OPEN SESSION AND LATEST RESULTS (G-01)
Session Chairs: C Hanuise, Anthea Coster

paper 1.3M

G01.1 A ROCKET EXHAUST DEPLETION (RED) OF IONOSPHERIC TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT DETECTED BY GPS
M. Mendillo, S. Smith, J. Baumgardner, C. Martinis, Boston University, United States; A. Coster, P. Erickson, MIT Haystack Observatory, United States

paper 0.8M

G01.2 TOPSIDE IONOSPHERE MODELLING USING GPS DATA: POSSIBILITIES FOR SOUTH AFRICA
P. Sibanda1,2, L.-A. McKinnell1,2
1Hermanus Magnetic Observatory, South Africa; 2Rhodes University, South Africa

paper 1.6M

G01.3 GPS OBSERVATIONS OF THE IONOSPHERE IN AFRICA: FIRST RESULTS FROM COLLABORATIONS UNDER THE UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL HELIOPHYSICAL YEAR BASIC SPACE SCIENCE INITIATIVE
K. M. Groves1, S. Basu2, S. Basu3, C. S. Carrano4, I. Mengistu1, J. Pimenta-Lima5, B. Rabiu6, O. Obrou7, B. Damtie8, G. Mengistu9, P. Baki10
1Air Force Research Laboratory, USA; 2Boston University, USA; 3Boston College, USA; 4AER, Inc., USA; 5National Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics, Cape Verde; 6Federal University of Technology, Nigeria; 7University of Cocody, Ivory Coast; 8University of Bahir Dar, Ethiopia; 9University of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; 10University of Nairobi, Kenya

paper 2.6M

G01.4 SUPERDARN STATISTICAL CHARACTERISATION OF MAGNETOSPHERIC REGIONS FOR QUASI REAL-TIME TRACKING
G. Lointier, T. Dudok De Wit, C. Hanuise, X. Vallieres,
LPCE/CNRS, France; R. Andre, CEA/CESTA, France

paper 6M extra 6M

G01.5 COMPARATIVE STUDY OF HIGH LATITUDE DYNAMICS FROM THE SONDRESTOM ISR AND THE EISCAT SVALBARD RADAR IPY RUNS
A. Stromme, SRI International, United States; T. V. Eyken, EISCAT Scientific Association, Sweden

paper 3.8M paper 20.3M

G01.6 NEW CHARACTERISTICS OF MEDIUM-SCALE TRAVELING IONOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES DETECTED WITH DENSE WIDECOVERAGE TEC MAPS OVER NORTH AMERICA
T. Tsugawa, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan; Y. Otsuka, Nagoya University, Japan; A. J. Coster, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA; A. Saito, Kyoto University, Japan

 

G01.7 NEUTRAL WIND EFFECT IN PRODUCING THE STORMTIME IONOSPHERIC ADDITIONAL LAYER: RESULTS FROM COUPLED MODEL SIMULATIONS
C.-H. (. Lin, National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan; A. D. Richmond, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA; J.-Y. Liu, National Central University, Taiwan; G. J. Bailey, University of Sheffield, UK


End of the session
DENSITY PROFILING AND MODELS (G-02)
Session Chairs: B Reinisch, B Zolesi, D Bilitza

 

G02.1 EMPIRICAL MODELING OF THE TOPSIDE AND PLASMASPHERE ELECTRON DENSITY PROFILES USING IMAGE/RPI AND ISIS SOUNDER DATA
P. Nsumei, B. W. Reinisch, X. Huang, University of Massachusetts Lowell, United States; D. Bilitza, George Mason University, United States

paper 2.7 M

G02.2 AN ELECTRON DENSITY PROFILE MODEL FOR THE SOUTH AFRICAN IONOSPHERE
L.-A. McKinnell, Hermanus Magnetic Observatory, South Africa

paper 0.6 M

GP1-02.9 A NEW GLOBAL F2 PEAK ELECTRON DENSITY MODEL FOR THE INTERNATIONAL REFERENCE IONOSPHERE (IRI)
E. Oyeyemi, University of Lagos, Nigeria; L.-A. McKinnell, Hermanus Magnetic Observatory, South Africa

 

