1. Program Analysis Group (LPAG)
NASA Living with a Star
Program Analysis Group (LPAG)
Co-Chairs:
Anthea Coster
Mark Linton
Members:
Joe Borovsky
Richard Collins
Seebany Datta-Barua
Matina Gkioulidou
Fan Guo
Jorg-Micha Jahn
Enrico Landi
John Leibacher
Sabrina Savage
Brian Walsh
LWS Program:
Jeff Morrill, Program Scientist
Janet Kozyra, Science Lead

2. Development of LWS Targeted Research and Technology (TR&T) Focused Science Topics
Procedure for development of focused science topics:
Solicited community input for science topics (May 15 – July 2).
Drafted science topics at first LPAG meeting (July).
Solicit community comment on draft TR&T science topics (begins August 6).
Finalize science topics at second LPAG meeting (October).
LPAG website:
See: SolarNews, SPA news, CEDAR, GEM, and SHINE newsletters.

3. Draft FSTs of Interest to SHINE People
1. The Variable Radiation Environment in the Dynamical Solar
and Heliospheric System
SEP and GCR transport
2. The Origin and Consequences of Suprathermal Particles
Focusing on SEP variability
3. Current-Sheet Thinning and the Onset of Reconnection
4. Solar Photospheric Magnetic Fields
Correcting artifact and calibration issues in measurements
5. Combining models and observations to study CME energetics in
the inner corona
Early CME development
6. Understanding Space Weather Effects and Developing
Mitigation Strategies for Human Deep Space Flight
Calculating biological risk
7. Data-Driven Systems Science
May move to “Tools and Capabilities”

4. LWS Strategic Science Areas:
Suggested science topics should be organized around achieving the goals set out in the Strategic Science Areas (SSA’s) articulated in the LWS Ten Year Vision from 2015:
Physics–Based Understanding to Enable Forecasting of
SSA-0: Solar electromagnetic, energetic particle, and plasma outputs driving the solar system environment and inputs to Earth’s atmosphere
SSA-1: Geomagnetic Variability
SSA-2: Satellite Drag
SSA-3: Solar Energetic Particles
SSA-4: Total Electron Content (TEC)
SSA-5: Ionospheric Scintillation
SSA-6: Radiation Environment