SuperDARN Workshop 2006 June 5-9
Provisional Program
Sunday, June 4 |
| 1800-2100 | Registration and Icebreaker at Refuge Inn
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Monday, June 5 |
| Session 1: Status reports, analysis techniques, hardware developments
Chair: Steve Milan |
| 0815 | Welcome
Greenwald, R. A.
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| 0820 | Status of SuperDARN radars
Lester, M.
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| 0900 | Extension of SuperDARN in Siberia
Zherebtsov, G., A. Potatpov, M. Lester, C. Hanuise, J. P. Villain, and V. Krasnoselskikh
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| 0910 | Status report for Zhongshan planned radar
Hu, H., H. Yang, and R. Liu
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| 0920 | Radar software status report: The light at the end of the tunnel
Barnes, R. J.
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| 0940 | First observations from the SPEAR HF radar
Baddeley, L. J., T. K. Yeoman, D. M. Wright, T. J. T. Karhunen, E. C. Thomas, and T. Robinson
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| 1000 | Break
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| 1025 | First Anniversary Evaluation of the Performance of the Wallops SuperDARN Radar
Greenwald, R. A., K. Oksavik, R. J. Barnes, J. M. Ruohoniemi, J. B. H. Baker, and J. W. Gjerloev
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| 1045 | Initial Observations with the Rankin Inlet PolarDARN radar
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| 1105 | Direct digital synthesis (DDS), advanced beam forming, digital receivers, radar imaging, SuperSTEREO, a new phasing system, and other developments
Parris, R. T., and W. A. Bristow
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| 1125 | Prediction of solar wind propagation delay and applications for SuperDARN
Jensen, P., and W. Bristow
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| 1145 | Further analysis of the criteria to separate ground and ionospheric backscatter in SuperDARN data
Blanchard, G. T., S. Sundeen, and K. B. Baker
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| 1205 | Lunch
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| Chair: R Todd Parris |
| 1300 | The Coordinate Registration Improvement System (CRIS) satellite instrumention
Bernhardt, P. A., and C. L. Siefring
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| 1320 | The Shape of SuperDARN Spectra
Moorcroft, D.
| | 1340 | High spectral width and lifetime of decameter ionospheric irregularities
Ponomarenko, P. V., C. L. Waters, and F. W. Menk
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| 1400 | Noise ACFs
Shepherd, S. G.
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| 1420 | A new range-virtual height model for SuperDARN backscatter
Chisham, G.
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| 1440 | Prototyping DASI: The ISIS (Intercepted Signals for Ionospheric Science) Project
Erickson, P. J., and F. D. Lind
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| 1500 | Break
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| Session 2: Outer magnetosphere/high latitude satellite coordination
Chair: Jo Baker |
| 1525 | DMSP data overview and challenges of integrating it with SuperDARN data
Hairston, M. R., J. M. Ruohoniemi, and S. G. Shepherd
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| 1540 | Joint analysis of high-latitude plasma convection with SuperDARN and DMSP
Ruohoniemi, J. M., M. R. Hairston, and S. G. Shepherd
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| 1555 | Comparing SuperDARN Doppler shifts with DMSP velocities under ideal situations: Is there a problem?
St-Maurice, J.-P., R. Drayton, R. Choudhary, A. Kustov, and S. Bansal
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| 1615 | Electric field mapping in a dipole field - a tutorial overview
Sofko, G. J., and A. D. M. Walker
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| 1630 | Mapping of steady state electric fields and convective drifts in realistic magnetic field models
Walker, A. D. M., and G. J. Sofko
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| 1645 | Return to Refuge Inn
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| 1830 | Crab feast
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Tuesday, June 6 |
| Session 2: Outer magnetosphere/high latitude satellite coordination - Cont’d
Chair: Jean-Paul Villain
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| 0815 | Maximizing THEMIS science: Probe alignments and ground conjunctions -- Invited
Angelopoulos, V.
