Convenors:Dave Anderson, Tim Fuller-Rowell, Jan Sojka
Tuesday, June 15, 03:25-05:30 PM
Engineering Center
This year the GIFT Workshop (Global Ionospheric Forecasting Techniques) will focus entirely on the low- latitude/equatorial region. The basic theme is to determine if ionospheric measurements made at an earlier local time or another latitude/longitude can provide a useful forecast for the equatorial ionosphere. Implicit in this theme is the ancillary question "How best to combine observations and models to realistically forecast the equatorial ionosphere?" During the first hour of the GIFT workshop the discussion will focus on ionospheric observations which have been and are being obtained that relate both to the ambient ionosphere and to scintillation activity and the coherence of these quantities with longitude. The second half of the workshop will discuss the theoretical ionospheric models that are being applied to the equatorial region and the ability of these models to incorporate specific observations so as to provide realistic ionospheres at other latitudes, longitudes and local times. The agenda includes ample time for discussion and we anticipate that the ideas that result from these discussions will form the basis for an ongoing, enthusiastic exchange between observationalists and modelers. All interested participants are welcome.