SA13A:
Advances in Low-Latitude Aeronomy from Space- and Ground-Based Observations III Posters

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Session ID#: 12538

Session Description:
This session will address the current and future state of aeronomy observations in the low and middle latitudes.  Presentations will include new measurements of the low-latitude thermosphere and ionosphere from existing and planned space and ground observatories, including from the upcoming GOLD, ICON and COSMIC-2 missions scheduled for launch in 2017.  Modeling and data analysis studies focused on this region are also welcome. Possible topics include, but are not restricted to: waves, low-latitude storm effects; plasma bubbles; background ionospheric and neutral conditions (including electron and ion densities and temperatures, neutral temperature composition and winds). The aim of the session is to describe our present knowledge of the region, both observationally and through models and to describe new methodologies that will help us improve our understanding of low latitude aeronomical processes.
Primary Convener:  Scott England, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Blacksburg, United States
Conveners:  Alan Geoffrey Burns, National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO, United States, Jonathan J Makela, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Urbana, IL, United States and Carlos R. Martinis, Boston University, Center for Space Physics, Boston, MA, United States
Chairs:  Alan Geoffrey Burns, National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO, United States and Carlos R. Martinis, Boston University, Center for Space Physics, Boston, MA, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Alan Geoffrey Burns, National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO, United States
Index Terms:

2427 Ionosphere/atmosphere interactions [IONOSPHERE]
2494 Instruments and techniques [IONOSPHERE]
3369 Thermospheric dynamics [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Automatically identification of Equatorial Spread-F on ionograms recorded in the Brazilian Equatorial region (117596)
Valdir Gil Pillat, University of Vale do Paraíba, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil, Paulo Roberto Fagundes, University of Vale do Paraíba, Fisica & Astronomia, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil and Lamartine N.F. Guimarães, Instituto de Estudos Avançados - IEAv, Energia Nuclear, São José dos Campos, Brazil
Unusual noon-time electron density bite-outs around the anomaly crest locations over the Indian and Brazilian sectors during quiet conditions - a case study (126076)
Venkatesh Kavutarapu1, Paulo Roberto Fagundes2, Alessandro José de Abreu3 and Valdir Gil Pillat1, (1)University of Vale do Paraíba, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil, (2)University of Vale do Paraíba, Fisica & Astronomia, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil, (3)Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA), Divisão de Ciências Fundamentais, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil
Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD): Science Implementation (165611)
William E McClintock1, Richard Eastes2, David N Anderson3, Laila Andersson4, Alan Geoffrey Burns5, Mihail Codrescu6, Robert Edward Daniell Jr7, Scott England8, Dr. Francis Gerard Eparvier, Ph.D.9, Andrey Krywonos10, Jerry D Lumpe11, Arthur D Richmond5, David W Rusch4, Oswald Siegmund12, Stanley C Solomon13 and Thomas N Woods14, (1)Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)Florida Space Institute, Orlando, FL, United States, (3)CIRES, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (5)National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO, United States, (6)Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder, CO, United States, (7)Ionospheric Physics, Stoughton, MA, United States, (8)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Blacksburg, United States, (9)LASP, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (10)UCF-Florida Space Institute, Orlando, FL, United States, (11)Computational Physics, Inc., Boulder, CO, United States, (12)Space Dynamics Laboratory, North Logan, UT, United States, (13)NCAR, HAO, Boulder, CO, United States, (14)University of Colorado Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, United States
New ground magnetometer data for the equatorial electrojet from the South American sector: long term effects and comparison with satellite data (127502)
Juergen Matzka1, Tarique Adnan Adnan Siddiqui1, Claudia Stolle1,2, Henning Lilienkamp3, Gabriel Brando Soares4, Katia Pinheiro4 and Oscar Veliz5, (1)GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany, (2)University Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany, (3)University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany, (4)Observatorio Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, (5)Instituto Geofísico del Perú, Jicamarca Radio Observatory, Lima, Peru
As-built performance of the monolithic interferometers for MIGHTI, the thermsopheric wind and temperature instrument on the Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) (128552)
