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Scientific Program

Sunday 19th August

10.00 Registration
11.00 Start to Kierikki archeological centre.
13.00 Lunch
20.00 Ice-breaking party at POHTO (incl.sauna)

Monday 20th August

08.30 Registration

Opening Session

09.00 Welcome to the participants and practical information

Session Ia: Auroral physics and other ionospheric phenomena

09.30 Lummerzheim, D. et al., Optical Emissions from Proton Aurora (invited).
10.00 Kosch M, High Latitude Artificial Aurora from HEATING: A Unique Phenomenon? (invited).
10.30 Coffee break
11.00 Donovan, E. et al., Energy Dependence of the Latitude of the Equatorward Edge of Significant Proton Auroral Precipitation.
11.20 Kozlovsky, A., Characteristics of the Noon Poleward Moving Auroral Arcs Inferred from EISCAT Radar Measurements.
11.40 Leontyev, S.V., Neutral winds in the e-layer of auroral zone during quiet and disturbed conditions.
12.00 Lunch break
13.10 Safargaleev, V. et al., Multiple Poleward Propagating Auroral Events in the 15-16 MLT Sector.
13.30 Sergienko, T. et al., Study of auroral arc fine structure with conjugate FAST and ALIS measurements
13.50 Pitkänen V. et al., Ground-Based Optical Obrevations of Dayside Aurora at Zhong Shan Station in Antarctic.
14.10 Lyatsky, W., Auroral Phenomena as Seen from Spacecraft Auroral UV Images (a review).
14.30 Coffee break
15.00 Ulich, T. et al., Modelling of Pulsating Aurora Observed by EISCAT with the Detailed Sodankylä Ion-Neutral Chemistry Model
15.20 Tagirov, V. et al., TV observations of auroral forms at different zones of high latitudes (review).
15.40 Holma H. et al., Particle energy estimations in the quiet arc.
16.00 Danielides, M. et al., Cosmic Radio Noise Absorption Associated with North-South Aurora.

Tuesday 21st August

Session Ib: Auroral physics and other ionospheric phenomena

09.00 Lyatsky, W., Auroral Arc and Substorm Generation: Theory and Observations (a review) (invited)
09.30 Lummerzheim, D. et al., Preliminary Results of Observations Acquired with the Hities Spectrograph on Svalbard: The Hb Line Profile, The 1NG (1,3) Band and the OII Multiplet !(4P-4D)
09.50 Kozelov, B. et al., Visualization of Physical Processes Related to Combined Electron-Proton Aurorae. Software for Science and Education.
10.10 Coffee break

Session II: Auroral observations monitoring magnetospheric phenomena and Space born studies

10.40 Aikio, A., Electrodynamics of auroral arcs. (invited)
11.10 Moen, J., Auroral signatures of dayside boundary layer dynamics. (invited)
11.40 Kornilov, I.A. et al., Using image filtering methods for TV data processing: Subvisual auroral wave structures and pulsations.
12.00 Lunch break
13.10 Nicholson, N. et al., Monitoring the Ion Isotropy Boundary with Multipoint Proton Auroral Measurements.
13.30 Starkov, G. et al., HF Radar observations of Auroral Boundaries.
13.50 Kauristie, K. et al., Ground-based and satellite observations of high-latitude auroral activity in the dusk sector of the auroral oval.
14.10 Coffee break

Session III: Odin; The first results

14.40 Murtagh D., The Odin Aeronomy Mission (invited)
15.10 Llewellyn, E. J., First Results from the OSIRIS Instrument on-board Odin (invited)
15.40 Degenstein, D., The Potential for Incorrect Interpretation of Atmospheric Images as seen with OSIRIS.
16.00 Murtagh D., Early results from the Sub-MM Radiometer onboard Odin.

19.00 Conference Sauna

Wednesday 22nd August

Session IV: Tropospheric and Stratospheric physics

08.50 Belikov, Yu.E. et al., The Role of Swapping Mechanisms of Atmospheric Reservoir Species in Active Chlorine Accumulation in the Polar Stratosphere.
09.10 Enell, C.-F. et al., Detecting polar stratospheric clouds using the zenith-sky colour index.
09.30 Kasatkina, E.A. et al., NOx production in the polar atmosphere after recent powerful solar cosmic rays.
09.50 Shumilov, O.I. et al., Formation of atmospheric aerosols by cosmic rays and their possible influence on the climate.
10.10 Roldugin, V.C. et al., Changes of Atmospheric Aerosol Density After Earth Transits of the Heliospheric Current Sheet.
10.30 Coffee break

