2019

11 special experiments and 3 data analysis projects were applied and approved by the IS radar committee in NIPR.

1. Coordinated observations of pulsating aurora and magnetic equatorial plasma waves based on EISCAT, ground-based optical imager, and Arase satellite
PI: T. Sakanoi (Tohoku Univ.)

2. Observation of spatiotemporal variation of auroral precipitating electron energy by multi-point/multi-wavelength monochromatic imagers and EISCAT radar
PI: Y.-M. Tanaka (NIPR)

3. A study of the ionospheric variations in the dayside polar cap region during a solar minimum period
PI: H. Fujiwara (Seikei Univ.)

4. Simultaneous observations of pulsating aurora and polar mesosphere winter echoes
PI: K. Hosokawa. (UEC)

5. Response of mass transfer between ionosphere and magnetosphere to solar wind variations
PI: K. Seki (Univ. of Tokyo)

6. A study of cusp upwelling and heating due to small-scale electric field fluctuations
PI: T. Abe (JAXA/ISAS)

7. Investigation of acceleration and heating mechanisms of ion outflow in the cusp region: SS-520-3 rocket campaign
PI: Y. Saito (JAXA/ISAS)

8. Study on vertical winds in the polar lower thermosphere and upper mesosphere based on simultaneous observations of EISCAT VHF radar and sodium LIDAR
PI: S. Nozawa (ISEE, Nagoya Univ.)

9. Identification of relativistic electron precipitations associated with chorus waves - Conjugate Observations between EISCAT and Arase -
PI: Y. Miyoshi (ISEE, Nagoya Univ.)

10. Short-period sunward plasma flow in the cusp
PI: S. Taguchi (Kyoto Univ.)

11. Observation Campaign Aiming at Identification of Space Debris and Validation of an Environment Model for a Specific Breakup Event
PI: K. Fujita (NBU)

12. Development of a method for estimating characteristic energy of pulsating auroral electrons
PI: Y. Ogawa (NIPR)

13. Investigation on high-latitude Es layers by EISCAT observation and model calculation
PI: T. T. Tsuda (UEC)

14. Measurements to demonstrate thermospheric auroral heating
PI: S.-i. Oyama (ISEE, Nagoya Univ.)

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