John Harlander1, Christoph R Englert2, Charles Jeremy Brown3, Kenneth David Marr4, Ian J Miller5, Vaz Zastera5, Bernhard Bach6 and Stephen B Mende7, (1)Saint Cloud State University, St Cloud, MN, United States, (2)US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States, (3)Naval Research Lab DC, Space Science Division, Washington, DC, United States, (4)Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States, (5)LightMachinery Inc., Ottawa, ON, Canada, (6)Bach Research, Boulder, CO, United States, (7)University of California, Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, United States
Understanding the limits of limb scans: Simulations of ICON's thermospheric wind observations (178977)
Brian J Harding, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States, Jonathan J Makela, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Urbana, IL, United States, Christoph R Englert, US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States, Kenneth David Marr, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States, John Harlander, Saint Cloud State University, St Cloud, MN, United States, Scott England, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Blacksburg, United States and Thomas J Immel, University of California Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States
Simultaneous Observations of Equatorial Plasma Irregularities using Ground and Space-Based Instruments (137090)
Sovit Khadka, Boston College, Institute for Scientific Research, Chestnut Hill, MA, United States; New Jersey Institute of Technology, Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research, Edison, NJ, United States, Cesar Enrique Valladares, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, United States and Patricia Doherty, Boston College, Institute for Scientific Research, Newton, MA, United States
LITES and GROUP-C Mission Update: Ionosphere and Thermosphere Sensing from the ISS (142052)
Scott Alan Budzien1, Andrew W Stephan2, Supriya Chakrabarti3, David L Hysell4, Steven P Powell5, Susanna C Finn6, Tim Cook6 and Rebecca L Bishop7, (1)US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States, (2)U. S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States, (3)University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell Center for Space Science and Technology, Lowell, MA, United States, (4)Cornell University, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Ithaca, NY, United States, (5)Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States, (6)University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, United States, (7)Aerospace Corporation Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Enhanced Ionospheric Plasma Bubble Generation in More Active Atmospheric Intertropical Convergence Zone (130833)
Guozhu Li1, Yuichi Otsuka2, Baiqi Ning3, Mangalathayil Ali Abdu4, Mamoru Yamamoto5, Weixing Wan6, Libo Liu7, Praytno Abadi8 and Xinan Yue1, (1)Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (2)Nagoya University, ISEE, Nagoya, Japan, (3)Ins. of Geology and Geophysics, Beijing, China, (4)ITA Technological Institute of Aeronautics, Electronics/ Telecommmuincation, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil, (5)Kyoto University, Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto, Japan, (6)IGG Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (7)University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (8)National Institute of Aeronautics and Space LAPAN, Bandung, Indonesia
Combining the observations from COSMIC-2, GOLD and ICON (131684)
Scott England, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Blacksburg, United States
Is There a Compositional Signature That Could Explain Middle Latitude Ionospheric Signatures during Sudden Stratospheric Warmings? (131458)
Alan Geoffrey Burns, National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO, United States, Liying Qian, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, Wenbin Wang, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO, United States, Larisa P Goncharenko, MIT Haystack Observatory, Westford, United States and Stanley C Solomon, NCAR, HAO, Boulder, CO, United States
Observational evidence of predawn plasma bubble and its irregularity scales in Southeast Asia (133653)
Kornyanat Hozumi1, Roland T Tsunoda2, Tatsuhiro Yokoyama3, Mamoru Ishii4 and Takuya Tsugawa1, (1)NICT National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Tokyo, Japan, (2)SRI International Palo Alto, Palo Alto, CA, United States, (3)National Institute of Information and Communications Technolog, Koganei, Japan, (4)National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Tokyo, Japan
High Speed Stream as driver of low latitude ionosphere variability: A study case in Brazilian sector (133836)
Claudia M Nicoli Candido1, Inez Staciarini Batista2, Fabio Becker-Guedes2, Virginia Klausner3 and Regia da Silva3, (1)NSSC National Space Science Center, CAS, Beijing, China, (2)INPE National Institute for Space Research, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil, (3)National Institute for Space Research, São José dos Campos, Brazil
Dependence of plasma bubble altitude on solar flux and variations in the spectral characteristics of irregularities on apex altitude (134153)
