*************************************************************************** * The 1st EGS Alfv'en Conference on * * Low-Altitude Investigation of Dayside Magnetospheric Boundary Processes * *************************************************************************** September 9-13, 1996 / Kiruna, Sweden (at Hotel Ferrum) Convenors Rickard Lundin (IRF, Sweden), David Sibeck (JHU/APL, USA), and Larry Lyons (Aerospace Corp., USA) Program committee: T. Araki (Kyoto U., Japan), R. Elphinstone (U. Calgary, Canada), C.-G. Fﾌthammar (KTH, Sweden), E. Friis-Christensen (DMI, Denmark), J. Holtet (U. Oslo, Norway), M. Lockwood (RAL, UK), G. Marklund (KTH, Sweden), P. Newell (APL/JHU, USA), A. Nishida (ISAS, Japan), H. Opgenoorth (IRF-U, Sweden), M. Pudovkin (U. Petersburg, Russia), J.-A. Sauvaud (CESR/CNRS, France), R. Smith (U. Alaska, USA), B. Sonnerup (Dartmouth College, USA), P. Reiff (Rice U., USA), J. Woch (MPI-Lindau, Germany) M. Yamauchi (IRF-K, Sweden) Local Organizer : Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF) Secretaries: Dr. Yama M. Yamauchi (yama@irf.se) Ms. Eivor Jonsson (eivor@irf.se) Ms. Birgitta Mﾌﾌttﾌ (gittan@irf.se) Sponsored by Esrange - Swedish Space Corporation European Geophysical Society Swedish Institute of Space Physics Swedish National Space Board Town of Kiruna **************************************** * http://www.irf.se/conference/ * * ftp://epac.irf.se/pub/conference * **************************************** Proceeding --> to Eivor Jonsson (our secretary) Paper number = abstract page (e.g., 1A, 1B, 2A, ...) The discussion part will be documented. Maximum length of the proceeding will be # 6 printed pages for poster papers / 15 minutes talk, # 10 pages for 25 minutes talk. 1 printed page = 15 cm by 22 cm with 10-12 point font (not 9 point!), LaTex Macro is available our WWW site. ################################### ####### Oral Presentations ######## ################################### ############################################################# Day 0 (Sunay) 8:30-17:30 day hiking (lead by Ulrik Eklund) 18:00-20:00 registration at Hotel Ferrum ############################################################# Day 1 (Monday) 9:00-17:10 // 19:00-22:30 (reception at IRF) Session 1. Opening: (chair: R. Lundin) 9:00-10:00 Welcome to Kiruna (10 min) R. Lundin The Heritage of Hannes Alfv'en. (I: 30+10 min) C.-G. Fﾌlthammar Organizational aspects of the meeting (10 min: Yamauchi). Break (10:00-10:30) Session 2. Brief review of the solar wind: (chair: J. Holtet) 10:30-11:45 With an emphasis on Solar wind variability on large and small scales, Important differences between the magnetosheath and the solar wind: Do we have enough SW parameters for magnetospheric prediction? He Origin and Acceleration of the Solar Wind. (I: 20+5 min) W.I. Axford IMP-8, WIND and INTERBALL Observations of the Solar Wind. (I: 20+5 min) K.I. Paularena Solar Wind Magnetosphere Coupling Processes: Predicted and Modelled with Intelligence Hybrid Systems. (I: 20+5 min) H. Lundstedt Lunch (11:45-13:00) Session 3a. Brief review of in-situ magnetopause and boundary layer observations, emphasizing what needs to be learned and how low-altitude and ground observations might help: (chair: A. Yahnin, 8 talks) 13:00-14:05 Topics includes: Morphology Relative importance of different