SA31C:
Upper Atmospheric Research through Ground-Based Networked Instrumentation I

Wednesday, 17 December 2014: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Chairs:  Asti Bhatt, SRI International Menlo Park, Menlo Park, CA, United States and Elizabeth A Kendall, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA, United States
Primary Conveners:  Asti Bhatt, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA, United States
Co-conveners:  Elizabeth A Kendall, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Asti Bhatt, SRI International Menlo Park, Menlo Park, CA, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

8:00 AM
 
Scientific Progress in Understanding Thermosphere-Ionosphere Dynamics Enabled by Ground-based Networks of Instrumentation
Jonathan J Makela1, John W Meriwether2, Daniel James Fisher3, Brian Joseph Harding3, Aaron J Ridley4, Gregory Duane Earle5, Marco Ciocca6, Michael Castelaz7, Ricardo Buriti8, Marco A Milla9, Luis Navarro9, Gary Bust10 and Farzad Kamalabadi3, (1)University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, United States, (2)Clemson University, Clemson, SC, United States, (3)University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States, (4)Univ Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (5)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States, (6)Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY, United States, (7)Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute, Rosman, NC, United States, (8)UFCG Federal University of Campina Grande, Campina Grande, Brazil, (9)Instituto GeofĂ­sico del PerĂș, Jicamarca Radio Observatory, Lima, Peru, (10)John Hopkins University-Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States
8:15 AM
 
Measurements of Thermospheric Winds and Temperatures with a Fabry-Perot Interferometer Network: Results from NATION, South America, and Alaska
John W Meriwether, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, United States, Jonathan J Makela, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, United States and Aaron J Ridley, Univ Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
8:30 AM
 
Relations between Arctic large-scale TEC changes and scintillations over Greenland
Tibor Durgonics, Per Hoeg and Hans-Henrik von Benzon, Technical University of Denmark - Space, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
8:45 AM
 
Quasi-Stationary Planetary Wave in the MLT During Summer
Patrick J Espy1,2, Nora Henriette Stray1 and Robert E Hibbins2, (1)Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, (2)Birkeland Centre for Space Science, Bergen, Norway
9:00 AM
 
ON THE OCCURRENCE OF COUNTER EQUATORIAL ELECTROJET OVER AFRICA
Akeem Babatunde Rabiu1,2, Folarin O O2 and Teiji Uozumi3, (1)Centre for Atmospheric Research, National Space Research and Development Agency NASRDA, Anyigba, Nigeria, (2)Federal University of Technology Akure, Space Physics Lab, Akure, Nigeria, (3)Kyushu University, International Center for Space Weather Science and Education, Fukuoka, Japan
9:15 AM
 
Using Multiple Data Type to Determining the Electric Fields and Neutral Winds During through Days of Quiet and Magnetically Active Period to Investigate Low-Latitude Ionospheric Stability of Magnetically Active Days
J Vincent Eccles, Space Environment Corporation, Providence, UT, United States; Center for Atmospheric and Space Sciences, Logan, UT, United States
9:30 AM
 
The Synergistic Relationship Between Networks of Instruments and Global Models
Aaron J Ridley1, Jonathan J Makela2, John W Meriwether3, Mark Conde4, John Noto5 and Jeffrey D. Thayer1, (1)University of Michigan, Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (2)University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, United States, (3)Clemson University, Clemson, SC, United States, (4)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (5)Scientific Solutions Inc, North Chelmsford, MA, United States
9:45 AM
 
Fast and Ultra-fast Kelvin wave modulations of the equatorial evening F region vertical drift and spread F development.
Christiano Garnett Marques Brum1, Mangalathayil A Abdu2, Paulo Prado Batista2, Subramanian Gurubaran3, Dora Pancheva3, Jose V Bageston2, Inez Staciarini Batista4 and Hisao Takahashi2, (1)SRI International Arecibo Observatory - SRI, Space and Atmospheric Sciences - Center for Geospace Studies, Arecibo, PR, Afghanistan, (2)INPE National Institute for Space Research, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil, (3)Equatorial Geophysical Research Laboratory, Tirunelveli, India, (4)INPE, Sao Jose Dos Campos, Brazil
 
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