OBSERVATION OF PLASMA WAVES AROUND THE WAKE OF AN IONOSPHERIC SOUNDING ROCKET| Session Chairs: | Anders Jorgensen, Christian Mazelle, Yoshiya Kasahara |
First 2 talks: Plasma interactions with solar system bodies drastically change depending on the environment of the bodies such as presence of intrinsic magnetic field, atmosphere, and solid surface. For instance, the solar wind plasma directly impacts on the exosphere, atmosphere or surface of non-magnetized bodies such as Mars, Venus and moon and plasma wake is created in the nightside tail region, while magnetized planets are protected by their intrinsic magnetic fields and the solar wind-magnetosphere coupling plays an important role in plasma dynamics. As signatures of the interaction, various kinds of radio emissions and plasma waves are generated in numerous regions of our solar system. The aim of this session is to present recent progress in spacecraft observations, computer simulations and theoretical studies on plasma physics related to the solar wind and plasma flow interaction with solar system bodies. Papers related to future missions and research projects are also welcome. 4 talks: The dynamics of the plasmasphere play an important role in Earth’s space weather system, and are governed by solar activity. The plasmasphere is permanently influenced by the regions below (ionosphere) and above (outer magnetosphere). The plasmasphere forms the cold plasma background for the overlapping ‘warm’ (ring current) and ‘hot’ (radiation belts) regions and its plasma distribution is a fundamental parameter for the description and modelling of the acceleration, decay and transport of radiation belt particles. The dynamics of the plasmasphere require monitoring, modeling and forecasting. This session focuses on various remote-sensing techniques (active and passive ground-based measurements using ULF-ELF-VLF electromagnetic waves as well as satellite-based methods; in-situ density measurements, radio sounding and imaging) and integration of the data obtained by them into various (physics based and data driven) plasmasphere models.
13:40 H11.1 OBSERVATION OF PLASMA WAVES AROUND THE WAKE OF AN IONOSPHERIC SOUNDING ROCKET
K. Endo, A. Kumamoto, Y. Katoh
Department of Geophysics, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
14:00 H11.2 FORESHOCK ULF WAVES AT VENUS FROM VENUS EXPRESS
L. Shan1,2, C. Mazelle2, Q. Lu1, M. Delva3, T. Zhang1,3
1Department of Geophysics and Planetary Science, USTC, Hefei, Anhui, China
2IRAP, Toulouse, France
3Space Research Institute, Graz, Austria
14:20 H11.3 MAGNETOSPHERIC PLASMA DENSITY INFERRED FROM FIELD LINE RESONANCES: EFFECTS OF USING DIFFERENT MAGNETIC FIELD MODELS
M. Vellante1, M. Piersanti1, B. Heilig2, J. Reda3, A. Del Corpo1
1Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
2Tihany Geophysical Observatory, Geological and Geophysical Institute of Hungary, Tihany, Hungary
3Institute of Geophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
14:40 H11.4 ION CYCLOTRON WHISTLERS RELATED TO HEAVY MINOR IONS OBSERVED BY THE AKEBONO SATELLITE AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION IN THE INNER MAGNETOSPHERE
S. Matsuda, Y. Kasahara, Y. Goto
Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
15:00 H11.5 IMAGING THE PLASMASPHERE WITH GROUND BASED GPS TEC OBSERVATIONS AND COMPARISONS WITH IN SITU PLASMASPHERIC OBSERVATIONS WITH VAN ALLEN PROBES
J. C. Foster
MIT Haystack Observatory, Westford, MA, United States
15:20 H11.6 CALIBRATION OF ELECTRON DENSITY OBTAINED FROM WHISTLER INVERSION WITH IN-SITU SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS
J. Lichtenberger1,2, L. Juhász1, C. Ferencz1, M. Clilverd3, C. Rodger4, N. Cherneva5
1Department of Geophysics and Space Sciences, Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary
2Geodetic and Geophysical Institute, Research Center for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Sopron, Hungary
3British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom
4University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
5Institute of Cosmophysical Researches and Radio Wave Propagation, Paratunka, Russia