SM22A:
Geospace Research from Polar Environments I

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Session ID#: 17250

Session Description:
The uniqueness of polar regions for conducting geospace research has been acknowledged for decades.  This is because instrumentation located at high-latitudes allows access to a natural laboratory for studying the Earth's atmosphere, its space environment, and solar-generated interplanetary structures.  Such research includes the study of aurora, induced electrical currents, space weather, geomagnetic fields, ionospheric processes, temperature and winds in the neutral atmosphere, and atmospheric waves, all of which improve our understanding of the mechanisms which couple solar processes to the terrestrial environment.  This session solicits papers on recent advances in space physics and aeronomy focusing on the polar regions. Inter-hemispheric and conjugacy studies, as well as studies incorporating polar observations in the global context, are also welcome due to the advancement in these fields in recent years.
Primary Convener:  Hyomin Kim, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research, Edison, NJ, United States
Conveners:  Hyomin Kim1, Andrew J Gerrard1 and J. Michael Ruohoniemi2, (1)New Jersey Institute of Technology, Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research, Edison, NJ, United States(2)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, United States
Chairs:  Hyomin Kim1, Andrew J Gerrard1, J. Michael Ruohoniemi2 and Peter J Chi3, (1)New Jersey Institute of Technology, Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research, Edison, NJ, United States(2)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, United States(3)University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Hyomin Kim, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research, Edison, NJ, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • AE - Atmospheric and Space Electricity
  • SA - SPA-Aeronomy
  • SH - SPA-Solar and Heliospheric Physics
Index Terms:

2431 Ionosphere/magnetosphere interactions [IONOSPHERE]
2475 Polar cap ionosphere [IONOSPHERE]
2704 Auroral phenomena [MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICS]
2776 Polar cap phenomena [MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Conjugate Investigations of Solar Wind - Magnetosphere - Ionosphere Coupling (Invited) (177546)
C. Robert Clauer1,2, Michael Hartinger1,3, Zhonghua Xu1,4, Daniel R Weimer1,2, Kshitija Deshpande2 and Hyomin Kim5, (1)National Institute of Aerospace, Hampton, VA, United States, (2)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States, (3)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Blacksburg, VA, United States, (4)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, United States, (5)New Jersey Institute of Technology, Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research, Newark, United States
Inter-Hemispheric Differences Due to Ionospheric Asymmetries (Invited) (118075)
Robert L Lysak, University of Minnesota, School of Physics and Astronomy, Minneapolis, United States, Yan Song, University of Minnesota, School of Physics and Astronomy, Minneapolis, MN, United States, Colin L Waters, University of Newcastle, Centre for Space Physics, New South Wales, Australia, Murray D Sciffer, University of Newcastle, English Language and Foundation Studies Centre, Callaghan, Australia and Yuki Obana, Osaka Electro-Communication University, Neyagawa, Japan
Global MHD Modeling of Auroral Conjugacy for Different IMF Conditions (Invited) (120796)
Michael Hesse1, Maria M Kuznetsova2, Yi-Hsin Liu3, Joachim Birn4 and Lutz Rastaetter2, (1)NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (2)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Community Coordinated Modeling Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (3)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (4)Space Science Institute, Boulder, CO, United States
Hemispheric Observations of Ionospheric Processes in the Polar Regions (168450)
Joseph B. H. Baker, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, United States, J. Michael Ruohoniemi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, United States, Maimaitirebike Maimaiti, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States and Evan G Thomas, Dartmouth College, Thayer School of Engineering, Hanover, NH, United States
Auroral Hiss Observed at South Pole Station and Relationship to Auroral Boundaries and Upward Current Regions (135016)
Maria Spasojevic, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
Multi-scale effects of magnetic reconnection in the polar ionosphere (Invited) (123004)
Joshua L Semeter, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States, Hassan Akbari, CUA / NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, United States, Matthew D Zettergren, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL, United States, Hanna Dahlgren, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden and Dr. John Philip Swoboda, PHD, Boston University, Boston, United States
High temporal resolution observations of auroral electron density using superthermal electron enhancement of plasma lines (184672)
Juha Vierinen1,2, Asti Bhatt3, Michael Hirsch4, Anja Stromme3, Joshua L Semeter4, Shunrong Zhang5 and Philip John Erickson6, (1)The Arctic University of Norway, Department of Physics and Technology, Tromsø, Norway, (2)University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway, (3)SRI International Menlo Park, Menlo Park, CA, United States, (4)Boston University, Boston, MA, United States, (5)MIT Haystack Observatory, Westford, MA, United States, (6)MIT Haystack Observatory, Westford, United States
The Contribution of Geomagnetic Activities to Polar Ozone Changes in Upper Atmosphere (130238)
Cong Huang1, Fuxiang Huang2, Xiaoxin Zhang1, Dandan Liu3, Yongqiang Hao4 and Wen Long Liu5, (1)China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China, (2)NSMC National Satellite Meteorological Center,China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China, (3)CMA China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China, (4)Peking University, Beijing, China, (5)Beihang University, School of Astronautics, Beijing, China

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