International SuperDARN Workshop
 7-10 July, 1998 Tokyo Japan

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SuperDARN Workshop Agenda (final)
 
 
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
 
10:20-10:40 Coffee Break
 
10:40-11:20 (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. Dyson
 
1-2: Data Distribution (30 minutes)
11:20-11:50
a) Northern Hemisphere
b) Southern Hemisphere
 
1-3: General Programmatic Issue (25 minutes)
11:50-12:15
 
12:15-13:15 Lunch
 
 
 Session-1: Radar Status and Development (2) 13:15-15:40
Chair person:K. Baker (NSF, USA)
 
1-4: Hardware Development
13:15-13:30
New Share HF Radar Antenna for SANAE
A. Benadie and H.Moraal"
 
13:30-13:45
Antenna radiation pattern measurements at Halley
M. Pinnock, M. Rose and A. S. Rodger#
 
13:45-14:00
Wire element log-periodic antenna
K. Nozaki
 
14:00-14:15
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
 
1-5: Software Development
14:15-14:35
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
R. J. Barnes# and J. M. Ruohoniemi
 
15:05-15:20
Basyouhu scan: Specially optimized version of normal_scan
A. S. Yukimatu
 
15:20-15:40
Future development of RADOPS
R. Barnes
 
15:40-16:00 Coffee Break
 
Session-2: Special Time Report 16:00-16:40
Chair person: M. Lester (Univ. of Leicester, UK)
 
16:00-16:10
Campaigns with S. Pole optical experimenters, 1998 - initial feedback
M. Pinnock + campaign team (NIPR, LPCE, JHUAPL, UoN) to be presented by A. S. Rodger,
 
16:10-16:20
Inter-hemispheric and local time variations in night-side auroral ionospheric convection
T.K. Yeoman, B.A. Shand, R.V. Lewis and M. Lester# and S.E.Milan
 
16:20-16:30
Preliminary results of the fte_4202 special time campaign
A. Thorolfsson# and J.-C. Cerisier
 
16:30-16:40
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 16:40-18:10
Chair person: J. Sofko (Univ. of Saskatchewan, Canada)
 
16:40-17:10
The ISTP Program and SuperDARN (Invited talk)
N. Fox
 
17:10-17:40
GEOTAIL (Invited talk)
T. Mukai and M. Hoshino
 
17:40-17:55
Status of the magnetospheric program and GEM at the National Science Foundation
K. Baker
 
17:55-18:10
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
Geophysical applications of the collective scattering approach
R. Andre, C. Hanuise#, J.P. Villain and D. Gresillon
  
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
High resolution SuperDARN measurements: Pulsed flow in the afternoon sector
 A. Thorolfsson# and J.-C. Cerisier
 
 
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 Dyson, D. P. Monselssan and R. J Morris
 
15:00-15:15
Development of the spherical harmonic fitting technique for mapping large-scale convection
J. M. Ruohoniemi# and K. B. Baker
 
 
15:15-15:45Coffee Break
 
 
15:45-16:00
SuperDARN observations of quasi-static convection vortices in the afternoon sector
C.S. Huang and G. Sofko#
 
16:00-16:15
Temporal factors in high-latitude convection
J. M. Ruohoniemi# and R. A. Greenwald
 
16:15-16:30
ISTP/SuperDARN science results
N. Fox
 
16:30-16:45
A new scanning-beam VHF auroral radar for a comparison study with the HF radar at Syowa Station
K. Igarashi# and M. Kunitake
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)
P. Dyson (La Trobe Univ., Australia)
 
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
On the formation of a huge echo region in the polar cap
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
The ionospheric signatures of flux transfer events and the resulting plasma flows
G. Provan, T.K. Yeoma and S.E. Milan#
 
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
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
 
14:00-14:15
Dayside FACs, the cusp and the throat
K. McWilliams and G. Sofko#
 
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
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
 
 
15:05-15:15 Group Photograph in front of Meeting Building
 
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)
J.P.S. Rash (Natal Univ., South Africa)
 
09:00-09:15
Magnetospheric and ionospheric response to solar wind Alfven waves
P. Prikryl
 
09:15-09:30
The coherence scale length of band-limited Pc 3 pulsations in the ionosphere
K. Baker#, M. Engebretson, A. S. Rodger and R. Arnoldy
 
09:30-09:45
Using SuperDARN and POLAR UVI to study high-latitude current systems
R. Greenwald
 
09:45-10:00
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
 
10:00-10:15
Coordinated study of fluctuations of the magnetopause with SuperDARN and GEOTAIL
Y. Tonegawa#, T. Sakurai, M. Yokota, A. Yukimatu, H. Yamagishi, N. Sato and SuperDARN/GEOTAIL Research Group
 
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 11:00-11:45
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 11:45-12:15
 Chair person: S.E. Milan (Univ. of Leicester, UK)
 
11:45-12:00
Rapid large-scale changes in backscatter range
E. Mravlag# and P.Stoker
 
12:00-12:15
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
 
 
12:15-13:30 Lunch
  
 
 Session-11: Substorm 13:30-14:30
 Chair person: A. Koustov (Univ. of Saskatchewan, Canada)
 
13:30-13:45
Substorm growth phase signature observed with the Halley HF-radar
A. Kadokura#, M. Ejiri, E. Kaneda, T. Yamamoto, T. Oguti and M. Pinnock
 
13:45-14:00
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 A. Rodger#)
 
14:00-14:15
Nightside convection during magnetically quiet conditions
M. Lester# and S. E. Milan
 
14:15-14:30
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
 
 Session-12: Plasma Physics 14:30-15:00
 Chair person: J.-P. Villain (LPCE/CNRS, France)
 
14:30-14:45
CUTLASS observations of artificial field aligned irregularities
P. Eglitis
 
14:45-15:00
SPEAR: Space Plasma Exploration by Active Radar
T. R. Robinson and E. C. Thomas#
 
 
15:00-15:30 Coffee Break
 
Last Session: WG Report and Closing Discussion 15:30-16:45
 Chairperson: R. A. Greenwald JHU/APL
 
15:30-15:50 PI's report R. A. Greenwald
15:50-16:10 Scheduling WG
16:10-16:30 Software WG
16:30-16:45 Closing discussion
 16:45 End
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