SuperDARN Workshop Program (Draft)

International SuperDARN Workshop
7-10 July, 1998 Tokyo Japan

SuperDARN Workshop Agenda (Draft)

Tuesday, July 7

09:00-09:10
Opening N. Sato
09:10-09:20
Overview of SuperDARN Status R. A. Greenwald

Session-1: Radar Status and Development (1) 09:20-12:20
Chair person: R. A. Greenwald (APL, USA)

1-1: Radar Operations (5-10 minutes)
09:20-10:20 (Northern hemisphere)
Saskatoon G. J. Sofko
Goose Bay and Kapuskasing R. A. Greenwald
CUTLASS M. Lester and E. C Thomas#
Stokkseyri J-P. Villan# and J. C. Cerisier
Kodiak/Alaska B. Bristow
King Salmon/Alaska T. Kikuchi#, K. Nozaki, K, Igarashi and M. Kunitake
BC/Alberta G. J. Sofko

10:20-11:00 (Southern hemisphere)
Halley M. Pinnock and A. S. Rodger
SHARE(Sanae) A. D. M. Walker and H. Moraal#
Syowa South and East N. Sato, H. Yamagishi# and A. Yukimatu#
Kerguelen J-P. Villain# and J. C. Cerisier
TIGER P. L. Dysaon

11:00-11:20 Coffee Break

1-2: Radar Science Report (5 minutes)
11:20-12:00
Saskatoon J. Sofko
Goose Bay and Kapuskasing R. Greenwald
CUTLASS M. Lester
Stokkseyri C. Hanuise
Halley J. Dudeney and A. S. Rodger
SHARE(Sanae) A. D. M. Walker and J. P. Rash#
Syowa South and East N. Sato
TIGER P. Dyson

1-3: Data Distribution (10 minutes)
12:00-12:20
a) Northern Hemisphere (B. Bristow)
b) Southern Hemisphere (BAS, NIPR?)

12:20-13:30 Lunch

Session-1: Radar Status and Development (2) 13:30-15:20
Chair person:K. Baker (NSF, USA)

1-4: Hardware Development
13:30-13:45
Stereo CUTLASS - A proposal to employ frequency diversity to improve temporal and/or spatial resolution
E.C. Thomas#, J. Thornhill, P. Chapman and M. Lester

13:45-14:00
Antenna radiation pattern measurements at Halley
M. Pinnock, M. Rose and A. S. Rodger#

14:00-14:15
Wire element log-periodic antenna
K. Nozaki

1-5: Software Development
1415-14:35
Current status of RADOPS/2000
R. Barnes

14:35-14:50
Implementation of the standard analysis software on a Pentium II
E. Mravlag

14:50-15:05
Real-time analysis and data products
J. M. Ruohoniemi# and R. J. Barnes

15:05-15:20
Basyouhu scan: Specially optimized version of normal_scan
A. S. Yukimatu

15:20-15:40 Coffee Break

Session-2: Special Time Report 15:40-16:20
Chair person: M. Lester (Univ. of Leicester, UK)

15:40-15:50
Campaigns with S. Pole optical experimenters, 1998 - initial feedback
M. Pinnock + campaign team (NIPR, LPCE, JHUAPL, UoN) to be presented by A. S. Rodger,

15:50-16:00
Inter-hemispheric and local time variations in night-side auroral ionospheric convection
B.A. Shand, T.K. Yeoman, R.V. Lewis and M. Lester#

16:00-16:10
Preliminary results of the fte_4202 special time campaign
A. Thorolfsson# and J.-C. Cerisier

16:10-16:20
Coordinated observations of SuperDARN/Geotail/EISCAT/Akebono
N. Sato#, H. Yamagishi, S-A. Yukimatu, T. Aso, T. Mukai, K. Tsuruda, R. Fujii, T. Ogawa, Y. Tonegawa
and SuperDARN/EISCAT/Geotail/Akebono Research Group

Session-3: SuperDARN with Respect to Other Programs 16:20-18:00
Chair person: J. Sofko (Univ. of Saskatchewan, Canada)

