Program for the AGU Chapman Conference on

The Low-Latitude Boundary Layer

And Its Dynamic Interaction with the Solar Wind and Magnetosphere

New Orleans, LA

April 16-20, 2001

Convenors: P. T. Newell, M. Lockwood and W. J. Heikkila

Program Committee: T. E. Eastman, M. Fujimoto, S. A. Fuselier, G. Haerendel,

R. Lundin, P. E. Sandholt, D. G. Sibeck, G. L. Siscoe, and O. A. Troshichev

 

Registration

Sunday , 1600-1800

 

Reception

Sunday, 1800-2000

 

 

Session 1. Introduction to LLBL Research

(half day, Monday morning)

Chair: W. J. Heikkila

0845 L. A. Frank: Boundary Layers in the Earth’s Distant Magnetosphere: The Exploratory Years

0930 J. D. Winningham: Review of the Early History of the Cusp

1015 Break

1030 T. E. Eastman: Initial Observations of the Low-Latitude Boundary Layer

1115 G. K. Parks: Prominent Particle Features Observed in LLBL

1200 Lunch

 

 

Session 2. LLBL Modeling From a Global Perspective

(half day, Monday afternoon)

Chair: G. L. Siscoe

1330 B. U. O. Sonnerup: Theory of the LLBL and its Coupling to the Ionosphere: A Tutorial Review

1415 L. C. Lee: Plasma Processes at The Magnetopause

1445 J. F. Drake: Magnetic Reconnection and the Structure of the LLBL

1515 Break

1530 J. Raeder: The Low-Latitude Boundary Layer in Global Simulations

1600 P. Song: Formation of the LLBL for Northward IMF

1630 E. R. Sánchez: The Earth’s Boundary Layers: Tests of the MHD Paradigm

1700 Session Ends

 

 

Session 3. LLBL Structure: High-Altitude Observations

(half day, Tuesday morning)

Chair: T. Phan

0830 M. A. Hapgood: The Transition Parameter: A Tool for Ordering LLBL Data

0900 S. A. Fuselier: The LLBL for Northward IMF: Open or Closed

0930 M. Fujimoto: On the Role of the Magnetopause Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability in Formation of the Cold-Dense Plasma Sheet

1000 Z. Nemecek: The Structure of the Magnetopause Layers at Low-Latitudes

1030 Break

1045: M. Grande: Iron Charge State as a Tracer for Solar Wind Entry into the Magnetosphere

1115 Q.-G. Zong: Energetic Ions in the Boundary Layer of the Magnetosphere: First Results from RAPID/CLUSTER

1145 T.S. Horbury: The magnetosphere and its boundaries: a perspective from the four spacecraft measurements of the magnetic field by Cluster

1215 Lunch

 

Session 4A. Posters, First Viewing

(half day, Tuesday afternoon)

Chair: P. T. Newell

1330 Posters as Listed Below

1630 Session Ends

 

 

Session 5. Formation of the LLBL: Observations and Interpretation

(three half day sessions)

 

 

Session 5A. Formation by Merging

(Wednesday morning)

Chair: S. A. Fuselier

0830 T. G. Onsager: Formation of the LLBL by Magnetic Reconnection

0915 T. Phan: Formation of the LLBL by Merging

1000 K. J. Trattner: Spatial Structures in the Cusp: Their Consequence on Merging at the Magnetopause

1030 Break

1045 A. Boudouridis: Formation of the LLBL in the Context of a Unifying Magnetopause Reconnection Mechanism

1115 A. Fedorov: Relationship of High-Latitude Antiparallel Merging and the Low-Latitude Boundary Layer. Interball-1 Observations

1145 Lunch

 

 

 

Session 5B. Formation by Collective Kinetic Effects (or "Impulsive Penetration") (Wednesday afternoon)

Chair: M. Grande

1330 C.-I. Meng: Review of Impulsive Penetration Observations

1400 J. Lemaire: Time-Dependent Interconnection of Geomagnetic and Interplanetary Magnetic Field Lines as a Consequence of Impulsive Penetration of Magnetosheath Plasma Irregularities

1430 M. Yamauchi: Direct Magnetosheath Plasma Injections into the Closed Geomagnetic Field Region Observed at Mid- and Low-Altitudes

1500 H. Stenuit: A Study of Ion Injections at the Dawn and Dusk Polar Edges of the Auroral Oval

1530 W. J. Heikkila: Initial Condition for Plasma Transfer Events

1600 Break

 

 

Session 4B. Posters, Second Viewing

(Wednesday afternoon)

Chair: P. T. Newell

1615 Posters as Listed Below

1700: Session Ends

 

Conference Banquet

(Wednesday evening)

1900 Banquet at Mulate’s starts

 

Session 5C. Formation by Wave Effects

(Thursday morning)

Chair: D. G. Sibeck

0830 A. Otto: K-H Instability and Magnetic Reconnection: Mass Transport at the LLBL

0900 J. R. Johnson: Kinetic Alfven Waves at the Magnetopause -- Mode Conversion, Transport, and Formation of LLBL

1000 M. M. Echim: Advances in Kinetic Modelling of the Solar Wind Magnetosphere Interaction: The Impulsive Penetration Mechanism

1030 Break

1100 V. A. Pilipenko: On Relationships Between ULF Activity at High Latitudes, Global Field-Aligned Current Systems, and Dayside Magnetospheric Domains

1130 B. T. Tsurutani: Boundary Layer ELF/VLF Plasma Waves

1200 Lunch

 

 

 

Session 6. LLBL as a Plasma Reservoir (Sources and Sinks)

(half day session, Thursday afternoon)

Chair: M. Fujimoto

1330 R. J. Walker: Modeling Sources and Sinks of Magnetosperic Plasma

1400 H. E. Spence: The LLBL as Theoretical Source for Plasma Sheet

1430 J. Chen: Cusp as a Possible Source for LLBL Energetic Ions

1500 Break

1530 S. Wing: LLBL Contribution to the Plasma Sheet Ions

1600 M. Øieroset: Two-Spacecraft (Wind/Geotail) Investigation of the Occurrence

and Properties of the Cold Dense Plasma Sheet

1630 T. Teraswa: LLBL as Plasma Sheet Source During Northward IMF?

1700 Session Ends

 

 

Session 7. The LLBL from Ionospheric Observations

(half day, Friday morning)

Chair: O. A. Troschichev

0830 E. E. Antonova: LLBL and The Sources of Electric Fields at Ionospheric Altitudes

0900 C. R. Clauer: Ionospheric Observations of Waves at the Inner Edge of the LLBL

0930 T. K. Yeoman: Electric Field, Optical and Field-aligned Current Structures in the Dayside Auroral Zone Under IMF Bz South Conditions

1000 A. S. Rodger: Ionospheric Signatures of Reconnection at the Dayside Magnetopause

1030 Break

1100 D. R. Weimer: Empirical Patterns of the Electric Potential and Field-Aligned Currents at the Ionosphere: What do They Reveal About the Low-Latitude Boundary Layer?

1130 O. de la Beaujardierre: LLBL Sondrestrom Radar Observations Coordinated with Satellite Measurements

1200 Lunch

 

 

 

Session 8. The LLBL and Aurora

(half day, Friday afternoon)

Chair: P. E. Sandholt

1330 N. C. Maynard: Bifurcation of the Cusp: Implications for Understanding Boundary Layers

1400 C. S. Deehr: SCIFER and CAPER: Sounding Rocket Campaigns in the

Mid-morning Aurora

1430 S. E. Milan: HF Radar and Ultraviolet Imager Observations of Large-Scale Reconnection Bursts

1500 Break

1515 J. Moen: Ionospheric Signatures of the Dayside Magnetospheric Boundary Layers

1545 C. J. Farrugia: Responses of the Dayside Aurora and Associated Boundary

Layer Processes to IMF Variability

1615 V. Vorobjev: Dayside Auroral Transient Events and Their Relation with Ground Based Magnetic Field and Interplanetary Medium Signatures

