2008 Workshop:CEDAR Science in Latin America
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CEDAR Science in Latin America
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Location
Davos
Date/Time
1300-1500 Friday 20 June 2008
Conveners
Format of the Workshop
of scheduled short-presentations, panel discussion, tutorial, round table discussion, other (include descrption)
Duration
2 hours (default)
Estimated attendance
30
Conflicts with other workshops
LISN, Jicamarca, Arecibo, Lower Upper Atmosphere coupling
Special technology requests
none
Forum
Comments, Questions, Discussion Forum
Brief Initial Description
This workshop will tackle relevant science issues related to CEDAR in the Latin-american sector. Understanding the energy transfer between regions is crucial for accurate prediction of the ionospheric response to Space Weather as is the understanding of the energy transfer from below to above via gravity, tidal and planetary waves. Distinctive features in the region affecting the overall behavior of the upper thermosphere/ionosphere are the presence of the south atlantic anomaly (SAA) and the equatorial ionization anomaly (EIA). Geometrically, is also the region in which the magnetic equator has the maximum departure from the geographic equator, contributing to the complexity of the aeronomic processes occuring there. The southern tip of South America is one of the most dynamically and chemically active regions of the planet. An increasing deployement of ground-based instrumentation in the region as well as new satellites measuring ionospheric parameters is helping to identify and understand key issues in the equatorial and low latitude ionosphere. The workshop will focus on describing existing, planned and foster research opportunities in Latin America.
Presentation Resources
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Chau et al. -> Jicamarca Capabilities
Workshop Summary
This workshop aimed to present current efforts to perform scientific projects, from both observational and modeling points of view, with relevance to CEDAR in the Latin American sector. We had nine presentations in the 2 hour session, many of which covered recent and current deployment of instrumentation, including lidars and optical cameras in Cerro Pachon, Chile; a meteor Radar in Tierra del Fuego; a new all-sky imager in Central Argentina, near the Arecibo Magnetic Conjugate point; and an optical array through out the Caribbean sector. Modeling of gravity wave seeding of equatorial Spread-F as well as campaign results from the Brazilian sector were also discussed. The speakers were Jorge Chau from Jicamarca Radio Observatory, John Noto from Scientific Solutions Inc.; Vince Eccles from Space Environment Corporation, Diego Janches from CoRA/NWRA; Carlos Martinis from Boston University; Jonathan Makela and Alan Liu from University of Illinois; Dominique Pautet from Utah State University; and Jonathan Friedman from the Arecibo Observatory. The speakers and the topics discussed reflected the large efforts invested by our community to build and deploy instrumentation, conduct observation campaigns and develop models. These efforts will help us better understand coupling between different atmospheric regions, inter-hemispheric differences and similarities, and will strengthen our commitment to foster international collaboration.
The conveners, Diego Janches and Carlos Martins would like to thank everyone that took part and attended this year’s workshop.
