H4  Waves and Instabilities in Laboratory and Space Plasmas

Thursday, January 7  15:20-17:00  Math 100

Session Chairs:  Robert Pfaff, James LaBelle, Erik Tejero

15:20  H4-1  GPS AND RADAR DATA ANALYSIS OF MIDLATITUDE IONOSPHERIC PLASMA WAVE IRREGULARITIES

Wayne Scales*1, Ahmed Eltrass2, John Ruohoniemi1, Joseph Baker1, Philip Erickson3

1Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
2Electrical Engineering, Alexandria University, Alexandria, EGYPT
3Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Haystack Observatory, MA


15:40  H4-2  EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC ELECTRON-ION HYBRID INSTABILITY THEORY

Carl L. Enloe*, Erik M. Tejero, William E. Amatucci, Christopher E. Crabtree, Gurudas I. Ganguli

Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC


16:00  H4-3  ANALYSIS OF SIDEBANDS FROM MAGNETOSPHERIC EMISSIONS TRIGGERED BY THE SIPLE STATION TRANSMITTER

Randall E. Wall*1, Mark Golkowski1, Maria Spasojevic2, Andrew Gibby3

1Electrical Engineering, University of Colorado - Denver, Denver, CO
2Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
3Arion Systems, Inc., Chantilly, VA


16:20  H4-4  LABORATORY STUDY OF CHIRPING WHISTLER WAVES

Erik M. Tejero*1, Chris Crabtree1, Lon Enloe1, Bill Amatucci1, Guru Ganguli1, Mark Golkowski2

1Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC
2Electrical Engineering, University of Colorado, Denver, CO


16:40  H4-5  CHARGE-CONSERVING RELATIVISTIC PIC ALGORITHM ON UNSTRUCTURED GRIDS

Dong-Yeop Na*1, Haksu Moon1, Fernando L. Teixeira1, Yuri A. Omelchenko2

1The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2Trinum Research Inc., San Diego, CA