Program uses Singapore Time and is 8 hours ahead of GMT

Special Session 01 Tue-02 Aug 14:00 – 16:00

Toward the Understanding of Space Weather in the Polar Ionosphere

This presentation, dedicated to Kamide sensei, introduces my memory of staying and working with sensei. I still recall the time when I expressed my idea to sensei to combine KRM magnetic inversion technique, which was well known and developed by sensei and his colleagues, and the polar ionospheric model to understand the global polar ionospheric physics during the meeting held in Beijing, 2001. Right after the Beijing meeting, I worked with Kamide sensei as COE postdoc in STELab, Nagoya University in the following two years. Studies will be recalled working together with Kamide sensei in the polar ionospheric physics, substorm dynamics etc. The last time I met with Kamide sensei was in 2016 AOGS meeting, Beijing. I will remember Kamide sensei’s excellent guidance and encouragement forever.

Beichen Zhang is now working as Professor and Deputy Director in Polar Research Institute of China. He got his PhD degree in 1997, Wuhan University, China. From 2002 to 2004, he worked as COE postdoc in STELab, Nagoya University, Japan, supervised by Kamide Sensei. He is interested in research on polar ionospheric physics, simulation of the polar ionosphere, and coupling between polar ionosphere and magnetosphere.