Interhemispheric Comparison of the Ionosphere-Plasmaphere System (2019-2021)

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Research Building Boardroom (SANSA Space Science, Hermanus, South Africa)

Research Building Boardroom

SANSA Space Science, Hermanus, South Africa

Description

The BEZA-COM project (Interhemispheric Comparison of the Ionosphere-Plasmaphere System) is an international networking project between South-Africa and Belgian for research and technology. It is a three years project starting in January 2019. 

The goal of the BEZA-COM project is to provide inter-hemispheric comparisonof the Ionosphere-Plasmasphere system implying: 

  • A characterisation of the climatological behaviour of the Total Electron Content (TEC) in the I/Ps, over European, South African, Arctic and Antarctica regions. 
  • An identification of the mechanisms that regulate inter-hemispheric differencesasymmetries and commonalitiesin the I/Ps from low to high-latitudes. 
  • A study of the different responses of the I/Ps during extreme solar eventsand induced geomagnetic storms in the two hemispheres.
  • A separation of the ionospheric and plasmaspheric contribution to the TEC.

In November 2019, the first research visit from Belgian team to SANSA was the opportunity to organise a workshop to share the knowledge of each team, to promote the scientific results and discuss the future research plans. 



    • 09:00 09:15
      Welcome by John Bosco Habarulema 15m
    • 09:15 10:30
      Introduction to GNSS and geophysical applications (Elisa Pinat) 1h 15m
    • 10:30 11:00
      Coffee 30m
    • 11:00 12:00
      Space Weather monitoring based on GNSS (Jean-Marie Chevalier) 1h
    • 12:00 13:00
      Monitoring and analysis of the TIDs triggered by magnetic storms and their impact on EGNOS availability degradation (Dalia Buresova) 1h
    • 13:00 14:00
      lunch 1h
    • 14:00 15:00
      Gravity Waves Launched in Low Latitudes (Golekamang Chris Thaganyana) 1h
    • 15:00 15:30
      Coffee 30m
    • 15:30 16:30
      Interhemispheric comparison of plasma irregularities as determined from Swarm Satellite Langmuir probe and faceplate data (Pierre Cilliers) 1h
    • 08:30 09:30
      Coupling between Low and Upper Atmosphere in Mid and Low-Latitudes (Makamohelo Phantsi) 1h
    • 09:30 10:30
      Simultaneous ionospheric response during geomagnetic storms in northern and southern hemispheres (John Bosco Habarulema) 1h
    • 10:30 11:00
      Coffee 30m
    • 11:00 12:00
      MSTIDs observed using both SANAE and Halley SuperDARN radars (Tsige Atilaw) 1h
    • 12:00 13:00
      Neutral wind and tides in the midlatitude using ionosonde, satellite and Fabry Perot Interferometer (FPI) measurements (Taiwo Ojo) 1h
    • 13:00 14:00
      Lunch 1h
    • 14:00 15:00
      Ionosphere/plasmasphere system in polar region and mid-latitude (Nicolas Bergeot) 1h
    • 15:00 15:30
      Coffee 30m
    • 15:30 16:30
      Open Discussions and Recap (All) 1h
    • 09:00 10:30
      Wrap-up (John Bosco Habarulema and Nicolas Bergeot) 1h 30m
    • 10:30 11:00
      Coffee 30m
    • 11:00 13:00
      Final Discussion and Way Forward ( All) 2h