CFCI - University of Massachusetts Lowell

“Understand the Sun and its effects on Earth and the solar system” by significantly
advancing the understanding of the fundamental physical processes of the space
environment and the causes of space weather. The empirical density models to be
developed will provide high-quality specifications of the near-Earth magnetospheric
density distributions, and will have the potential for wide use in space physics and for
space weather forecasts. The results of the study on the effects of the severe solar
wind/IMF conditions on the density distributions are of great importance to NASA’s
strategic goals and outcomes “developing the capability to predict the extreme and
dynamic conditions in space…”.
8. Publications
2007
Altadill, D., D. Arrazola, E. Blanch, and D. Buresova, Solar activity variations of ionosonde
measurements, experimental amd modeling results, Adv. Space Res., submitted, 2007.
Boardsen, S. A., James L. Green, and B. W. Reinisch, Emission cone structure of non-thermal
continuum radiation, J. Geophys. Res., submitted, 2007.
Carpenter, D. L., T. F. Bell, D. Chen, D. N. C. Baran, B. W. Reinisch, and I. Galkin, Proton
cyclotron (PC) echoes and a new resonance observed by the RPI instrument on the
IMAGE satellite, J. Geophys. Res., in press, 2007.
Gordienko, G. I., I. N. Fedulina, D. Altadill, and M. G. Shepherd, The upper ionosphere
variability over Alma-Ata and Observatorio del Ebro using the fof2 data obtained during
the winter/spring period of 2003-2004, J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys., in press, 2007.
Jakowski, J., S. M. Stankov, V. Wilken, C. Borries, D. Altadill, J. Chum, D. Buresova, J.
Boska, P. Sauli, F. Hruska, and L. R. Cander, Ionospheric behaviour over Europe during
the solar eclipse of 3 October 2005, J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys., submitted, 2007.
Lui, A. T. Y., M. W. Dunlop, H. Rème, L. M. Kistler, G. Gustafsson, Q.-G. Zong, Internal
structure of a magnetic flux rope from Cluster observations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34(7),
L07102, doi:10.1029/2007GL029263, 2007.
McNamara, L. F., D. L. Cooke, C. E. Valladares, and B. W. Reinisch, Comparison of CHAMP
and Digisonde plasma frequencies Jicamarca, Peru, Radio Sci., 42, RS2005,
doi:10.1029/2006RS003491, 2007.
Nsumei, P. A., B. W. Reinisch, P. Song, J. Tu, and X. Huang, Polar cap electron density
distribution from IMAGE/RPI measurements: The relative importance of solar
illumination and geomagnetic activity, J. Geophys. Res, in review, 2007
Nsumei, P. A., P. Song, B. W. Reinisch, J. Tu, and X. Huang, Ionospheric electron upflow
along open field lines: Derived from ISIS 2 measurements, J. Geophys. Res, in review,
2007.
Osherovich, V. A., R. F. Benson, J. Fainberg, J. L. Green, L. Garcia, S. Boardsen, N.
Tsyganenko, and B. W. Reinisch (2007), Enhanced high-altitude polar-cap plasma and
magnetic-field values in response to the interplanetary magnetic cloud that caused the
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