12th INTERNATIONAL IONOSPHERIC EFFECTS SYMPOSIUM

IES2008

"Bridging the gap between applications and research involving ionospheric & space weather disciplines"

- A triennial symposium inaugurated in 1975 -

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Description of IES2008

  

Dates and Venue

   Topics

   Special Sessions

   Schedule of Papers

   Keynote Speaker  

   Awards Luncheon Speaker

Best Paper Awards

   Poster Session

   Floor Plan

      Registration   

   Organization

 

abstracts & TECHNICAL PROGRAM

 

  POSTER Abstract Submission Form

   List of Abstracts Received to Date

List of Poster Abstracts Received to Date

   Preliminary Program

Click on "Preliminary Program" above to see the current version of the oral paper presentation schedule. The precise timing of each paper within a specified session is subject to change, pending final review by the session chairmen and the possibility that some authors may withdraw their papers, a matter requiring further adjustments.

 

Paper Preparation

 

   Paper Preparation Information

   Guidelines for Oral Presentations

 Copyright Information

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Documentation

 

   Preprint Document

   Hardbound Final Proceedings

   Special Journal Issue

Prior Year Documentation

 

Ordering Details

 

   Fee Schedules

   Policy on Refunds

 

Online Registration

Currently until 12 May, 2008

On-Site Registration

 6:00-9:00 PM; 12 May 2008

Continuing On-Site Registration

 13-15 May 2008

"Best & Final" Paper submission*

 June 12, 2008

* This date is to ensure that the final paper can be assimilated into the Final published IES2008 Proceedings. This is a hardbound (Black & White) volume that is distributed to "full" 3-day registrants. It is to be archived at the US Government NTIS-Springfield depository, and may also be purchased from that entity in softbound form.  Proceedings may also be purchased from in CD-ROM (color-compatible)  and hardbound versions  from the IES2008 managers.

Note that the Final IES2008 Proceedings are not to be confused with the so-called Preprint Proceedings that are distributed to the IES2008 registrants when they present themselves at the registration desk. This version contains all papers that have been received prior to the symposium. It is not a complete version since ~20% of the presentations will likely be in abstract form only. This is based upon our prior experience.

John M. Goodman

 

DESCRIPTION OF IES2008

IES2008 follows in the tradition of the eleven previous Ionospheric Effects Symposia that have been held in the Washington DC area since 1975. Partial support for IES2008 is provided by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR). Other government sponsors are being solicited. We are also happy to welcome International URSI as a sponsor of the symposium. Other affiliated agencies include: the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), the Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) of NOAA; the Air Force Weather Agency (AFWA), and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The symposium is a three-day event covering an array of topics of importance to both military and commercial systems and their operation. Traditional topics have included: Space-Weather Effects on Telecommunication Systems; Current Solar Cycle Phenomena and Impact on Operational Systems;  Modeling, Forecasting, and Prediction Systems;  Sounder Methods and Measurements; Applications of Ionospheric Tomography; Transionospheric Effects, including Scintillation; Ionospheric Effects on WAAS and other systems supporting Aviation; High Frequency Communication Systems; Longwave Propagation Systems and Effects; and Global Positioning System and Total Electron Content Studies. A more complete listing of topics is given below, under "Topics Acceptable".

DATES & VENUE

The Crowne Plaza Old Town Alexandria (www.crowneplaza.com) is located in the heart of Alexandria, convenient to Old Town Alexandria and Washington DC. This hotel near the Potomac River is eight blocks from shops and historic homes on Old Alexandria's revitalized waterfront. Numerous Old Town historic attractions are within walking distance or a short bus ride away including; Mount Vernon, George Washington's Estate, Alexandria Black History Museum and the Fort Ward Museum. Walking tours of the city of Old Town, Potomac River Cruises of our Nation's capital's monuments, and boutique shopping are just a few of the fun and interesting things to do when you come stay with us.

Note: The Crowne Plaza Old Town is undergoing extensive renovation that will be completed by the Spring of 2008.

 

 Note_1: It should go without saying that Hotel accommodation is independent of the IES2008 Registration process. Thus, for out-of-towners, accommodation cost is in addition to any symposium fees. We have recommended that the Crowne Plaza Old Town would be a convenient accommodation, but have suggested other alternatives as well. Naturally, many in-town registrants will commute and avoid hotels costs altogether. 

TOPICS ACCEPTABLE

The following topics are considered as guidance for the IES2008 conference, but other related topics may be acceptable:

Sample Topics Follow  (Papers & Posters)

Special Sessions Confirmed to Date (in BLUE)

        Any one of the sample topics above may take the form of a special session

Special Session on Ionospheric Sounder Methods & Measurements: Chaired by Prof. Bodo Reinisch, UML

Special Session on Impact of the Lower Atmosphere on the Ionosphere: Chaired by Dr. Tim Fuller-Rowell, NOAA-SWPC

Special Session on The Impact of Solar Radio Bursts & Solar Flare Effects on Technological Systems: Chaired by Dr. Anthea Coster, MIT-Haystack and Dr. Alessandro Cerruti, Cornell Univ.

Special Session on Mitigation of Ionospheric and Space Weather Effects on Telecommunication and Navigation Systems: Chaired by Dr. Alain Bourdillon, University of Rennes, France

Special Session on Ionospheric Effects on Aviation Systems: Chaired by Patricia Doherty, Boston College

Special Session on the Arctic Ionosphere - Research & Applications: Chaired by Dr. John M. Goodman, RPSI and Dr. Dave Boteler, NRCanada

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Short Synopsis of Topics and Potential Special Sessions

This particular topic will stress the direct relationships between impairments upon telecommunication systems and space weather events or phenomena. Telecommunication systems of interest include but are not limited to the following: longwave communication and navigation systems; shortwave (HF) communication and OTHR systems; HFDF systems; VHF communication systems; UHF radar surveillance systems; UHF-SHF satellite communication systems; L-Band satellite navigation systems (GPS, GLONASS, etc.); cellular systems. Propagation phenomena and system impairments such as scintillation,  phase fluctuations, loss of phase-lock, angle-of-arrival errors, absorption effects, ranging errors; radio blackout conditions, optimum working frequency fluctuations. Actual data is emphasized when possible.

This topic should stress phenomena observed during the later stages of the most recent solar cycle (#23) and the emergent solar cycle (#24). Operational systems are to be emphasized. They could include, but are not limited to the following: the GPS system and aviation applications such as  WAAS; HF-ALE systems; GLOBALink/HF; Trans-polar HF voice service for airlines; Milsatcom; etc.

This topic is dedicated to the elucidation of the myriad of modeling efforts leading to the development of forecasting and prediction systems. These efforts and the systems themselves may be directed to the prediction./forecasting of space weather events (as an end-product) or the prediction/forecasting of system impairments (where space-weather is an intermediate product). It is presumed that the space weather events are pertinent vis-a-vis system effects. Military systems such as SCINDA and C/NOFS are of interest, and there are many examples climatological predictions systems that may be subject to update.

This topic encompasses all types of sounder systems and related measurement techniques, including legacy systems, advanced digital sounders, single frequency beacons, and wideband probes, deployed either terrestrially and aboard satellites. Of special interest are sounder techniques that can be exploited to derive operationally relevant ionospheric information. Another interest is the comparison of information derived from sounder systems and independent measurement schemes such as:  in-situ probes (rockets and satellites), incoherent scatter techniques, etc.

