RAS "G/MIST" meeting
9 January 1998

Geological Society Lecture Theatre, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London

Plasma Physics from Ionospheric Radars

Organizers: Professor M. Lockwood (RAL), Professor P.J.S. Williams (Aberystwyth) and Dr M.A. Hapgood (RAL)


Programme:

10.00
Registration and Coffee (served in the Library)

Morning session - Chairman: Professor P.J.S. Williams (RAL)

10.30
Dr M. Rietveld (EISCAT Scientific Association) Radar measurements of enhanced ion acoustic waves
11.00
Dr I.W. McCrea (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory) Ion-neutral collision effects seen by incoherent scatter radar
11.30
Professor D. Farley (Cornell University) E-region irregularities
12.00
Dr C. del Pozo (University of Wales, Aberystwyth) Simultaneous EISCAT and STARE observations of the unstable E-region

12.30
Lunch (available in the Library)

Afternoon session - Chairman: Professor M. Lockwood (RAL)

13.45
Professor T. Robinson (Leicester University) Thermal electron effects associated with ionospheric irregularities
14.15
Dr P. Eglitis (Leicester University) Radar studies of heater-induced field-aligned irregularities
14.45
Dr. R. Bingham (Rutherford Appleton) Astrophysical applications of ionospheric scattering theory
15.15
Dr T. Robinson (Leicester University) Future directions and the SPEAR proposal
15.30
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