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| 0845 | The role of ground-based observations in the THEMIS mission -- Invited
Donovan, E., S. Mende, H. Frey, C. Russell, V. Angelopoulos, B. Jackel, and M. Syrjaesuo (presented by M. Lester)
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| 0905 | SuperDARN, THEMIS and Cluster: Opportunities for coordinated observations
Wild, J. A., M. A. Hapgood, and S. E. Milan
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| 0925 | Observations of tail dynamics using ground and space-based instruments during a period of multiple substorm events
Forsyth, C., M. Lester, S. Milan, A. Grocott, H. U. Frey, E. Lucek, H. Reme, and J. Watermann
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| 0945 | Substorm convection patterns observed by the Super Dual Auroral Radar Network
Bristow, W. A., and R. T. Parris
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| 1005 | Break
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| 1030 | Towards a synthesis of substorm electrodynamics: HF radar and auroral observations
Grocott, A., M. Lester, M. L. Parkinson, T. K. Yeoman, P. L. Dyson, and H. U. Frey
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| 1050 | Sunward high speed convection and substorm current system
Kikuchi, T., H. Ishikawa, K. K. Hashimoto, and M. Kunitake
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| 1110 | Statistical study of SuperDARN global convection patterns during intervals of steady magnetospheric convection
McWilliams, K. A., J. B. Pfeifer, and R. L. McPherron
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| 1130 | Conjugate response of ionospheric convection to sudden changes in the IMF
Mravlag, E., J. P. S. Rash, and A. D. M. Walker
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| 1150 | Lunch
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| Session 3: Outer magnetosphere/polar cap processes
Chair: Kjellmar Oksavik
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| 1300 | High latitude ionospheric observations with the Advanced Modular Incoherent Scatter Radar (AMISR) -- Invited
Robinson, R., C. Heinselman, and J. Kelly
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| 1330 | Spatial relationship of polar cap patches and field-aligned irregularities observed with an all-sky imager and SuperDARN radar
Hosokawa, K., K. Shiokawa, Y. Otsuka, A. Nakajima, T. Ogawa, N. Sato, and A. S. Yukimatu
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| 1350 | Formation and motion of a transpolar arc in response to dayside and nightside reconnection
Milan, S. E., B. Hubert, and A. Grocott
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| 1410 | Multi-instrument observations of a transpolar arc in the northern hemisphere
Goudarzi, A., M. Lester, S. E. Milan, G. Chisham, and H. U. Frey
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| 1430 | Survey of reconnection signatures in auroral oval ion precipitation
Sotirelis, T., P. T. Newell, J. W. Gjerloev, K. Liou, C.-I. Meng, and F. J. Rich
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| 1450 | Break -- Special Treat
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| Session 4: Outer magnetosphere/reconnection/boundaries
Chair: A David M Walker
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| 1530 | Monitoring ionospheric signatures of magnetospheric boundaries with SuperDARN: A statistical approach
Lointier, G., T. Dudok de Wit, C. Hanuise, and J.-P. Villain
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| 1550 | The auroral and ionospheric flow signatures of dual lobe reconnection
Imber, S. M., S. E. Milan, and B. Hubert
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| 1610 | SuperDARN interhemispheric observations of reconnection signatures: A case study
Coco, I., E. Amata, M. F. Marcucci, J.-P. Villain, and S. Massetti
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| 1630 | Cluster and SuperDARN observations during a positive By period
Ambrosino, D., E. Amata, M. F. Marcucci, I. Coco, and H. Reme
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| 1650 | Return to Refuge Inn
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| Dinner on Your Own
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Wednesday, June 7 |
| Session 5: Inner magnetosphere/sub-auroral ionosphere
Chair: Kathryn McWilliams
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| 0815 | Multi-instrument techniques provide new views of geospace -- Invited
Foster, J.