This topic involve an examination of the ionosphere using multiple sensors, such as the sensors suggested under the international DASI effort. These sensors may include radio receivers and telescopes, ionosondes, radars, TEC polarimeters, magnetometers, optimal instruments, solar imagers, and so on. The multi-sensor approach enables corroborative measurements to be obtained, and allows for a more general evaluation of the ionospheric personality during periods of system disturbance, or inferred impairment events.

Ionospheric tomography is a relatively new imaging technique that allows for evaluation of Ne gradients and large-scale structures. These are important during disturbed geomagnetic periods. Of special interest are studies that have been stimulated by the International Polar Year (IPY:2007-2008).

 

This topic emphasizes the impact of the ionosphere on radiowaves transmitted to/from satellites and even signals from radio stars. Of primary interest are propagation effects such as Faraday rotation, phase and amplitude scintillation, wedge refraction, ranging errors, group path delay fluctuations, and miscellaneous phase path effects. Examples include scintillation introduced on the GPS space segment, and scintillation impairments in connection with communication systems, observed especially during geomagnetic storms, emphasizing polar, auroral, and equatorial regions.

This session will be dedicated to ionospheric effects on aviation, navigation, and communication radio systems. These systems may include Satellite-Based Augmentation Systems (SBAS), Ground-Based Augmentation Systems (GBAS), satellite communication and shortwave voice and data communication systems. The FAA's WAAS system was the first SBAS deemed operational in July 2003. Since that time, the greatest impacts on WAAS availability have been the extreme solar storm events. As we enter a new solar cycle, solar storms will continue to be source of concern for SBAS and GBAS systems worldwide. Solar storms will further confront aircraft operating in the polar region, where communications blackouts and potential radiation hazard to passengers result in costly route changes and flight delays. Augmentation and aircraft systems planned to operate in the low latitude regions will be seriously challenged by the extreme ionospheric dynamics in the near equatorial ionosphere. As the aviation industry becomes more dependent on satellite based navigation and communication systems, it is important to assess the impending worldwide challenges of solar cycle 24. This session invites abstracts related to ionospheric assessments, algorithm development, performance assessments and program status for all navigation and communication radio systems.

This topic is principally dedicated to the ionospheric and space-weather effects on high frequency (HF) communication and surveillance systems (i.e., HFDF, HF-SSL, and OTHR). The communication systems include legacy voice and data link (i.e., HFDL).

This topic concerns the interaction of certain legacy systems used for navigation and communication at frequencies belonw the shortwave (i.e., HF) band. Many of these systems are still is use and are of importance in backup scenarios. Other applications may be primary in nature

This topic emphasizes the impact on the ionospheric electron content (i.e., TEC) upon navigation systems that operate using methodologies for which the compensation is non-existent or incomplete. Examples include single-frequency GPS receivers.

The last few years have seen a plethora of new observational evidence illustrating terrestrial weather impacts on the ionosphere. The evidence has emerged from several different data sources, all of which unambiguously display manifestations of lower atmosphere dynamics on the upper atmosphere. The observations fit into broad categories of either spatial structure or temporal variability, at both low and mid latitude. Papers are encouraged that will help quantify the impact of the lower atmosphere on the ionosphere, and systems impacted by the ionospheric variability. [as revised 12-05-2007]

This topic will look to contributions by participants in studies associated with the International Heliospheric Year. Collaborative investigations and reports are of primary interest.

Knowledge of the storm-time ionosphere is of paramount interest to system engineers as well as practicing ionosphericists. There have been a number of theoretical models that may account for many aspects of the storm-time ionospheric morphology, and many aspects of the behavior are now understood. Still other aspects of the geomagnetic storm are not known, and there are inconsistencies from one storm to the next. Empirical models have provided a useful procedure for estimating the general behavior of ionospheric storms. Global electrodynamics can provide a macroview of the important phenomena, and along with empirical data for verification, may be the way forward and lead to a more fulsome understanding. Studies of storm behavior through the lens of global electrodynamics are solicited. 

 

This topic pertains to COST (Cooperation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research) actions-framework undertaken by the European community and its affiliates having relevance to the ionosphere and space weather effects upon telecommunication and navigation systems. Results are to be presented from five four-year actions well known as 238, 251, 271, 724, and 296 conducted over the period 1991-2007 emphasizing substantive scientific and engineering studies. A limited number of papers would be devoted to programmatic aspects of these actions.
 

This topic recognizes that solar radio bursts, solar flares, and  environmental noise can impact telecommunication and navigation systems. Solar flares can produce sudden ionospheric disturbances (SIDs) as the Earth’s ionosphere reacts to the intense X-ray and ultraviolet radiation. SIDs can interrupt or interfere with telecommunication systems. System performance typically depends upon signal-to-noise ratios (SNR), and systematic, man-made, and environmental noise are major factors in the determination of how well a radio wave system may perform. Solar radio bursts have been shown to have a measurable impact upon the GPS system, and recent studies of an historical solar radio burst in December 2006 (circa 2006 and following) have confirmed that severe performance degradation occurs. Further examination of these effects would be of interest. Studies of the effects of solar flares and of man-made noise, galactic noise, atmospheric noise, and cosmic noise bursts are welcome.

 This session will emphasize the science and applications associated with the polar ionosphere, with an emphasis upon the Arctic. With the growth in commercial aviation traffic over-the-poles and with the increased importance of the Arctic region from a variety of perspectives, including the potential availability of the region for shipping, an examination of the scientific infrastructure for specification the arctic ionosphere is in order. The session will take a look at existing systems for monitoring the auroral and polar ionosphere, including those space and terrestrial sensors that are currently operating as well as those that are planned. For example, results from ground-based Radars, and networks of Riometers, Magnetometers, and sounders are welcome. The goal is to cover those ionospheric activities that can lead to an improved capability for communication, navigation, and surveillance of a region that is having increased importance and focus. (Draft: October 12, 2007: JMG)

 

 

Other Topics

TABLE of ABSTRACTS:

The following abstracts have been received to date, but acceptance is not guaranteed except for invited papers.  (Click on the abstract number to see the paper summary)

IES2008-A-Keynote: "Awareness, Mitigation, Exploitation of the Ionosphere - A Perspective on Ionospheric Effects from across the Pond", Prof. Paul S. Cannon

IES2008-A001: "Evolution of System Performance Forecasting Systems", by John M. Goodman

IES2008-A002: "Adaptive Radio Astronomy. I- Correction of the Phase Delay and the Rotation of the Polarization Plane using GPS Sounding Data, Regional Ionospheric Maps and Modeling", by E.L. Afraimovich and Yu V. Yasukevich (Now a poster, labeled IES2008-P016, and presented by Prof. D. Gary)

IES2008-A003: Withdrawn

IES2008-A004: "Failure of GPS Functioning caused by Extreme Solar Radio Events", by E.L. Afraimovich, V.V. Demyanov, D. Gary, A.B. Ishin,  and G.Ya. Smolkov

IES2008-A005: "Study of Day-to-Day Variability in foF2 at Low Latitudes in the Indian Region", by H. Chandra and Som Sharma

IES2008-A006: "Ionospheric TEC Variability at High Latitude Conjugate Stations", by Sumazly Sulaiman, Mohd Alauddin Mohd.Ali, Baharudin Yatim, and Norbahiah Misran

IES2008-A007: "DIAS System: Specification and Forecasting of the Ionospheric Conditions over Europe" by A. Belehaki, L.J.Cander, B.Zolesi, J. Bremer, C.Juren, I.Stanislawska, D.Dialetis, and M.Hatzopoulos

IES2008-A008: "Mitigation Effects of the Atmosphere on Radio Wave Propagation" by A. S. Adegoke

