Steel MIST / UK Solar Physics 2002

From the Sun to the Earth

The meeting was held at the University of Sheffield in the Tapton Hall of Residence, Sheffield.

MIST Session 1
Chairperson: Roy Moffett (Sheffield)

• 13.55 Welcome: Roy Moffett (Sheffield)
  

• 14.00 R.A. Heelis (University of Texas at Dallas), D. McEwen, and W. Guo, Ion and neutral drifts in the polar upper atmosphere.
• 14.15 C.R. Wilford (Sheffield), R.J. Moffett, J.M. Rees, G.J. Bailey, S.A. González, R.A. Heelis, Comparison of the He+ layer seen above Arecibo with the CTIP model.
• 14.27 A.L. Aruliah (UCL), E.M. Griffin, A.D. Aylward, and I.C.F. Mueller-Wodarg, Does the thermosphere pre-condition the ionosphere?
• 14.39 H. Rishbeth (Southampton), and R.A. Heelis, Atomic oxygen zones in the winter thermosphere.
• 14.51 E.M. Griffin (UCL), A.L. Aruliah, A.D. Aylward, I.C.F. Mueller-Wodarg, Auroral zone and polar cap thermospheric neutral temperatures: models and measurements.
• 15.03 M.H. Denton (Aberystwyth), S.E. Pryse, R.L. Balthazor, R.W. Sims, R.J. Moffett, and G.J. Bailey, Modelling the tongue of ionisation: preliminary simulations and experimental validation.
• 15.15 N. Balan (Aberystywth), S. Kawamura, T. Nakamura, M.Yamamoto, S. Fukao, S. Watanabe, K. Igarashi, K. Shiokawa, Y. Otsuka, and T.Ogawa, Simultaneous mesosphere-thermosphere-ionosphere observations during geomagnetic storms.

• 15.27 Coffee

• 16.00 G.H. Millward (UCL), S. Miller, and A.D. Aylward, Global coupled model studies of the Jovian upper atmosphere in response to electron precipitation and ionospheric convection within the auroral region.
• 16.12 S. England (Leicester), and N. Arnold, Solar Influences on Global Circulation.
• 16.24 C.J. Davis (RAL), and A.D. Aylward, Investigating the effect of ion velocity variability on electric field models using EISCAT data.
• 16.36 E.V. Thrane (NDRE), T.A. Blix, U-P. Hoppe, O. Lie-Svendsen, and B. Smiley, Recent results on fine scale structures in the high latitude summer mesopause.
• 16.48 J.M. Rees (Sheffield), R.L. Balthazor, and W.B. Zimmerman, Analysis of solitary waves in the ionosphere using an inverse scattering transform.
• 17.00 P.T. Younger (Bath), D. Pancheva, H.R. Middleton, and N.J. Mitchell, The 8-hour tide in the Arctic mesophere and lower thermosphere.
• 17.12 N.F. Arnold (Leicester), T.R. Robinson, and J.Fan, The role of atmospheric gravity waves in amplifying the solar modulation of the winter stratosphere.
• 17.24 N.J.Mitchell (Bath), D.Pancheva, M.E.Hagan, A.H.Manson, C.E.Meek, Y.Luo, Ch.Jacobi, D.Kuerschner, R.R.Clark, W.Hocking, J.MacDougall, G.O.L.Jones, R.A.Vincent, I.M.Reid, W.Singer, K.Igarashi, G.I.Fraser, T.Nakamura, T.Tsuda, Yu.Portnyagin, E. Merzlyakov, A.N.Fahrutdinova, A.M.Stepanov, L.M.G. Poole, S.B.Malinga, B.L.Kashcheyev, and A.N.Oleynikov, Global scale tidal variability and the coupling of tides and planetary waves.
• 17.36 N. Borisov (Lancaster), and A. Gurevich, Artificial ionized region in the atmosphere and its application.
• 17.48 M.J. Jarvis (BAS), C. S. Gardner, P. E. Espy and M. A. Clilverd, An iron resonance lidar at Rothera, Antarctica.