processes How successful/unsuccessful have theoretical predictions been? The Subsolar and Flank Magnetopause and Boundary Layer: Structure and Occurrence of Magnetic Reconnection. (I: 20+5 min) Tai D. Phan The Variation of Exterior Cusp Positions With Interplanetary Magnetic Field As Observed by the Hawkeye Satellite. (I: 12+3 min) Shing F. Fung and Timothy E. Eastman Boundary Layer Observation by GEOTAIL. (I: 20+5 min) M. Fujimoto Discussion 1 : Definition: What exactly do we mean by "merging" and "reconnection" in observations? (chair: Rickard Lundin : rickard@irf.se) 14:05-15:00 Questions raised by audience ---> answered by Vasyliunas (vasyliunas@linmpi.mpae.gwdg.de) and Axford (axford@linmpi.dnet.gwdg.de) Break (15:00-15:30) Session 3b (continued) (chair: A. Yahnin, 5 talks) 15:30-17:05 The Low-Latitude Boundary Layer of the Dawn Magnetosphere: Results of the Electron Experiment Onboard INTERBALL-TAIL (I: 12+3 min) J.-A. Sauvaud The POLAR Project (I: 20+5 min) R.A. Hoffman and G.K. Parks The Magnetopause / Low-Latitude Boundary Layer Region (I: 20+5 min) B.U.O. Sonnerup Observations of Magnetopause Phenomena on PROGNOZ-7, -8, and INTERBALL TAIL Probe (I: 12+3 min) O. Vaisberg, L. Avanov, and V. Smirnov Generation of Dynamic Pressure Pulses in the Magnetosheath by Variations in the IMF Orientation. (C: 12+3 min) Y. Lin and D. W. Swift Casual Reception : 19:00-22:30 at IRF with drinks, snacks (not food), and perfect Internet connection Joyful Easy Discussion 2: Alternatives for plasma entry into the magnetosphere: micro-process mechanisms, locations, and extends. (chair: R. Lysak : bob@aurora.spa.umn.edu) : 19:30-21:00 ### view by high-altitude / theory people ### Thorne (rmt@jupiter.atmos.ucla.edu) in place of Lysak in place of Sonnerup (sonnerup@dartmouth.edu) in place on Video Presentation of Polar (21:00-21:15) VIS (J.B. Sigwarth) and UVI (M. Brittnacher) ########################################################## Day 2 (Tuesday) 8:30-17:05 // 19:00-20:00 (organ concert) Session 4a. Brief review of low-altitude/ground observational tools: (chair: Bob Clauer, 5 talks) 08:30-10:00 // 10:30-10:55 Topics includes: Tools available for joint studies. Limits and advantages of each observational tool. Cusp/Cleft Observations from Svalbard: Available Techniques and Recent Results. (I: 20+5 min) P.E. Sandholt The Morphology and Dynamics of the Dayside Oval (I: 20+5 min) Ching-I. Meng, Patrick T. Newell, and David G. Sibeck Radar Review (no abstract) (I: 20+5 min) Ray Greenwald Contributions to Dayside Observations From FINLAND. (I: 12+3 min) Hannu Koskinen Break (10:00-10:30) Boundary Layer Signatures Observed by Polar Orbiting Spacecrafts. (I: 20+5 min) Joachim Woch Session 5. Low-altitude detection of convection and velocity filter: (chair: I. Sandahl, 3 talks) 10:55-11:45 // 13:00-13.25 Topic includes: How often, when, and where do we observe "clear"/"unclear" dispersions of steady uniform convection? Different methods to derive the distance to the source region. Distinguishing between real convection and phase propagation. What do a "successful" simulations/models tell us? Low Altitude in situ Measurements as a Remote Sensing Tool. (I: 20+5 min) Jim H. Clemmons and C.W. Carlson Dayside Response to a Rotational Discontinuity in the Solar Wind. (I: 20+5 min) Delores