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International Heliophysical Year (IHY 2007)

Introduction

In 1957, in a display of unprecedented international cooperation, more than 66.000 scientists and engineers from 67 nations participated in the International Geophysical Year (IGY1957). Fifty years on, the International Heliophysical Year (IHY 2007) again drew scientists and engineers from around the globe in a coordinated observation campaign of the heliosphere and its effects on planet Earth.

Drawing on nearly fifteen 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 (BSSI), assisted scientists and engineers from all over the world in participating in the preparations for IHY 2007.

The year 2017 marks the 10th anniversary of the International Heliophysical Year, which led to the genesis of the International Space Weather Initiative (ISWI). The United Nations/United States of America Workshop on the International Space Weather Initiative: The Decade after the IHY 2007 aims to highlight achievements made over the past ten years and to show-case the worldwide development of science, capacity-building, and outreach.

IHY Workshops

First UN/ESA/NASA Workshop on the International Heliophysical Year 2007
20-23 November 2005, United Arab Emirates University, Abu-Dhabi and Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates

• Workshop Poster (PDF format, English version)
• Workshop Brochure Cover (PDF format, English version)
• Workshop Brochure (PDF format, English version)
• Report: (A/AC.105/856)

Second UN/NASA Workshop on the International Heliophysical Year and Basic Space Science
27 November - 1 December 2006, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, India

• Announcement (PDF format, English version)
• Workshop website
• Report: (A/AC.105/882)

Third UN/ESA/NASA Workshop on Basic Space Science and the International Heliophysical Year 2007
18-22 June 2007, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Tokyo, Japan

Hosted by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, on behalf of the Government of Japan
Co-sponsored by European Space Agency (ESA)and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
The Workshop focused on assisting scientists and engineers from all over the world in undertaking research and education in basic space science and participating in the International Heliophysical Year 2007

• Announcement and Information Note (PDF format, English version)
• Workshop National Astronomical Observatory of Japan webpage
• Report: (A/AC.105/902)

Fourth UN/ESA/NASA/JAXA Workshop on the International Heliophysical Year 2007 and Basic Space Science "First Results of IHY 2007"
2-6 June 2008, Sozopol, Bulgaria

Hosted by the Solar-Terrestrial Influences Laboratory at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences on behalf of the Government of Bulgaria

• Announcement and Information Note (PDF format, English version)
• Workshop website
• Report: (A/AC.105/919)

Fifth UN/ESA/NASA/JAXA Workshop on Basic Space Science and IHY 2007
22-25 September 2009, Daejon, Republic of Korea

• Workshop website
• Report: (A/AC.105/964)

UN/USA Workshop on the International Space Weather Initiative: The Decade after the IHY 2007
31 July-4 August 2017, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA

• Workshop Website

2005

UAE
High-res poster
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2006

India
High-res poster
Website

2007

Japan
High-res poster
Website

2008

Bulgaria
High-res poster
Website

2009

Rep. of Korea
High-res poster
Website

2017

USA
Website

Online Resources

• International Living with a Star (ILWS)
• Putting the "I" in IHY 2007, IHY 2007 US Planning Workshop, National Solar Observatory, Boulder, USA, 20-22 April 2004
• UN/BSS Science Organizing Committee Planning Meeting, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt MD, USA, 19-21 October 2004
  • UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space & the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs: A Brief Overview
  • UN Programme on Space Applications: A Brief Overview
  • UN Basic Space Science Initiative
• Plans for the International Heliophysical Year (IHY) , 42nd session of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, Vienna 21 February - 4 March 2005
• Plans for the International Heliophysical Year (IHY) , 43rd session of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, Vienna, 19 February - 3 March 2006
• IHY 2007: An Update on Planning and Implementation, 44th session of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, Vienna, 12 to 23 February 2007, Dr. Joseph Davila (NASA, on behalf of IHY Secretariat)

IHY Documents

IHY Booklet (in all six UN Official languages)

Arabic version
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High-Res PDF (1.1 MB)

Chinese version
Low-Res PDF
High-Res PDF (4.1 MB)

English version
Low-Res PDF
High-Res PDF (2.6 MB)

French version
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High-Res PDF (2.6 MB)

Russian version
Low-Res PDF
High-Res PDF (11.5 MB)

Spanish version
Low-Res PDF
High-Res PDF (2.6 MB)