| Session Details
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| Section |
ST - Solar & Terrestrial Sciences
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| Session Title |
Mid- and Low-Latitude Ionosphere During Quiet and Disturbed Times |
| Main Convener |
Prof. Jann-Yenq (Tiger) Liu (National Central University, Taiwan)
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| Co-convener(s) |
Dr. Charles Lin (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan)
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| Session Description |
This session will focus on mid- and low-latitude ionospheric phenomena during magnetically quiet and disturbed periods. Effects from neutral atmosphere and solar outputs are known to affect the ionosphere in mid- and low-latitudes significantly. During quiet time, day-to-day variability of the equatorial zonal electric field and seasonal effects of the neutral atmosphere result in day-to-day variations in the ionospheric plasma structure. Dynamic variations and anomalous ionospheric morphology changes are produced by magnetic disturbances. These ionospheric variations are studied intensively using both ground-based and space-borne instrumentations and/or ionospheric models. With increasing global distributed ionospheric observations and advances in theoretical, assimilative, and empirical models, new ionospheric phenomena are discovered and the associated mechanisms are better known nowadays. This session intend to combine the advances in both observations and modeling efforts to extensively discuss the recent progress in the mid- and low-latitude ionosphere. Studies from ground-based and satellite observations and model runs are solicited in this session. |