J. Knipp and B. A. Emery Lunch (11:45-13:00) Ion Acceleration by Alfv始 Waves at the Magnetopause: an Explanation of Precipitation Classes in the Cusp Ionosphere. (I: 20+5 min) M. Lockwood (presented by N. Fox) Session 4b. Brief review of low-altitude/ground observational tools: (chair: I. Sandahl, 1 talks) 13:25-13:50 SCIFER and Other Sounding Rocket Projects (I: 20+5 min) P. Kintner Discussion 3: convection and velocity filter (chair: Yamauchi yama@irf.se) : 13:50-15:00 Can we "map" the convection velocity along a field line? Distinguishing between temporal and spatial structures How "physically" meaningful is a convection velocity? - when there are parallel electric fields. - when plasma is non-Maxwellian with multiple convection velocities. Reiff (reiff@rice.edu) Knipp (knipp@ncar.ucar.edu) Vasyliunas (vasyliunas@linmpi.mpae.gwdg.de) Clemmons (Jim.Clemmons@gsfc.nasa.gov) Break (15:00-15:30) Session 6a. Low-altitude detection of large-scale processes & Mapping of different regions and their identification: (chair: G. Parks, 5 talks) 15:30-17:05 Topic includes: Low-altitude observations. Mapping using 3-D magnetic field models. Signature of "closed" region. Polar cap arcs (optics/particle/field) Ionospheric particles found in magnetospheric boundaries. What do escaping particles indicate, how important are they? Images of Earth's Auroras from the Visible Imaging System (VIS) for the POLAR Spacecraft. (I: 20+5 min) J.B. Sigwarth, L.A. Frank, J.D. Craven, C.-I. Meng, G.K. Parks, T.L. Killeen, and W.E. Sharp Ultraviolet Imaging of Aurorae from the Polar Spacecraft. (I: 20+5 min) M. Brittnacher, G. Parks, J. Spann, and G. Germany The Evolution of the Understanding of Cusp Birkeland Currents. (C: 12+3 min) T.A. Potemra Statistical Investigation of the Structure of Cusp Currents Using Multi-Instrument Data from the Dynamics Explorer Missions. (C: 12+3 min) N.J. Fox, M.F. Smith, and R.A. Hoffman Response of the Dayside Auroral and Electrodynamic Process to Variations in the Interplanetary Magnetic Field (C: 12+3 min) S. Ohtani, R.D. Elphinstone, P.T. Newell, T.A. Potemra and L.J. Zanetti, L. Blomberg, M. Yamauchi, and O.A. Troshichev Organ Concert (Kiruna Church) : 19:00-20:00 Vasyliunas plays Alfv始 ##################################################### Day 3 (Wednesday) 8:30-17:00 // 19:00-22:30 (Dinner) Session 6b. (continued): (chair: L. Eliasson, 4 talks) 8:30-9:40 Mapping of Electric Fields in the Magnetosphere. (I: 20+5 min) V.M. Vasyliunas Plasma Flow in the Nightside Magnetosphere Observed Simultaneously by the GEOTAIL and EXOS-D Satellites. (C: 12+3 min) A. Matsuoka, T. Yamamoto, T. Mukai, and S. Kokubun The Alfv始ic Structure of the Cusp. (C: 12+3 min) K. Stasiewicz and G. Marklund Characteristics of the Cusp/Cleft Regions as Derived from the VIKING Wave Measurements. (C: 12+3 min) R. Pottelette Poster review 9:40-10:20, including questions (1) Sibeck (2) Yamauchi Poster + break (10:20-12:00) Lunch (12:00-13:00) Discussion 4: mapping (chair: Roger Smith : bblw@GEEWIZ.gi.alaska.edu) : 13:00-14:10 To what degree can we map, or identify "open" and "closed" regions, i.e., separatrix? Relation between aurora, radar signature, and particle population Statistics and case studies Lyons (= ground) (Larry_Lyons@qmail2.aero.org) Winningham (= satellite