IES2008-A009: "The European COST (Co-operation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research) Actions: An important chance to cooperate and grow for all the international ionospheric community", by Bruno Zolesi and Ljiljana R. Cander

IES2008-A010: "Measurement of Doppler shift a separate mode with use of the double Chirp signal", by A.A. Kolchev and V.V. Shumaev

IES2008-A011: "Investigations into the feasibility of MIMO techniques within the HF band - preliminary results", by E.M. Warrington, S.D. Gunashekar, S. Salous, S.M. Feeny, H. Zhang, N. Abbasi, L. Bertel, D. Lemur, and M. Oger

IES2008-A012: "Ionospheric forecast over Europe based on an autoregressive modelling technique driven by solar wind parameters", by I. Tsagouri, K. Koutroumb, and A. Belehaki

IES2008-A013: (Withdrawn)

IES2008-A014: "GPS Differential Corrections from Space-time Remote Reference Receivers", by Michael H. Reilly and Malkiat Singh

IES2008-A015: "Real-Time Specification of HF Propagation Support Based Upon GAIM Models of the Ionosphere", by Leo F. McNamara, Craig R. Baker, and William S. Borer

IES2008-A016: "Quantifying the daytime, equatorial ExB drift velocities associated with the 4-cell, non-migrating tidal structure", by David Anderson, E. Araujo-Pradere, A Anghel, K. Yumoto, A. Bhattacharyya, M. Hagan, and A. Maute

IES2008-A017: "Frequency-Agile Distributed-Sensor System (FADSS) Deployment in the Western United States:VLF Results" by D.D. Rice, J.V. Eccles, J.J. Sojka, R.D. Hunsucker, and J.W. Raitt

IES2008-A018:"Frequency-Agile Distributed-Sensor System (FADSS) Deployment in the Western United States:HF Results" by J.V. Eccles, D.D. Rice, J.J. Sojka, R.D. Hunsucker, and J.W. Raitt

IES2008-A019:"Frequency-Agile Distributed-Sensor System (FADSS) to address space weather effects upon ionospherically-dependent systems" by J.J. Sojka,  D.D. Rice,  J.V. Eccles, R.D. Hunsucker, and J.W. Raitt

IES2008-A020: "TEC Irregularity, Scintillation and Geomagnetic Variations Associated with the 28 March 2005 Sumatran Earthquake" by A.M. Hasbi, M.A. Mohd Ali, and N. Misran

IES2008-A021: "Multicarrier modulation proposal for long distance HF data links" by P. Bergada, J.L. Pijoan, M. Deumal, and R. Aquilue

IES2008-A022: "Using the IRI Model to determine parameters of HF propagation", by Olga Maltseva and Oleg Poltavsky (moved to Poster session).

IES2008-A023: "Statistical Analysis of Comparison of IRI Model with GPS-TEC Observations over Indian Region", by Surendra Sunda ,  B.M.Vyas, P.V.Khekale, A. Shukla, S. M. Regar, and S. Shrivastava

IES2008-A024: "Ionospheric electron and ion temperatures anomalies due to the phenomena occurring below and above it as measured by SROSS-C2 satellite", by D. K. Sharma

IES2008-A025: "Modeling and Consequences of Supersonic Winds in the Thermosphere" by H. G. Demars and R. W. Schunk

IES2008-A026: "Ion and Neutral Streams in the Ionosphere and Plasmasphere", by L. Gardner and R. W. Schunk

IES2008-A027: "Effect of Lower Atmospheric Waves on the Ionosphere and Thermosphere ", by  R.W. Schunk, L. Gardner, L. Scherliess, D.C. Thompson and J.J. Sojka

IES2008-A028: "The influence of varying solar activity on ionospheric electron and ion temperatures using SROSS-C2 RPA data", by P K Sharma and D K Sharma

IES2008-A029: "Development of an HF frequency section tool based on the EDAM real time ionosphere", by M J Angling, A K Shukla, and P S Cannon

IES2008-A030: "Verifying COSMIC GPS occultation inversion profiles with the ALTAIR radar", by  T. Beach, F. Centinello, R. Caton, D. Sponseller, and K. Groves

IES2008-A031: "First Monitoring of Precipitable Water Vapor and Ionospheric TEC over Ukm Bangi Malaysia by Ground-Based GPS Receivers", by Wayan Suparta, Mohd Alauddin Mohd Ali, Baharudin Yatim, Mardina Abdullah, and Norbahiah Misran

IES2008-A032: "The altitude structure restoration of an electronic concentration of the Earth ionosphere by radio translucence method", by  V.M. Smirnov, E.V. Smirnova, P.Cilliers, and Z.Katamzi

IES2008-A033: "Application of radio translucence method for the ionospheric foreshock detection", by V.M. Smirnov, and E.V. Smirnova

IES2008-A034: "Analyzing Ionospheric effects on WWV timing signals", by Shad Nygren

IES2008-A035: "HF Field Strength Prediction for Short and Medium-Range Ionospheric Radiopaths" by B.G. Barabashov, M.M. Anishin, and L.P. Radio

IES2008-A036: "Fast Prediction of the Quality of Discrete Message Reception for HF Radio Channels", by B.G. Barabashov, M.M. Anishin, and O.Y. Pelevin

IES2008-A037: "Galileo Local Component for the detection of atmospheric threats", by R. Warnant, M. Bavier, H. Brenot, S. Lejeune, J. Spits, S. Stankov, and G. Wautelet

IES2008-A038: "Propagation modelling and prediction for trans-polar airline routes", by E.M. Warrington, F. Honary, A.J. Stocker, D.R. Siddle, N.Y. Zaalov and D.H. Boteler.

IES2008-A039: "Predicting the diurnal variation of HF spectral occupancy over Sweden", by Haris Haralambous, Harris Papadopoulos, Lefteris Economou

IES2008-A040: "A Preliminary Study of the Effects of Ionospheric Scintillation and Multipath in the Accuracy of a Receiver GPS Signal", by  A. O. Moraes, R. Walter and W.J. Perrella

IES2008-A041: "On the Effects of Scintillation on the Transionospheric Paths of Propagation", by Nikolay N. Zernov, V. E. Gherm, and H. J. Strangeways

IES2008-A042: (withdrawn)

IES2008-A043: (withdrawn)

IES2008-A044: "The European COST 296 Action", by Alain Bourdillon and Bruno Zolesi (now poster IES2008-P002)

IES2008-A045: "Ionospheric Structures Observed by the Very Large Array", by Clayton Coker

IES2008-A046: "Global electron density distribution specified by GAIM and observed by COSMIC satellites", by Clayton Coker

IES2008-A047: (Replaced by A067)

IES2008-A048: "Data Driven Models in Relation to Telecommunication and Navigation Systems", by Yurdanur Tulunay and Ersin Tulunay

IES2008-A049: Duplicate assignment. Open

IES2008-A050: "Ionospheric Scintillations recorded at low and high latitudes during the PRIS measurement campaign : Summary of results", by Y. Béniguel, J-P Adam , N. Jakowski, T. Noack, V. Wilken, M. Cueto, A. Bourdillon, J.-J. Valette, P. Lassudrie Duchesne, and B. Arbesser-Rastburg

IES2008-A051: Duplicate assignment. Open

IES2008-A052: "Using PBMOD to Model the Climatology of Equatorial Plasma Bubbles Observed by DMSP", by  John Retterer and L. C. Gentile

IES2008-A053: "Modeling the response of the ionosphere to solar flares due to coupling with the thermosphere", by David J. Pawlowski and Aaron J. Ridley

IES2008-A054: "The Low-latitude Ionospheric Sensor Network (LISN): The First Distributed Observatory in South America", by Cesar E. Valladares and Patricia H. Doherty.