G02.4 SOLAR FLUX EFFECT ON THE REPRODUCIBILITY OF GLOBAL/LOCAL-TIME VARIATIONS OF ION DENSITY STRUCTURE AT LOW-LATITUDE IONOSPHERE
S.-Y. Su, M. Q. Chen, C. K. Chao, National Central University, Taiwan; C. H. Liu, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

paper 1.4 M

G02.5 EFFECTIVE SUNSPOT NUMBER: A TOOL FOR IONOSPHERIC MAPPING AND MODELLING
B. Zolesi, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Italy; L. R. Cander, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK; A. Belehaki, I. Tsagouri, National Observatory of Athens, Greece

paper 2.0 M

G02.6 AN ANALYSIS OF MID-LATITUDE STORM-TIME IONOSPHERIC PEAK PARAMETERS
D. Buresova1, L.-A. McKinnell2, T. Sindelarova1, I. Blanco Alegre3, B. A. De La Morena3
1Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic; 2Hermanus Magnetic Observatory, South Africa; 3Ionospheric Observatory El Arenosillo, Spain

 

G02.7 IMPROVING THE INTERNATIONAL REFERENCE IONOSPHERE AT HIGH LATITUDES
D. Bilitza, George Mason University, United States; C. J. Mertens, NASA Langley Research Center, United States; Z. Yongliang, L. J. Paxton, Johns Hopkins University, United States; B. W. Reinisch, University Massachusetts Lowell, United States

 

G02.8 USING NEURAL NETWORK TO CONSTRUCT REGIONAL REFERENCE TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT MODEL
T. Maruyama, National institute of information and communications technology, Japan

 

GP1-02.16 PLANETARY AND ZONAL INDICES OF THE IONOSPHERE VARIABILITY DERIVED FROM NUMERICAL MAPS OF FOF2
I. M. Stanislawska, Space Research Centre PAS, Poland; T. L. Gulyaeva, IZMIRAN, Russia

 

G02.10 DIURNAL AND SEASONAL VARIABILITY OF D-REGION ELECTRON DENSITIES AT 69N
R. Latteck, W. Singer, Leibniz-Institut fuer Atmosphaerenphysik, Germany; M. Friedrich, Technical University of Graz, Austria; M. Wakabayashi, Niihama National College of Technology, Japan


End of the session
IRREGULARITIES AND SCINTILLATION (G-03)
Session Chairs: Patricia Doherty, A Bhattacharyya, Eurico de Paula

paper 0.6 M

G03.1 HOW REAL SPACE CONSIDERATIONS CAN HELP THE STUDY OF THE EVOLUTION OF IONOSPHERIC IRREGULARITIES.
J.-P. St-Maurice, Institute of Space and Atmospheric Sciences, U of Saskatchewan, Canada

paper 3.9 M paper 21.6M

G03.2 A COMPARISON OF 2D AND 3D SIMULATIONS OF FARLEYBUNEMAN TURBULENCE
M. M. Oppenheim, Y. S. Dimant, Boston University, United States; L. P. Dyrud, Center for Remote Sensing, United States

 

G03.3 ESTIMATING THE IMPACTS OF IONOSPHERIC IRREGULARITIES ON SPACE RADAR DURING SOLAR MAXIMUM
K. M. Groves1, S. Basu2, T. Beach1, C. S. Carrano3, R. Caton3, P. S. Cannon4
1Air Force Research Laboratory, USA; 2Boston College, USA; 3AER, Inc., USA; 4QinetiQ, UK

paper 0.3 M

G03.4 SPECIFICATION OF EQUATORIAL IONOSPHERIC IRREGULARITY FORMATION DURING THE MAIN PHASE OF STRONG MAGNETIC STORMS
S. Basu, Boston College, United States; S. Basu, Boston University, United States; K. M. Groves, F. J. Rich, Air Force Research Laboratory, United States

paper 0.9 M

GP1-03.1 DOING SPACE WEATHER OF SMALL SCALE IONOSPHERIC STRUCTURES VIA TOOLS FROM COMPLEX SYSTEM THEORY
M. D. F. Materassi, Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy; G. Consolini, Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Italy; D. Pokhotelov, University of Bath, UK; N. Smith, Bath Institute for Complex Systems, UK

 