particle) (david@dews1.space.swri.edu) Yanhnin (= optics) (yahnin@pgi-ksc.murmansk.su) Stasiewicz (= model) (ks@irfu.se) Session 7. Restrictions: limits and advantages of assumptions in observations, models, theories, and mappings : (chair V Vasyliunas, 4 talks) 14:10-14:40 // 15:10-15:45 Propagation of Alfv始 Waves Through the Ionosphere. (C: 12+3 min) Robert L. Lysak Meaning of Onset Time of Geomagnetic Disturbances and Existence of Almost Instantaneous Propagation Mode. (C: 12+3 min) T. Araki Break (14:40-15:10) On Assumptions in Low-Altitude Investigation of Dayside Magnetospheric Phenomena (I: 20+5 min) Hannu Koskinen Dawn-Dusk Decoupling of the 3-D Open Magnetopause and its Ionospheric Projection. (C: 12+3 min) M. Yamauchi, R. Lundin, and D. Sibeck Discussion 5: restriction (chair: Lyons : Larry_Lyons@qmail2.aero.org) : 15:50-17:00 Where does the frozen-in approximation break down? / What is the appropriate Ohm's law in that region? Validity of fluid approximation / "convection velocity." Deformation of the "high-altitude" signature when travelling along the field lines. May we ignore the effect of the solid earth? What physics/quantity do we miss in 2-D assumptions? Lysak (bob@aurora.spa.umn.edu) Le Queau (Dominique.Lequeau@cesr.cnes.fr) Block (block@plasma.kth.se) Conference Dinner (In courtesy of Esrange): 19:00-22:30 Reminiscences of Hannes Alfv始 (15 min: Potemra) ########################################################## Day 4 (Thursday) 8:30-16:45 // 19:00-20:30 (Q & A session) Session 8a. Low-altitude detection of small-scale or dynamic processes: their identification, classification, size, frequency, location, possible relation to magnetospheric boundary, etc. : (chair: V Vorobjev, 4 talks) 8:30-10:00 Topic includes: Success and failure stories Predictions and observations What signatures are observed but not reported?! Mapping questions Relationships between events observed in the various data sets How many different source processes are there? Active phenomena in sub-auroral region at low-altitude -- Poleward moving auroral forms (optic/radar/particle) -- Dayside auroral break-ups (optic) -- Growth phase of dayside aurora (optic) The ionospheric cusp from an HF radar perspective. (I: 20+5 min) A.S. Rodger and M. Pinnock TCV Events as Observed with the Greenland Magnetometers. (C: 12+3 min) T. Moretto Dayside Auroral Observations: New Evidence for Associating Transient Auroral Arcs with FTE's. (I: 20+5 min) J.I. Minow and *R.W. Smith Satellite Imaging of Dayside Aurora: a VIKING Perspective. (I: 20+5 min) H.B. Vo and J.S. Murphree Break (10:00-10:30) Session 8b (continued) (chair: D Knipp, 5 talks) 10:30-11:55 Dayside Poleward Moving Auroral Forms: Class 3 Events (C: 12+3 min) G.J. Fasel, B. Jacobsen, W.F. Denig, L.C. Lee, R.W. Smith, and C.S. Deehr Dayside Auroral Signatures of Particle Entry Processes. (C: 12+3 min) Bjorn Jacobsen, A. Egeland, J.A. Holtet, B. Lybekk, P.E. Sandholt, T. Sten, and M. Oieroset The Dynamical Polar Cap: A Unifying Approach. (I: 20+5 min) Patrick T. Newell, Dingan Xu, Ching-I. Meng, and Margaret G. Kivelson Simultaneous Satellite and All-sky Imager Observations of Polar Cap Phenomena. (C: 12+3 min) T. Obara, T. Mukai, H. Hayakawa, K. Tsuruda, A. Nishida, K. Fukui, and C.E. Valladares Polar Rain as a Diagnostic of Recent Rapid