• 18.30-19.30 Dinner: Tapton Hall

• 20.00-21.00 MIST Cup: 5-a-side soccer competion - All-weather pitch

MIST Session 3
Chairperson: Hugo Alleyne (Sheffield)

• 08.45 I. Bates (Sheffield), M.A. Balikhin, and M. Andre, Wave mode identification using Cluster data.
• 08.57 M.W. Dunlop (Imperial), A. Balogh, R. Elphic, J.-M. Bosqued, P. Cargill, B. Lavraud, M.G.G.T. Taylor, A.N. Fazakerley, I. Dandouras, and H. Reme, Cluster observations of the dayside magnetopause.
• 09.09 J.P. Eastwood (Imperial), A. Balogh, M.W. Dunlop, T.S. Horbury, and I. Dandouras, Cluster observations of ULF waves in the terrestrial foreshock.
• 09.21 E.A. Lucek (Imperial), T.S. Horbury, M.W. Dunlop, A. Balogh, S.J. Schwartz, I. Dandouras, and H. Reme, Cluster observations of structures at quasi-parallel shocks.
• 09.33 I. Krauklis (MSSL), A.N. Fazakerley, C.J. Owen, P.J. Carter, M.W. Dunlop, M.G.G.T. Taylor , P. Travnicek, A.J. Coates, R.J. Wilson, S. Szita, and R.J. Wilson, Cluster/PEACE observations of entry layer, boundary layer, and cusp convection during an interval of southward IMF.
• 09.45 M.G.G.T Taylor (MSSL), M. Dunlop, A. Vontrat-Reberac, B. Lavraud, I. Krauklis, C.J. Owen, A. Fazakerley, P. Travnicek, P. Decreau, P. Carter, A.J. Coates, S. Szita, G. Watson, R.J. Wilson, Cluster observations of the dynamic high-altitude cusp.
• 09.57 M.A. Balikhin (Sheffield), M.W. Dunlop, I. Bates, M.S. Ruderman, and H. Alleyne, Cluster observation of a quasi-electrostatic subshock.
• 10.09 A. Rees (Imperial), and R.J. Forsyth, Magnetic Cloud Properties of Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejections Observed by the Ulysses Spacecraft.
• 10.21 J. Gloag (Imperial), and A. Balogh, Characteristics of weak interplanetary shocks and shock-like events.

• 10.33 Coffee

• 10.55 Z.C. Dent (York), I.R. Mann, F.W. Menk, J. Goldstein, and L.G. Ozeke A storm-time study of magnetospheric plasma and electron densities using ground-based magnetometer and IMAGE satellite data.
• 11.07 L.J. Baddeley (Leicester), T.K. Yeoman, and D.M. Wright, Ionospheric signatures of high m ULF waves as measured by the DOppler Pulastion Experiment (DOPE).
• 11.19 L.G. Ozeke (York), and I.R.Mann, Quarter wavelength poloidal ULF waves: a comparison between theory and observation.
• 11.31 D.K. Milling (York), I.R. Mann, and L.G. Ozeke, Observations of a plasmaspheric giant pulsation (Pg)at very low latitudes, around L~3.
• 11.43 P.R. Abernethy (York), and I.R. Mann, A combined magnetometer and STARE radar study of a travelling convection vortex current system.
• 11.55 E.E. Woodfield (Leicester), K. Hosokawa, S.E. Milan, N. Sato, and M. Lester, HF coherent radar spectral width and its relationship to the flow reversal boundary.
• 12.07 S.R. Cash (Leicester), J.A. Davies, E. Kolesnikova, T.R. Robinson, D.M. Wright, T.K. Yeoman, and R.J. Strangeway, Using power law electron energy distributions to understand FAST satellite flux signals during an EISCAT heating experiment.

• 12.19 Andy Smith MIST News

• Henry Rishbeth Access to Scientific Data

• 12.30 - 13.15 Lunch

13.30 Welcome Address: Prof. Colin Whitehouse, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research

Joint MIST/Solar Physics Session: The Solar and Solar-Terrestrial System
Chairperson: Alan Rodger (BAS)

• 13.45: S. Habbal (Aberystwyth), The solar wind at solar maximum and its origin at the Sun
• 14.15: I.R. Mann (York), MHD waves in the magnetosphere: Their role in energy transport and dynamics
• 14.45: A. Breen (Aberystwyth), Untangling the inner heliosphere - the view from radio scintillation measurements

