G1  Space Plasma Measurement Techniques

Friday, January 8  13:20-17:00  Room 105

Session Chairs:  Tom Gaussiran, Philip Erickson

13:20  G1-1  Results of coherent backscatter radar imaging using Capon's method and measurements made by the Sao Luis radar interferometer

Gebreab K. Zewdie*, Fabiano S. Rodrigues

The University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, Texas


13:40  G1-2  MODIFICATION OF THE LF TRANSMIT SITE AT DIXON TO SUPPORT RF PROPAGATION AND IONOSPHERE RESEARCH

Doeg Rodriguez1, Nicholas Lumdsen*1, Peder Hansen2, Laura Lukes3, Jill Nelson4, K.c. Kerby-Patel4, Filip Crowov4, William Liles5, John D. Rockway1

1SSC Pacific, San Diego, CA
2Long Wave Inc., Oklahoma City, OK
3George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
4University of Massachusetts at Boston, Boston, MA
5Indepedent, Reston, VA


14:00  G1-3  AN MF/HF ANTENNA ARRAY FOR RADIO AND RADAR IMAGING OF THE IONOSPHERE

Terence Bullett1, Bjorn Gustavsson2, Brett Isham*3, Vasyl Belyey4

1University of Colorado / NOAA, Boulder, Colorado
2University of Tromso, Tromso, NORWAY
3Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, Bayamon, Puerto Rico
4Pinhole AS, Tromso, NORWAY


14:20  G1-4  MEAN SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ACOUSTIC GRAVITY WAVES IN THE THERMOSPHERE-IONOSPHERE DETERMINED FROM DYNASONDE DATA

Catalin Negrea*1,2,3,4, Nikolay A. Zabotin1,2

1Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO
2Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO
3Space Weather Prediction Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO
4Institute of Space Science, Magurele, IF, ROMANIA


14:40  G1-5  MEASURING IONOSPHERIC RESPONSE TO SOLAR FLARE WITH DYNASONDES

Nikolay A. Zabotin*, Terence W. Bullett

University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO


15:20  G1-6  THE IMPULSE RESPONSES OF ELECTRONICALLY SCANNED AND DISH BASED ISR

John P. Swoboda*, Joshua Semeter

ECE, Boston University, Boston MA


15:40  G1-7  ATMOSPHERIC PLANETARY WAVES IMPACT ON IONOSPHERIC CORRECTION IN GPS

Andrey N. Lyakhov*1, Tatiana V. Losseva1, Alexei Chermenin2

1Institute of geospheres dynamics, Moscow, RUSSIAN FEDERATION
2Aerophysics and Space Research, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow, RUSSIAN FEDERATION


16:00  G1-8  ON THE STATISTICS OF INTENSITY SCINTILLATIONS FOR A TWO-COMPONENT IRREGULARITY POWER LAW SPECTRUM

Charles S. Carrano*, Charles L. Rino

Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA


16:20  G1-9  IMPACTS OF IONOSPHERE-THERMOSPHERE COUPLING ON IONOSPHERIC PREDICTABILITY IN AN ENSEMBLE DATA ASSIMILATION AND FORECASTING SYSTEM

Chih-Ting Hsu*1, Tomoko Matsuo2, Wenbin Wang3, Xinan Yue4, Jann-Yenq Liu1

1Institute of Space Science, National Central University, Taoyuan, TAIWAN
2Space Weather Prediction Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, CO
3High Altitude Observatory, National Center For Atmospheric Research, CO
4COSMIC program office, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, CO


16:40  G1-10  SCINTILLATION THEORY, IONOSPHERIC STRUCTURE CHARACTERIZATION, AND GLOBAL MODELS

Charles L. Rino*1, Charles S. Carrano2

1Institute for Scientific Research, Boston College, Menlo Park, CA
2Institute for Scientific Research, Boston College, Boston, MA