Aurorasaurus to Present at AGU Fall Meeting

Aurorasaurus to Present at AGU Fall Meeting

The Aurorasaurus team, including scientists, ambassadors, volunteers, and project partners, is giving multiple presentations at this year’s American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting. The meeting is being held December 13–17, 2021, at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, with virtual participation also available.

AGU’s mission is to support and inspire a global community of individuals and organizations working to advance discovery in Earth and space sciences for the benefit of humanity and the environment. AGU meetings provide opportunities for learning, collaboration, and the exchange of ideas across a wide range of Earth and space science disciplines.

Aurorasaurus team members and collaborators are contributing to several sessions throughout the week, highlighting work in geospace observations, ionospheric science, citizen science, visualization, science communication, and space weather tools.

On Monday, December 13, presentations included “Assimilative Mapping of Geospace Observations: Data Tools for Collaborative Geospace” by Tomoko Matsuo and “High Latitude Ionospheric Electrodynamics During STEVE and non-STEVE Events” by Valerie Svaldi.

On Tuesday, December 14, Vincent Ledvina participated in the AGU Michael H. Freilich Student Visualization Competition hyperwall presentation. Additional talks included “Up-Goer: Helping People Work Together to Learn About the World” by Laura Brandt and “Citizen Science and Distributed Ionospheric Measurements” by Elizabeth MacDonald.

On Wednesday, December 15, Aurorasaurus team members participated in the MacGyver Session, a session focused on novel, exciting, self-made, hacked, or improved sensors and software solutions for understanding space weather. Presenters included Vincent Ledvina, Jeremy Kuzub, Andy Witteman, Elizabeth MacDonald, and Michael Hunnekuhl.

On Friday, December 17, Laura Brandt will present “Applying a Science Products Inventory: Three Use Cases Across Earth and Space Science.”

The Aurorasaurus team’s strong presence at AGU highlights the project’s broad contributions to citizen science, space weather research, and collaborative approaches to understanding Earth’s upper atmosphere and near-space environment.

Also, congratulations to Vincent Ledvina, a University of North Dakota student and Aurorasaurus Ambassador, who won a grand prize in the AGU Michael H. Freilich Student Visualization Competition for his work on the North Dakota Dual Aurora Cameras in partnership with UND, Live Aurora Network, and Aurorasaurus.

Aurorasaurus is now hiring a postdoc! Interested parties may contact aurorasaurus.info@gmail.com