• 15.15: Poster Viewing and Coffee

Joint MIST/Solar Physics Session: S-STP GRID Initiatives
Chairperson: TBA

• 15.45: N. Walton (Cambridge), Astrogrid: Connecting Solar Science with the Virtual Universe
• 16.00: B. Bentley (MSSL), EGSO - Steps towards a virtual solar observatory
• 16.15: C. Perry (RAL), S. Dunkin, M. Grande, C.D. Pike and B. Stewart, SpaceGRID: "Grids" and the European Space Agency
• 16.30: Open Discussion

Joint MIST/UKSP Discussion Session: Where do we go from here?
Chairperson: Peter Cargill (IC)

• 17.00: A. Rodger (BAS), Solar System Review
• 17.15: L. Culhane (MSSL), Solar aspects of ILWS + ESA perspectives
• 17.30: M. Lester (TBC) (Leicester), MIST aspects of ILWS

  19.00 for 19.30: Conference Dinner in Firth Court, Western Bank.

MIST Session 5
Chairperson: Andy Smith (BAS)

• 08.45 G.A. Abel (BAS), A.J. Smith, N.P. Meredith, and G.D. Reeves, The evolution of substorm enhanced whistler mode waves and their relation to SCEs seen on the ground.
• 08.57 N.P. Meredith (MSSL), R.B. Horne, D. Summers, R.M. Thorne, R.H.A. Iles, D. Heynderickx, and R.R. Anderson, Evidence for acceleration of outer zone electrons to relativistic energies by whistler mode chorus.
• 09.09 A.J. Smith (BAS), and R.B. Horne, Whistler mode chorus and electron acceleration in magnetic storms - a ground-based study.
• 09.21 J.D. Nichols (Leicester), and S.W.H. Cowley, Magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling current system in Jupiter's middle magnetosphere: dependence on height integrated ionospheric Pedersen conductivity and iogenic plasma mass outflow.
• 09.33 G.Chisham (BAS), M.P.Freeman, and M.Pinnock, Assessing the accuracy of open-closed field line boundary determinations in the cusp ionosphere.
• 09.45 J. Semeter (SRI), R. Doe, C. Heinselman, J. Thayer, and J. Kelly, F-region aurora and its magnetospheric consequences.
• 09.57 K. Throp (Southampton), B.S. Lanchester, M. Lockwood, and H. Frey, Novel studies of magnetopause reconnection using hydrogen emissions in the cusp.
• 10.09 T.J. Stubbs (Imperial), P.J. Cargill, M. Lockwood, M. Grande, B. Kellett, and C. Perry, A comparison between ion characteristics observed by the POLAR and DMSP spacecraft in the high-latitude dayside magnetosphere.
• 10.21 S.K. Morley (Southampton), and M. Lockwood, Field-aligned current structure associated with ionospheric signatures of transient magnetopause reconnection.

• 10.33 Poster Viewing and Coffee

• 11.12 M.J. Kosch (Lancaster), L.R. Harris, A.J. Kavanagh, S.R. Marple, M.W.J. Scourfield, G. Bodeker, M. Gaussa, and F. Honary, Mesospheric ozone destruction during a solar proton event.
• 11.24 S.R. Marple (Lancaster), F. Honary and M. Friedrich IRIS Observations of Solar Activity.
• 11.36 A.J.Kavanagh (Lancaster/RAL), F. Honary, I.W. McCrea, E. Donovan, J. Manninen, P.C. Anderson, and E.E. Woodfield, Substorm related changes in precipitation in the dayside auroral zone: a multi-instrument case study.
• 11.48 A. Senior (Lancaster), and F.Honary, IRIS observations of cosmic noise absorption pulsations.
• 12.00 N.M.K. Al-Hatmi (Sheffield), M.A. Balikhin, and I. Bates, Wavelet based spectral analysis of the atmospheric temperatures from 1600Bc to the present time.
• 12.12 D.M. Willis (Warwick), G.M. Armstrong, C.E. Ault, and F. R. Stephenson, Historical Geomagnetic Storms.
• 12.24 E. Clarke (BGS), M.A. Cliverd, T. Clark, H. Rishbeth, and T. Ulich, The causes of long-term change in the aa index.
• 12.36 M.P. Freeman (BAS), R.W. Clarke, and N.W. Watkins, The application of computational mechanics to the analysis of geomagnetic data.