Dev Raj Joshi1, John Michael Retterer1, Keith M Groves2, Patrick A Roddy3 and Chaosong Huang4, (1)Boston College/Inst Sci Res, Chestnut Hill, MA, United States, (2)Boston College, Institute for Scientific Research, Chestnut Hill, United States, (3)Kirtland Air Force Base, Kirtland AFB, United States, (4)Kirtland Air Force Base, Kirtland AFB, NM, United States
SEASONAL AND SOLAR ACTIVITY VARIATIONS OF F3 LAYER AND StF-4 (F-LAYER QUADRUPLE STRATIFICATION) NEAR THE EQUATORIAL REGION (134489)
Alexandre Tardelli1, Paulo Roberto Fagundes2, Michael Pezzopane3 and Venkatesh Kavutarapu1, (1)University of Vale do Paraíba, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil, (2)University of Vale do Paraíba, Fisica & Astronomia, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil, (3)Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Palermo, Italy
Assessment of the impact of FORMOSAT-7/COSMIC-2 GNSS RO observations on mid- and low-latitude ionosphere specification and forecast using observing system simulation experiments (139013)
Chih-Ting Hsu, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, Tomoko Matsuo, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States; Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States, Xinan Yue, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Jann-Yenq G Liu, NCU National Central University of Taiwan, Center for Astronautical Physics and Engineering, Taoyuan, Taiwan and Xinan Yue, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Beijing, China
A CASE STUDY OF PLASMA BLOB ASSOCIATED WITH PLASMA BUBBLE IN LOW LATITUDE REGION IN THE BRAZILIAN SECTOR USING ALL-SKY IMAGES AND DMSP SATELLITE (139854)
Flavia Coelho Tardelli1, Jose R Abalde1, Alexandre A Pimenta2, Venkatesh Kavutarapu3 and Alexandre Tardelli3, (1)UNIVAP University of Vale do Paraíba, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil, (2)INPE National Institute for Space Research, Sao Jose Dos Campos, Brazil, (3)University of Vale do Paraíba, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil
Results of Pre-launch Calibration and Planned On-orbit Operations for MIGHTI, the Thermsopheric Wind and Temperature Instrument on the Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) (140955)
Christoph R Englert1, John Harlander2, Charles Jeremy Brown1, Kenneth David Marr1, Jonathan J Makela3, Brian J Harding4, Michael H Stevens5, Jed J Hancock6, Scott England7 and Thomas J Immel8, (1)US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States, (2)Saint Cloud State University, St Cloud, MN, United States, (3)University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Urbana, IL, United States, (4)University of California, Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, United States, (5)Naval Research Lab DC, Space Science Division, Washington, DC, United States, (6)Space Dynamics Laboratory, North Logan, UT, United States, (7)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Blacksburg, United States, (8)University of California Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States
Double Crests of Peak Height in the Equatorial Ionospheric F2 Layer Observed by COSMIC (143292)
Xiaoli Luan, USTC University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China and Tong Dang, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
Influence of Ionospheric Weather on GNSS Radio Occultation Signals (143595)
Xinan Yue, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, William Steven Schreiner, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, Nicholas M Pedatella, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, COSMIC Program Office, Boulder, United States and Ying-Hwa Kuo, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, UCAR Community Programs, Boulder, United States
Investigation of equinoctial asymmetry in the latitudinal variation of zonal scintillation drift (143629)
Prayitno Abadi, Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan, Yuichi Otsuka, Nagoya University, ISEE, Nagoya, Japan, Kazuo Shiokawa, Nagoya University, Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya, Japan, Hiroyuki Shinagawa, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Tokyo, Japan and Huixin Liu, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
A study of simultaneous scintillation observations by Chinese FY-2 geostationary meteorological satellite and VHF coherent radar measurements over South China (144553)
Xiaomin Zuo1, Tao Yu2 and Chunliang Xia1, (1)China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China, (2)China University of Geosciences Wuhan, Wuhan, China
Study on the Characteristics of the GNSS Bias in Middle and Low Latitude Ionosphere TEC Calculating (144660)
Xia Chunliang1, Tao Yu1, Xiaomin Zuo2, Tian Mao3 and Biqiang Zhao4, (1)China University of Geosciences Wuhan, Wuhan, China, (2)China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China, (3)CAS Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijng, China, (4)University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Statistics of Widths and Separations of Equatorial Plasma Bubbles Detected by the C/NOFS Planar Langmuir Probe (150368)
Emanoel Costa, Pontificia Unversidade Catolica do, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Patrick A Roddy, Kirtland Air Force Base, Kirtland AFB, United States, John Ballenthin, Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland AFB, NM, United States and Keith M Groves, Boston College, Institute for Scientific Research, Chestnut Hill, United States