G03.6 DEPENDENCE OF THE SPATIAL STRUCTURE OF ESF IRREGULARITIES ON THE HEIGHT OF THE POST-SUNSET EQUATORIAL F LAYER
A. Bhattacharyya, B. Kakad, K. Jeeva, K. U. Nair, Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, India

paper 5.4 M extra 7.0 M

G03.7 MEASURING THE EQUATORIAL SPREAD F IRREGULARITY KSPACE SPECTRUM WITH THE JICAMARCA RADAR: PRELIMINARY RESULTS
J. L. Chau, Instituto Geofisico del Peru, Peru; D. L. Hysell, Cornell University, USA

paper 5.5 M

G03.8 FIRST RESULTS FROM THE ST. CROIX COHERENT SCATTER RADAR IMAGER
D. L. Hysell, E. Nossa, Cornell University, United States; M. F. Larsen, Clemson University, United States; J. Munro, University of the Virgin Islands, United States; S. A. Gonzalez, M. P. Sulzer, Arecibo Radio Observatory, United States

paper 1.2 M

G03.9 COMBINATION OF A RADIO WAVE SCATTERING ALGORITHM WITH COHERENT RADAR DATA FOR EQUATORIAL SCINTILLATION PREDICTIONS
E. Costa, CETUC PUC-Rio, Brazil; E. R. de Paula, E. A. Kherani, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, Brazil; K. M. Groves, Air Force Research Laboratory, USA

paper 5.8 M

G03.10 DEMETER OBSERVATIONS OF HIGHLY STRUCTURED PLASMA DENSITY AND ASSOCIATED ELF ELECTRIC FIELD AND MAGNETIC FIELD IRREGULARITIES AT MIDDLE AND LOW LATITUDES
R. F. Pfaff, C. Liebrecht, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, United States; J.- J. Berthelier, CETP, France; M. Parrot, LPCE, France; J.-P. Lebreton, ESA, Netherlands

paper 2.6 M

G03.11 THE LOW-LATITUDE IONOSPHERIC SENSOR NETWORK (LISN)
C. E. Valladares, P. H. Doherty, Boston College, United States Niihama National College of Technology, Japan


End of the session
ASSIMILATION AND IMAGING OF THE IONOSPHERE AND PLASMASPHERE (Part A) (G-04a)
Session Chairs: G Bust, Norbert Jakowski, M Codrescu

paper 0.9 M

G04a.1 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS TO THE ELECTRON DENSITY ASSIMILATIVE MODEL (EDAM) AND THE IMPACT OF EDAM ON IONOSPHERIC RADIO SYSTEMS
M. J. Angling, P. S. Cannon, QinetiQ, United Kingdom

paper 5.6 M

G04a.2 JPL/USC GAIM: USING COSMIC OCCULTATIONS TO ESTIMATE IONOSPHERIC STATE AND DRIVERS
B. Wilson, A. Komjathy, V. Akopian, X. Pi, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States

paper 5.9 M extra 38.6M

G04a.4 PC-BASED SYSTEM FOR REAL-TIME RECONSTRUCTION OF THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL IONOSPHERE USING DATA FROM DIVERSE SOURCES
S. V. Fridman, L. J. Nickisch, M. Hausman, NorthWest Research Associates, United States

 

G04a.5 PLANETARY SCALE MODULATIONS IN THE MLTI REGION: RESULTS FROM CAWSES-INDIA CAMPAIGN
T. K. Pant1, C. Vineeth1, S. V. Thampi1, G. Manju1, S. Ravindran1, V. Sreeja1, R. M. Das2, R. S. Dabas2, S. Alex3, K. Niranjan4, R. Sridharan1, J. H. Sastri5
1Space Physics Laboratory, India; 2National Physical Laboratory, India; 3Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, India; 4Andhra University, India; 5Indian Institute of Astrophysics, India

paper 2.0 M

G04a.6 MULTI-DIMENSIONAL REPRESENTATION OF THE ELECTRON DENSITY FROM SATELLITE DATA
M. G. Schmidt1, D. Bilitza2, C. K. Shum3, C. Zeilhofer1, D. Dettmering1, J. Zhang1, L.-C. Tsai4
1Deutsches Geodaetisches Forschungsinstitut (DGFI), Germany; 2Heliospheric Physics Laboratory/GMU, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, U.S.A.; 3Geodetic Science, School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, U.S.A.; 4Center for Space and Remote Sensing Research, National Central University, Taiwan


End of the session
ASSIMILATION AND IMAGING OF THE IONOSPHERE AND PLASMASPHERE (Part B)(G-04b)
Session Chairs:

 

G04b.1 3D TOMOGRAPHY OF THE EARTH'S PLASMASPHERE USING TEC FROM LEO SATELLITES
D. A. Galvan1, Y. Yang2, C. Wang2, M. B. Moldwin1, B. A. Iijima3, P. A. Webb4
1University of California, Los Angeles, United States; 2University of Southern California, United States; 3NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States; 4NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, United States

 

