IRI workshop Program

Programs

Monday, May 15 Eunhasoo hall 1F conference room
09:00 – 10:00 Registration and Opening Ceremony
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee/Tea
10:30 - 12:10 IRI and Data Assimilation Chair: V. Truhlik
10:30 - 11:00 The International Reference Ionosphere (IRI): A Standard Description of Earth’s Ionosphere Dieter Bilitza
10:50 – 11:10 IRTAM and RayTRIX Ivan A. Galkin
11:10 – 11:30 Simulating three-dimensional ionospheric electron density reconstruction using IRI model and SMART technique Ajay Potdar
11:30 – 11:50 Background foF2 and hmF2 model reconstituted by global ionosonde and COSMIC observations Fuqing Huang
11:50 – 12:10 Assimilating Satellite and Ground-Based Data for 3-D Regional Imaging of Ionosphere Over Africa Chalachew Kindie Mengist
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:20 Data Sources for IRI Chair: I. Galkin
14:00 – 14:20 New Findings of Earth Ionosphere from Three Year Observations of FORMOSAT-7/COSMIC2 Charles Lin
(presented by Shih-Ping Chen)
14:20 – 14:40 ISRIM 2020: incoherent scatter radar-based ionospheric models Shunrong Zhang
14:40 – 15:00 LOFAR radio-telescope as a novel instrument for ionosphere monitoring Andrzej Krankowski
15:00 – 15:20 Global maps of Vertical Total Electron Content computed by GPS ionospheric tomography since 1997: a database of potential interest for IRI Manuel Hernández-Pajares
15:20 – 15:50 Coffee/Tea
15:50 - 17:10 Data Sources for IRI Chair: C. Xiong
15:50 – 16:10 SNIPE Mission for Ionospheric Research Young-Sil Kwak
16:10 – 16:30 Developing spacecraft strategies for observing F-region plasma irregularities Jeff Klenzing
16:30 – 16:50 Ground-based observations for the southern polar ionosphere Geonhwa Jee
16:50 – 17:10 A global 3-dimensional electron density model based on radio occultation (COSMIC) and ionosonde data John Bosco Habarulema
(Hybrid/Zoom)
Tuesday, May 16 Eunhasoo hall 1F conference room
09:00 - 10:20 Representation of Irregularities Chair: Y. H. Kim
09:00 – 09:20 Nighttime latitudinal four-peak structure of the F region ionosphere at low and middle latitudes: satellite observation and model simulation Chao Xiong
09:20 – 09:40 Scintillation Studies with FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC and FORMOSAT-7/COSMIC-2 Data Jann-Yenq Liu
(presented by
Shih-Ping Chen)
09:40 – 10:00 The study on the relationship between TEC and earthquake events in Thailand during 2007-2020 Chollada Pansong
10:00 – 10:20 Equatorial Spread-F Monthly Probability of the IRI-2016 Model Compared to Observations and Forecasting Model at Chumphon Station, Thailand Phimmasone Thammavongsy
10:20 - 10:50 Coffee/Tea
10:50 - 12:10 Topside Chair: S. Zhang
10:50 – 11:10 Validation of the IRI-2020 topside ionosphere options through in-situ satellites and GNSS radio occultation observations Alessio Pignalberi
11:10 – 11:30 On the different International Reference Ionosphere topside options: a comparison with altimeter-derived TEC data Bruno Nava
(presented by Alessio Pignalberi)
11:30 – 11:50 On the low-latitude NeQuick topside ionosphere mismodelling: the role of parameters H0, g, and r Michael Pezzopane
11:50 – 12:10 New Formalism for F2 Region Peak Plasma Density Mohamad Osman
(presented by Ivan Galkin)
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:20 TEC and Plasmasphere Chair: M. Pezzopane
14:00 – 14:20 An Evaluation of Empirical Plasmasphere Models with the Goal of Extending the International Reference Ionosphere (IRI) to Plasmaspheric Altitudes Dieter Bilitza
14:20 – 14:40 Development of Technique for Estimating Plasmaspheric Total Electron Content Variations from GPS Total Electron Content Data Yuichi Otsuka
14:40 – 15:00 KASI’s Efforts on Ionospheric Monitoring with Ground-based GNSS and Space-based ROKITS Wookyoung Lee
15:00 – 15:20 Study of Equinoctial Asymmetry in Total Electron Content (TEC) for the Two Extremes of Solar Cycle 24. Fatima Ather
15:20 - 15:50 Coffee/Tea
15:50 - 17:10 Applications and Usage Chair: S. P. Chen
15:50 – 16:10 Modeling HF Communications with RayTRIX and IRTAM Ivan Galkin
16:10 – 16:30 IRI in Python for Rapid Global Runs Victoriya Forsythe
16:30 – 16:50 The impact of equatorial plasma bubble on radio occultation Shih-Ping Chen
16:50 – 17:10 The study on the relationship between ionospheric delay and low-cost localizing robotics Patiphan Sumniang
Wednesday, May 17 Eunhasoo hall 1F conference room
09:00 - 10:20 Programs and Services Chair: D. Bilitza
09:00 – 09:20 A short description of NSF’s Geospace Facilities program Roman Makarevich
09:20 – 09:40 ESA’s Space Weather Service Network: Characterising and Predicting Ionospheric Conditions for End Users Alexi Glover
09:40 – 10:00 Overview of Ionospheric Observation and Research Activities in Thailand Pornchai Supnithi