Dayside Merging. (C: 12+3 min) Thomas Sotirelis, Patrick T. Newell, and Ching-I. Meng Lunch (11:55-13:30) Poster review 13:30-14:10, including questions (1) Jacobsen (2) Ohtani (3) Clemmons Poster + Break (14:10-15:45) Session 8c (continued) (chair: T Potemra, 5 talks) 15:45-17:00 Episodic Dayside Ionospheric Ion Outflow In Response to Solar Wind Changes. (C: 12+3 min) D.M. Klumpar Theory of Super-Diffusion for Plasma Entry Across the Magnetopause. (C: 12+3 min) R.A. Treumann Central Plasma Sheet Disruption and the Formation of Poleward-Moving Dayside Auroras. (I: 12+3 min) Wladislav Lyatsky and D.G. Sibeck Modelling the Entry of Magnetosheath Electrons into the Dayside Ionosphere. (C: 12+3 min) S. Wing, P.T. Newell, and T.G. Onsager Comparing the Observed and Predicted Characteristics of Transient Events Produced by the Onset of Merging at the Magnetopause. (C: 12+3 min) D.G. Sibeck and H.C. Ku Discussion 6: Q & A session In this session, theorists + high-altitude observationalists outline their predictions for low-altitude phenomena, e.g., "can we detect...?" "Is it really the signature of...?" for both transient and steady state, and low-altitude observationalists describe the features they have seen. We attempt some reconciliation. (chair: Dave Sibeck : david.sibeck@jhuapl.edu) 19:00-20:30 How can we detect and distinguish them at low-altitudes? Which "boundary process" can/cannot be detected at low-altitudes? TBD during the meeting: --> Roger. Smith, Ching-I. Meng, Ray Greenwald, Chuck Carlson, Bob Clauer ########################## Day 5 (Friday) 8:30-12:00 Session 9. New Tools or Future Method (chair: D. Winningham, 5 talks + discussion) 8:30-10:10 AE and Dst (C: 8+2 min) T. Araki Future Ground Method (I: 12+3 min) H. Opgenoorth The IMAGE Mission : Seeing the Invisible Cusp. (I: 12+3 min) J.L. Burch, P.H. Reiff, M. F. Smith, and J. L. Green The Fast Auroral Snapshot Mission. (I: 12+3 min) C.W. Carlson, R.E. Ergun, J.P. McFadden, F.S. Mozer, M. Temerin, D.M. Klumpar, E.G. Shelley, W.K. Peterson, E. Moebius, C. Cattell, R. Elphic, R. Strangeway, R. Pfaff Space Physics and Biosphere (I: 12+3 min) I. Sandahl Discussion 8: future method (30 min:) The above 5 speakers Break (10:10-10:40) Session 10. Summary : toward future research directions : (chair: R. Lundin, 2 talks) 10:40-12:00 What can we agree on? / What do we not agree on? (I: 25+5 min) Sibeck What should we look for further understanding (suggested future plan): New technology, Low-altitude side, High-altitude side, Simulation, Collaboration (and working groups) (I: 25+5 min) Friis-Christensen Next Alfv始 Conference (10 min: F獲thammar) Closing business items (10 min: Yamauchi) Visit to Esrange: Afternoon (bus leaves 13:30 pm) Typical substorm breakup (600 nT) over the clear sky at 10:05 pm ##################################### ####### Poster Presentations ######## ##################################### Poster-1 (Tuesday 10th Morning - Wednesday 11th Noon) **** Magnetospheric Boundary (Theory) = 5 papers **** Three-dimensional Hall-MHD-Simulations of Magnetopause Reconnection. J. Dreher Transport at the Dayside Magnetopause Resulting from Kinetic Alfv始 Waves. J.R. Johnson and C.Z. Cheng Global Mirror Modes Driven by Pressure Anisotropy in the Magnetosheath. J.R. Johnson and C.Z. Cheng Anomalous Plasma Diffusion