GP1-04.1 ESTIMATION OF NEUTRAL WINDS FROM 4D IONOSPHERIC IMAGING
G. S. Bust, S. Datta-Barua, G. Crowley, N. Curtis, ASTRA, United States

paper 1.4 M

G04b.3 GLOBAL ASSIMILATIVE IONOSPHERIC MODELING AND THE TINY IONOSPHERIC PHOTOMETER ON THE COSMIC CONSTELLATION
C. Coker, K. F. Dymond, S. A. Budzien, D. Chua, Naval Research Laboratory, United States; X. Pi, A. Komjathy, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States; G. S. Bust, Atmospheric & Space Technology Research Associates, United States

   

G04b.4 TOMOGRAPHY-MODEL COUPLING TO STUDY AN IONOSPHERIC STORM
C. N. Mitchell, N. D. Smith, D. Pokhotelov, C. J. Budd, University of Bath, United Kingdom

   

G04b.5 NONLINEAR IONOSPHERIC REMOVAL OF BROADBAND SATELLITE DATA USING FORTE
S. Close, LANL, United States; G. Bust, ASTRA, United States; A. Jacobson, University of Washington, United States

 

G04b.6 ESTIMATION OF LOW LATITUDE IONOSPHERIC TEC FROM DUAL FREQUENCY GPS OBSERVATIONS BY USING ADAPTIVE KALMAN FILTERING TECHNIQUE
R. Anandraj1, M. R. Ananthasayanam2, P. R. Mahapatra2, P. Soma1
1ISTRAC / ISRO, India; 2Indian Institute of Science, India


End of the session
RADAR STUDIES (Part A)(G-05a)
Session Chairs: Wesley Swartz, M Lester, Jorge Chau

 

G05a.1 POLARIZATION PROPERTIES OF NON-SPECULAR METEOR TRAIL AND HEADS
S. Close1, M. Kelley2, L. Dyrud3, P. Colestock1
1LANL, United States; 2Cornell University, United States; 3Center for Remote Sensing, United States

paper 3.6 M extra 5.0 M

G05a.2 TWO-DIMENSIONAL RADAR IMAGING OF FIELD-ALIGNED IRREGULARITIES AT MIDLATITUDE IONOSPHERE WITH THE MU RADAR
S. Fukao, M. Yamamoto, Kyoto University, Japan

paper 5.7 M

G05a.3 THOSE DARN RADARS: NEW DIRECTIONS FOR THE SUPER DUAL AURORAL RADAR NETWORK
J. B. H. Baker1, J. M. Ruohoniemi1, S. G. Shepherd2, K. A. McWilliams3, R. A. Greenwald1, W. A. Bristow4
1The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, United States; 2Dartmouth College, United States; 3University of Saskatchewan, Canada; 4University of Alaska, United States

paper 9.5 M

G05a.4 EXTENDED HIGH LATITUDE INCOHERENT SCATTER RADAR OBSERVATIONS DURING THE IPY
A. P. van Eyken, EISCAT Scientific Association, Sweden


End of the session
RADAR STUDIES (Part B)(G-05b)
Session Chairs: Wesley Swartz, M Lester, Jorge Chau

 

G05b.2 MODELING THE INCOHERENT SCATTER RADAR SPECTRUM PERPENDICULAR TO B AND ESTIMATION OF F-REGION PLASMA PARAMETERS AT JICAMARCA
E. Kudeki, M. Milla, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States

paper 2.4 M

G05b.3 FULL PROFILE INCOHERENT SCATTER ANALYSIS AT JICAMARCA
D. L. Hysell, F. S. Rodrigues, Cornell University, United States; J. L. Chau, Radio Observatorio de Jicamarca, Peru; J. D. Huba, Naval Research Laboratory, United States

paper 1.6 M

G05b.4 ZONAL ASYMMETRY OF DAYTIME E-REGION AND 150-KM ECHOES OBSERVED BY EQUATORIAL ATMOSPHERE RADAR IN INDONESIA
T. Yokoyama1, A. K. Patra2, Y. Otsuka3, M. Yamamoto4, D. L. Hysell1
1Cornell University, United States; 2National Atmospheric Research Laboratory, India; 3Nagoya University, Japan; 4Kyoto University, Japan

 