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| 0845 | EISCAT observations of plasma patches at sub-auroral cusp latitudes
Moen, J., H. C. Carlson, K. Oksavik, C. P. Nielsen, S. E. Pryse, H. R. Middleton, I. W. McCrea, and P. Gallop
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| 0905 | Observations of temperature gradient instabilities in the plasmapause region using the SuperDARN HF Wallops radar and Millstone Hill
Erickson, P. J., F. D. Lind, R. A. Greenwald, and K. Oksavik
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| 0925 | Relations between the partial ring current and the sub-auroral electric fields: IMAGE/HENA and Wallops comparison
Brandt, P. C., Y. Zheng, K. Oksavik, T. Sotirelis, E. Talaat, and R. A. Greenwald
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| 0945 | First observations of the temporal/spatial variation of the sub-auroral polarization stream from the SuperDARN Wallops HF radar
Oksavik, K., R. A. Greenwald, J. M. Ruohoniemi, M. R. Hairston, L. J. Paxton, J. B. H. Baker, J. W. Gjerloev, and R. J. Barnes
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| 1005 | Break
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| 1030 | Detached westward flow channels observed during moderately disturbed conditions (Kp = 3)
Makarevich, R. A., and P. L. Dyson
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| 1050 | An Auroral Westward Flow Channel (AWFC) and its relationship to field-aligned current, ring current, and plasmapause location determined using the Cluster and Iridium satellites
Parkinson, M. L., J. A. Wild, C. L. Waters, M. Lester, E. A. Lucek, and P. M. E. Décréau
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| 1110 | On the nature of high-velocity echoes seen by the KS radar
Koustov, A. V., R. A. Drayton, and K. A. McWilliams
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| 1130 | Velocity variability of ionospheric irregularities on inner magnetosphere magnetic field lines
Greenwald, R. A., K. Oksavik, J. M. Ruohoniemi, J. B. H. Baker, and J. W. Gjerloev
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| 1150 | DEMETER observations of highly structured plasma density and associated ELF electric field and magnetic field irregularities at middle and low latitudes near 720 km altitude
Pfaff, R., C. Liebrecht, J.-J. Berthelier, M. Parrot, and J.-P. Lebreton
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| 1210 | Lunch
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| 1300 | Depart for Wallops SuperDARN radar site
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| 1500 | Beach volleyball tournament
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| Dinner on your own
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| 2000 | Poster session (at Refuge Inn)
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| P1 | Mid-latitude flows and Birkeland currents: SuperDARN-Iridium inter-comparison
Anderson, B. J., K. Oksavik, R. A. Greenwald, H. Korth, and J. M. Ruohoniemi
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| P2 | New developments in the theory of E region irregularities: Anything we should take note of in high latitude research?
St-Maurice, J.-P., J. Drexler, and R. K. Choudhary
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| P3 | Mid-latitude transient convection events
Gjerloev, J. W., R. A. Greenwald, R. J. Barnes, K. Oksavik, J. M. Rouhoniemi, and J. B. H. Baker
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| P4 | Measuring the dayside thermospheric response to extreme Joule heating using SuperDARN and TIMED GUVI
Baker, J. B. H., R. A. Greenwald, L. J. Paxton, Y. Zhang, and J. M. Ruohoniemi
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| P5 | Simultaneous measurement of auroral fine-scale structures with ground-based all-sky TV camera and SuperDARN over Iceland
Hosokawa, K., T. Yamano, N. Sato, S. Shimizu, Y. Murata, S. E. Milan, M. Lester, G. Bjornsson, and T. Saemundsson
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| P6 | A characterisation of ionospheric velocity from small to global scales
Abel, G. A., M. P. Freeman, G. Chisham, and N. W. Watkins
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| P7 | Comparison of the one-way (transmit) performance of the SABRE log-periodic antenna and the APL Wallops twin-terminated folded dipole antenna over perfect, good and poor ground using EZNEC modelling
Chapman, P., N. Cobbett, and M. P. Freeman
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| P8 | Modeling Sudden Impulse Events in the High Latitude Ionosphere
Holliday, M., S. G. Shepherd, and D. Murr
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| P9 | Observation of large-scale plasma structures with GPS TEC and SuperDARN HF radars
Ruohoniemi, J. M., Greenwald, R. A., A. J. Costner, M. Colerico, and P. J. Erickson
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| P10 | Why do we need DigiDARN - A global network of digital SuperDARN radars?