due to Kinetic Alfv始 Wave Fluctuations at the Dayside Magnetopause. M. Prakash Theoretical Prediction of Patchy and Time-dependent Reconnection at the Dayside Magnetopause. Y. Song and Robert L Lysak **** Magnetospheric Boundary (in-situ obs.) = 6 papers *** The Plasma Wave Observations in the Polar Cusp onboard PROGNOZ-8 and MAGION-4 Satellites. J. Blecki, J. Juchniewicz, K. Kossacki, R. Wronowski, S. Savin, S. Romanov, S. Klimov, P. Triska, J. Vojta, and J. Simunek Measurements of O+ in the High Latitude Magnetosheath. U. Eklund, R. Lundin, and I. Sandahl Solar Wind Dynamic Pressure Variations Generated in the Foreshock Region G.J. Fasel, D. Sibeck, and L. Wakeham Alfv始 Waves in the Magnetosheath. A. Matsuoka, D. J. Southwood, T. Yamamoto, T. Mukai, and S. Kokubun Cusp Observations by PROMICS-3 on Interball Tail Probe. I. Sandahl, R. Lundin, M. Yamauchi, U. Eklund, J. Safrankova, and Z. Nemecek On two Regions of Solar Wind Interaction with magnetosphere. S.N. Kuznetsov and *A.V. Suvorova **** Low-altitude (< 4 Re) Satellite = 12 papers **** Small Scale Magnetosheath Injection and Associated Low-Altitude Acceleration. L. Andersson, H. Nilsson, J.-E. Wahlund, M. Yamauchi, and O. Norberg Polar UVI Observations of Double Transpolar Arcs. J.A. Cumnock, C.R. Clauer, M.R. Hairston, F.J. Rich, G. Germany Identification of the Polar Cusp Using Broadband Magnetic Fluctuations: Freja Observations. R.E. Erlandson, L.J. Zanetti, J. B. Gary, *S. Ohtani, M. Yamauchi, J. Clemmons, L. Blomberg Ion Conic Pitch Angle Dispersion in the Low-Altitude Cusp. D.J. Knudsen, A.W. Yau, and S. Watanabe Unbiased Categorization of Dayside Magnetospheric Regions Using Self-Organizing Maps O. Norberg, M. Yamauchi, and J. Waldemark Coordinated ISTP Satellite - Ground Study of Morning-side Pc 5 Waves. S. Ohtani, V Angelopolous, G Rostoker, M Nakamura, K Takhashi, S Kokubun, H J Singer, W J Hughes, L J Zanetti, J B Gary, T A Potemra, A T Y Lui, D J Williams VIKING Observations of Magnetosheath-like Plasma Poleward of the Nightside Auroral Oval. B. Popielawska, *K. Stasiewicz, P.-A. Lindqvist, and B. Aparicio Dynamics of Last Closed magnetic Field Lines on Dayside of the Earth According to high Energy Electron Fluxes From "CORONAS-1" Satellite data. Y.V. Gotselyuk, A.V. Dmitriev, S.N. Kuznetsov, and *A.V. Suvorova About the Possible Cause of new Radiation Belt Appearance on 10.20.1989. S.N. Kuznetsov and T. Kohno (presented by A.V. Suvorova) Some Results of the NOAA Satellite Cusp/Cleft Observations. A.G. Yahnin The Wave-Assisted Cusp Model: Indications from Low-Altitude Observations. M. Yamauchi and R. Lundin A Simple Auroral Current Zone Detector. L. Zanetti **** Empirical Model of Global Activity = 3 papers **** Storm Time Erosion of the Dayside Magnetosphere. A.A. Arykov and Yu.P. Maltsev Modelling of a Storm. A.A. Arykov and Yu.P. Maltsev Prediction of Daily Average Solar Wind Velocity from Solar Magnetic Field Observations Using Hybrid Intelligent Systems. P. Wintoft and H. Lundstedt Poster-2 (Wednesday 11th Noon - Thursday 12th Evening) **** Ground Observation = 12 papers **** Observations of Boundary Layer Waves and the Generation of Field Line Resonances. C. R. Clauer, A. J. Ridley, R. J. Sitar, V. O. Papitashvili, A. Rodger, H. J. Singer, and E. Friis-Christensen Convection Vortex