G5  Space Plasma Measurement Techniques

Saturday, January 6  15:20-17:40  Room 151

Session Chairs:  Tom Gaussiran, Terry Bullett

15:20  G5-1  WHAT IS NEEDED TO FORECAST SPORADIC E?

Douglas P. Drob*1, Joseph D. Huba2, Katherine A. Zawdie1, Clayton Coker1, David E. Siskind1

1Space Science Division, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC
2Plasma Physics Division, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC


15:40  G5-2  THE IONOSPHERIC FORECAST SYSTEM BY ASSIMILATING GNSS OBSERVATIONS

Chia-Hung K. Chen*1, Charles Lin1, Tomoko Matsuo2,3, Jann-Yenq Liu4,5

1Department of Earth Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, TAIWAN
2Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado
3Space Weather Prediction Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Colorado
4Institute of Space Science, National Central University, Taoyuan, TAIWAN
5Center for Space and Remote Sensing Research, National Central University, Taoyuan, TAIWAN


16:00  G5-3  ON THE MORPHOLOGY OF THE EQUATORIAL EVENING VORTEX

Samuel A. Shidler*1, Fabiano S. Rodrigues1, Bela G. Fejer2

1Dept. of Physics, University of Texas at Dallas, Plano, Tx
2Utah State University, Logan, Ut


16:20  G5-4  IONOSPHERIC IMAGING USING RADIO OCCULTATION AND TOPSIDE TEC DATA FROM COMMERCIAL LOW EARTH ORBIT SATELLITES

Victoriya V. Forsythe, Donald Hampton*

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, Alaska


16:40  G5-5  MAPPING THE D-REGION IONOSPHERE WITH A NETWORK OF VLF TRANSMITTERS AND RECEIVERS

Forrest W. Gasdia*, Robert A. Marshall

Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO


17:20  G5-6  ISR SPECTRA SIMULATIONS WITH ELECTRON-ION COULOMB COLLISIONS

William J. Longley*1, Meers M. Oppenheim1, Alex C. Fletcher1,2, Yakov S. Dimant1

1Center for Space Physics, Boston University, Boston, MA
2Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA