SA13A:
Dynamics and Coupling Processes of the Ionosphere and Thermosphere at Middle and Low Latitudes II Posters

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Session ID#: 22386

Session Description:
The ionosphere and thermosphere are very dynamic and strongly coupled over various spatial and time scales during both quiet times and geomagnetic storms. This session will address the recent progress, current understanding, and future challenges of thermospheric and ionospheric research at middle and low latitudes, and will focus on two areas. One area is equatorial ionospheric electrodynamics and disturbances, including plasma drift, equatorial spread F, plasma bubbles, and resultant scintillation. Another area is the response of the ionospheric-thermospheric system to geomagnetic storms, including penetration and dynamo electric fields, the variations of neutral and ion compositions on the bottomside and topside, atmospheric gravity waves and TIDs, and different drivers to the generation of storm-time disturbances. We welcome observational, theoretical, and modeling studies that improve our understanding and enable a better forecasting capability of thermospheric and ionospheric dynamics and coupling processes. Presentations on new instrument and observational methods are also encouraged.

Primary Convener:  Chaosong Huang, Air Force Research Laboratory, Albuquerque, NM, United States
Conveners:  Yongliang Zhang, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States, Wenbin Wang, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO, United States and Shunrong Zhang, MIT Haystack Observatory, Westford, MA, United States
Chairs:  Chaosong Huang, Air Force Research Laboratory, Albuquerque, NM, United States, Shunrong Zhang, MIT Haystack Observatory, Westford, MA, United States, Wenbin Wang, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO, United States and Yongliang Zhang, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Chaosong Huang, Air Force Research Laboratory, Albuquerque, NM, United States
Index Terms:

2415 Equatorial ionosphere [IONOSPHERE]
2435 Ionospheric disturbances [IONOSPHERE]
2437 Ionospheric dynamics [IONOSPHERE]
2443 Midlatitude ionosphere [IONOSPHERE]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Regional peculiarities in the inter-annual distribution of the red 630.0 nm line nightglow intensities over Abastumani (270602)
Lekso Toriashvili, Goderdzi G Didebulidze and Maya Todua, Ilia State University, Abastumani Astrophysical Observatory, Tbilisi, Georgia
Nightside Quiet-Time Mid-Latitude Ionospheric Convection and Its Connection to Penetration Electric Fields (258343)
Maimaitirebike Maimaiti1, J Michael Ruohoniemi2, Joseph BH Baker1 and A.J. Ribeiro3, (1)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States, (2)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, United States, (3)Uber Technologies Inc., San Francisco, CA, United States
CTIPe model capabilities during the 2015 St. Patrick’s Day storm (231154)
Isabel Fernandez-Gomez, German Aerospace Center, Neustrelitz, Germany, Mariangel Fedrizzi, CIRES, CU Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, Mihail Codrescu, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder, CO, United States and Claudia Borries, Institute for Solar-Terrestrial Physics, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Neustrelitz, Germany
Improving the Nightside Mid-latitude Ionospheric Density in the Global Ionosphere-Thermosphere Model (278776)
Chen Wu, Wuhan University, Wuhan City, China and Aaron J Ridley, Univ Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States
Simultaneous ground-satellite observations of daytime traveling ionospheric disturbances over Japan using the GPS-TEC network and the CHAMP satellite (223384)
Ayşegül Ceren Moral1, Kazuo Shiokawa2, Yuichi Otsuka3, Huixin Liu, Michi Nishioka5 and Takuya Tsugawa5, (1)Nagoya University, Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya, Japan, (2)Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan, (3)Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan, (4)NICT National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Tokyo, Japan
Observations on the Daytime F-region Irregularities in Two Magnetic Quiet Days Using Hainan Coherent Scatter Phased Array Radar (HCOPAR) (235424)
Han Jin and Gang Chen, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
The postsunset vertical plasma drift during geomagnetic storms and its effects on the generation of equatorial spread F (210862)
Chaosong Huang, Air Force Research Laboratory, Albuquerque, NM, United States
How and in Which way Space Weather Changed the Ionospheric Irregularities Occurrence During the St. Patrick´s Storm (239231)
Paulo Roberto Fagundes1, Flávio Roony Evangelista Barbosa Sr.2, Venkatesh Kavutarapu3, Bela G Fejer4, Valdir Gil Pillat3, Clezio Marcos De Nardin5 and Marcio Muella3, (1)University of Vale do Paraíba, Fisica & Astronomia, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil, (2)Instituto Federal de Tocantins - IFTO, Fisica, Araguatins, Brazil, (3)UNIVAP University of Vale do Paraíba, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil, (4)Utah State University, Center for Atmospheric and Space Sciences, Logan, United States, (5)INPE National Institute for Space Research, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil
Modeling the Effects of Equatorial Spread F on High Frequency Transmissions Through Ray Tracing. (258099)
Matthew Proctor, Boston College, Institute for Scientific Research, Albuquerque, United States, Chaosong Huang, Air Force Research Laboratory Albuquerque, Albuquerque, NM, United States and Tatsuhiro Yokoyama, National Institute of Information and Communications Technolog, Koganei, Japan
A Coincident Observation of Es Layer Scintillation Event with AFRL Pingtung SCINDA Station and FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC Satellites  (214968)
Shin-Yi Su, National Central University, Taiwan, Center for Space Science and Remote Sensing Research, Tauyuan City, Taiwan, Chinmaya Nayak, Center for Space and Remote Sensing Research, Jhongli, Taiwan, Lung-Chih Tsai, National Central University, Taoyuang, Taiwan, Chao Han Liu, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Ronald G Caton, Air Force Research Lab, Space Sensors Directorate, Kirtland Afb, NM, United States and Keith M Groves, Boston College, Institute for Scientific Research, Chesnut Hill, MA, United States
Ionospheric effects on GPS signal losses at low and high latitudes observed from the Swarm mission (289036)
Chao Xiong, Wuhan University of Technology, Space Physics, Wuhan, China, Claudia Stolle, University Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany; GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany and Jaeheung Park, KASI, Daejeon, Korea, Republic of (South)
Plasma Turbulence and Energy Cascades in the Equatorial Electrojet: A Complete Picture in a 2-D Fluid Model (223478)
Ehab Hassan, Ain Shams Universit, Cairo, Egypt, D.R. Hatch, University of Texas at Austin, Institute for Fusion Studies, Austin, TX, United States and Wendell Horton Jr, University of Texas at Austin, IFS and the Applied Research Laboratory, Austin, TX, United States
Small Scale O+ Density Observations from WINCS/SWATS (251440)
Andrew C Nicholas1, Federico A Herrero2, Kate Zawdie3, Kenneth Dymond4, Andrew W Stephan3 and Theodore T Finne5, (1)Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States, (2)Space Systems Research Corporation, Alexandria, VA, United States, (3)U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, United States, (4)U.S. Naval Reseach Laboratory, Washington, United States, (5)US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, United States
Assessment of Ionospheric Spatial Decorrelation for CAT I GBAS in Equatorial Region at Nominal days: Data Selection and Bias Removal (299048)
Hyeyeon Chang, University of Colorado Boulder, Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Boulder, United States and Jiyun Lee, KAIST Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, South Korea

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