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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