G05b.5 IMPROVED ASPECT SENSITIVITY MEASUREMENTS OF 150KM ECHOES ABOVE JICAMARCA WITH A NEW ANTENNA CONFIGURATION
H. Pinedo, J. Chau, Jicamarca Radio Observatory, Peru; C. La Hoz, V. Belyey, University of Tromso, Norway

paper 2.1 M

G05b.6 ON EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION OF INCOHERENT SCATTER THEORY INCLUDING MAGNETIC FIELD
A. N. Bhatt1, M. J. Nicolls2, M. P. Sulzer3, M. C. Kelley1
1Cornell University, United States; 2SRI International, United States; 3National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center, United States

paper 12.2M

G05b.7 POLARDARN INVESTIGATIONS OF THE HIGH LATITUDE IONOSPHERE.
J.-P. St-Maurice, G. Sofko, R. K. Choudhary, K. McWilliams, A. Koustov, Institute of Space and Atmospheric Sciences, U of Saskatchewan, Canada

paper 3.2 M paper 1.0 M

G05b.8 APPLICATION OF MAXENT OPTIMAL IMAGING TO THE PASSIVE MANASTASH RIDGE RADAR
Z. Berkowitz, J. D. Sahr, University of Washington, United States

paper 9.0 M

G05b.9 SIMULTANEOUS AND CO-LOCATED MEASUREMENTS OF RADAR REFLECTIVITY, TURBULENCE, WINDS, AND ELECTRON DENSITY BY VHF/MF RADARS DURING PMWE AND PMSE
W. Singer, R. Latteck, F.-J. Luebken, Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Germany; K. Dahle, Andoya Rocket Range, Norway

paper 4.1 M

G05b.10 THE SCATTERING CHARACTERISTICS OF PMSE AT 33 CM WITH THE POKER FLAT INCOHERENT SCATTER RADAR
M. J. Nicolls, C. J. Heinselman, SRI International, United States; M. C. Kelley, R. H. Varney, Cornell University, United States


End of the session
RADAR STUDIES (Part C)(G-05c)
Session Chairs: Wesley Swartz, M Lester, Jorge Chau

paper 3.7 M

G05c.2 BAYESIAN ESTIMATION OF NARROW INCOHERENT RADAR TARGETS
J. Vierinen, M. S. Lehtinen, Sodankyla Geophysical Observatory, Finland

paper 10.6M

G05c.3 IMAGING OF SPORADIC E LAYERS WITH THE POKER FLAT INCOHERENT SCATTER RADAR
C. Heinselman, M. Nicolls, SRI International, United States

paper 0.5 M

G05c.4 STOCHASTIC MODELING OF PHASE NOISE IN DISTRIBUTED COHERENT PASSIVE RADAR SYSTEMS
A. N. Morabito, J. D. Sahr, Z. M. Berkowitz, L. E. Vertatschitsch, University of Washington, United States

paper 2.0 M

G05c.5 SOFTWARE RADAR AND THE FRAMER PATTERN: APPLYING CONTEXT TO CONTINUOUSLY RECORDED RF DATA
P. J. Erickson, F. D. Lind, W. J. Rideout, MIT Haystack Observatory, United States

paper 0.3 M

G05c.6 A COMPARISON OF AUTOMATED-SEARCH METEOR RESULTS FROM RADAR OBSERVATIONS AT THE POKER FLAT INCOHERENT SCATTER RADAR, SONDRESTROM, AND ARECIBO
S. J. Briczinski, UW-Madison, United States; J. D. Mathews, Penn State, USA; D. D. Meisel, SUNY-Geneseo, USA; C. J. Heinselman, SRI International, USA

paper 1.6 M paper 25.6M

G05c.7 METEOR TRAILS IN THE IONOSPHERE: LATEST RESULTS FROM OBSERVATIONS AND THEORY
M. M. Oppenheim, G. Sugar, E. N. Bass, Y. S. Dimant, Boston University, United States; S. Close, Los Alamos National Laboratories, United States; L. P. Dyrud, Center for Remote Sensing, United States


End of the session
TRANS AND SUB-IONOSPHERE, RADIO PROPAGATION (G-06)
Session Chairs: Matthew Angling, C Coleman, Alain Bourdillon

paper 0.8 M

G06.1 MIMO CHANNEL MEASUREMENTS IN THE HF BAND
S. Salous1, M. Warrington2, S. Gunashekar2, S. Feeney1, H. Zhang2, N. Abbasi2, L. Bertel3, D. Lemur3, M. Oger3
1Durham University, United Kingdom; 2Leicester University, United Kingdom; 3Rennes University, France

 

