HE1  Lightning and its Interactions with the Ionosphere

Thursday, January 7  13:20-17:00  Room 151

Session Chairs:  Joseph Dwyer, Robert Moore, Carl Siefring

13:20  HE1-1  LOW-FREQUENCIES LIGHTNING DETECTION NETWORK IN KAZAKHSTAN FOR ATMOSPHERE, LITHOSPHERE AND IONOSPHERE RESEARCH SUPPORT

Anatoliy Lozbin1, Alexander Inchin1, Pavel Inchin1, Anatoly Strletsov*2

1Scientific Space System Lab, Institute of Space Techniques and Technologies, Almaty, KAZAKSTAN
2Department of Physical Sciences, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL


13:40  HE1-2  REPORT OF A SECOND TERRESTRIAL GAMMA RAY FLASH INDUCED BY ROCKET-AND-WIRE TRIGGERED LIGHTNING

Brian Hare*1, Martin Uman1, Joseph Dwyer2, Douglas Jordan1, Jaime Caicedo1, Felipe Carvalho1, Robert Wilkes1, Daniel Kotovsky1, William Gamerota1, John Pilkey1, Terry Ngin1, Robert Moore1, Hamid Rassoul3, Steve Cummer4, Eric Grove5, Mike Biggerstaff6, Amitabh Nag7

1University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
2University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire
3Florida Institude of Technology, Melbourne, Florida
4Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
5Naval Reaserch Laboratory, Washington, D.C.
6Oklahoma University, Norman, Oklahoma
7Vaisala, Helsinki, FINLAND


14:00  HE1-3  ROLE OF MAGNETOSPHERIC DUCTS IN OBSERVATIONS OF ENERGETIC ELECTRON PRECIPITATION IN THE CONJUGATE HEMISPHERE

Hamid T. Chorsi*1, Mark Golkowski1, Robert C. Moore2

1Electrical Engineering, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado
2Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida


14:20  HE1-4  RELATIVISTIC FEEDBACK DISCHARGES DRIVEN BY POSITIVE LEADERS

Joseph R. Dwyer*

University of New Hampshire, Durham NH


14:40  HE1-5  X-RAY SOLAR FLARE INDUCED IONOSPHERIC PERTURBATIONS OBSERVED BY VLF SFERICS

Jackson C. McCormick*, Morris B. Cohen

Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA


15:20  HE1-6  RARE TYPES OF TRANSIENT LUMINOUS EVENTS OBSERVED ABOVE TWO FLORIDA STORMS ON 12 SEPTEMBER 2014

Ningyu Liu*1, Levi D. Boggs1, Michael Splitt2, Steven Lazarus2, Chad Glenn1, Hamid K. Rassoul1, Steven A. Cummer3

1Department of Physics and Space Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL
2Department of Marine and Environmental Systems, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL
3Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC


15:40  HE1-7  MODIFICATION OF THE LOWER IONOSPHERIC CONDUCTIVITY BY THUNDERSTORM ELECTROSTATIC FIELDS

Mohammad A. Salem*, Ningyu Liu, Hamid K. Rassoul

hysics and Space Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne


16:00  HE1-8  POLARIZATION OF VLF TRANSMITTER SIGNALS AS AN IONOSPHERIC DIAGNOSTIC

Morris Cohen*1, Mark Golkowski2

1Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Tech, Atlanta
2Electrical Engineering, University of Colorado Denver, Denver


16:20  HE1-9  EFFECTS OF CONDUCTIVITY PERTURBATIONS IN TIME DEPENDENT GLOBAL ELECTRIC CIRCUIT MODEL

Jaroslav Jansky*, Victor P. Pasko

CSSL, Penn State University, University Park, PA


16:40  HE1-10  OBSERVATIONS AND SIMULATIONS OF WHISTLER-MODE WAVES INSIDE DENSITY DUCTS

Miles T. Bengtson*, Sara A. Rosborough, Roxanna L. Stein, Morgan M. Matheny, Anatoly V. Streltsov

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL