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Contents 1 Introduction 2 Chairs and Presenters 2.1 Chairs 2.2 Presenters and Presentations 3 Time and Location

Introduction

Application of SuperDARN radar observations to CEDAR research I

Over the past two decades the international network of HF radars, that is now known as SuperDARN (Super Dual Auroral Radar Network), has been making measurements of ionospheric electric fields associated with plasma drifts primarily in the polar F-region ionosphere. The current network of 20 radars (13 in the northern and 7 in the southern hemisphere) are capable of making measurements on spatial scales ranging from less than 100 km to near simultaneous coverage of the high-latitude, and at time scales as low as several seconds. Over these years SuperDARN has contributed greatly to CEDAR science in many ways by providing spatially distributed measurements of electric fields during rocket campaigns, satellite over-flights, and for space weather now-casting.

The network has recently experienced a wave of expansion with a radar pair operated by the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon situated to look over the northern magnetic pole and two new radars operated by JHU/APL and Virginia Tech. in the mid-latitude region. As coverage by SuperDARN continues to expand, the opportunities to learn more about the dynamic ionospheric processes that can span these different regions (polar, high-latitude, mid-latitude) increases with the combined use of measurements from a variety of instruments, including SuperDARN.

This session is intended to illustrate the role SuperDARN can and has played in CEDAR research. We are asking for participating from those in the CEDAR community who have used SuperDARN over the years or who would like to learn more about its capabilities.

Following an overview of the SuperDARN system and recent expansions, it is anticipated that a series of brief presentations and discussion be given by researchers using SuperDARN measurements in the areas of space weather, meteor winds, modeling, planetary waves, plasma patches, gravity waves, ionospheric currents, and other related CEDAR science.

If you are interested in giving a short presentation during this session, please contact one of the conveners (bill.bristow@gi.alaska.edu, mike_ruohoniemi@jhuapl.edu, or simon.shepherd@dartmouth.edu). We encourage student attendance and presentations.

Be sure to catch the second part of this session, S: Application of SuperDARN radar observations to CEDAR research II, at 16:00.

Chairs and Presenters

Chairs

• Bill Bristow
• Mike Ruohoniemi
• Simon Shepherd

Presenters and Presentations

13:00 - 13:30 Bill Bristow (UAF) SuperDARN Overview: technique, history, AMISR, rocket campaigns, Antarctic expansion SuperDARN Overview

13:35 - 13:45 Mike Ruohoniemi (JHU/APL) Midlatitude, StormDARN, PolarDARN Midlatitude and Polar expansion of SuperDARN

13:50 - 14:00 Jan Sojka (USU) IPY-Campaign Electric Fields from SuperDARN

14:05 - 14:15 Elsayed Talaat (JHU/APL) Planetary Waves Atmospheric dynamics using SuperDARN meteor winds

14:20 - 14:30 Stephen Mende (UCB/SSL) The THEMIS mission

14:35 - 14:45 Phil Erickson (MIT/Haystack) Millstone Hill - SuperDARN Coordinated Observations of the Temperature Gradient Instability

14:50 - 15:00 Open for Discussion

Session Summary

Time and Location

Thursday, 13:00 - 15:00 in Sunset