Session V: Mesospheric and Thermospheric physics

11.00 Grossmann, K. U. et al., Upper mesosphere/ lower thermosphere measurements by CRISTA. (invited)
11.30 Oldag, J. et al., Temperatures and Semidiurnal Tides in The Mesopause Region at 54°N And 28°N Latitude by Potassium Lidar. (invited)
12.00 Lunch break
13.10 Lopez-Moreno J. J., Extreme Ultraviolet Airglow (invited)
13.40 Lowe R. P., Gravity Wave Measurements with a Near Infrared Scanning Radiometer at ALOMAR
14.00 Aushev, V.M. et al., A spectrum of atmospheric gravity waves in the mesosphere and termosphere
14.20 Coffee break
14.50 Ogibalov, V.P. et al., The Non-Lte Problem for Co2 in the Middle and Upper Atmosphere: Revision of Radiative Flux Divergence
15.10 Sivjee, G.G. et al., Polar cap Disturbances: Mesosphere and Thermosphere-Ionosphere Response to Solar-Terrestrial Interactions
15.40 Roldugin, V.C. et al., PMSE Observed by 2.8 MHz Radar During Noctilucent Clouds
16.00 Kirillov, A. S., Application of Quantum-Chemical Approximations in the Calculation of Rate Coefficients for Intramolecular and Intermolecular Energy Transfer Processes of Atmosperic Gases.
16.20 Sigernes F., The Hydroxyl Rotational Temperature Record from the Auroral Station in Aventdalen, Svalbard (78N,15E) (invited)
16.50 Witt G., IR and thermal propeties of mesospheric particles (invited)

19.00 Conference Dinner

Thursday 23rd August

Session VI: Techniques, Methods and Instrumentation

09.00 Janhunen, P., Inversion of electron fluxes from all-sky images (invited)
09.30 Tagirov, V. et al., New Method for Study of Aurora Brightness Spatial Distribution.
09.50 Syrjäsuo, M.T et al., Can computers understand auroral images?
10.10 McWhirter, I. et al., A new spectrograph platform for auroral studies in Svalbard.
10.30 Coffee break
11.00 Robertson S., The design and Implementation of a Narrow Field of View Imager to Support the ESR facility.
11.20 Chernouss, S. et al., Application of the I-PentaMAX CCD camera for auroral observations.
11.40 Gausa, M. et al., DIAL Measurements of Stratospheric Ozone.
12.00 Enell, C.-F. et al., Bistatic stereoscopy in studies of polar stratospheric clouds.
12.20 Lunch break
13.30 Widell O., Ground Based Instrumentation at Esrange.
13.50 Jussila J. et al., Optical auroral instrumentation of University of Oulu.
14.10 Sigernes F. et al., OPTICS at the Auroral Station in Adventdalen, Svalbard.

Session VII: Calibration

14.40 Mäkinen, S., All-sky camera calibration (invited).
15.00 Brändström, U. et al., Calibration of an Auroral Large Imaging System.
15.20 Conference Closing
15.30 Coffee

Friday 24th August

09.00 - 15.00 Calibration workshop at the University of Oulu

Posters:

Chernouss, S. et al., The Red Type-A Auroras during Superstorms Caused by Coronal Mass Ejection (CMEs).

Donovan, E. et al., Triangulation of auroral red-line emissions.

Kornilova, T., Auroral Pulsations in Diffuse Luminosity During Substorm.

Donovan, E. et al., All-Sky Imaging Within the Canadian CANOPUS and NORSTAR Projects.

Kornilov, I. A., Fine details of space and time structure of pulsating aurora and VLF-chorus emissions.

Kornilov, I.A. et al., Using image filtering methods for TV data processing: Subvisual auroral wave structures and pulsations.

Safargaleev, V. et al., Azimuthal Propagation of the Auroral Arcs.

Yahnin, A.G. et al., Auroral Breakup As Observed From Above And Below: Multi-Instrument Case Study.

Milinevsky, G. et al., Cloudiness and Divergence Between Ground-Based and Satellite Total Ozone Measurements.

Milinevsky, G. et al., The Changes of Total Ozone Over Antarctic Peninsula and Ukraine for 1996-2001.

Roldugin, V.C., Invariability of Total Ozone Content Under Solar Proton Events.

Kosch M. et al., Absolute Optical Calibrations Using a Simple Tungsten Bulb: Theory.

Oikarinen A. et al., VLF-emissions.

McWhirter, I. et al., Neutral wind and temperature measurements from the
University College London Fabry-Perot interferometers.

Kozelov, B.V. et al., Developing of auroral intensification as an output of magnetosphere-ionosphere dynamical system.

Kirillov, A. S., The Study of the Role of Collisional Processes in Electronic Kinetics of Singlet and Triplet States of Molecular Nitrogen in High-Latitude Upper and Middle Atmosphere

Rydesäter P., Lossy compression of sientific images of aurora.

Calibration Workshop

Intercalibration for all the sources under 1 MR with the calibration photometer and reference light sources by Ola Widell, Esrange (Earlier by Dr. Hans Lauche, MPI).

Also available a small (diameter ~20 cm) integrating sphere from FMI / GEO for camera intercalibration.