16:20-16:50
The ISTP Program and SuperDARN (Invited talk)
N. Fox

16:50-17:20
GEOTAIL (Invited talk)
T. Mukai and M. Hoshino

17:20-17:40
Status of the magnetospheric program and GEM at the National Science Foundation
K. Baker

17:40-18:00
GEDAS: Geospace Environment Data Analysis System
Y. Kamide and S. Masuda#

18:30-20:00
Invited Dinner by the Director of NIPR(Prof. T. Hirasawa)
(at Reception Hall of NYC)

Wednesday, July 8

Session-4: Small-scale Structure 09:00-11:45
Chair person: A. Thorolfsson(CETP, France)
T. Ogawa (STEL, Nagoya Univ., Japan)

09:00-09:15
Antarctic HF radar observations of irregularities associated with polar patches and auroral blobs
T. Ogawa#, N. Nishitani, M. Pinnock, N. Sato, H. Yamagishi and A.S. Yukimatu

09:15-0930
Small-scale irregularities in the cusp-latitude ionosphere observed by the imaging riometer and HF radar
M. Nishino#, H. Yamagishi, J. A. Holtet, M. Lester and T. Hansen

0930-09:45
Sunward plasma flows in the nightside polar cap associated with sun-aligned arcs
M. Watanabe#, N. Sato, R.A. Greenwald, R.L. Rairden and M. Pinnock

09:45-10:00
Saturation and hysteresis in CUTLASS backscatter from heater induced plasma density irregularities
D.M. Wright, T.R. Robinson, P. Eglitis, A.J. Stocker and M. Lester#

10:00-10:15
Spectral characteristics of HF radar backscatter from the auroral electrojets
S.E. Milan # and M. Lester

10:15-10:45 Coffee Break

10:45-11:00
High resolution SuperDARN measurements: Pulsed flow in the afternoon sector
A. Thorolfsson# and J.-C. Cerisier

11:00-11:15
SuperDARN single- and double-peaked spectral characteristics and their magnetospheric mapping
M. Huber and G. Sofko#

11:15-11:30
Collective scattering approach : Latest developments and implication for SuperDARN data
J.P. Villain# , R. Andre, C. Hanuise and D. Gresillo

11:30-11:45
Geophysical applications of the collective scattering approach
R. Andre, C. Hanuise#, J.P. Villain and D. Gresillon

11:45-13:30 Lunch

Session-5: Large-scale Convection 13:30-16:45
Chair person: J. M. Ruohoniemi (JHU/APL, USA)
T. Ogino (STEL, Nagoya Univ., Japan)

13:30-14:00
Role of field-aligned currents and their implications for global convection(Invited talk)
T. Iijima

14:00-14:15
Polar cap plasma convection for small Bz and By
A. V. Kustov, W. B. Lyatsky G. J. Sofko and L. Xu

14:15-14:30
Dynamics of ionospheric convection following a sudden southward turning of the IMF: Two-step response
N. Nishitani# and T. Ogawa, N. Sato and H. Yamagishi, M. Pinnock , J.-P. Villain and G. Sofko

14:30-14:45
A search of electric field variation associated with partial ring current formation
T. Iyemori#, , H. Yugo, M. Nose and A. Yukimatu

14:45-15:00
A localized model of convection over Casy - A polar cap station under the Syowa radar beam
P. R. Smith#, P. L Dyso, D. P. Monselssan and R. J Morris

15:00-15:15
SuperDARN observations of quasi-static convection vortices in the afternoon sector
C.S. Huang# and G. Sofko

15:15-15:45Coffee Break

15:45-16:00
A new scanning-beam VHF auroral radar for a comparison study with the HF radar at Syowa Station
K. Igarashi# and M. Kunitake

16:00-16:15
Development of the spherical harmonic fitting technique for mapping large-scale convection
J. M. Ruohoniemi# and K. B. Baker#

16:15-16:30
Temporal factors in high-latitude convection
J. M. Ruohoniemi# and R. A. Greenwald