G06.2 FORMULATION AND APPLICATION OF A SPACE-TIME CORRELATION MODEL FOR HF SKY WAVE RADAR SIGNALS
R. J. Riddolls, Defence R&D Canada, Canada

paper 1.4 M extra 0.5 M

GP2-06.5 VHF COMMUNICATIONS VIA EQUATORIAL ELECTROJET SCATTERING: REVISITED
R. F. Woodman, J. L. Chau, N. Yoza, Instituto Geofisico del Peru, Peru

paper 1.4 M extra 35.1M

G06.4 WIDE BANDWIDTH PROPAGATION, PART I: IONOSPHERIC PROPAGATION EFFECTS ON WIDE BANDWIDTH SIGNALS
D. L. Knepp, NorthWest Research Associates, United States

paper 1.7 M Extra: as above

G06.5 WIDE BANDWIDTH PROPAGATION, PART II: MULTIPLE PHASE SCREEN CALCULATION OF SIGNAL PROPAGATION THROUGH THE IONOSPHERE.
D. L. Knepp, NorthWest Research Associates, United States

paper 2.1 M paper 1.0 M

G06.6 IONOSPHERIC SCINTILLATIONS: IMPACT ON THE HF SUBSURFACE RADAR SOUNDING
Y. A. Ilyushin, Moscow State University, Russian Federation


End of the session
MODIFICATION OF THE IONOSPHERE AND MAGNETOSPHERE(GHE 01)
Session Chairs: Keith Groves, M Kosch, O A. Molchanov, Y Ruzhin

 

GHE.1 ELF/VLF WAVE-INJECTION EXPERIMENTS AND MAGNETOSPHERIC PROBING WITH HAARP
U. S. Inan, Stanford University, United States

paper 0.4 M

GHE.2 FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE OF VLF WAVE GENERATION AT GAKONA, ALASKA
S. P. Kuo1, M. Rubinraut1, Y.-L. Wu1, R. Pradipta2, J. A. Cohen2, M. C. Lee2,3
1Polytechnic University, United States; 2Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States; 3Boston University, United States

paper 1.5 M

GHE.3 PARAMETRIC PROCESSES AND HF-INDUCED AIRGLOW AT THE MAGNETIC ZENITH
E. V. Mishin, Boston College, United States; T. R. Pedersen, Research Vehicles Directorate, United States; M. J. Kosch, Lancaster University, UK

paper 2.3 M

GHE.4 JOINT HF INTERFEROMETER AND RADIO TOMOGRAPHY OBSERVATIONS OF THE ARTIFICIALLY MODIFIED IONOSPHERE
E. D. Tereshchenko, R. Y. Yurik, B. Z. Khudukon, Polar Geophysical Institute, Russia; M. T. Rietveld, EISCAT Scientific Association, Norway; V. F. Frolov, Radiophysical Research Institute, Russia; B. Isham, Interamerican University, USA; V. Belyey, University of Tromso, Norway

 

GHE.5 SPATIAL STRUCTURE OF THE IONOSPHERE MODIFIED BY POWERFUL HF RADIO WAVES
V. L. Frolov, V. O. Rapoport, Radiophysical Research Institute (NIRFI, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia), Russian Federation; A. S. Belov, G. A. Markov, Nizhny Novgorod State University, Russian Federation; E. D. Tereshchenko, B. Z. Khudukon, Polar Geophysical Institute, Russian Federation; M. Parrot, LPCE, CNRS, France

paper 2.4 M

GHE.6 HF MODIFICATION OF MIDLATITUDE SPORADIC E LAYERS
F. T. Djuth, Geospace Research, Inc., United States; P. A. Bernhardt, Naval Research Laboratory, United States


End of the session
RADIO OCCULTATION – TECHNIQUES, VALIDATION, SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS(GF-01)
Session Chairs: Cathryn Mitchell, Chao-Han Liu, T Schueler

paper 0.2 M

GF.1 INVERTING IONOSPHERIC RADIO OCCULTATION MEASUREMENTS WITH STATISTICAL INVERSE METHODS
D. L. Hysell, Cornell University, United States

paper 2.0 M

GF.2 USE OF ROSA DATA IN SPACE WEATHER
M. D. F. Materassi, Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy

 

GF.3 GLOBAL E-REGION CONDUCTIVITIES USING GPS OCCULTATIONS
G. S. Bust, A. Reynolds, ASTRA, United States; M. Nicolls, SRI International, United States; C. Coker, P. Bernhardt, Naval Research Laboratory, United States

paper 2.2 M paper 22.7M

GF.4 FIRST RESULTS FROM THE SCINTILLATION AND TEC RECEIVER IN SPACE (CITRIS) INSTRUMENT ON STPSAT1
C. L. Siefring, P. A. Bernhardt, Naval Research Laboratory, United States; G. S. Bust, Atmospheric & Space Technology Research Associates, United States