IES2008-A055: "The Combined Radio Interferometry and COSMIC Experiment in Tomography (CRICKET) Campaign", by K. F. Dymond, C. Watts, C. Coker, P. Bernhardt, N. Kassim, J. Lazio, A. Cohen, K. Weiler, P.Crane, L. J. Rickard, G. Taylor, F. Schinzel, Y. Philstrom, S. Close, P. Colestock, S. Myers, and A. Dhatta

IES2008-A056:"A New Algorithm for Sensing the Global Nightside Ionosphere from Space", by K. F. Dymond 

IES2008-A057: "A New Algorithm for Sensing the Global Daytime Ionosphere from Space", by K. F. Dymond and J. M. Picone

IES2008-A058: "Cause and Extent of the Extreme Radio Flux Density Reached by the Solar Flare of 2006 December 06":, by Dale E. Gary

IES2008-A059: "Canadian High-Arctic Ionospheric Network (CHAIN)", by P. T. Jayachandran, R. B. Langley and  J. W. MacDougall

IES2008-A060: (withdrawn)

IES2008-A061: "Study of Ionospheric Irregularities Over Indonesia", by Mr. Effendy

IES2008-A062: "Horizontal Electron Density Gradients and Wave Propagation at Mid-latitudes", by D. H. Chua, S. A. Budzien, K. F. Dymond, and C. Coker

IES2008-A063: "Solar energetic particle events at 1 AU: observations and modeling", by Olga P. Verkhoglyadova, Gang Li, Gary P. Zank and Bruce T. Tsurutani

IES2008-A064: "Solar Flare Effects on the Ionosphere" by Bruce T. Tsurutani, Anthony J. Mannucci and Olga P. Verkhoglyadova

IES2008-A065: "Evolution and drift of Plasma depletions from GPS Data", by S. Gopi Krishna, P. Doherty and C.E. Valladares

IES2008-A066: "The November 2004 superstorm: Comparison of low-latitude TEC observations with LLIONS model results", by  Matthew A. Hei, Cesar E. Valladares, J. Vincent Eccles.

IES2008-A067: "Ionospheric storm characteristics and capabilities for describing their potential impact on radio systems", by N. Jakowski, C. Mayer, C. Borries, V. Wilken and B. Nava (Replaces A047)

IES2008-A068: "Uncertainty and Confidence of Ionospheric Specifications with the Digisonde ARTIST-5 Ionogram Autoscaler", by Ivan Galkin, Bodo Reinisch, Xueqin Huang, and Vadym Paznukhov

IES2008-A069: "Dynasonde 21 Data Processing: Principles and First Results Obtained with the new 8-Channel HF Radar System at Wallops Island, Virginia ", by N.A. Zabotin, J.W. Wright, T.W. Bullett

IES2008-A070: "Ionospheric Scintillation study of the low latitude area in China", by Weimin Zhen,  Jian Feng, Zhongxin Deng, and  Dun Liu

IES2008-A071: "Performance Analysis of Software based GPS Receiver using a Generic Ionospheric Scintillation Model", by Lars Dyrud, ,Derek Wilson, Aleksandar Jovancevic

IES2008-A072: "Techniques for improved measurement of TEC with GPS", by Lars P. Dyrud, Aleksandar Jovancevic, Andrew Brown, and Brian Wilson

IES2008-A073: "Advancing Digisonde Technology: the Digisonde 4D", by Bodo W. Reinisch, Ivan A. Galkin, and Grigori Khmyrov

IES2008-A074:"GPS TEC and the Plasmasphere, Some Observations and Uncertainties", by G. J. Bishop, J. A. Secan, and S. H. Delay

IES2008-A075: "Ionospheric Response to Sudden Change Solar Wind/IMF Conditions", by Q.-G. Zong, B. W. Reinisch, P. Song, and I. Galkin

IES2008-A076: "The Impact and Mitigation of Ionosphere Anomalies on Ground-Based Augmentation of GNSS, by Sam Pullen, Young Shin Park, and Per Enge

IES2008-A077: "Impact of solar wind extremes on space weather", Hari Om Vats (withdrawn)

IES2008-A078: "Next-generation software radar", by Suman Ganguly

IES2008-A079: "COSMIC Observations of the Temporal Evolution of the Low-latitude Ionosphere in the Asian Sector", by Scott A. Budzien, Kenneth F. Dymond, Damien H. Chua, Clayton Coker, and Sarah E.
McDonald

IES2008-A080:"Simulations of Strong Wind Shears in the Mesosphere And Their Effects on Structure of the E-Layer", by
P. A. Bernhardt, J. Werne,  and M.F. Larsen

IES2008-A081: "Plasma influence on propagation parameters on VHF and UHF frequencies", by  I. Stanislawska, A. Kiraga, H. Rothkaehl and A. Swiatek

IES2008-A082: "Assessment of Second Order Ionosphere Error in GPS Range Measurements Using Arecibo Incoherent Scatter Radar Measurements", by Yu (Jade) Morton, Qihou Zhou, and Frank van Graas

IES2008-A083: "Data-based Estimation of Ionospheric Effects on Space Radar during Solar Maximum", by K. M. Groves, S. Basu, T. Beach, R. Caton, C. S. Carrano and P. S. Cannon

IES2008-A084: "Impacts of the December 2006 Solar Radio Bursts on the Performance of GPS ", by Charles S. Carrano, Christopher T. Bridgwood, and Keith M. Groves

IES2008-A085: "The Future of HF using SDR Technology",  by Loris Schettino and Mauro Parenti

IES2008-A086: "Measurements and Simulation of the Ionospheric Channel Scattering Function for the ALTAIR VHF/UHF Radar", by Neil C Rogers, Paul S Cannon and Keith M Groves

IES2008-A087: "GPS ionospheric scintillations measured in Vietnam", by A. Bourdillon, M. Le Huy,  and L. Hoang Thai

IES2008-A088: "A Single Frequency Approach to Providing SBAS Service in Equatorial Regions", by Stephen Peck, Dan Cormier, Shuwu Wu, and Tim Schempp

IES2008-A089: "Investigation of small and medium-scale variations in the ionosphere", by Dr Trevor Harris & Dr Manuel Cervera

IES2008-A090: "IRI at Auroral Latitudes: New Developments", by D. Bilitza, C. Mertens, Y. Zhang, and L. Paxton

IES2008-A091: (Changed to Poster IES2008-P001) "Statistical Analysis of Equatorial Plasma Bubbles in the America-Africa region as Observed by TOPEX/JASON", by Susan H. Delay, Patricia H. Doherty

IES2008-A092: (Withdrawn)

IES2008-A093: "Estimation of Signal Group Delay from the Measured Symmetrical Sideband Differential Delay", by Larisa.Lindsay

IES2008-A094: "Modelling Uncertainty in a  Real-Time Model (Nowcast) of the Ionosphere", by Robert Gardiner-Garden, Andrew Heitmann, Brett Northey & Mike Turley

IES2008-A095: "A New High Fidelity Oblique HF Receiving System", by Robert Gardiner-Garden, Jim Ayliffe, Lyndon Durbridge, Gordon Frazer, Andrew Heitmann, Justin Praschifka, Gavin Scarman & Mike Turley

IES2008-A096: "Thermospheric Density Model Blending Techniques: Bridging the Gap Between Satellites and Sounding Rockets", by Tim Kane, Jung Soo Kim, and David B. Spencer

IES2008-A097: "Evaluation of a phase screen model: Comparisons with the VHF/UHF ALTAIR radar", by R.G. Caton, C.S. Carrano, C.M. Acala, K.M. Groves, T. Beach, D. Sponseller

IES2008-A098:"Results from the LDOC Connectivity Tests Using RPSI Dynacast® Spectrum Management Software", by John W. Ballard and John M. Goodman

IES2008-A099: "The Relative Importance of Daytime and Evening Vertical ExB Drifts to Nighttime Equatorial Anomaly Formation", by Sarah. E. McDonald, C.Coker, K.F. Dymond, and D.N. Anderson

IES2008-A100: "Three-dimensional Equatorial Spread F Modeling", by J.D. Huba and G. Joyce

IES2008-A101: "PC-based system for real-time reconstruction of the three-dimensional ionosphere using data from diverse sources", by Sergey V. Fridman, L. J. Nickisch, and Mark Hausman

IES2008-A102: "Using GPS TEC  Measurements to Detect Geomagnetic PC3 Pulsations"  by Susan Skone

IES2008-A103: "Ionospheric slab thickness: analysis and monitoring applications", by Stan Stankov and Rene Warnant

IES2008-A104: "Implications of Major Ionosphere Disturbance on Aircraft Operations", by Edsall Williams

IES2008-A105: "Kalman Filter Estimation of Plasmaspheric TEC using GPS", by Charles S. Carrano, Richard A. Quinn, Keith M. Groves, Adela Anghel, and Mihail V. Codrescu

IES2008-A106: "Simulating Ionosphere-Induced Scintillation for Testing GPS Receiver Phase Tracking Loops", by Todd E. Humphreys, Mark L. Psiaki, Joanna Hinks, Brady O'Hanlon, and Paul M. Kintner, Jr.

IES2008-A107: "Multiple phase screen calculation of wide bandwidth propagation through the ionosphere", by  Dennis L. Knepp and L.J. Nickisch

IES2008-A108: "European ionospheric monitoring and modelling activity in MIERS", by I. Stanislawska, J. Lastovicka, A. Bourdillon and B. Zolesi

IES2008-A109: "Far field of linear antennas in an anisotropic plasma", by Xueqin Huang, Bodo W. Reinisch, Paul Song, and Greg Ginet

IES2008-A110: (withdrawn)

IES2008-A111: "TEC studies with GPS and low-orbital navigation systems", by V.E. Kunitsyn, E.S.Andreeva, I.A.Nesterov, and A.M.Padokhin

IES2008-A112: "Radio tomographic studies of the ionosphere", by V.E. Kunitsyn, E.D. Tereshchenko, E.S. Andreeva, I.A. Nesterov and M.O. Nazarenko

IES2008-A113: "Ionospheric Scintillation Inhibition During Geomagnetic Storm April 6, 2000 Observed at ISM Pontianak", by Mr. Asnawi

IES2008-A114: "Ionosphere-Thermosphere models at the Community Coordinated Modeling Center", by Phillip A. Webb, Masha M. Kuznetsova, Michael Hesse, Lutz Rastatter, Anna Chulaki

IES2008-A115: "The Canadian Riometer Array", by Donald Danskin

IES2008-A116: "Characteristics of Deep GPS Signal Fading Due to Ionospheric Scintillation for Aviation Receiver Design", by Jiwon Seo, Todd Walter, Tsung-Yu Chiou, and Per Enge

IES2008-A117: "Ionospheric Effects on GPS Signals in the Arctic Region Using Early GPS data from Thule, Greenland", by P.H. Doherty, J.A. Klobuchar, M.B. El-Arini, G. Bishop, K. Groves, J. Secan , by P.H. Doherty, J.A. Klobuchar, M.B. El-Arini, G. Bishop, K. Groves, and J. Secan

IES2008-A118: "First Results from the CITRIS beacon receiver on STPSAT1", by Paul A. Bernhardt and Carl L. Siefring

IES2008-A119: "A Model of Ionospheric Channel Quality Variation for HF Communications System Analysis and Evaluation", by William N. Furman, Eric N. Koski

IES2008-A120: "The Murchison Widefield Array (MWA): A New Ionospheric Sensor", by Anthea Coster, Phil Erickson, Divya Oberoi, Joseph Salah, and David Herne

IES2008-A121: "New satellite mission with old data: the status of the ISIS data transformation and preservation project", by Robert F. Benson and Dieter Bilitza

IES2008-A122: "Basic Infrastructure Requirements for Improving Polar HF Services":, by John W. Ballard and John M Goodman

IES2008-A123: "An Overview of Solar Radio Bursts and GPS", by Paul Kintner

IES2008-A124: "Determining scintillation effects on GPS receivers", by Hal J. Strangeways

IES2008-A125: "Upper ionosphere effects on the assimilation of GPS slant TEC", by Donald C. Thompson, Ludger Scherliess, Jan J. Sojka, and Robert W. Schunk

IES2008-A126: "Specification of Ionospheric Dynamics and Drivers Using the GAIM Physics-Based Data Assimilation Model", by L. Scherliess, D.C. Thompson, and R.W. Schunk

IES2008-A127: "New Method of Solar Maximum Prediction with Application To the Next Solar Cycle", by Vladimir Osherovich and J. Fainberg

IES2008-A128: "Ionospheric Measurements from the VLA Low-frequency Sky Survey", by A. S. Cohen, and H. J. A. Rottgering

IES2008-A129: "Lower Atmosphere Effects on Thermospheric and Ionospheric Variability", by Elsayed R.Talaat, Jeng-Hwa Yee, Daniel C. Smith, Han-Li Liu, Larry Paxton, James M. Russell III, Robert DeMajistre, Martin Mlynczak, Andrew Christensen, and Ray G. Roble

IES2008-A130: "Forecasting the impact of terrestrial weather on ionosphere variability", by Tim Fuller-Rowell, Rashid A. Akmaev, F. Wu, A. Anghel, H.Wang, N. Maruyama, M. Codrescu, E. Araujo-Pradere, M. Iredell, and G. H. Millward

IES2008-A131: "The Relationship Between HF Doppler Backscatter Spectral Width and the Magnetic Disturbance Index Kp", by Dr Dan Meehan

IES2008-A132: Withdrawn

IES2008-A133: "Estimating Solar Radio Burst Flux Density from GPS C/N0 Measurements", by Alessandro Cerruti, Paul M. Kintner, and Dale E. Gary

IES2008-A134: "Applying Forecast Models from the Center for Integrated Space Weather Modeling", by M. Gehmeyr, G. Millward, D. Odstrcil, and D. Baker

Note: The "Open" papers above are associated with duplicate submissions that were not identified in the abstract logging process. These were deleted and the numbers are to be re-used.

