SM41B:
Causes of Large-Scale Geomagnetic Disturbances I

Session ID#: 2764

Thursday, 18 December 2014: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
2018 (Moscone West)
Chairs:  Akimasa Yoshikawa, Kyushu University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan and Jesper W Gjerloev, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, United States
Primary Convener:  Jesper W Gjerloev, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, United States
Co-conveners:  Mervyn P Freeman, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom and Shinichi Ohtani, JHU/APL, Laurel, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Shin Ohtani, Johns Hopkins University - Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • SA - SPA-Aeronomy
Index Terms:

2721 Field-aligned currents and current systems [MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICS]
2778 Ring current [MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICS]
2784 Solar wind/magnetosphere interactions [MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICS]
2788 Magnetic storms and substorms [MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICS]
Virtual Option?: No

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

SM41B-01
Recent developments from ICSWSE/MAGDAS Research Project (Invited) (5047)
Kiyohumi Yumoto1, Akimasa Yoshikawa2, Hideaki Kawano1, Shuji Abe1, Teiji Uozumi1, Cardinal Cardinal1, George Maeda1 and MAGDAS/CPMN Group, (1)Kyushu University, International Center for Space Weather Science and Education, Fukuoka, Japan, (2)Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
SM41B-02
Contributions from Different Current Systems to Sym and Asy Mid-Latitude Indices (Invited) (3666)
Natalia Y Ganushkina1,2 and Stepan Dubyagin1, (1)Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland, (2)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
SM41B-03
Mapping High-Latitude Ionospheric Current System Based on Ground Magnetometers and Other Data Sets (Invited) (5551)
Gang Lu, National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO, United States
SM41B-04
Assessment of GIC Risk Due to Geomagnetic Sudden Commencements and Identification of the Current Systems Responsible (Invited) (6061)
Robyn A Fiori1, David H Boteler1 and D. Megan Gillies2, (1)Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada, (2)Mount Royal University, Calgary, AB, Canada
SM41B-05
Solar Wind and IMF Control of Large-Scale Ionospheric Currents and Their Time Variations (3221)
Liisa Juusola1, Kirsti Kauristie1, Eija Irene Tanskanen1, Noora Partamies2, Ari Viljanen1, Katerina Andréeová3, Max van de Kamp1, Heikki Vanhamaki4, Stephen E Milan5, Mark Lester5, Adrian Grocott6 and Suzanne M Imber7, (1)Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland, (2)University Center in Svalbard, Svalbard, Norway, (3)University of Helsinki, Department of Physics, Helsinki, Finland, (4)University of Oulu, Space Physics and Astronomy Research Unit, Oulu, Finland, (5)University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom, (6)Lancaster University, Physics Department, Lancaster, United Kingdom, (7)Radio and Space Plasma Physics, Leicester, United Kingdom
SM41B-06
Local Geomagnetic Indices and the Prediction of Auroral Power (9406)
Patrick T Newell, Johns Hopkins Univ, Laurel, MD, United States and Jesper W Gjerloev, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, United States
SM41B-07
Dependence of poleward auroral and equatorward motion on substorm current wedge (17042)
Dr. Xiangning Chu, University of California Los Angeles, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Los Angeles, United States, Robert L McPherron, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Tung-Shin Hsu, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Vassilis Angelopoulos, University of California Los Angeles, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, United States, Zuyin Pu, Peking University, Institute of Space Physics and Applied Technology, Beijing, China, Zhonghua Yao, University College London, London, United Kingdom, Hui Zhang, Institute Geology & Geophysics, Beijing, China and Martin G Connors, Athabasca University, Athabasca, AB, Canada
SM41B-08
Field-Aligned and Ionospheric Current Contributions to Ground Magnetic Perturbations (18298)
Martin G Connors, Athabasca University, Athabasca, AB, Canada, Robert L McPherron, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Brian J Anderson, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States, Haje Korth, Johns Hopkins Univ/APL, Laurel, MD, United States, Christopher T Russell, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States and Dr. Xiangning Chu, University of California Los Angeles, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Los Angeles, United States
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