Soarly MIST – Leicester April 14 - 16
Programme


Monday April 14 2003

14.00 – 15.35 Session 1

Chairman:    Steve Milan (University of Leicester)

14.00    Welcome.  Mark Lester (University of Leicester)

14.05    Magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling currents in the Jovian and Kronian magnetospheres.  E.J. Bunce and S.W.H. Cowley (both at University of Leicester).

14.20    Saturn’s polar ionospheric flows and their relation to the main auroral oval.  Stanley W.H. Cowley, Emma J. Bunce (both at University of Leicester) and Renee Prange (Observatoire de Paris, Meudon).

14.35    Dual spacecraft observations of a compression event within the outer Jovian magnetosphere: signatures of externally triggered super-corotation?  Paul G. Hanlon, Michele K. Dougherty (both at Imperial College London), Norbert Krupp (Max-Planck-Institut für Aeronomie), Kenneth C. Hansen (University of Michigan), Frank Crary (Southwest Research Institute) and Gabor Tóth (Loránd Eötvös University).

14.50    The structure of the Jovian plasma sheet.  Paul G. Hanlon, Michele K. Dougherty and Giacomo Giampieri (all at Imperial College London).

15.05    Day by day comparison of Mars and Earth ionospheres.  H. Rishbeth (University of Southampton and Boston University), M. Mendillo, J. Wroten, S. Smith (all at Boston University) and D.P. Hinson (Stanford University).

15.20    Modelling Mercury’s magnetosphere.  James Scuffham, Andre Balogh, Michele Dougherty and Giacomo Giampieri (all at Imperial College London).

15.35    Tea Break

16.05 – 17.35 Session 2

Chairman:    Emma Bunce (University of Leicester)

16.05    Double flux ropes observed by Ulysses.  A. Rees, R.J. Forsyth (both at Imperial College London).

16.20    Long-term evolution of the open solar magnetic flux associated with bipolar magnetic region tilts and latitudes.  S. Foster (University of Southampton) and M. Lockwood (University of Southampton and Rutherford Appleton Laboratory).

16.35    The 1-AU transit times of CMEs: What are the determining factors?  Mathew Owens and Peter Cargill (both at Imperial College London)

16.50    Cluster multi-spacecraft observations of the ion cyclotron resonance in the terrestrial foreshock.  J.P. Eastwood , A. Balogh, E.A. Lucek (all at Imperial College London), C. Mazelle, I. Dandouras, B. Lavraud and H. Reme (all at CESR/CNRS-UPS).

17.05    Magnetic field observations of the high altitude cusp on 17th of March 2001.  K. Nykyri, P. Cargill, A. Balogh (all at Imperial College London), and Cluster FGM team.

17.20    Multi-Spacecraft Observations of the Magnetic Field and Flow Perturbations from a Suspected Flux Transfer Event.  Robert C. Fear, Andrew N. Fazakerley, Christopher J. Owen, Yulia V. Bogdanova (all at Mullard Space Science Laboratory), André Balogh (Imperial College London), Henri Rème (CESR/CNRS-UPS), Berndt Klecker (MPI für Extraterrestrische Physik), Jean-Michel Bosqued (CESR/CNRS-UPS), Lynn Kistler (University of New Hampshire).

17.35    End of Session.

Tuesday April 15 2003

9.15 – 11.00 Session 3


Chairman:    Adrian Grocott (University of Leicester)

9.15.    Large-scale reconnection structures on the dayside magnetopause.  Iain J. Coleman (British Antarctic Survey).
    
9.30    Anomalous resistivity in reconnecting non-Maxwellian plasmas.  P. Petkaki (British Antarctic Survey), C.E.J. Watt (University of Alberta), R.B. Horne, and M.P. Freeman (both at British Antarctic Survey).

9.45    Electron behaviour in the neutral sheet near an X-line: a case study based on Cluster PEACE data.  Y.V. Bogdanova, A.N. Fazakerley, C.J. Owen, J.P. Dewhurst (all at Mullard Space Science Laboratory), B. Klecker (Max-Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics), H. Reme (CESR/CNRS-UPS), M.W. Dunlop (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory), E. Lucek and A. Balogh (both at Imperial College London).