Table of Poster Abstracts

IES2008-P001: "Statistical Analysis of Equatorial Plasma Bubbles in the America-Africa region as Observed by TOPEX/JASON", by Susan H. Delay, Patricia H. Doherty

IES2008-P002: (Previously A044): "The European COST 296 Action", by Alain Bourdillon and Bruno Zolesi

IES2008-P003: "Studies of Polar Mesospheric Clouds to improve the lower boundary condition for thermospheric and ionospheric models ", by David E Siskind, Kim Nielsen, Stephen D Eckermann, Karl W Hoppel, Andrew Kochenash, Larry Coy, John P. McCormack, Michael H. Stevens, Chris R. Englert, Mark Hervig, and David W. Rusch

IES2008-P004: "The Stratospheric Dynamics of Ozone in the low Latitude From 1997 to 2005", by Bernadette C. Isikwue and Francisca N. Okeke

IES2008-P005: "On the Relation between >30 keV Auroral Electron Flux and the 38.2 MHz Radiowave Absorption at High Latitude" by M.J. Birch, J.K. Hargreaves, B.J.I. Bromage and D.S Evans

IES2008-P006: "A Visual C++ Program Prototype for Scaling CADI Ionograms", by  Zonghua Ding, and Baiqi Ning

IES2008-P007: "Ionospheric Measurements for the Long Wavelength Array", by Christopher Watts, Ken Dymond, Namir Kassim, and the Long Wavelength Array Team

IES2008-P008: "The Effect of Increased Absorption on the HF Spectrum due to a PCA Event", by Haris Haralambous

IES2008-P009: The eSWua Project (title subject to revision)", by M. Pezzopane, V. Romano, E. Zuccherett, S. Pau, S.
Locatelli, G. De Franceschi, and B. Zolesi

IES2008-P010: "Disturbance Wind Model (DWM07): Representing geospace storm effects with a global empirical
thermospheric wind model", by J. T. Emmert, D. P. Drob

IES2008-P011: "A filter removing multiple reflections from the F2 layer on the ionograms to improve Autoscale reliability", by Michael Pezzopane and Carlo Scotto

IES2008-P012: "Study on solar sources and their effects on ionosphere and geomagnetic field ", by L. Perrone, M. Parisi, A. Meloni, M. Damasso, M. Galliani and B. Zolesi

IES2008-P013: "Ionospheric Modelling : Effects of The Ionosphere on GPS Systems in Malaysia", by Norsuzila Ya’acob, Mardina Abdullah and Mahamod Ismail

IES2008-P014: "UV image data and the USU GAIM data assimilation model", by R. Schaefer, L.J, Paxton R. DeMajistre, D.C. Thompson, and Ludger Scherliess

IES2008-P015: Solar Radio Burst Effects (SoRBE) - Operational System-Impact Product for the Space Situational Awareness Environmental Effects Fusion System (SEEFS)", by Stephen Quigley

IES2008-P016: "Adaptive Radio Astronomy. I- Correction of the Phase Delay and the Rotation of the Polarization Plane using GPS Sounding Data, Regional Ionospheric Maps and Modeling", by E.L. Afraimovich and Yu V. Yasukevich (presented by Prof. D. Gary) (previously A003). (withdrawn)

IES2008-P017: "SABER NO+(v) Volume Emission Rates and Magnetic Indices Correlation Comparisons for Magnetic Storm Events", by J. R. Fernandez, C. J. Mertens, D. Bilitza, X. Xu, J. M. Russell III, and M. G. Mlynczak

IES2008-P018: "Continuous FUV/EUV Imaging Of Ionospheric Activity from Geosynchronous Orbit", by Kent S. Wood, K. Dymond, M. Kowalski, M. Picone, and R. McCoy

IES2008-P019: "Effects of Geomagnetic Storm on Ionospheric Total Electron Content and Scintillation at Los Alamos, New Mexico" by Zhen Huang, Laurie Triplett, Chris Jeffrey, and Sigrid Close

IES2008-P020: "Visualization of Ionospheric Density Waves Using 74 MHz Radio Astronomical Observations", by E. Colbert, A. Cohen, JF Mergen, J. Lazio, N. Kassim and Tracy Clarke

IES2008-P021: "Solar radio burst effects on GPS: A study of the effect of the December 2006 solar activity on GPS in the Australian region", by M. Terkildsen (to be presented by D.A. Neudegg)

IES2008-P022: "HFDF from the Australasian region", by D.A. Neudegg

IES2008-P023: "Investigation of High Latitude D-Region Effects on RF Propagation", by Andrea Wyant, Adam Escobar, Perry Edwards, Sven Bilen, and Russell Philbrick

IES2008-P024: "Electron Density Profile Reconstruction and Radio Wave Propagation Modeling Using DMSP/SSUSI", by Joseph Comberiate, Larry J. Paxton, Erin M. McMahon, Michael and A. Kelly

IES2008-P025:"Oblique ionospheric sounding and HF monitoring results compared with the IPS propagation model", by D.A. Neudegg, M. Layoun, S.T. Hutchinson, R. Gardiner-Garden, M. Hyde, and C. Thomson

IES2008-P026: "Using the IRI Model to determine parameters of HF propagation", by Olga Maltseva and Oleg Poltavsky (A022- switched from oral presentation)

Schedule of Papers for IES2008 (Click on hyperlink to be directed to the Preliminary Schedule)

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Organizing Committee  (In the following, an asterisk is given if we are in receipt of IES2008 commitment.)

Chairman:
Dr. J. M. Goodman (Radio Propagation Services, Inc.)

 

Co-Chairmen:

Dr. Robert McCoy (ONR) *

Major David Byers (AFOSR) *

 

Organizing Committee Secretary: Ms. Jenny Hansen (JRH Services)


Other Members of the Steering Committee:

Dr. Dave Anderson (University of Colorado) *

Dr. Paul Bernhardt (Naval Research Laboratory) *

Mr. Greg Bishop (Air Force Research Laboratory) *

Mr. Deane Bunce (Federal Aviation Administration)

Lt. Col. William  B. "Trey" Cade (Air Force Weather Agency)

Mr. Ray Conkright (NOAA-NGDC)

Dr. Anthea Coster (MIT Haystack Observatory) *

Dr. Ken Davies (NOAA-Retired) *

Ms. Pat Doherty (Boston College) *

Dr. Tim Fuller-Rowell (NOAA-SWPC) *

Mr. Jack Klobuchar (Emeritus) *

Mr. Joe Kunches (NOAA-SEC) *

Dr. Leo McNamara (Boston College/AFRL) *

Prof. Bodo Reinisch (University of Massachusetts) *

Mr. James Secan (Northwest Research Associates) *

Mr. Kevin Scro (CISF/Air Force)

Dr. Haim Soicher (US Army CECOM-Retired) *

Mr. John Wang (Federal Communications Commission) *

Dr. Paul Cannon (QinetiQ)- URSI Representative *

Sponsors and Affiliated Organizations (draft-proposed list)

The following organizations have either sponsored the conference or support IES2008 as a cooperating agency. 

Sponsors

 

Cooperating Agencies and Organizations (draft proposed list)

 

Keynote Speaker

The keynote address for IES2008 will be presented by Professor Paul Cannon of QinetiQ.

 

Biography - Paul S Cannon, BSc, Msc, PhD, FREng, FIET

Paul Cannon is currently the Chief Scientist, Communications Division, QinetiQ and a Senior Fellow in QinetiQ in the UK. Paul is a part-time Professor of Communication Systems and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Bath and a visiting Professor at the University of Birmingham. After working as a graduate student and research assistant on ELF, VLF and naturally occurring modification of the ionosphere Paul Cannon moved to the satellite communications industry. From there he moved to a defence laboratory research post as a civil servant. Through various organizational changes and a privatization that organization has become QinetiQ – the defence research and technology company. In his early days in defence research he worked on meteor burst communications (MBC) systems identifying a signal loss mechanism due to signal polarization rotation by the ionosphere This, and subsequent work on the use of phased arrays (MALAISE), facilitated MBC systems operating with significantly enhanced data rates. He spent 1989 at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell working on MB propagation problems and using the Digisonde drift technique to examine polar plasma flows. He returned to the UK in 1990 to develop and lead the Government capability in ionospheric modeling and propagation. This has included the development of instrumentation to measure the ionosphere (IRIS), new fast analytic ray tracing techniques (SMART), novel non-linear techniques to specify and forecast the ionosphere and measurement of the HF communications propagation channel through the international DAMSON programme. Operational NATO HF modems are partly based on the results of this latter work. More recently Paul’s team have been developing assimilative mod. els for a variety of applications and wideband scintillation models for space radars. In 2003 Paul was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering – the highest honour for an engineer in the UK. He is currently Chair of Commission G of URSI.

