MILLENNIUM MIST
11-13 APRIL 2000
PROGRAMME
14:00
Welcome and local arrangements. Peter Cargill (IC)
Session
1 – Chairman: Andy Smith (BAS)
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14:05 |
E Griffin, A Aruliah, I Muller-Wodarg, (UCL), Long term trends in thermospheric neutral winds derived from ionosonde measurements |
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14:20 |
M.J. Harris, A. Aylward, (UCL), M.V. Codrescu, T.J. Fuller-Rowell, (CIRES), F. Eparvier, A study of thermosphere-mesosphere photochemical coupling due to medium energy high latitude particle precipitation using the UCL Coupled Middle Atmosphere and Thermosphere General Circulation model (CMAT) |
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14:35 |
C.R.Wilford, R.J.Moffett, J.M.Rees (Sheffield), Modelling Helium Ions in the Earth's Upper Atmosphere |
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14:50 |
A. R. Lawrence (Cambridge) M. J.Jarvis (BAS), Observations of planetary waves in the stratosphere, mesosphere and ionosphere in Antarctica, |
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15:05 |
V.St.C.Howells (RAL), N.J.Mitchell (Aberystwyth), Vertical wavenumber spectra associated with gravity waves in the mesosphere/lower thermosphere |
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15:20 |
P. A. Cook, T. Robinson, N Arnold, (Leicester), N. Mitchell, (Aberystwyth) Comparing the measurements from a new meteor radar to the results from CUTLASS Finland |
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15:35 |
N.F. Arnold, T.R. Robinson (Leicester), Geomagnetic influences on the winter stratospheric circulation |
15:50 – 16:15 – Coffee (outside meeting room)
Session
2 – Chairman: Mark Lester (Leicester)
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16:15 |
H. Rishbeth (Southampton), What happened to superrotation? |
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16:30 |
S. Robertson, (Southampton), I. Furniss, (UCL), First results from an optical/radar campaign, Svalbard, December 1999. |
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16:45 |
A. M. Smith, S. E. Pryse (Aberystwyth), Multi - instrument observations of processes in the ionospheric cusp region |
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17:00 |
H. Tao, F. Honary (Lancaster) C. Davis (RAL), Substorm Effect on HF radio Propagation from Simultaneous IRIS Dynasonde and EISCAT Observations |
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17:15 |
G. Chisham, M. Pinnock, A.S. Rodger (BAS), Poleward-moving HF radar flow bursts in the cusp: Transient changes in flow speed or direction? |
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17:30 |
E.E.Woodfield |
17:45: – STP ground based facilities meeting (Coordinator: Mark Lester)
Session
3 – Chairman: Ian Mann (York)
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09:00 |
P. Bakki, (Budapest), New method for monitoring the state of the ionosphere |
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09:15 |
M. Lester (Leicester), N. Fox (GSFC), J.B. Sigwarth (Iowa), Joint SuperDARN and VIS observations of ionospheric flows during magnetospheric substorms |
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09:30 |
I J Coleman, M Pinnock, A S Rodger , (BAS), Ionospheric signatures of dayside antiparallel merging, |
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09:45 |
R.A. Mathie, I.R. Mann (York), R.H.A. Iles and A.N. Fazakerley (MSSL), Evidence of a connection between enhanced relativistics MeV electron flux and storm-time Pc5 pulsation power in the magnetosphere |
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10:00 |
L.G.Ozeke, I.R.Mann (York), G.Chisham, (BAS), Modelling the generation of geomagnetic giant pulsations |
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10:15 |
D. Clack, R. J. Forsyth (IC), Large-scale co-rotating shock orientations as observed by Ulysses |
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10:30 |
G.H. Jones, A. Balogh (IC) T. S. Horbury (QMW), An unusual feature in the solar wind detected by Ulysses |
10:45
– 11:15: Coffee (in poster room, civil engineering 307)
Session
4 – Chairman: Steve Schwartz (QMW)
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11:15 |
S.C. Chapman, (Warwick), A.T.Y.Lui, K. Liou, P.T. Newell, C.I. Meng (JHU/APL), M. Brittnacher and G.K. Parks (Washington), Auroral evidence for avalanching dynamics in the magnetosphere |
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11:30 |
M. P. Freeman, N. W. Watkins and D. J. Riley, (BAS), Burst lifetimes in AE indices and solar wind inputs |
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11:45 |
T. S. Horbury, D. Burgess, M. Fraenz (QMW), C. J. Owen (MSSL), Three spacecraft observations of solar wind structures |
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12:00 |
M.Y. Gulamali, P.J. Cargill (IC), Ulysses Observations Of MHD Waves And Turbulence In A Co-rotating Interaction Region |
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12:15 |
P.J. Moran, A.R. Breen, R.A. Fallows, A. Canals (Aberystwyth), Interplanetary scintillation observations using Eiscat and Merlin highlights of the 1999 campaign |
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12:30 |
J. M. Schmidt, P. J. Cargill (IC), Numerical models of magnetic reconnection between a CME and the solar wind |
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12:45 |