• 13.00 Lunch

• 08.45: R. Harrison (RAL), An update on the SOHO mission, the development of the STEREO mission and future plans for Solar Orbiter
• 09.10: L. Harra (MSSL) and L. Culhane, The Science of Solar B
• 09.30: M. Thompson (IC), An update on the SDO mission
• 09.50: G. Simnett (Bimingham), An update on the SMEI mission
• 10.10: A. Conway (Open University) and J. Brown, First results from HESSI

• 10.30: Poster Viewing and Coffee

Solar Physics Session: Trends in the Solar-Terrestrial System
Chairperson: Len Culhane (MSSL)

• 11.00: M. Lockwood (RAL), Long-term variations in solar magnetic fields and potential effects on terrestrial climate
• 11.30: R. Forsyth (IC), A. Balogh, G.H. Jones and E.J. Smith, The heliospheric magnetic field from pole to pole at solar maximum
• 11.45: R.A. Fallows (Aberystwyth), P.J.S. Williams and A.R. Breen, Evolution with heliocentric distance of turbulent-scale irregularities in the solar wind
• 12.00: M. Owens (IC) and P.J. Cargill, Magnetic field intensitiy and solar wind speed correlation of events observed by ACE
• 12.15: L. Allen (Aberystwyth) and X. Li, A three-fluid, 16-moment gyrotropic fast solar wind: The effects of He++
• 12.30: Y.A. Taroyan (Sheffield) and R. Erdelyi, MHD waves and instabilities at the outer magnetospheric boundary

• 13.00: Lunch

Solar Physics Session: Large-scale energy releases in the solar atmosphere
Chairperson: Phillipa Browning (UMIST)

• 13.45: S. Matthews (MSSL), L. van Driel-Gesztelyi, H. Hudson and N. Nitta, The origin of solar white-light flares
• 14.00: K. Phillips (RAL) and U. Feldman, Estimation of flare parameters from X-ray spectra
• 14.15: C. Goff (MSSL), S. Matthews and L. Harra, Single source hard X-Ray sources and the 'Standard' Model
• 14.30: M. Birch (UCLAN), B.J.I.Bromage and J.K.Hargreaves, The energetic particle events of Solar Cycle 23
• 14.45: C. Brockwell (Open University) and A. Conway, Modelling solar magnetic energy release using cellular automata

Solar Physics Session: Coronal heating... how many ideas have we got?
Chairperson: Robert Erdelyi (Sheffield)

• 15.00: E.R. Priest (St. Andrews), A flux tube tectonics model for coronal heating

• 15.30: Poster Viewing and Coffee

• 16.00: P. Browning (UMIST) and R. van der Linden, Coronal heating by relaxation events
• 16.15: C. Mendoza (Sheffield), R. Erdelyi and L. Sigalotti, Impulsive heating in solar coronal loops
• 16.30: G. Vekstein (UMIST) and R. Jain, Probing nanoflare heating with the X-ray variability of coronal loops
• 16.45: D. Bewsher(St. Andrews), C.E. Parnell and D.E. Innes, Blinkers and explosive events
• 17.00: D. Marik (Sheffield) and R. Erdelyi, What the nature of blinkers really is?
• 17.15: D. Tsiklauri (Warwick) and V.M. Nakariakov, A three dimensional Alfvenic pulse in a transversely inhomogeneous medium
• 17.30: V. Nakariakov (Warwick) and D. Tsiklauri, Heating of coronal loops by wide spectrum slow waves
• 17.45: X. Li (Aberystwyth), Dissipation of ion cyclotron waves by minor ions and plasma heating in coronal funnels

• 18.30-19.30 Dinner: Tapton Hall

Solar Physics Session: Atmospheric magnetic fields
Chairperson: Ken Phillips (RAL)

• 08.45: C. Parnell (St. Andrews), Nature of the magnetic carpet
• 09.00: D. H Mackay (St. Andrews), E.R. Priest and M. Lockwood, Evolution of the Sun's open magnetic flux
• 09.15: D. Brown (St. Andrews), The topology of coronal magnetic fields
• 09.30: L. Green (MSSL) et al., Long-term helicity evolution in Active Region 8100
• 09.45: N. Labrosse (Aberystwyth) and P. Gouttebroze, NLTE modelling of helium lines in quiescent solar prominences

