SM51I:
Understanding the Role of Ionospheric Conductance In the Magnetosphere-Ionosphere System I

Friday, 19 December 2014: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Chairs:  Jesper W Gjerloev, Johns Hopkins University - Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States and Michael James Wiltberger, National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO, United States
Primary Conveners:  Jesper W Gjerloev, Johns Hopkins University - Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States
Co-conveners:  William Bristow, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Electrical Engineering, Fairbanks, AK, United States and Harald U Frey, Univ California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Jesper W Gjerloev, Johns Hopkins University - Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

8:00 AM
SM51I-01
 
Specification of Auroral Ionospheric Conductances Using SSUSI and GUVI UV Imagery
Larry J Paxton1, Yongliang Zhang1, Robert K Schaefer1, Michele Weiss2 and Ethan S Miller1, (1)The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States, (2)JHU/APL, Laurel, MD, United States
8:15 AM
SM51I-02
 
Electron Precipitation Models in Global Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Simulations
Binzheng Zhang1, William Lotko1, Oliver Brambles2, Michael James Wiltberger3 and John Lyon1, (1)Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States, (2)Thayer School of Engineering, Hanover, NH, United States, (3)National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO, United States
8:30 AM
SM51I-03
 
The Role of Ionospheric Conductivity in the Response of the Magnetosphere and Ionosphere to Changes in the Earth’s Magnetic Field
Ingrid Cnossen, NERC British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, CB3, United Kingdom, Michael James Wiltberger, National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO, United States, Arthur D Richmond, NCAR-High Alt Observatory, Boulder, CO, United States and Jeremy Ouellette, Thayer School of Engineering, Hanover, NH, United States; Vermont Technical College, Department of Computer & Information Systems, Randolph Center, VT, United States
8:45 AM
SM51I-04
 
Estimating Ionosphere Conductance on Global Spatial Scales
Colin L Waters, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia, Brian J Anderson, Johns Hopkins Univ, Laurel, MD, United States, David L Green, Oak Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge, TN, United States and Haje Korth, JHU/APL, Laurel, MD, United States
9:00 AM
SM51I-05
 
Observations of Auroral Ionopheric Response Effects As Seen By the MICA Sounding Rocket
Kristina A Lynch1, Peter Horak1, Philip A Fernandes1, Matthew D Zettergren2, Donald L Hampton3, Mark Conde3, David L Hysell4, Robert J Miceli4, Steven Powell4, Marc Lessard5, Joran Idar Moen6, Robert Michell7, Marilia Samara7 and Michael J Nicolls8, (1)Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States, (2)Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ, Daytona Beach, FL, United States, (3)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (4)Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States, (5)University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States, (6)University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, (7)Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States, (8)SRI International, Menlo Park, CA, United States
9:15 AM
SM51I-06
 
Effects of Dayside Ionospheric Conductivity on the Solar Wind-Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling: Solar Cycle Dependence of Night-side Field-aligned Currents
Tomoyuki Higuchi, Inst Statistical Mathematics, Tokyo, Japan, Shinichi Ohtani, JHU/APL, Laurel, MD, United States, Simon Wing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States and Viacheslav G Merkin, The Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD, United States
9:30 AM
SM51I-07
 
Ionospheric Conductance During Substorms and Steady Magnetospheric Convection Events (SMCs)
Anna D DeJong, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA, United States, Aaron J Ridley, Univ Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States and Jared Micheal Bell, National Institute of Aerospace, Yorktown, VA, United States
9:45 AM
SM51I-08
 
Dependencies of Auroral Electron Precipitation Characteristics on Ionospheric Conductivity Conditions and Examples of Measurements of Ionospheric Pederson Conductivity and Wave and Electron Energy Reflectivity from FAST Satellite Data
John Paul Dombeck1, Andres Campos1, Cynthia A Cattell1, Nitin Prasad1, Elizabeth Hanson2, James P McFadden2 and Robert J Strangeway3, (1)University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, United States, (2)University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States, (3)University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
 
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