16:30-16:45
ISTP/SuperDARN science results
N. Fox
17:00~ Working Group Meeting

Thursday, 9 July

Session-6: Gravity Waves and Neutral Winds 09:00-10:15
Chair person: B. Bristow (JHU/APL, USA)

09:00-09:15
Evidence for high latitude coupling between 16-day waves at the mesopause and the F-layer peak
N.F. Arnold, T.R. Robinson and M. Lester#

09:15-09:30
Mesospheric winds derived from SuperDARN meteor echoes
B. Jenkins, M. J. Jarvis and A. S. Rodger#

09:30-09:45
Relationship between neutral winds and plasma drifts obtained from FPI and HF radar observations at Syowa station, Antarctica
T. Sakanoi#, H. Fukunishi, S. Okano, N. Sato, H. Yamagishi and A. S. Yukimatsu

09:45-10:00
Statistical characteristics of electromagnetic energy transfer between the magnetosphere, the ionosphere and the thermosphere"
R. Fujii#, S. Nozawa, S.C. Buchert and A. Brekke

10:00-10:15
SuperDARN observations of neutral winds at meteor altitudes
B. Bristow

10:15-10:45 Coffee Break

Session-7: Dayside Phenomena 10:45-15:00
Chair person: S. E. Milan (Univ. of Leicester, UK)
A. S. Rodger (BAS, UK)

10:45-11:00
Formation of a huge polar cap echo region
H. Yamagishi# and M. Pinnock

11:00-11:15
SuperDARN radar signatures of traveling convection vortices
A. V. Kustov, W. B. Lyatsky, G, J. Sofko, D. Andre, W. J. Hughes, D. Murr and T. Moretto

11:15-11:30
Study of magnetopause dynamics on simultaneous observation by SuperDARN and GEOTAIL
Y. Tonegawa#, T. Sakurai, M. Yokota, A. Yukimatu, H. Yamagishi, N. Sato and SuperDARN/GEOTAIL Research Group

11:30-11:45
Dayside reconnection voltage measurements with SuperDARN radars
M. Pinnock, I. Coleman and A. S. Rodger#

11:45-12:00
The Ionospheric cusp's response to impulsive IMF changes
A.S. Yukimatu#, Mike Pinnock, H.Yamagishi and N. Sato

12:00-12:15
Coordinated studies of ion outflow with ESR and SuperDARN
S. Buchert#, N. Nishitani, T. Ogawa, Y. Ogawa and A.S. Yukimatu

12:15-13:30 Lunch

13:30-13:45
Post-noon pulsating aurora and their relationship to the dayside convection pattern
S.E. Milan#, T.K. Yeoman and M. Lester

13:45-14:00
The ionospheric signatures of flux transfer events and the resulting plasma flows
G. Provan, T.K. Yeoma and S.E. Milan#

14:00-14:15
CUTLASS observations of the cusp region during the Svalbard rocket launches of 2 and 3 December 1997
S.E. Milan#, M. Lester, T.K. Yeoman, E.C. Thomas and P. Eglitis

14:15-14:30
Convective response of a transient increase in dayside reconnection
R. Greenwald

14:30-14:45
Observations of multi-cell dayside convection patterns during a period of strong positive IMF By
C. S. Huang# and G. Sofko

14:45-15:00
Dayside FACs, the cusp and the throat
K. McWilliams and G. Sofko#

15:30~21:45 Excursion and SuperDARN Special Dinner

Friday, July 10

Session-8: Transient Phenomena and Waves 09:00-10:30
Chair person: H. Fukunishi (Tohoku Univ., Japan)

09:00-09:15
Magnetospheric and ionospheric response to solar wind Alfven waves
P. Prikryl

09:15-09:30
Periodic structures of visible auroras and Syowa East HF radar echoes over Zhongshan Station
Y. Murata, N. Sato#, H. Yamagishi, S-A. Yukimatu, M. Kikuchi , K. Makita, H. Yang and R. Liu

09:30-09:45
Nightside convection flow bursts observed during quiet solar wind conditions
K. Baker#,, A.D.M. Walker , M. P. Pinnock, J. R. Dudeney J. P. S. Rash , S. Kokubun, , D. Fairfield and J. Scudder