J. Sherman, R. Warren-Smith (RAL), Future PPARC STP computing provision: what Starlink will be able to provide. |
13:00
– 14:00 Lunch (in poster room, civil engineering 307)
Session
5 – Chairman: Peter Cargill (IC)
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14:00 |
A Balogh, (IC), Cluster: the first 6 months |
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14:10 |
M. Hapgood, (RAL), Cluster: the master science plan |
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14:20 |
S. Schwartz, (QMW), Cluster: the UK data facilities |
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14:30 |
M. Lockwood, (RAL), Cluster: ground-based science |
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14:40 |
M.Lester, (Leicester), SPEAR: current situation and future plans |
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14:50 |
A. J. Smith, (BAS), New BAS experiments in the Antarctic |
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15:00 |
I. McCrea, (RAL), A new EISCAT for the new millennium |
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15:10 |
F. Honary, (Lancaster), E. Nielsen (MPAe), A new high resolution imaging riometer. |
15:20
– 15:50: coffee (in poster room, civil engineering 307)
Session
6 – Chairman: Chris Owen (MSSL)
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15:50 |
S. Topliss, C. Owen, I. Krauklis (MSSL), C. Kletzing (Iowa), POLAR particle observations of the cusp boundary layer for northward IMF. Open or closed field lines? |
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16:05 |
M.G.G.T. Taylor, P.J. Cargill (IC), A model of magnetic fluctuations in the cusp |
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16:20 |
N. P. Meredith (MSSL) and R. B. Horne(BAS), A survey of whistler mode chorus in the inner magnetosphere using data from the CRRES Plasma Wave Experiment |
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16:35 |
R. T. Mist, C. J. Owen, (MSSL), T. Mukai, (ISAS), Ion distributions in the distant plasma sheet |
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16:50 |
M. W. Dunlop, E. A. Lucek, A. Balogh and P. Cargill (IC), Extent of the PDL in the near magnetosheath on the dawn-side magnetopause |
17:05
– 18:30: Poster Session: CE room 307 (list of posters at end of programme)
18:30
– 20:00: Bar (main dining hall, Sherfield building)
20:00
– 22:00: Conference dinner (main dining hall, Sherfield building)
Session
7 – Chairman: Malcolm Dunlop (IC)
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09:00 |
E. J. Bunce, S. W. H. Cowley (Leicester), Local Time Asymmetry of the Equatorial Current Sheet in Jupiter's Magnetosphere |
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09:15 |
R Wilson, M K Dougherty (IC), Further Evidence of Low Frequency Waves in Jupiter's Middle Magnetosphere |
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09:30 |
S. A. Espinosa, M. K. Dougherty (IC), Surprising Periodic Perturbations in Saturn's Magnetic Field |
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09:45 |
A. Rymer, G Abel, A Coates, D Linder (MSSL) & the Cassini CAPS team, A preliminary study of 30eV electrons observed on entering Earth's plasma sheet - Cassini ELS |
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10:00 |
M. K. Dougherty, D. J. Southwood (IC) and the Cassini magnetometer team, Overview of Magnetic Field Measurements from the Cassini Earth Swing-by |
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10:15 |
P. Birch, S. Chapman, (Warwick), One-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations of the lunar wake |
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10:30 |
A.J. Smith (BAS), MIST announcements |
10:35 – 11:00: Coffee (outside meeting room)
Session
8 – Chairman: Alan Aylward (UCL)
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11:00 |
R. Dhillon, D Wright, T Robinson (Leicester), Artificial Field-Aligned Irregularities: Decay Times and ACF Decorrelation Times |
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11:15 |
Y. Z. Su, G. J. Bailey (Sheffield), Modelling Studies of the Equinoctial Asymmetries at Low Latitudes |
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11:30 |
C. Szombathy (Budapest), A new method for the investigation of the ionosphere via measuring the spectrum of average radio power density |
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11:45 |
I. C. F. Mueller-Wodarg, A.D. Aylward (UCL), The Tidal Thermospheric Spoon |
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12:00 |
M E Dieckmann, (Linkoeping), A mechanism for floating Q-resonances in the context of topside sounding |
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12:15 |
M. J. Kosch, K. Cierpka, M. Rietveld, T. Hagfors and K. Schlegel, (MPAe), Thermospheric ion-drag time constants using eiscat and a fabry-perot interferometer |
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12:30 |
A.L.Aruliah, I.C.F.Mueller-Wodarg, A.D.Aylward, J.Ruxton, (UCL), M. Kosch (MPAe), M Lester (Leicester), The Flywheel Effect: Consequences of neutral wind inertia on the ionosphere-thermosphere system after a geomagnetic storm |
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12:45 |
T. K. Yeoman, D. M. Wright (Leicester), Drift-bounce resonance interactions in ULF waves observed in artificially -induced radar backscatter |
Posters will be on display all day on April 12 in Civil Engineering room 307.