Parkinson, M. L., J. S. Whittington, and J. C. Devlin
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| P11 | Oceanographic research: A new application for SuperDARN radars
Greenwood, R. I., M. L. Parkinson, H. Ye, and P. L. Dyson
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| P12 | Status report of SENSU Syowa East and Syowa South radars
Sato, N., and S. A. Yukimatu
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| P13 | Hokkaido HF radar progress report
Nishitani, N., T. Ogawa, T. Kikuchi, Y. Miyoshi, K. Hosokawa, and Hokkaido HF radar group
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| P14 | Increasing the efficiency of multipulse sequences
Greenwald, R. A., and R. J. Barnes
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| P15 | Transpolar arcs and the Dungey cycle: A multi-instrument study
Eriksson, S., G. Provan, M. Lester, S. E. Milan, S. Massetti, B. Anderson, and B. Hubert
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Thursday, June 8 |
| Session 6: Global magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling
Chair: Kile Baker
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| 0815 | LWS geospace and the SuperDARN radars -- Invited
Sibeck, D. G., and the LWS Geospace team
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| 0845 | An analysis of the impact of mid-latitude measurements on the determination of ionospheric convection patterns
Baker, J. B. H., R. A. Greenwald, J. M. Ruohoniemi, K. Oksavik, and J. W. Gjerloev
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| 0905 | Effects of auroral precipitation on ionospheric convection
Lu, G.
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| 0925 | On the storm-time expansion of the auroral oval to low latitudes
Milan, S. E., B. Hubert, and M. R. Hairston
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| 0945 | AMPERE: Active Magnetosphere and Planetary Electrodynamics Experiment
Anderson, B. J., R. A. Greenwald, H. Korth, and J. M. Ruohoniemi
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| 1005 | Break
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| 1030 | Birkeland currents, ionosphere conductivity and SuperDARN data
Waters, C. L., D. L. Green, B. J. Anderson, and R. J. Barnes
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| 1050 | Low energy auroral secondary ions and SuperDARN convection
Sofko, G., M. Watanabe, and B. Schwab
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| 1110 | Investigation of field line resonances and discrete continuous oscillations in the solar wind via cross-phase techniques
Fenrich, F. R., and C. L. Waters
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| 1130 | What made the August 2002 ground scatter ring?
Magnus, L.
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| 1150 | Comparison of the magnetic equivalent convection direction and the true convection observed by the SuperDARN radars
Benkevich, L. V., A. V. Koustov, and J. Liang
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| 1210 | Lunch
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| Session 7: Winds, instabilities and chaos
Chair: Nozomu Nishitani
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| 1310 | Atmospheric dynamics using SuperDARN winds and TIMED measurements
Talaat, E. R., J. M. Ruohoniemi, and R. A. Greenwald
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| 1330 | How parallel ion drifts and their shears could destabilize the high latitude plasma in the F region at decameter wavelengths
St-Maurice, J.-P., J.-M. Noel, and P. Perron
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| 1350 | Electric field and plasma density observations of long wavelength structures and localized packets of short scale waves associated with sporadic-E layers in the presence of QP radar echoes
Pfaff, R., H. Freudenreich, E. Kudeki, and M. Larsen
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| 1410 | Observations of a phase transition in the plasma turbulence across the HF radar spectral width boundary
Parkinson, M. L., and K. M. Hannah
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| 1430 | Particle precipitation and SuperDARN spectral width: Anti-correlation or correlation?
Ponomarenko, P. V., C. L. Waters, and F. W. Menk
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| 1450 | Break - Beach Time
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| 1830 | SuperDARN Reception and Buffet Dinner
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Friday, June 9 |
| Session 8: Working group reports & next year’s meeting
Chair: Mark Lester |
| 0900 | SuperDARN in the International Polar Year
Freeman, M. P.
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| 0920 | SuperDARN 2007
Nishitani, N.
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| 0935 | Software Development Working Group
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| 0950 | FITACF Working Group
| | 1005 | Satellite Coordination Working Group
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| 1020 | Data Distribution Report
Andre, D.
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| 1035 | Scheduling Working Group
Andre, D.
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| 1050 | PIs Report
Lester, M.
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