Awards Luncheon

By recent tradition, the IES has held a luncheon on the second day of the conference (i.e. May 14, 2008). At this luncheon, aside from the food itself, we have a featured speaker and we give "Best IES Paper" awards. The leader of the paper selection committee is yet to be determined, and will be ably assisted by all the session chairpersons. The selection is largely based upon the written papers rather than the oral presentations, since the awards must be given midway through the conference. 

Best Paper Awards

Dr. Ken Davies, a well-known author and NOAA scientist (retired), will preside over the designation of the "Best" papers presented at IES2008. Since the awards will be given before roughly 1/2 of the papers will have been presented orally, the determination will be made based upon the prepared paper submitted for presentation, and not the presentation itself. Abstracts will not be considered. The awards will consist of a certificate and a small gift card.

Awards Luncheon Speaker: We are pleased to announce that Dr. Louis Lanzerotti will be our IES2008 Luncheon speaker. He is well-known within the research community. For those who are not familiar with Lou's wide ranging activities, below is a portion of the biography posted in connection with his membership on the National Science Board.

Dr Louis J. Lanzerotti

B.S., University of Illinois, 1960
A.M., Harvard University, 1963
Ph.D., Harvard University, 1965

Louis J. Lanzerotti was born and grew up in Carlinville, Illinois. He received a B.S. degree in engineering physics from the University of Illinois in 1960 and A.M. and Ph.D. degrees in physics in 1963 and 1965 from Harvard University. After serving 2 years as a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard and at Bell Laboratories, Lanzerotti joined the technical staff of Bell Laboratories in 1967, and is presently a consultant to Alcatel-Lucent. In 2002, he was appointed a Distinguished Research Professor of Physics in the Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, New Jersey. He has also served as an adjunct professor of electrical engineering at the University of Florida and as a Regents’ Lecturer at UCLA.

Lanzerotti’s principal research interests have included space plasmas, geophysics, and engineering problems related to the impacts of atmospheric and space processes and the space environment on space and terrestrial technologies. Much of his research has involved close collaborations with telecommunications service providers on commercial satellite and long-haul (principally transoceanic) cables. His research has also involved geomagnetism, solid earth geophysics, and some oceanography. This research has been applied to design and operations of systems associated with spacecraft and cable operations. He has conducted geophysical research in the Antarctic and the Arctic since the 1970s, directed largely toward understanding of Earth’s upper atmosphere and space environments. He has co-authored one book, co-edited three books, and is an author of more than 500 refereed engineering and science papers. He is founding editor for Space Weather, The International Journal of Research and Applications, published by the American Geophysical Union. He has seven patents issued or filed.

He has served as principal investigator or co-investigator on several United States NASA interplanetary and planetary missions including Voyager, Ulysses, Galileo, and Cassini. Currently, he is principal investigator on the NASA Radiation Belts Storm Probes mission scheduled for a January 2012 launch.

Lanzerotti has also served as a member or chair of numerous committees of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the National Research Council (NRC) of the National Academies. In the NRC he is currently chair of the Committee to Assess the Safety and Security of Spent Nuclear Fuel, and chair of the Committee on Assessment of Options for Extending the Life of the Hubble Space Telescope. His past NRC responsibilities include chair, Space Studies Board; chair, Army Research Laboratory Technical Assessment Board; and chair, Decadal Survey of Solar and Space Physics. He served on the Vice President’s Space Policy Advisory Board, 1990-1992.

Lanzerotti has been elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering and of the International Academy of Astronautics. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), the American Geophysical Union (AGU), the American Physical Society (APS), and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He is the recipient of two NASA Distinguished Public Service Medals, the NASA Distinguished Scientific Achievement Medal, the COSPAR William Nordberg Medal, and the Antarctic Service Medal of the United States. Minor Planet 5504 Lanzerotti recognizes his space and planetary research, and Mount Lanzerotti (74.50° S, 70.33° W) recognizes his research in the Antarctic.

 

POSTER SESSION

A Poster Session will be held on Wednesday (May 14, 2008) in a location (yet to be established) at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, between 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM.  The posters to be presented are listed in the Preliminary Program. The following are details as we have them at the moment. 

1. Display boards will be provided. They will have 2 possible dimensions. For the larger presentations, we have 40"W x 60"H foam boards, and these
will be positioned on A-frame easels. For the smaller requirements we will also have tri-fold poster boards (36"H x 48"W). The latter will likely be
positioned on skirted tables. We have about 15 of each type, so if you have a preference, please advise before Friday May 9th. 

2. Push pins, thumb tacks, scotch tape, removable glue stick and masking tape will be provided.

3. The Poster session is Wednesday afternoon from 2:00-5:00 PM, following the Awards Luncheon. All posters must be on display for the 2:00-5:00 PM
period. Posters may be prepared on Tuesday (Day-1) during one of the breaks, or early on Wednesday before Lunch.

4. All posters must be removed by the end of the symposium. Materials left may be destroyed.
 

FLOOR PLAN

Below is the second floor plan for the Crowne Plaza Old Town Hotel. IES2008 will have its registration desk in the 2nd floor lobby area just at the top of the stairs. Meeting rooms for the parallel sessions will be Washington Ballroom and the Kennedy Room. The Poster Session location is yet to be determined. The Awards Luncheon will be held in the Jefferson Ballroom. 

 

 

REGISTRATION DETAILS & COSTS

Registration Alternatives

    A convenient form for registration is provided. It also enables use of several vehicles. We accept major credit cards (viz., Amex, Visa, MC) and checks drawn on US banks. (Click "Registration Form")

Schedule of Registration fees for IES2008 

Item

 Cost (US Dollars)
Full Registration (Before 01 April 2008) (All three days) (Luncheon Included) $425
Full Registration (After 01 April 2008) (All three days) (Luncheon Included) $475
Full Registration (Student & Retiree, no late fees) (One, two, or three days) (Luncheon Included) $150
One-Day Registration (Before 01 April) (Luncheon $25 extra if desired) $200
One-Day Registration (After 01 April) (Luncheon $25 extra if desired) $250
Two-Day Registration (Before 01 April) (Luncheon $25 extra if desired) $300
Two-Day Registration (After 01 April) (Luncheon $25 extra if desired) $350

 

Registration Refund Policy

 

1. Registrations without sufficient cause may be refunded up until 2400 UTC on 01 May 2008 minus a $25.00 processing fee. After that registrants forfeit the entire fee. (See 3,4, and 5)
2. Registrations with sufficient cause may be refunded at any time minus a $25.00 processing fee.
3. The definition of "sufficient cause" is not totally arbitrary. Examples are illness, family emergency, death in the family, etc. Lack of sponsor funding is not deemed "sufficient". This should have been cleared early in the process. So the withdrawal of funding by a sponsor on May 01, 2008 will mean that you will sacrifice all of the registration fee. If you notify us on May 01, 2008 or before, you get all of the fees back minus $25.00.
4. We will forward all documentation such as IES2008 Proceedings to all "insufficient-cause" registrants who could not un-register before May 1st, and who are unsuccessful in transferring their registration.
5. To avoid losing all that money we urge those who would like to "unregister" to negotiate with a colleague to transfer the registration. There is no transfer fee if done before the conference. A $25.00 fee is levied on the "new" registrant if the transfer is made at the registration desk

 

SYMPOSIUM DOCUMENTATION

Full papers contributed to IES2008 must be released for publication by the respective organizations and individual authors. The (signed) clearance form is provided on the IES2008 web site. It should be submitted concurrently with the full paper. If this is not possible, please submit it as soon as practical. The clearance form may be mailed or faxed to the IES2008 staff. Please click on  Clearance Form  

Summary on Color issues and CD-ROM edition:

1. The so-called pre-print document containing all the papers and posters that have been submitted (i.e., the provisional proceedings provided to registrants at registration) will be provided in a loose-leaf binder and in black-and-white only!

