Session One: Mass Coupling

Plasmasphere-Ionosphere Coupling

Peter M. Banks, University of California

Yosemite National Park

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Ionization Interchange Between the Ionosphere and Plasmasphere and Substorm Effects on the F-Region

Chung G. Park, Stanford University

Yosemite National Park

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Similarities and Differences in the Plasmapause and Its Behavior at the Equator and at High Latitudes

Larry H. Brace, Goddard Space Flight Center

Yosemite National Park

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Stormtime Behavior of Low Energy Charged Particles in the Vicinity of the Plasmapause

Rita C. Sagalyn, Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratory
Peter J. L. Wildman, Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratory
Michael Smiddy, Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratory
Lolitha D. V. Rao, Regis College

Yosemite National Park

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Radar Measurements on Plasmasphere-Ionosphere Coupling

John V. Evans, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Yosemite National Park

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Protonospheric Energy Sources

Ralph J. Cicerone, University of Michigan

Yosemite National Park

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM

Ionospheric Effects of Substorms

James A. Whalen, Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratory

Yosemite National Park

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Plasmasphere Dynamics Induced by the Magnetosphere

C. Rick Chappell, University of California

Yosemite National Park

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Topside Ion Composition Irregularities Relevant to Studies of Trough-Plasmapause Coupling

Harry A. Taylor Jr., Goddard Space Flight Center
Joseph M. Grebowsky, NRC/NASA
Abel J. Chen, NRC/NASA

Yosemite National Park

12:00 PM - 12:15 PM

Outer Plasmasphere Irregularities and Plasmatails

Joseph M. Grebowsky, Goddard Space Flight Center
Abel J. Chen, NRC/NASA
Harry A. Taylor Jr., Goddard Space Flight Center

Yosemite National Park

12:15 PM - 12:30 PM

Whistler Duct Formation

R. J. Thomson, University of Otago
R. L. Dowden, University of Otago
N. R. Thomson, University of Otago

Yosemite National Park

12:30 PM - 12:45 PM