The recommendations of the plan within these three elements map to the SHINE January 1997 Boulder Workshop recommendations in the following ways:
SHINE Category 1:"Research aimed at providing reliable warning of incipient solar disturbances that are likely to be geoeffective"
SHINE | NSWP |
Analyses of solar wind data; L1-Earth correlation studies |
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Multi-spacecraft evaluation of effects of disturbance geometry |
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Real-time algorithms for projected flow state at Earth |
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Magnetic cloud detection and evaluation of prospective geomagnetic effectiveness |
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Patterns in energetic particle fluxes, relation to interplanetary structures |
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SHINE | NSWP |
Patterns of coronal evolution (systematic structural changes, differential rotation profiles, "coronal trumpets", etc.) |
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Influence of emerging flux and evolving shear patterns on active region and streamer belt structures / filament structure and evolution |
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Models of background (quasi-steady) coronal and solar wind flow structure |
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SHINE | NSWP |
Theoretical and empirical models of the large scale distribution of charged particle populations and their acceleration, relative to CME structure / Mapping of spiral magnetic field lines and distortions induced by travelling disturbances |
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Insights into the coronal acceleration mechanism, to be gleaned from SOHO observations out to 30Rs |
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SHINE | NSWP |
The ISTP program. This is essential for SHINE goals in the space weather initiative. Every effort should be made to encourage collaborative participation by SOHO and WIND researchers. |
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Develop programs for better in situ and imaging observations, such as the Solar Mass Ejection Imager (SMEI) and the Solar Terrestrial Observatory (STEREO) concepts. |
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Develop a mechanism for taking advantage of unanticipated opportunities for spacecraft missions and ground-based observations relevant to space weather applications. / Occasional ventures entailing more than the usual risks. |
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The above tables suggest that SHINE's January 1997 Boulder Workshop recommendations are on-the-whole very consistent with the NSWP recommendations. Indeed, the main items that the SHINE group emphasized that did not appear in the latter were due to the relative ages of these documents. Since the NSWP Implementation Plan is intended to be a "living document", the SHINE list may serve as useful input for its next revision.