Low-latitude Ionospheric Research using the CIRCE Mission (150455)
Kenneth Dymond1, Andrew C Nicholas2, Scott Alan Budzien1 and Andrew W Stephan3, (1)US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States, (2)Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States, (3)U. S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States
Coordinated Ground- and Space-based Multispectral Campaign to Study Equatorial Spread-F Formation (152095)
Susanna C Finn, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, United States, George Geddes, UMass Lowell Center for Atmospheric Research, Lowell, MA, United States, Saurav Aryal, University of Colorado, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States, Andrew W Stephan, U. S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States, Scott Alan Budzien, US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States, Pallamraju Duggirala, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India, Supriya Chakrabarti, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell Center for Space Science and Technology, Lowell, MA, United States and Cesar Enrique Valladares, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, United States
Effective values of R12 and IG12 to real-time update the IRI model (155298)
Michael Pezzopane1, Alessio Pignalberi2 and Rolando Rizzi2, (1)INGV National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, Rome, Italy, (2)Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Bologna, Italy
The Effects of GPS Signal Propagation Paths Alignment with Low-Latitude Ionospheric Field-Aligned Plasma Bubble Structures on Scintillation (158152)
Eurico R De Paula, INPE National Institute for Space Research, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil, Alison de Oliveira Moraes, Instituto de Controle do Espaco Aereo, ICEA, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil, Emanoel Costa, Pontificia Unversidade Catolica do, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Bruno Cesar Vani, UNESP Sao Paulo State University, Regente Feijó, Brazil, Mangalathayil Ali Abdu, ITA Technological Institute of Aeronautics, Electronics/ Telecommmuincation, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil and Joao Francisco Galera Monico, UNESP Sao Paulo State University, Cartography, Presidente Prudente, Brazil
SPORADIC-E STUDIES BY IONOSPHERIC SCINTILLATION USING GROUND-BASED GPS AND RADIO OCCULTATION MEASUREMENTS (163436)
Aramesh Seif, NCU National Central University of Taiwan, Jhongli, Taiwan, Tiger J.Y Liu, Institute of Space Science and Engineering, National Central University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan, Anthony J Mannucci, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, Brett A Carter, RMIT University, SPACE Research Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Robert Norman, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
In-situ Satellite Based Ion Density Measurements at an Altitude of 500 Kilometers (166148)
Gabriel R Wilson, US Air Force Academy, Physics, USAF Academy, United States, Matthew G McHarg, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States, Richard L Balthazor, US Air Force Academy, USAF Academy, United States and Jacob A Tate, US Air Force Academy, USAF Academy, CO, United States
Investigating Near Space Interaction Regions: Developing a Remote Observatory (188339)
Margaret Gallant1, Edwin J Mierkiewicz1, Ronald J Oliversen2, Kurt Jaehnig3, Jeff Percival3, John Harlander4, Christoph R Englert5, Robert Kallio1, Fred L Roesler6, Susan M Nossal6, Derek Gardner7 and Sara Rosborough1, (1)Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL, United States, (2)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (3)University of Wisconsin Madison, Department of Astronomy, Madison, WI, United States, (4)Saint Cloud State University, St Cloud, MN, United States, (5)US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States, (6)University of Wisconsin Madison, Department of Physics, Madison, WI, United States, (7)University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, United States
Measurements of Thermospheric O2 Density from GOLD (194060)
Jerry D Lumpe, Computational Physics, Inc., Boulder, CO, United States, John Correira, Computational Physics Inc. Springfield, Springfield, VA, United States, J Scott Evans, Computational Physics, Inc., Springfield, United States, Richard Eastes, Florida Space Institute, Orlando, FL, United States, Bill McClintock, University of Colorado, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, United States, Stephane Beland, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States and The GOLD Science Team.
The Real-Time IRI: Assimilating Ionosonde and potentially GNSS data (196741)
Dieter Bilitza1,2, Ivan A Galkin3, Xueqin A Huang4, Bodo W Reinisch4 and Artem Vesnin5, (1)George Mason University Fairfax, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Fairfax, VA, United States, (2)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 672, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (3)Borealis Global Designs, Varna, Bulgaria, (4)Lowell Digisonde International, Lowell, MA, United States, (5)Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics SB RAS, Irkutsk, Russia

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