G1  New Horizons in Active and Passive Radio Techniques for Geospace Remote Sensing

Thursday, January 4  13:20-15:40  Room 151

Session Chairs:  Philip Erickson, Scott Palo, Julio Urbina

13:20  G1-1  TOWARD IONOSPHERE FORECAST USING COSMIC-2

Charles Lin*1, Chia-Hung Chen1, P. K. Rajesh1, Tomoko Matsuo2

1Department of Earth Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, TAIWAN
2Ann and H. J. Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO


13:40  G1-2  EXPLORING THE IONOSPHERE WITH RADIO TELESCOPES AND LIGHTNING STRIKES

Joseph B. Malins*1, Kenneth S. ObenBerger2, Gregory B. Taylor1

1Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
2Space Vehicle Branch, Air Force Research Lab, Kirtland Air Force Base


14:00  G1-3  ON THE USE OF SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR (SAR) AS A TOOL FOR IONOSPHERIC IRREGULARITY CHARACTERIZATION

James P. Conroy*1, James P. Conroy2, Jason Hodkin2, Mark Strother2, Kshitija Deshpande3

1Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
2Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab, Laurel, MD
3Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL


14:20  G1-4  SATELLITE-BEACON IONOSPHERIC-SCINTILLATION GLOBAL MODEL OF THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE (SIGMA): GNSS SIGNAL PROPAGATION MODELING AND CHANNEL MISMATCH ANALYSIS

James P. Conroy*1, James P. Conroy2, Kshitija Deshpande3

1Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
2Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab, Laurel, MD
3Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, , Daytona Beach, FL


14:40  G1-5  VALIDATION OF AN INVERSE TECHNIQUE TO RETRIEVE INTERMEDIATE-SCALE STRUCTURE STATISTICS FROM TIME SERIES OF IONOSPHERIC SCINTILLATION

Charles S. Carrano*1, Charles Rino1, Tatsuhiro Yokoyama2

1Institute for Scientific Research, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
2Space Environment Laboratory, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Tokyo, JAPAN


15:20  G1-6  JUNE SOLSTICE EQUATORIAL SPREAD-F IN THE AMERICAN SECTOR: A NUMERICAL ASSESSMENT OF LINEAR STABILITY AIDED BY INCOHERENT SCATTER RADAR MEASUREMENTS

Weijia Zhan*, Fabiano S. Rodrigues

Physics Department, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas