Special Sessions

Special Lecture by 2016 Axford Medal Award Winner

"Artificial Water Reservoir Triggered Earthquakes, with Special Emphasis on the Triggered Earthquakes at Koyna, India"

Abstract | Speaker Biography

NASA Public Lecture

"The Martian" – Science Fiction and Science Fact

James Green
Director, Planetary Science Division, NASA Headquarters

Abstract | Speaker Biography

JAXA-NASA Public Lecture

"Initial Results from the Akatsuki Mission at Venus 

Takehiko Satoh
Professor, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

Abstract | Speaker Biography

IUGG UCPS-AOGS Session:
Recent Advances In Planetary Exploration And Geophysics

"The Effect Of Surface Ice And Topography On The Atmospheric Circulation And Distribution Of Nitrogen Ice On Pluto" Abstract
Scot Rafkin
Southwest Research Institute Boulder, United States

"Results Of Ground Experiments Using A Small Telescope Like Pzt For Observation Of Lunar Rotation And A New Proposal For Miniaturization" Abstract
Hideo HANADA
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Japan

"Development of VLBI Tracking Technique in Support of Chang’E Lunar Missions" Abstract
Fengchun SHU
Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

"Circumbinary Planets: New Challenges Of Exoplanetary Astronomy" Abstract
Nader HAGHIGHIPOUR
Institute of Astronomy, University of Hawaii, United States

Solar & Terrestrial Sciences Special Session:
Progress of Solar Terrestrial Sciences and Impacts of Solar Activity on the ST System including Climate and Weather

"Progress In Substorm Research During The Weak Solar Cycle (2006-2016)" Abstract
Anthony LUI
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

"Progress In Understanding The Dynamics Of The Solar Wind" Abstract
George PARKS
University of California Berkeley

"Dusk Side Enhancement Of Equatorial Zonal Electric Field Response To Convection Electric Fields During St. Patrick’s Day Storm" Abstract
Tulasi Ram SUDARSANAM
Indian Institute of Geomagnetism

"Electromagnetic Ion Cyclotron Waves: A Perspective From Past To Present" Abstract
Brian FRASER
The University of Newcastle

"Indices For Forecasting Severe Space Weather" Abstract
Nanan BALAN
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, Brazil

"Sheath - Underestimated Interplanetary Driver Of Magnetospheric Disturbances" Abstract
Yuri YERMOLAEV
Space Research Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences

"Comparing The Influence Of Sunspot Activity And Geomagnetic Activity On Winter Surface Climate" Abstract
Indrani ROY
University of Exeter

"Understanding The Heliosphere Using Temporal Variations Of Galactic And Anomalous Cosmic Rays" Abstract
J. R. (Randy) JOKIPII
University of Arizona

"On Triggering Of Magnetic Reconnection" Abstract
Masaki FUJIMOTO
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

"New Observation Of The Polar Wind In The Topside Ionosphere" Abstract
Andrew YAU
University of Calgary

"Progress Of Observations Understanding Of Thermospheric Planetary Waves And Gravity Waves In The Equatorial And Low Latitude Regions" Abstract
Hisao TAKAHASHI
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais

"Generation And Propagation Of Penetration Electric Fields To The Low Latitude Ionosphere During Substorm And Storms" Abstract
Takashi KIKUCHI
Nagoya University

"Simultaneous Imaging Observations of Post-midnight Field-aligned Irregularities and 630-nm Airglow Intensity In Indonesias" Abstract
Yuichi OTSUKA
Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University

"Magnetic (~22 Years) And Gleissberg (80-90 Years) Signals In The Solar-terrestrial System" Abstract
Crisan DEMETRESCU
Institute of Geodynamics of the Romanian Academy

"Solar Cycle 24 Trends In Space Weather" Abstract
Venera DOBRICA
Institute of Geodynamics of the Romanian Academy

"The Impacts Of Space Weather On Society And The Economy" Abstract
Daniel BAKER
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), University of Colorado at Boulder

"Interplanetary Consequences Of Coronal Mass Ejections Occurred During Solar Cycle 24" Abstract
Periasamy K. MANOHARAN
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

"The Global Ionosphere S4 Scintillation During the Solar Minimum and Maximum of Cycle 24" Abstract
Jann-Yenq (Tiger) LIU
National Central University

"Performance Analysis Of Solar Air Heater With Half Perforated Baffled Absorber Plate" Abstract
Pranay DEWANGAN
Shri Shankracharya Institute of Professional Management & Technology

"The Waldmeier Effect" Abstract
Leif SVALGAARD
Stanford University

BG Special Session:
Carbon Cycle in China’s Circle: Highlights of National Projects

"Impacts of Climatic and Atmospheric Changes on the Terrestrial Carbon Cycle" Abstract
Jing M Chen
University of Toronto, Canada

"Diagnosing CO2 fluxes in Ocean-Dominated (OceMar) and River-Dominated Margins (RioMar) by coupling the physical dynamics and biogeochemistry" Abstract
Minhan Dai
Xiamen University, China

"Soil Carbon Sequestration Offset N2O and CH4 emissions in China's Croplands" Abstract
Yao Huang
Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

"C-N-H2O fluxes observational research of ChinaFLUX" Abstract
Guirui Yu
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China