Solar Physics Session: Magnetic waves and oscillations
Chairperson: Eric Priest (St. Andrews)

• 10.00: I. De Moortel (St. Andrews), J. Ireland, R.W. Walsh and A.W. Hood, An overview of geometric and physical parameters of propagating disturbances in coronal loops
• 10.15: I. Ballai (Sheffield) and R. Erdelyi, Compressional waves in the magnetosphere

• 10.30: Poster Viewing and Coffee

• 11.00: M. Ruderman (Sheffield) and B. Roberts, The damping of coronal loop oscillations
• 11.15: F. Cooper (Warwick) and V.M. Nakariakov, MHD modes of a current sheet
• 11.30: M. Homem (Sheffield) and R. Erdelyi, MHD waves in steady flux tubes
• 11.45: T. Zaqarashvili (St. Andrews) and B. Roberts, Swing coupling between fast magnetosonic and Alfven waves

Solar Physics Session: Frontiers of helioseismology
Chairperson: Bill Chaplin (Birmingham)

• 12.00: M. Thompson (IC), Seismology of the solar interior
• 12.30: B. Pinter (Sheffield), R. New and R. Erdelyi, Rotational splitting of helioseismic modes in a magnetic solar model
• 12.45: S. Hughes (IC) and M. Thompson, Time-distance helioseismology of subsurface flows
• 13.00: G. Verner (Birmingham), Solar cycle variation of the He II ionization signature

  13.15: Closing of the Meeting.

The MIST poster sessions are Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning (during the coffee breaks). The Solar Physics poster sessions are Thursday morning, Thursday afternoon and Friday morning (during the coffee breaks). Please ensure that all posters are removed by Friday lunchtime.

Poster boards are approximately 4' x 4'

H.E. Mason (Cambridge) and G. Del Zanna, Solar active regions

S.J. Chan (RAL) et al., Solar corona during the 2001 total eclipse: Analysis of data from the SECIS instrument

S.S. Foster (Southampton) and M. Lockwood, Long-term solar irradiance and facular variabilty associated with changes in the coronal source flux

B. McCarty (Birmingham), Influence of convective overshoot in the BiSON signal?

A. Canals, A.R. Breen (Aberystwyth), P. Riley and A.J. Lazarus, Large-scale structure of the solar wind during the Ulysses fast latitude scan - the view from interplanetary scintillation measurements

A. Canals, A.R. Breen (Aberystwyth) and L. Ofman, Random transverse velocities in the solar wind derived from interplanetary scintillation measurements

L. Carcedo (St. Andrews), A.W. Hood and D.S. Brown, Magnetic field model of SXRs sigmoids

D. Pontin (St. Andrews) and E.R. Priest, Topology of coronal magnetic fields

R.M. Close (St. Andrews), E.R. Priest, C.E. Parnell, D.S. Brown and D.H.Mackay, The structure of the magnetic carpet

I. Ugarte-Urra (Armagh) and J.G. Doyle, Spatial and temporal electron density variation off-limb

B.A.C. Eves (Open University) and A. Conway, HESSI imageing of solar flares

M.J. Kosch (Lancaster), A.J. Kavanagh, A. Senior, F. Honary, S.R. Marple, M.T. Rietveld, and T. Hagfors, High-latitude artificial aurora from EISCAT: a chronology.

C.F. del Pozo, M.J. Kosch (Lancaster), and F. Honary, Dynamics of auroral forms and absorption patches during substorm activity.

C. Venugopal (Asmara), K. Unnikrishnan, and N. Balan, Studies of storm-dusk effects at high and low solar activities.

I.J. Coleman (BAS), A multi-spacecraft study of field line draping at the magnetopause.

M.J. Jarvis (BAS), J. Foster, and R.E. Hibbins, Using riometers to observe gravity waves in the mesosphere.

M. Pinnock (BAS), G. Chisham, I.J. Coleman, M.P. Freeman, and M. Hairston, The location and rate of dayside reconnection during an interval of steady southward IMF.

S. J. Bradshaw (Cambridge), E. Landi and H.E. Mason, Comparison between Theoretical and Spectroscopic Active Region Loop Profiles.

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