10.00    A joint Cluster and ground-based instruments study of a magnetospheric substorm event.  N.C. Draper, M. Lester, J.A. Wild, S.E. Milan, G. Provan, S.W.H. Cowley (all at University of Leicester), A.N. Fazakerley, Y. Bogdanova (both at Mullard Space Science Laboratory), J.A. Davies (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory) and J-M. Bosqued (CESR/CNRS-UPS).

10.15    An investigation into the variation of multi-scale ground magnetic fluctuations between different geophysical regions.  G.A. Abel and M.P. Freeman (both at British Antarctic Survey).

10.30     A minimal substorm model that explains the observed statistical distribution of times between substorms.  M.P. Freeman (British Antarctic Survey).

10.45    Coffee

11.15 – 12.45 Session 4

Chairman    Ranvir Dhillon (University of Leicester)

11.15    One-dimensional hybrid MHD-kinetic modeling of electron dynamics in standing shear Alfven waves.  P.A. Damiano, A.N. Wright (both at University of St. Andrews), R.D. Sydora and J.C. Samson (both at University of Alberta).

11.30    Investigations of ULF waves using CUTLASS and FAST data.  H. C. Scoffield, T.K. Yeoman, D.M. Wright (all at University of Leicester).

11.45    The attenuation of ULF wave signatures between the ionosphere and the ground.  T.K. Yeoman, D.M. Wright (both at University of Leicester).

12.00    Green’s function technique as a tool to study the geomagnetic field line response to an external force.  Ashwini K. Sinha  (University of Leicester).

12.15    Relativistic “killer” electrons in the magnetosphere: observations, theor, and models.  Danny Summers (Memorial University of Newfoundland).

12.30    Evidence for chorus-driven electron acceleration to relativistic energies in the Earth’s outer radiation belt.  Nigel P. Meredith (Mullard Space Science Laboratory), Michelle Cain (Mullard Space Science Laboratory, now at the Institute of Physics), Richard B. Horne (British Antarctic Survey), Richard M. Thorne (University of California, Los Angeles), Danny Summers (Memorial University of Newfoundland) and Roger R. Anderson (University of Iowa).

12.45    Lunch.

14.00 – 15.30 Session 5

Chairman    Darren Wright (University of Leicester).

14.00    Comparisons of He+ in the plasmasphere with the CTIP model and EUV data from the IMAGE satellite.  S.D. Thom, C.R. Wilford, G.J. Bailey (all at University of Sheffield), B.R. Sandel (University of Arizona).

14.15    Evidence for high-aspect angle HF radar backscatter from the E region.  S.E. Milan, M. Lester, and T.K. Yeoman (all at University of Leicester).

14.30    A new class of large aspect angle backscatter in the lower ionosphere at high latitudes.  Terry Robinson (University of Leicester).

14.45    Modelling of the ionospheric Alfven resonator, using ground-based instruments to define the model parameters during specific ionospheric heating experiments.  S.R. Cash, T.R. Robinson, D.M. Wright (all at University of Leicester), J.A. Davies, C.J. Davis (both at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory).

15.00    Descending electron density signatures associated with heating.  R.S. Dhillon and T.R. Robinson (both at University of Leicester).

15.15    Stationary state and relaxation of artificial irregularities excited in heating experiments.  N. Borisov (IZMIRAN), F. Honary and A. Senior (both at Lancaster University).

1530    Tea.

16.00 – 17.45    Session 6

Chairman    Kathryn Mcwilliams (University of Saskatchewan).

16.00    Energy estimation employing IRIS data.  K.F. Kaal , F. Honary and A. Senior (all at Lancaster University).

16.15    Moving E- and F-region structures and features in absorption – a case study.  R.A. Makarevitch and F. Honary (both at Lancaster University).

16.30    Proton aurora observed with the SU/UCL Spectrographic Imaging Facility (SIF), Svalbard, Norway.  A.B. Stockton-Chalk, B.S. Lanchester, N. Ivchenko (all at University of Southampton), I. McWhirter, I. Furniss and E. Ford (all at University College London).

16.45    Two years of coordinated SuperDARN/Cluster operations.  J.A. Wild (University of Leicester), G. Chisham (British Antarctic Survey), S.E. Milan and M. Lester (both at University of Leicester)

17.00    SPEAR - System capabilities and progress.  E.C. Thomas and  T.R. Robinson (both at University of Leicester).

17.15    Whither EISCAT?  Tony van Eyken (EISCAT Scientific Association)

17.45    End.

Wednesday April 16 2003

9.15 – 10.15 Session 7


Poster Session

Transient events in the inner solar wind and the evolution of interplanetary coronal mass ejections.  Richard Jones, Andy Breen, Alison Canals, Richard Fallows (all at University of Wales, Aberystwyth) and Gareth Lawrence (NASA Goddard).

