The National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (NARIT), Ministry of Science and Technology of Thailand has joined the International Heliophysical Year 2007 committee in order to support the Heliophysical research development and public outreach worldwide.
CONTACTS:
IHY National Coordinator:
Assoc. Prof. Boonrucksar Soonthornthum, National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand
Email: boonrucksar narit.or.th
IHY Science National Coordinator:
Prof. David Ruffolo, Mahidol University
Email: david_ruffolo yahoo.com
National Coordinator for Education and Outreach:
Dr. Busaba Kramer, National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand
Email: busaba narit.or.th
Please visit our Thai web site to see Thailand's activities in the International Heliophysical Year .
ABOUT IHY
Reference: IHY Secretariat http://ihy2007.org
The past: International Geophysical Year (IGY) 1957
In 1957, in a display of unprecedented international cooperation, more than 60,000
scientists and engineers from 67 nations at thousands of research stations around the world
participated in the International Geophysical Year (IGY 1957).
The primary goal of the International Geophysical Year (IGY) was to study the global
phenomena of Earth and geospace.
IGY: The start of space exploration and United Nations interest in outer space GY heralded the start of space exploration with the launch of Sputnik 1 in October 1957.It was also directly responsible for the United Nations General Assembly's interest in outer space
and the establishment of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
(UN-COPUOS): the UN’s primary committee that deals with the use of outer space for
peaceful purposes.
The future: International Heliophysical Year (IHY) 2007
In 2007, fifty years on from IGY, scientists and engineers from all 191 Member States
of the United Nations will participate in an international coordinated observation campaign
on fundamental global questions of Earth and space sciences.
The IHY will provide a unique opportunity to coordinate observations from the current
impressive fleet of international space missions, with data from ground-based observatories.
Unprecedented, simultaneous observations with broad coverage of all associated solar,
heliospheric,geospheric, geospace and atmospheric phenomena will be obtained.
The resulting data will allow global studies of the complete heliophysical system.
What does “Heliophysical” mean?
“heliophysical” is an extension of the word “geophysical,” extending the connections from the Earth to the Sun and interplanetary space.The activities of IHY 2007 will build on
the success of IGY 1957 by continuing the legacy of system-wide studies.
Objectives of IHY 2007
The objectives of IHY 2007 are to discover the physical mechanisms that drive the
coupling of Earth’s atmosphere to solar and heliospheric phenomena. The systematic
global study of this interaction is to be the central theme of the IHY. In view of these aims,
the objectives for IHY are:
• Advancing our understanding of the heliophysical processes that govern the Sun,
Earth and heliosphere
• Continuing the tradition of international research and advancing the legacy on the 50th
anniversary of the International Geophysical Year
• Demonstrating the beauty, relevance and significance of space and Earth science
to the world
Data from IHY will be available to scientists and engineers of all nations, and the
excitement of the scientific results will be communicated to the world through a series of
press events and public lectures.
Sharing IHY results with students
Education and public outreach will also be an important component of IHY. The main
objective will be to ensure that students and the public are aware of the worldwide cooperation and coordinated observations being performed throughout 2007 and beyond
and its impact on scientific research today and for the future.
The IHY will organize visits to classrooms in countries around the world by scientists
engaged in the IHY effort. It will allow students to actively participate in IHY research
as well as organize exhibits at local museums and other venues. Through actively participating in the community, public lectures, press releases and TV and media interviews,
the IHY will spread the news and excitement of the large scale international research
and discovery underway.
Getting involved with IHY
Drawing on nearly 15 years of workshops on basic space science for the benefit of scientists and engineers from developing nations, the United Nations Office for Outer Space
Affairs, through the United Nations Basic Space Science Initiative (UNBSSI), will assist scientists and engineers from all over the world in participating in IHY 2007.
UNBSSI will be dedicating its 2005-2008 activities to planning IHY participation by
developing nations. In collaboration with the IHY Secretariat, the UNBSSI will focus on
initiatives that stimulate Space and Earth science activities in developing nations, such as
supporting low-cost ground-based instrument array initiatives for worldwide studies
in space science.
If you are interested in stimulating space science activities at your university or institute, institute, please contact us at ihy_unbss@ihy.gsfc.nasa.gov and register your
interestsin the IHY Science Coordination Database.
IHY is also seeking Principle Investigators (PIs) for the collaborative programme that
will facilitate partnerships between PIs and institutes in developing nations in order to
support the deployment of ground-based instrumentation.
If you have an experiment or a plan for a ground-based instrument or observatory,
and you believe that new and exciting space science can be achieved by establishing
new international observing locations, please contact us at ihy_unbss@ihy.gsfc.nasa.gov.
We are also seeking support and contributions to provide for the deployment of these
new observatories in several developing nations. If you or your organization may be able
to help us identify support for these vital activities, please let us know.
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