R. Balthazor, R Erdelyi (Sheffield), Thermospheric heating from the middle atmosphere
S.
Chapman, B.
Hnat (Warwick), VR visualization as a tool for exploring astroplasma systems
G.Chisham, M.Pinnock, A.S.Rodger (BAS), The response of the HF radar spectral width boundary to a switch in the IMF By direction: Ionospheric consequences of transient dayside reconnection?
TDG
Clark, AWP
Thomson, E Clarke, P White (BGS), Monitoring geomagnetically induced
currents in the Scottish power grid
E.M.Clarke (Sheffield Hallam), C. J. Davis, M. Lockwood, S. A. Bell (RAL), Long
term changes in EUV and X-ray emissions from the solar corona and chromosphere
as measured by the response of the Earth's ionosphere during total solar
eclipses.
S.
Dalla, A.
Balogh (IC), B. Heber (MPAe), Further evidence of 154 day periodicity in
solar energetic particle fluxes at 5 AU
J.A. Davies, S.W.H. Cowley, M. Lester, (Leicester), EISCAT VHF observations in the region of the poleward expanding auroral bulge
M.W.
Dunlop, (IC),
The Jovian current sheet geometry
M.Fraenz, D. Burgess, T. S. Horbury
(QMW), MHD and kinetic aspects of magnetic depressions in the solar wind
M.
Hapgood,
(RAL), Solar cycle variation of solar wind ram pressure and its implications
for mission planning
M. J. Kosch, K. Cierpka, M. Rietveld, T. Hagfors and K. Schlegel, (MPAe), Thermospheric ion-drag time constants using EISCATt and a Fabry-Perot interferometer
I. Krauklis, A. Coates, (MSSL). O. Vaisberg (Marshall). B Peterson (Lockheed), Two point observations of Lobe-reconnection
E. A. Lucek, P. Cargill, M. W. Dunlop and A. Balogh, (IC), Equator-S magnetic field observations of high frequency waves at magnetopause crossings
N.
Mattin, R.
Hibbins, (BAS), DABS - A first look at the BAS Data Access and Browsing
System
G. H. Millward (UCL), A CTIP Model Investigation of the Influence of Tidal Forcing on Equatorial Vertical Ion Drift.
Mueller-Wodarg, I.C.F., A.D. Aylward (UCL), R.V. Yelle(NAU), M.
Mendillo(BU), The application of General Circulation Models to Titan and
Triton
R. P. Rijnbeek (Sussex), Reconnection in an Accelerating Plasma
A.J. Smith, M.P. Freeman, S. Hunter (BAS), VLF, Magnetic and Pi2 Substorm Signatures
T.
J. Stubbs, P. Cargill, (IC) M. Grande, B. Kellett, M. Lockwood, C. Perry
(RAL), Convection electric field effects creating asymmetries in the
occurrence of magnetosheath particles in the magnetosphere
Aberystwyth:
Department of Physics, University of Wales, Aberystwyth
BAS:
British Antarctic Survey
BGS:
British Geological Survey
Birmingham:
University of Birmingham
BU:
Boston University, USA
Budapest:
Technical University of Budapest, Hungary
Cambridge:
University of Cambridge
CIRES:
Cooperative Institute for Reserach in Environmental Sciences, University of
Colorado
GSFC:
Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA.
IC:
Imperial College, London
Iowa:
University of Iowa, USA
ISAS:
Istitute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan
JHU/APL:
Applied Physics Laboratory, The John Hopkins University
Lancaster:
Communication Research Centre, University of Lancaster
Leicester
: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester
Linkoeping
: ITN, University of Linkoeping, Campus Norrkoeping, Sweden
Lockheed:
Lockheed Martin Palo Alto Res. Lab.
Marshall:
Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA
MPAe:
Max-Planck Institute Fur Aeronomie, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany
MSSL:
Mullard Space Science Laboratory
NRL:
US Naval Research Laboratory
QMW:
Astronomy Unit, Queen Mary and Westfield College, London
RAL:
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Sheffield:
Dept. of Applied Maths., University of Sheffield
Southampton:
University of Southampton
Sussex:
Space Science Centre, University of Sussex
UCL:
Atmospheric Physics Lab, University College London
UCLA:
University of California, Los Angeles, USA
UNA:
Northern Arizona University, USA
UNIS:
University Courses in Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Norway
Uppsala:
Uppsala University, Sweden
Warwick:
University of Warwick
Washington:
University of Washington, USA
York:
Magnetospheric Physics Group, Department of Physics, University of York