 

GF.6 COMPARISON OF THE IONOSPHERIC PROFILES DERIVED WITH RADIO OCCULTATION TECHNIQUE TO THE DIGISONDE DATA
V. V. Paznukhov, B. W. Reinisch, University of Massachusetts Lowell, United States

 

GF.7 MID- AND LOW-LATITUDE IONOSPHERIC STRUCTURE OBSERVED BY FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC
C.-H. Lin1, J.-Y. Liu2, H.-F. Tsai3, C.-H. Chen2, C.-C. Hsiao4, C.-H. Liu5
1National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan; 2National Central University, Taiwan; 3Central Weather Bureau, Taiwan; 4National Space Organization, Taiwan; 5Academia Sinica, Taiwan

paper 1.0 M

GF.8 VERIFYING COSMIC GPS OCCULTATION INVERSION PROFILES WITH THE ALTAIR RADAR
T. Beach1, F. Centinello1, R. Caton2, D. Sponseller3, K. Groves1
1Air Force Research Laboratory, United States; 2Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc., United States; 3Kwajalein Range Services LLC, Marshall Islands


End of the session
RADIO SOUNDING TECHNIQUES FOR THE IONOSPHERE AND MAGNETOSPHERE(GH-01)
Session Chairs:

paper 0.9 M

GH.1 CHALLENGES OF AUTOMATIC IONOGRAM SCALING: LESSONS LEARNED FROM ARTIST-5 EVALUATION
I. A. Galkin, B. W. Reinisch, G. M. Khmyrov, A. V. Kozlov, X. Huang, V. V. Paznukhov, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Center for Atmospheric Research, United States

paper 2.1 M

GH.2 A NEW DIGISONDE FOR RESEARCH AND MONITORING APPLICATIONS
B. W. Reinisch, I. A. Galkin, U. Massachusetts Lowell, United States

paper 1.7 M

GH.3 WHISTLER MODE SOUNDING OF THE MAGNETOSPHERE: MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRON DENSITY, ION COMPOSITION (H+, HE+, O+), AND DENSITY IRREGULARITIES ALONG THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD
V. S. Sonwalkar, A. Reddy, University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States; D. L. Carpenter, Stanford University, United States; B. W. Reinisch, University of Massachusetts, United States

paper 2.9 M paper 0.8 M

GH.4 A NEW GENERAL PURPOSE HIGH PERFORMANCE HF RADAR
R. N. Grubb, Consultant, United States; R. Livingston, Scion Associates, United States; T. W. Bullett, NOAA, United States

paper 1.8 M

GH.5 COORDINATED SPACE-GROUND SOUNDING EXPERIMENTS IN THE E-POP SATELLITE MISSION
G. James, Communications Research Centre Canada, Canada; P. A. Bernhardt, Naval Research Laboratory, U.S.A.; R. B. Langley, University of New Brunswick, Canada

paper 4.0 M

GH.6 THE EISCAT TROMSO DYNASONDE
M. T. Rietveld, EISCAT Scientific Association, Norway; J. W. Wright, N. Zabotin, University of Colorado, USA; M. L. V. Pitteway, Brunel University, UK

paper 0.9 M

GH.7 USING A DPS AS A COHERENT SCATTER HF RADAR
L. G. Magnus, L.-A. McKinnell, Hermanus Magnetic Observatory, South Africa

paper 3.2 M

GH.8 SOUNDING OF THE PLASMASPHERE AND LOW ALTITUDE POLAR REGIONS BY THE RADIO PLASMA IMAGER ON THE IMAGE SATELLITE: SOME HIGHLIGHTS
D. L. Carpenter, T. Bell, Stanford University, United States

 

GH.9 THE NEW IONOSPHERIC STATION OF TUCUMN: FIRST RESULTS
M. Pezzopane1, E. Zuccheretti1, C. Bianchi1, C. Scotto1, B. Zolesi1, M. A. Cabrera2,3, R. G. Ezquer2,3
1Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Italy; 2CIASUR-FRT, Universidad Tecnolgica Nacional, Argentina, Italy; 3Laboratorio de Ionosfera, Universidad Nacional de Tucumn, Argentina

paper 7.1 M

GH.10 LESSONS LEARNED FROM PREVIOUS SPACE-BORNE SOUNDERS AS A GUIDE TO FUTURE SOUNDER DEVELOPMENT
R. F. Benson1, M. L. Adrian1, M. D. Deshpande1, W. M. Farrell1, S. F. Fung1, V. A. Osherovich2, R. F. Pfaff1, D. E. Rowland1
1NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, United States; 2CUA/Goddard Space Flight Center, United States

paper 1.5 M

GH.11 PRINCIPLES OF DYNASONDE DATA ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING
N. A. Zabotin1,2, J. W. Wright2
1University of Colorado at Boulder, United States; 2Dynasonde Solutions Ltd., United States