2. The Final Proceedings for IES2008 will be hardbound and will generally be published in black-and-white. It will be a refined version of the pre-printed Proceedings, where authors will have had an opportunity to "improve" upon their papers upon reflection or queries at the conference. While color can be employed, it is strongly discouraged. The page charges for each color page will likely provide a degree of "sticker" shock. We don't have a price from the printer as yet, but it is anticipated to be significant. 

3. Color figures are welcome in CD-ROM version. We anticipate the production of a CD version of the Final Proceedings, and this version will allow for color figures, etc. The CD-ROM version of IES2008 Proceedings is not included in the standard registration fee. 

4. Advanced purchase of the CD may be made at the registration desk. It should be noted that, under terms of its contract with the U.S. Government, JMG Associates will provide the government archives (i.e., NTIS-Springfield VA) with copies of the electronic version of IES2008 for wider public distribution. It will be the decision of NTIS regarding method of distribution and pricing structure. However, the CD-ROM version developed for IES2008 attendees by JMG Associates will be a fraction of the NTIS cost. See General Order Form.

IES2008 (final) Proceedings 

   In addition to the softbound IES "preprint" document provided to registrants, tradition dictates that a fully edited document of record will be developed. Authors will be given approximately 1 month (i.e., until 12 June 2008) to revise the original manuscript that was provided to attendees at the time of registration. The IES staff will edit the original and revised material, add appropriate introductory material, and produce the final document of record. This hardbound document of record will be then mailed to qualified attendees. This official document will also be offered to the public for sale while supplies last.  Ultimately the document will be archived with NTIS and sold to the public. Information will be provided.

    By agreement with the sponsors of IES2008, the symposium managers, (i.e., JMG Associates) will also submit the document of record to the National Technical Information Service (NTIS, Springfield VA) for public distribution and sale. It is our understanding that the documents made available from NTIS will be softbound. We are not sure of the price structure, but they have been somewhat more costly than the hardbound versions being sold by JMG Associates.  Also note that the purchase arrangements through NTIS are separate and independent of those made with JMG Associates.

Special Journal Issue for IES2008 (Draft Plan)

Selected papers from IES2008 will (likely) appear in a Special Issue of Radio Science.

Selections of potential papers for the special issue were made by the special issue selection committee. This committee included  the IES2008 session chairpersons. Selections were made by applying a majority vote filter, followed by a consensus, in order to get the number of papers under the AGU limit for a special issue. Approximately 50% of the papers may be nominated from among a group of very fine papers.

Primary authors should receive an invitation by ~ July 8th, 2008. From that point onward you will be dealing with the American Geophysical Union, publishers of the journal Radio Science.  Your paper, based upon the material in your IES2008 paper, must be submitted to AGU via an electronic system. Details will be provided.

PROCEEDINGS OF PREVIOUS SYMPOSIA

For those wishing to procure copies of IES2002, the Table of Contents and other vitae for IES2002 is seen by clicking on IES2002-TOC.

For those interested, the TITLE PAGE, PREFACE, and CONTENTS for IES99 may be reviewed.

There is a 1-page Errata.for IES2002. (Click on "errata")

CD-ROM Edition for IES2002 and IES2005

   We have produced a CD-ROM edition for IES2005 (under subcontract with JRH Small Business Services). This edition is equivalent to the IES2002 hardbound book, although there are some formatting differences. It enables color figures and graphics to be properly displayed. Some papers and abstracts not contained in the official IES "book" are contained on the CD. The CD-ROM cost schedule is given above. Within the USA, the cost is $25.00 + $5.00 S/H + applicable tax for Virginia residents (viz., 4.5%). (Ordering). Shipping and Handling for outside the USA is $10.00. The CD-ROM edition will not be available through NTIS. 

There are a number of (hard-bound) copies of previous symposia still available. They include IES96, IES99, IES2002, and IES2005. To order, click (Ordering) and follow instructions.

Soft-bound copies of all previous symposia may be ordered from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), Springfield, Virginia.

SYMPOSIUM DOCUMENTATION ORDERING DETAILS

Online Procedure & Alternatives

    A convenient form for sales is provided. It also enables use of several vehicles. We accept major credit cards (viz., Amex, Visa, MC) and checks drawn on US banks. (Click "Ordering")

    If registrants are uncomfortable with providing credit card information online, you are encouraged to print out the form (without punching the "submit" button), fill it out, and mail or Fax to JMG Associates. You may also submit everything BUT the credit card information using the web form, and fax the completed form (with credit card information) to +1-703-360-3954. Just so we somehow get the information. 

 

                            JMG Associates Ltd.

                            IES Symposium Managers

                            8310 Lilac Lane

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    Note: Government agencies may also submit purchase orders. In this case, we request that the registrant fill out the online form, print it out, and Fax or mail to IES2008 (c/o JMG Associates). We require the identification of the paying agency, the purchase order number, the date, and the signature of a cognizant official of the paying agency. The IES managers will invoice the agency for the appropriate amount.  

Schedule of Document Fees (Independent of Registration Entitlements) 

Item

 Cost (US Dollars)
Looseleaf IES2008 Proceedings Preprint Edition (extra copy obtained at conference reg. desk) $100.00
(hardbound) IES2008 Proceedings $100.00 + S/H + Tax
IES2008 Proceedings CD-ROM version $35.00 + S/H + Tax
(hardbound) IES2005 Proceedings CD-ROM version $35.00 + S/H + Tax
(hardbound) IES2005 Proceedings ($25.00 to IES2008 registrants-no shipping) * $35.00 + S/H + Tax
IES2005 Proceedings CD-ROM Edition $35.00 + S/H + Tax
(hardbound) IES2002 Proceedings (Free to IES2008 Registrants-no shipping) $25.00 + S/H + Tax
CD-ROM Edition of IES2002  (Free to IES2008 Registrants-no shipping) $25.00 + S/H + Tax
(hardbound) IES99 Proceedings (Free to IES2008 Registrants-no shipping) $25.00 + S/H + Tax
(hardbound) IES96 Proceedings (Free to IES2008 Registrants-no shipping) $25.00 + S/H + Tax

 

Go to Ordering Page. Click the word "Ordering" here. 

 

Notes:

1. Shipping and Handling (S/H) for CD-ROM is set at $5.00 for United States and $10.00 for overseas orders. Surface mail is used

2. S/H for hardbound books will be $10.00 for USA and $25.00 outside of the USA. Surface mail is used

3. Taxes will be levied on Virginia residents. The applicable VA tax is 4.5%

4. Purchases of combined CD-ROM and hardbound editions will carry the same S/H charges as the hardbound book alone. 

5. If customers want to use Air Mail or any other special delivery service, there will be a surcharge. Please indicate if you want fast delivery. Contact jm_good@cox.net or jmgood@starpower.net. 

Refund Policy

All orders are assumed final when placed. However, a  three-day grace period will be applied following the date of each order. Email cancellations can be made in the intervening period. 

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