Interplanetary scintillation observations of co-rotating interaction regions and fast stream boundary regions in the inner solar wind.  Mario Bisi, Andy Breen, Alison Canals and Richard Fallows (all at University of Wales, Aberystwyth).

On the Evolution of the Solar Wind Between 1 and 5 AU at Solar Maximum and its Effect upon Jovian Auroral Emission.  P.G. Hanlon, M.K. Dougherty, R.J. Forsyth (all at Imperial College, London), K.C. Hansen (University of Michigan), W. Pryor (Hampton University), F. Crary (Southwest Research Institute), G. Tóth (Loránd Eötvös University)

Energy considerations in particle-driven high m ULF waves.  L.J. Baddeley, T.K. Yeoman, D.M. Wright (all at University of Leicester), K.J. Trattner (Lockheed Martin ATC), and B.J. Kellet (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)

High resolution observations of spectral width features associated with ULF wave signatures in artificial HF radar backscatter.  D.M. Wright, T.K. Yeoman, L.J. Baddeley (all at University of Leicester), J.A. Davies (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory), R.S. Dhillon, M. Lester, S.E. Milan (all at University of Leicester), E.E. Woodfield (National Center for Atmospheric Research)
    
Multi-instrument observations of the ionospheric counterpart of a bursty bulk flow in the near-Earth plasma sheet.  A. Grocott, T.K. Yeoman (both at University of Leicester), R. Nakamura (Space Research Institute), S.W.H. Cowley (University of Leicester), H.U. Frey (University of California Berkeley), H. Rème (CESR/CNRS-UPS), and B. Klecker (Max-Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics).

Motion of the lobe-plasma sheet boundary and the implication for substorm dynamics: Cluster PEACE timing analysis.  Jason Dewhurst, Christopher Owen, Andrew Fazakerley (all at Mullard Space Science Laboratory)

The numerical modelling of Trimpis observed on the Antarctic peninsula.  Craig Rodger (Otago University), David Nunn (Southampton University) and Mark Clilverd (British Antarctic Survey).
    
10.15 - 11.05 Session 8

Chairman    Gabby Provan (University of Leicester)

10.15    Modelling the solar cycle effects on gravity wave drag in the MLT region.  Scott England and Neil Arnold (both at University of Leicester).

10.30    The impact of PMSE on VLF propagation.  David Nunn (Southampton University), Mark Clilverd (British Antarctic Survey) and Craig Rodger (Otago University).

10.45    Using radar ground scatter data to determine the parameters of a travelling ionospheric disturbance.  Tommi Karhunen, Terry Robinson, Neil Arnold (all at University of Leicester).

11.00    MIST Announcements A.J. Smith (British Antarctic Survey)

11.05    Coffee


11.30 – 12.45 Session 9.

Chairman    Jim Wild (University of Leicester)

11.30    Proton aurora and what it tells us about reconnection variations in time and space.  K. Throp, B. Lanchester (both at University of Southampton), M. Lockwood (University of Southampton and Rutherford Appleton Laboratory), G. Proven, S.E. Milan, M. Lester (all at University of Leicester).

11.45    Measuring the reconnection rate in the dayside ionosphere during an Interval of due northward IMF.  G. Chisham, M.P. Freeman, M. Pinnock (all at British Antarctic Survey).
    
12.00    Expanding and quasi-instantaneous ionospheric convection responses.  S.K.Morley (University of Southampton) and M. Lockwood (University of Southampton and Rutherford Appleton Laboratory).

12.15    A multi-instrument study of the dayside magnetosphere during a Favourable instrument conjunction.  K.A. McWilliams (University of Saskatchewan), T.K. Yeoman (University of Leicester), G.J. Sofko (University of Saskatchewan), J.A. Davies (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory), H. Frey (University of California Berkeley), T. Nagai (TI-Tech), T. Mukai (ISAS), S.W.H. Cowley, J.A. Wild (both at University of Leicester).

12.30    Statistical study of high-latitude plasma flow during magnetospheric substorms.  G. Provan, M. Lester (both at University of Leicester), S.B. Mende (University of California Berkeley) and S.E. Milan (University of Leicester).

12.45    Lunch.



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