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Abstract
In 1957 a program of international research,
inspired by the International Polar Years of 1882
and 1932, was organized as the International
Geophysical Year (IGY) to study global phenomena
of the Earth and geospace. Fifty years later, the
world's science community will again come
together for international programs of scientific
collaboration the International Heliophysical
Year (IHY), the electronic Geophysical Year
(eGY), and the International Polar Year (IPY)
2007. This time, research will extend out into
the heliosphere to focus on solar-terrestrial-plan
etary interactions. The ambitious plans for the
IHY, eGY and IPY incorporate the activities of
scientists in 191 nations, the "IGY Gold"
Historical Preservation initiative, a series of
coordinated campaigns involving more than 100
instruments and models, education and public
outreach programs, a developing nations
instrument development program, and opportunities
for supported research worldwide. The
presentation focuses on the efforts and
operations which will make these activities
possible.
Heliophysical A broadening of the concept
"geophysical," extending the connections from the
Earth to the Sun interplanetary space. On the
50th anniversary of the International Geophysical
Year, the 2007 IHY activities will build on the
success of IGY 1957 by continuing its legacy of
system-sides studies of the extended
heliophysical domain.
The IHY Secretariat
The IHY Master Database Connecting 60,000
Scientists
Sponsored and Hosted by the American Geophysical
Union, the IHY Secretariat includes 1. Our new
website location ihy2007.org 2. A communications
and contact point, with IHY letterhead and
official correspondence 3. Co-sponsored
activities with other AGU committees and
sections 4. A home for the IGY Gold History
Initiative, co-sponsored by IUGG The Secretariat
includes Executive Director Joseph M. Davila
International Coordinator Nat
Gopalswamy Director of Operations Barbara J.
Thompson International Advisory Committee E/PO
Advisory Committee chaired by Emilie Drobnes IGY
History Committee Data Systems Analysis
Committee Publications Committee Campaign
Coordination Committee Developing Nations
Instrument Development Committee
The IHY Master Database connects the information
on the IHY website and information from
individual IHY team members and committees, with
meetings, campaigns, historical events,
scientific organizations, and other IHY
activities. The MYSQL database is capable of
tracking connections between all of these
entries, and PHP-run and mediaWIKI interfaces
allow team members to easily update with the most
current information. As an example, the People
field in the database is capable of storing all
relevant information on each IHY participant.
Theblack arrows show how the database stores the
Geographic Location of the participant (to
streamline their connection to IHY Regional
Planning Activities), memberships in Scientific
Organizations (for coordination between IHY and
the IAU, for example), membership on any IHY
Committees or Science Teams, whether the
individual is participating in any IHY Campaigns,
their Scientific Interests, and their
participation in Scientific Meetings or Events.
The IHY database tools, events calendar, and
science coordination system is still under
development. However, many of these items are
already available on the IHY site. Register to
participate in IHY today! Go to http//
ihy2007.org and select Get Involved
IHY Schedule
The IHY Events Calendar
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Click here to see April 2005
Click here to select date

• Where You Fit In
• You can
• serve as a coordinator between IHY and your
  scientific institution or organization to ensure
  overlap in scientific objectives
• serve on one of the science working groups to
  assist in the development of scientific
  initiatives
• help with the public outreach effort
• assist in the development of programs for
  developing countries
• contribute a story or "reminiscence" about IGY
  1957 - go to the IGY Gold section of the IHY
  website
• propose and help coordinate an observing
  campaign
• serve as an observatory coordinator
• be creative - new suggestions and ideas are
  always welcome!

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