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MITIGATION OF IONOSPHERIC AND TROPOSPHERIC EFFECTS IN PRECISION GNSS (FG-01)
Session Chairs: Manuel Hernández-Pajares, B. Arbesser-Rastburg

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FG.1 THE IMPACT OF TRAVELLING IONOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES ON GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM SERVICES
A. J. Coster1, T. Tsugawa2
1MIT Haystack Observatory, Westford, MA, United States 2Koganei HQ, National Institude of Information and Communications Technology, Tokyo, Japan

paper 1.3M

FG.2 MODELLING TEC CHANGES OVER SOUTHERN AFRICA USING THE NEURAL NETWORK METHOD
J. B. Habarulema1,2, L. -A. McKinnell1,2, B. Opperman2
1Department of Physics, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa 2Space Physics Group, Hermanus Magnetic Observatory, Hermanus, South Africa

 

FG.3 APPLICATION OF LEAST SQUARES ADJUSTMENT TECHNIQUE FOR ESTIMATION OF TEC AND INSTRUMENTAL BIASES FOR GAGAN APPLICATIONS
D. Sunehra, A. D. Sarma, D. R. Lakshmi, B. M. Reddy Research and Training Unit for Navigational Electronics, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India

FG.4 MITIGATION OF DELAY AND SCINTILLATION EFFECTS USING MIDAS
D. J. Allain, P. S. J. Spencer, C. N. Mitchell Invert, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom

paper 0.5M

FG.5 THE DESIGN OF A NEW MAPPING FUNCTION BASED ON GPS RADIO OCCULTATION DATA FOR A REFINED ESTIMATION OF THE TROPOSPHERIC TOTAL DELAY
F. Vespe1, C. Benedetto1,2, R. Pacione3, P. Sacco2
1Agenzi Spaziale Italiana, Centro di Geodesia Spaziale, Matera, Italy 2Consorzio INNOVA, Centro di Geodesia Spaziale, Matera, Italy 3e-GEOS, Centro di Geodesia Spaziale, Matera, Italy

 

FG.6 CORRELATION BETWEEN NEUTRAL ATMOSPHERE MODELLING AND ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE LOADING INDUCED DISPLACEMENT
E. J. Orliac, F. N. Teferle, R. M. Bingley, A. H. Dodson IESSG, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

 

FG.7 A REGIONAL TROPOSPHERIC DELAY MODEL FOR GPS BASED AIRCRAFT NAVIGATION OVER INDIAN SUBCONTINENT
K. Saha, C. S. Raju, K. Parameswaran Department of Space, Space Physics Laboratory, VSSC, ISRO, Trivandrum, India


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LOW FREQUENCY RADIO ASTRONOMY AND THE IONOSPHERE(JG-01)
Session Chairs:

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JG.2 IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENTS FROM THE VLA LOWFREQUENCY SKY SURVEY
A. S. Cohen, Naval Research Laboratory, United States; H. J. A. Rottgering, Leiden University, Netherlands

paper 0.2 M

JG.3 INVESTIGATION OF VLSS IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENTS WITH OTHER IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENTS
T. L. Gaussiran, D. C. Munton, M. H. Montgomery, R. S. Calfas, Applied Research Laboratories, The University of Texas at Austin, United States; A. Cohen, Naval Research Laboratory, United States

paper 2.2 M paper 56.3M

JG.4 IONOSPHERIC MODELING FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE RADIO TELESCOPES
J. M. Anderson, Max Planck Institut fuer Radioastronomie, Germany; T. LIONS Group, LOFAR, Netherlands

paper 2.2 M paper 6.9 M

JG.5 APPLICATION OF THE IONOSPHERIC TOMOGRAPHIC INVERSION METHOD MIDAS TO RADIO ASTRONOMY
Z. T. Katamzi, P. Spencer, C. N. Mitchell, University of Bath, United Kingdom

paper 4.7 M

JG.6 IONOSPHERIC APPLICATIONS OF THE MURCHISON WIDEFIELD ARRAY (MWA)
A. J. Coster, P. Erickson, D. Oberoi, J. Salah, MIT Haystack Observatory, United States; D. Herne, Curtin University of Technology, Australia


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