1635 S. A. Fuselier: Proton Aurora observations of the cusp merging from IMAGE

1655 K. Liou: Magnetospheric Source Regions of the Postnoon Auroral Bright Spots

1715 Meeting Ends

 

 

 

Poster Papers

G A Abel: On the Temporal Character of Ionospheric Flows and Currents in the Low Latitude Boundary Layer and Cusp

Yong Ai: High Temporal and Spatial Resolution Observations of Postnoon Auroral Bright Spots at Zhongshan Station, Antarctica

Yong Ai: The Intensity Distributions of Postnoon 557.7 nm and 630.0 nm Aurora Emissions: A multievent study

G Atkinson: Time Variations in the Contribution of Plasma to the Dayside Boundary Layers by particles Convecting from the Nightside

L.A.Avanov: Interball Observations Reconnected Flux Tubes in the Vicinity of Cusp

M. J. Engebretson: Nonconjugate ULF Wave Power Observed by Ground Magnetometers in the Northern and Southern Dayside Cusp/Cleft/LLBL Regions

K-H Kim: Plasma Flows Inside the Magnetopause During Transient Events

A. Fedorov: Statistical Verification of the Antiparallel Reconnection Model Based on the Interball-1 Observation in the High-Latitude Boundary Layer

W. J. Heikkila: Plasma Behavior at the Dayside Magnetopause: Access to Closed Field Lines, and Sporadic Emission of 1-10 keV Electrons

G I Korotova: Multipoint Observations of Magnetic Impulse Events in Both Polar Hemispheres

Hwar C. Ku: 3-D FTEs Produced at the Dayside Magnetopause by the Patchy Reconnection

Yu Lin: Interaction of Interplanetary Discontinuities with the Bow Shock and Magnetosphere

Robert L Lysak: Effects of Parallel Electric Fields on the Coupling of Boundary Layer Convection to the Ionosphere

R Lukianova: Formation of the Polar Patches: Numerical Simulation of Drift Trajectories of the Ionospheric Inhomogeneties Affected by the IMF Changes

L. N. Makarova: Control by the Solar Wind of Processes in LLBL and Ionosphere

K.-I. Nishikawa: Particle injection though reconnection in the dayside magnetopause

K Nykyri: Equator-S Observations of Boundary Signatures: FTEs or Kelvin Helmholtz Waves?

K Oksavik: Open and Closed LLBL: Optical and Particle Signatures

T Tonooka: On the Relation Between Vortex-like Flow at the Magnetotail-Flank and the Cold-Dense Plasma Sheet

V Peroomian: Solar Wind Entry Into the Magnetosphere Through the LLBL

M. Prakash: Large Auroral Arc Formation and Structuring due to Feedback Interactions Caused by Electron Precipitation

J. Safrankova: A Response of LLBL to Sudden Changes of Upstream Parameters

P. E. Sandholt: Cusp and Boundary Layer Auroral Forms and Activities on the Day of the CAPER Rocket Flight

J.-H. Shue: Source Regions of the Early-Morning Auroras Related With Intense

Growth Phase Events of Substorms

D. G. Sibeck: Quasi-Periodic Traveling Convection Vortices

V. N. Smirnov: High-latitude magnetic reconnection in sub-alfvenic flow: Interball Tail observations on 29 May 1996

Yan Song: The Role of Nonlinear MHD Wave Mode Conversion in the Formation of the LLBL

M. Swisdak: Simulations of the Effects of Pressure Gradients on Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection

O. A. Troshichev: Low-Latitude Boundary Layer and Generation of the Region 1 Field- Aligned Currents

O.L.Vaisberg: Two Basic Types of LLBL

M Wilber: Conic-like Ion Components Observed Interior to the Dusk

Magnetopause by Wind

X-Y Zhou: Solar Wind Ram Pressure Pulses and Dayside Auroras: Physical Mechanisms in the LLBL