POLAR SCIENCE WORKING GROUP MEETING
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
NOVEMBER 12-14, 2003
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11          
6:00-9:00 PM Icebreaker: Sheraton Hotel 6:00-9:00pm, cash bar      
7:30-9:00 PM Ned Wright: Observing the Origin of the Universe, Van Allen Hall Lecture Room II  
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12          
Chair: D. Menietti
8:30-8:45 D. MENIETTI: Welcome, Announcements
8:45-9:15 B. GILES: Polar Program Outlook through next Senior Review
9:15-9:45 F. MOZER: Ion and electron diffusion region statistics, part 1
9:45-10:15 K. TRATTNER: The Location of the Reconnection Line for Northward IMF
10:15-10:30 BREAK          
Chair: D. Menietti
10:30-11:00 T. MOORE: Ionospheric outflow response to magnetospheric energy inputs
11:00-11:30 J.-M. JAHN: Oxygen Injections Into the Ring Current: Tail and Ring Current Observations Combined
11:30-12:00 W. LENNARTSSON: Comparing ion outflow rates near the Polar perigee and apogee
12:00-1:00pm LUNCH          
Chair: N. Fox
1:00-1:30 G. PARKS: UVI Observations of the October 29, 2003, Geomagnetic Storm
1:30-2:00 N. OSTGAARD: Conjugate observations of theta aurora and substorm onset location
2:00-2:30 J. SIGWARTH: Global Observations of O/N2 in Earth s Thermosphere During the April 2002 Sun-Earth Storms.
2:30-2:45 BREAK          
Chair: N. Fox
2:45-3:15 T. FRITZ: A comparison of Cluster and Polar observations in the cusp/high latitude
3:15-3:45 M. SCHULZ: PIXIE Studies of Auroral X-Rays as Precursor or Trailer of Dst
3:45-4:15 K. LIOU: Observations of thermospheric composition changes during the 17-24 April 2002 geomagnetic storms by Polar Ultraviolet Imager
4:15-4:45 J. SCUDDER A Quantiative Test for Low Frequency Compressible
Structures of MHD: Complement to the Walen Test
4:45-5:00 BREAK          
5:00-8:00pm POLAR OPERATIONS MEETING
EVENING DINNER ON YOUR OWN      
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13          
Chair: J. Sigwarth
8:30-9:00 C. POLLOCK: High Latitude Low Energy Ion Outflows Observed using the TIDE/PSI system
9:00-9:30 M. FILLINGIM: Conjugacy of the Afternoon Bright Spot: Observations and Predictions
9:30-10:00 P. ANDERSON The Storm-time Diffuse Aurora: Comparisons of Simulations and Observationse
10:00-10:15 BREAK          
Chair: J. Sigwarth
10:15-10:45 J. SCUDDER: Detection of the Bounded Motion of the X-Point
10:45-11:15 T. MOORE: Sunward velocity bursts near the low latitude dayside magnetosphere
11:15-11:45 F. MOZER: Ion and electron diffusion regions and the statistics from many crossing, part 2
11:45-12:15 P. NEWELL The Distribution of Auroral Power Increases and
Decreases
12:15-1:15 LUNCH          
Chair: J. Scudder
1:15-1:45 X. LI: Modeling Radiation Belt Electrons Measured by Polar/CEPPAD
1:45-2:15 P. CHI: Time-Frequency Analysis of ULF Wave Properties in Satellite Magnetic Field Observations
2:15-2:45 R. FRIEDEL: Relativistic Electron Equatorial Phase Space Densities Gradients from 4-20 Re
2:45-3:15 J. CHEN: Energetic Ions in Cusp, Upstream, and Ring Current
3:15-3:30 BREAK          
Chair: J. Scudder
3:30-4:00 D. MENIETTI: Near-source and remote observations of kilometric continuum radiation from Polar, Geotial, Cluster
4:00-4:30 N. FOX: Hemispheric asymmetries in the auroral ovals and association with ionospheric convection and IMF
4:30-5:00 L.-J. CHEN Existence of ion holes when Ti is not smaller than Te
7:00pm GROUP DINNER: Mondo's Tomato Pie      
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