sets of sunspot number, \nsunspot areas, and field strength measurements. Number of collaborative \npapers are published or in preparation. I am aware of several papers \n(but probably not all):<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lastly,\n our proposal to elevate the status of this WG to inter-Division B and E\n working group was approved by the Steering Committees of both \nDivisions. During the last IAU General Assembly, Frederic Clette and I \nmet with (incoming and outgoing) Presidents of two Divisions and Chairs \nof Commissions that are relevant to our working group. The purpose of \nthis meeting was to discuss how this new inter-Division working group \nwill fit within the Divisions, and what additional functions this WG \nwill have. The meeting was very positive, and I think we are now getting\n closer to form such a group. It is my understanding that as part of \nthis re-organization the old WG will cease to exist, and a new WG will \nbe formed instead. This will include formation of a new organizing \ncommittee etc. In addition to functions that were described in the \nmission statement of our working group (http:\/\/www.nso.edu\/IAU-Com12<\/a>),\n it will include such functions as (1) curation and preservation of \nhistorical data, (2) approval of the upcoming end-to-end revision of the\n sunspot number series and establishing procedures for designation of \nimportant data series as \u201cstandard\u201d, (3) a more permanent long-term \nsupervision process where the IAU, via the WG, monitors the output of \nour World Data Center (e.g. on the base of the periodic reports that we \nalso provide to the World Data System) and where the IAU can also be \nsolicited for the approval of occasional important changes considered \nfor the series in the future, (4) a continuation of activities aimed at\n promoting strong international collaboration in synoptic long-term \nsolar observations (including data for space weather research and \nforecast), and (5) establishing closer collaboration with other \n(relevant) IAU Commissions and WGs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I will maintain the current WG\n web page until it is replaced by a new WG page. I will also keep you \ninformed when the new working group is created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thank you all your\n participation in the activities related to this IAU Working Group, and I\n hope you will consider joining the new inter-division WG when it is \ncreated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Alexei Pevtsov, WG Chair <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dear members of IAU WG on Coordination of Synoptic Observations of the Sun. Here is a brief update on the activities related to this IAU working group. First, I continued to recover the material that was lost due to crash of NSO\/Sac Peak server. List of existing observatories is almost restored, but if something is … <\/p>\n
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