RENU 2 Workshop 2016

Courtyard by Marriott, Manchester, NH

Initial agenda

Day 1 - Wednesday, 1 June 2016

Opening remarks/
UNH Instruments

Marc Lessard, UNH
-- Short overview of RENU 2 mission and launch
-- Brief discussion of the UNH instrument data
-- Brief mention of Cornell COWBOY electric field data

Slides

PMAF movie

Optical Instruments

Pal Gunnar Ellingsen, UNIS
-- Optical conditions during the RENU 2 launch
-- MSP observations the morning of launch

Slides

PMAF movie

HEEPS/BEEPS Ion Data

Kristina Lynch, Dartmouth
-- Plots/discussion of both thermal ions and higher energy populations
-- Links to videos showing temporal evolution:
HT Upflow SW
HM Upflow SW
HT Energy Steps v TC
HM Energy Steps v TC

Slides

Billingsley Science Magnetometer

Kristina Lynch, Dartmouth
-- In-depth description of method used to interpret 3 axis magnetometer data

Slides

PMT

James Hecht, Aerospace
-- First look at RENU 2 PMT data

Slides

Ion Gauges

James Clemmons, Aerospace
-- First look at preliminary results of the RENU 2 ion gauge neutral density measurements

*no slides*

MagSpec

James Clemmons, Aerospace
-- First look at preliminary results of RENU 2 Mag Spec ion measurements

*no slides*

EPLAS

David Kenward, UNH
-- Explaination of corrections being made to EPLAS electron total count data
-- Example pitch angle plots for different distribution types

Slides

UV PMT

Bruce Fritz, UNH
-- Brief discussion of UV PMT measurement of atomic oxygen emission lines

Slides

Racetrack Magnetometer

Kristoff Paulson, UNH
-- Brief presentation of eary work on the Racetrack Magnetometer

Slides

VLF Electric Fields

Spencer Hatch, Dartmouth
-- Brief discussion of intentions to study VLF emissions

Slides

Aerospace Model

Doug Brinkman, Aerospace
-- Presentation of model that may be applied to CUSP dynamics

Slides

GEMINI-TIA

Meghan Burleigh, ERAU
-- Description of GEMINI-TIA model and its capabilities

Slides

Attendees

In person:
  • Marc Lessard, UNH
  • Mark Widholm, UNH
  • Jim Clemmons, Aerospace
  • Doug Brinkman, Aerospace
  • Jim Hecht, Aerospace
  • Brent Sadler, UNH
  • David Kenward, UNH
  • Spencer Hatch, Dartmouth
  • Meghan Harrington, Dartmouth
  • Meghan Burleigh, Dartmouth
  • Bruce Fritz, UNH
  • Kristina Lynch, Dartmouth
  • Kristoff Paulson, UNH
Via Skype
  • Pal Ellingsen, UNIS
  • Noora Partamies, UNIS
  • Andy Gisler, Astra
  • Irfan Azeem, Astra
  • Antonius Otto, UAF


Day 2 - Thursday, 2 June 2016

TIEGCM-AMIE

Geoff Crowley, ASTRA
-- Explanation of modeling effort to date using the TIEGCM-AMIE model

Slides

Otto Model

Brent Sadler, UNH
-- Overview of Otto Model and initial efforts on RENU 2 conditions

Slides

Attendees

In person:
  • Marc Lessard, UNH
  • Jim Clemmons, Aerospace
  • Doug Brinkman, Aerospace
  • Jim Hecht, Aerospace
  • Brent Sadler, UNH
  • David Kenward, UNH
  • Spencer Hatch, Dartmouth
  • Meghan Harrington, Dartmouth
  • Meghan Burleigh, Dartmouth
  • Bruce Fritz, UNH
Via Skype
  • Pal Ellingsen, UNIS
  • Andy Gisler, Astra
  • Geoff Crowley, Astra
  • Antonius Otto, UAF




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