10:00 – 10:20 Introduction of CCMC activity Yihua Zheng
10:20 - 10:50 Coffee/Tea
10:50 - 12:10 Comparisons and Model assessment Chair: A. Krankowski
10:50 – 11:10 Community-Wide Model Validation Studies for Systematic Assessment of Ionosphere Models Ja Soon Shim
11:10 – 11:30 Performance Analysis of a Strong Constraint 4D-var and 4DEn-var on Imaging the Mid-latitude Regional Ionosphere Nicholas Ssessanga
11:30 – 11:50 Validating the IRI-2020 Model for ionospheric storms over the North-east Asian sector induced by extreme geomagnetic storms. Jeong-Heon Kim
11:50 – 12:10 Performance evaluation of IRI, IRI Plas and SAMI2 during the consecutive prolonged solar minimum of cycles 23 and 24 around 100°E Angkita Hazarika
12:10 – 12:30 Comparison between Ionosonde measured foE and IRI-2016 model predictions in Southeast Asia equatorial anomaly regions Noraset Wichaipanich
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 18:00 Excursion (Baekje Cultural Land)
19:00 - 21:00 Banquet (Daejeon Expo Aquarium)
Thursday, May 18 Eunhasoo hall 1F conference room
09:00 - 10:20 IRI Comparisons and Improvements Chair: H. Haralambous
09:00 – 09:20 Towards an improved global Te model in the topside ionosphere using inter-calibrated satellite data Vladimir Truhlik
09:20 – 09:40 Improvement of IRI model by Deep Learning Eun-Young Ji
09:40 – 10:00 Comparison of ionospheric F2-layer peak height (hmF2) derived by Ionosonde with IRI-2016 Model over Southeast Asia Sakkrapop Khuangsatung
10:00 – 10:20 Improving IRI's topside formulation for a better assimilation of GNSS TEC data during the local winter Nina Servan-Schreiber
10:20 - 10:50 Coffee/Tea
10:50 - 12:10 Measurement Techniques Chair: Hyosub Kil
10:50 – 11:10 Investigation of radio occultation accuracy aspects in the vicinity of Digisonde stations Haris Haralambous
11:10 – 11:30 Determination of the estimated local F2-layer critical frequency based on the IRI2016-predicted sunspot number at Chumphon station, Thailand Punyawi Jamjareegulgarn
11:30 – 11:50 The Study of Total Electron Content on Ionosphere by Using Single Frequency GPS Receiver Thanapon Keokhumcheng
11:50 – 12:10 Solar Flux Influence on the Accuracy of Electron Density Measured by Different Satellites Ziyuan Zhu
12:10 – 12:30 The study on the relationship between ionospheric delay and low-cost localizing robotics Patiphan Sumniang
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 14:40 Low Latitude Ionosphere Chair: J. Klenzing
14:00 – 14:20 The Earth's equatorial ionosphere Hyosub Kil
14:20 – 14:40 Comparison of F2 layer characteristics over the dip-equator in the Indian Ionospheric sector using the IRI model and long term ionosonde observations Ajay Potdar
14:40 - 17:30 Student Teams Presentations Chair: D. Bilitza
14:40 – 15:00 Group A
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee/Tea
15:30 – 15:50 Group B
15:50 – 16:10 Group C
16:10 – 16:30 Group D
16:30 – 16:50 Group E
16:50 – 17:10 Group F
17:10 – 17:30 Group G
Friday, May 19 Eunhasoo hall 1F conference room
09:00 - 10:20 Ionospheric Effects of Special Events Chair: M. Hernandez-Pajares
09:00 - 09:20 The Equatorial Thermosphere-Ionosphere System's Response to the Annular Solar Eclipse on December 26, 2019 Ajesh Asokan Pillai
09:20 - 09:40 An EPB occurrence model by using in-situ measurements of ion velocity meters Shih-Ping Chen
09:40 – 10:00 Ionospheric Strip-like Bulges at Lower-middle Latitudes During Geomagnetic Storms Xin WAN
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee/Tea
10:30 – 10:50 New Inputs for IRI Chair: D. Bilitza
10:30 – 10:50 A machine learning approach for global TEC map based on Beidou GEO TEC Xuetao Chen
10:50 – 12:30 IRI FINAL DISCUSSION – IRI next version
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 14:50 Students Receive their Certificates
14:50 – 15:30 Awarding Prizes for Best Teams
15:30 – Workshop concludes

Poster Session

Chair: Y. S. Kwak Eunhasoo hall 1F conference room
P01 On the evaluation of the performance of the IRI-2016 model based on Total electron content measurements over Maseno, Kenya George Omondi
P02 Horizontal Spatial Correlation of the Ionospheric Day-to-day Variations at Low Latitudes based on GOLD Nmax Data Jiawen Chen
P03 sami2py -- Overview and Applications Jeff Klenzing
P04 Development a two-dimensional regional ionospheric total electron content prediction model based on deep learning approach Se-Heon Jeong
P05 Variability of ionospheric parameters (ion density and ion temperatures) over the Indian region and comparison with IRI-2016 model Malini Aggarwal
P06 Comparisons of in-situ ionospheric density using Ion Velocity Meters onboard FORMOSAT-7/COSMIC-2 and ICON missions Jongmin Choi

Venue: conference hall in Eunhasoo Hall

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