Speaker:
Piet Martens Montana State University Physics Solar Research Group

Title:
"The Solar Dynamics Observatory: Science Goals and Technology Development"

Abstract:
SDO, the Solar Dynamics Observatory, is the first space weather research mission in NASA's Living with a Star Program, and the main solar physics mission for the coming decade and a half.

I will discuss SDO's motivation, its broad and ambitious science goals, some of the advanced technology of its instruments and data processing, SDO's history and heritage in the SoHO and TRACE missions, its Education and Public Outreach plans, and the signifant role that MSU will play in the SDO project. The anticipated science will be amply illustrated by movies and images from current predecessor instruments on SoHO, TRACE, and Yohkoh.

Host:
Charles Kankelbor