09:45-10:00
The coherence scale length of band-limited Pc 3 pulsations in the ionosphere
K. Baker#, M. Engebretson, A. S. Rodger and R. Arnoldy

10:00-10:15
Using SuperDARN and POLAR UVI to study high-latitude current systems
R. Greenwald

10:15-10:30
Aurora and magnetic pulsation activities in the cusp and cleft region observed by the AGO and HF radar network
H. Fukunishi#, M. Sato, R. Kataoka, L.J. Lanzerott, S.B. Mende and J.H. Doolittle

10:30-11:00 Coffee Break

Session-9: Boundary Mapping 11:00-12:30
Chair person: P. Stauning (DMI, Denmark)

11:00-11:15
SuperDARN and the Magnetometers - Ionospheric Radars -Allsky Cameras Large Experiment (MIRACLE)
P. Eglitis, H. J. Opgenoorth, P. Karlsson, S. Wallman, T. I. Pukkinen, P. Janhunen, M. Syrjasuo, K. Kauristie, A. Viljanen, O. Amm and E. Nielsen

11:15-11:30
Polar convection given by a global MHD simulation of magnetosphere
T. Ogino

11:30-11:45
Signatures in SuperDARN radar observations of poleward progressing convection disturbance events
P. Stauning# and H. Yamagishi

Session-10: Quiet Time Phenomena 11:45-12:30
Chair person: J.P.S. Rash (Natal Univ., South Africa)

11:45-12:00
SHARE full vector observations, from dusk to dawn, during a magnetically quiet period
J.A.E. Stephenson et al

12:00-12:15
Flow bursts observed on the night side during extremely quiet times
A. D. M. Walker, #, M. Pinnock, J. R. Dudeney, K. Bake, and J. P. Rash

12:15-12:30
The calm before the storm: Quiet day SHARE radar observations and the onset of disturbed conditions associated with a CME event
J.P.S. Rash

12:30-13:30 Lunch

Session-11: Substorm 13:30-14:45
Chair person: A. Koustov (Univ. of Saskatchewan, Canada)

13:30-13:45
Inter-hemispheric and local time variation in night-side auroral ionospheric convection
T. K. Yeoman, B. A. Shand, R. V. Lewis, M. Lester# and S. E. Milan

13:45-14:00
Substorm growth phase signature observed with the Halley HF-radar
A. Kadokura#, M. Ejiri, E. Kaneda, T. Yamamoto, T. Oguti and M. Pinnock

14:00-14:15
The relationship of HF radar backscatter to the accumulation of open magnetic flux prior to substorm onset
R. V. Lewis, M. P. Freeman and G. Reeves (to be presented by J. R. Dudeney#)

14:15-14:30
Nightside convection during magnetically quiet conditions
M. Lester# and S. E. Milan

14:30-14:45
Simultaneous convection transients in auroral zone and equator as observed with SuperDARN and equatorial magnetometers
O. Saka#, T. Kitamura, H. Tachihara, M. Shinohara, N.B. Trivedi, N. Sato, J. M. Ruohoniemi and R. A. Greenwald

14:45-15:15 Coffee Break

Session-12: Plasma Physics 15:15-16:00
Chair person: J.-P. Villain (LPCE/CNRS, France)

15:15-15:30
CUTLASS observations of artificial field aligned irregularities
P. Eglitis

15:30-15:45
Rapid large-scale changes in backscatter range
E. Mravlag# and P. Stoker

15:45-16:00
SPEAR: Space Plasma Exploration by Active Radar
T. R. Robinson and E. C. Thomas#

Last Session: WG Report and Closing Discussion 16:00-17:05
Chairperson: R. A. Greenwald JHU/APL

16:00-16:20 PI's report R. A. Greenwald
16:20-16:35 Scheduling WG
16:35-16:50 Software WG
16:50-17:05 Closing discussion
17:05 End

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International SuperDARN Workshop 7-10 July, 1998 Tokyo Japan

International SuperDARN Workshop
7-10 July, 1998 Tokyo Japan