13:30 - 15:30
Incoherent scatter observations and modeling
Conference Room
Oral presentations
13:30 - 13:55
Th-PM-1-I-01
Oral communication 25 min
Strong ionospheric long-term cooling measured by multiple incoherent scatter radars
 
Shunrong Zhang1, John Holt1, Philip Erickson1, Larisa Goncharenko1, Michael Nicolles2, Mary McCready2, John Kelly2
1MIT Haystack Observatory, Westford, United States, 2SRI International, Menlo Park, United States
13:55 - 14:10
Th-PM-1-O-02
Oral communication 15 min
Long-term variations and trends in the polar E-region
 
Lindis Merete Bjoland1, Yasunobu Ogawa2, Cesar La Hoz1, Unni Pia Løvhaug1, Chris Hall3, Mike Rietveld4
1Department of Physics and Technology, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway, 2National Institute of Polar Research, Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan, 3Tromsø Geophysical Observatory, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway, 4EISCAT Scientific Association
14:10 - 14:25
Th-PM-1-O-03
Oral communication 15 min
Long-term variations and trends in the ionosphere/thermosphere over Tromso
 
Yosuke Yamazaki1, Mike Kosch1, 2, Yasunobu Ogawa3
1Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom, 2SANSA, Hermanus, South Africa, 3NIPR, Tachikawa, Japan
14:25 - 14:50
Th-PM-1-I-04
Oral communication 25 min
Global structure of D-region response to UV variations during solar cycle (simulations with CHARM-I)
 
Alexei Krivolutsky, Lidiya Cherepanova, Tatyana Vyushkova
Central Aerological Observatory, Dolgoprudny, Russia
14:50 - 15:05
Th-PM-1-O-05
Oral communication 15 min
Equivalent slab thickness of the ionosphere over Europe as an indicator of long-term changes in the thermosphere
 
Norbert Jakowski1, M. Mainul Hoque1, Jens Mielich2, Christopher Hall3
1German Aerospace Center, Institute of Communications and Navigation, Neustrelitz, Germany, 2Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Juliusruh, Germany, 3University of Tromsø, Tromsø Geophysical Observatory, Tromsø, Norway
15:05 - 15:30
Th-PM-1-I-06
Oral communication 25 min
Earth’s magnetic field effect on MUF calculation and consequences for hmF2 trend estimates
 
Ana G. Elias1, 2, Blas F. de Haro Barbas1, Bruno S. Zossi1, 2, Zenon Saavedra2, 3
1Universidad Nacional de Tucuman, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Tecnologia, Departamento de Fisica, Laboratorio de Fisica de la Atmosfera, Tucuman, Argentina, 2CONICET, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas, Tucuman, Argentina, 3Universidad Nacional de Tucuman, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Tecnologia, Departamento de Electricidad, Electronica y Computacion, Laboratorio de Telecomunicaciones, Tucuman, Argentina