at Dayside of High Latitude Ionosphere- I.I. Alexeev, *Y.I. Feldstein, and R.A. Greenwald Positioning of auroral arcs in all-sky TV images as an inversion problem. K. Hayashi and H. Matsui Study of Low-latitude Signatures at HUANCAYO at the Times of Transient Events. G.I. Korotova and D.G. Sibeck A Model Calculation of Thermospheric Effects in the Cusp Region. A.A. Namgaladze, A.N. Namgaladze, and M.A. Volkov Freja and Sｿndre Strｿmfjord Observations of the Cusp and the Other Dayside Auroral Activities. H. Nilsson, L. Andersson, L. Eliasson, O. Norberg, M. Yamauchi, and S. Kirkwood Dynamics of Auroras and Distribution of Electric Fields in Dayside During Substorms. G.V. Starkov, M.I. Pudovkin, P.R. Smith, and R.P. Rijnbeek, Drifting Auroral Rayed Structures in the High-Latitude Dayside Sector as a Signature of Magnetospheric Boundary Processes. V.R. Tagirov, V.S. Ismagilov, V.A. Arinin Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability at the Magnetopause. M. Tavares, E. Friis-Christensen, and T. Moretto Currents in the Cleft Region Related to the IMF Azimuthal Component: Decisive Role of the Southward IMF ? O. Troshichev, A. Kotikov, E. Shishkina, R. Clauer, V. Papitashvili, and E. Friis-Christensen (presented by R. Lukyanova) Structure and Dynamics of Daytime Auroral Precipitation During Magnetic Cloud Event on January 13-14, 1988. V.G. Vorobjev, O.I. Yagodkina, V.L. Zverev, and M.R. Hairston Mapping of the Dayside Travelling Convection Vortices. A.G. Yahnin **** Mid-altitude Cusp (Model/Theory) = 9 papers **** A Model for Magnetosheath Particle Precipitation and Interpretation of Multiple Injections in the Cusp/Mantle Region. M. Goncharova and *W. Lyatsky Nonlinear Effects on the Electrostatic Ion-Cyclotron Waves in Flux Transfer Events. N.V. Ivchenko and J. Blecki A Mechanism for Forming the Gap between Central Plasma Sheet and LLBL, and Associated Phenomena in the Ionosphere. A. Kozlovsky and W. Lyatsky Convection Systems in the Dayside Polar Cap Produced by Various Patterns of the Cusp Field-aligned Currents. R.Yu. Lukyanova Concerning the Origin of Dayside Travelling Convection Vortices. W. Lyatsky and D.G. Sibeck Excitation of ion Acoustic Turbulence and its Role in Auroral Processes. M. Prakash Theoretical Study on Travelling Convection Vortices. M. Tavares and E. Friis-Christensen Cusp Ion Injection in Realistic Electric and Magnetic Fields. S. Xue, *P.H. Reiff, and T.G. Onsager Questions on the Concept of Convection. M. Yamauchi **** Future Project = 2 papers **** MIMIC: A Micro-Satellite Project for Global Magnetospheric Stereo Imaging. S. Barabash, J. Woch, R. Lundin, M. Yamauchi, I. Sandahl, O. Norberg, M. Nakamura, K. Tsuruda, E. Roelof, S. Grahn The Wave Complex Onboard of Ionospheric Satellite CESAR: Scientific Goals in the Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Relations. Jan Blecki, Z. Klos, H. Rothkael, P. Orleanski, A. Rokicki, and R. Wronowski **** Extra (show and post) = 2 papers **** ??? Convection. D. Knipp ??? SCIFER. P. Kintner **** Cancelled (with abstract) = 12 papers **** Magnetopause Position Change due to Innermagnetosphere Magnetic Field Variations. E.E. Antonova Low-Altitude Features of Reconnection Processes and Dayside Magnetosheath Conditions Dependent on IMF-Orientation. E.S. Belenkaya Dependence of the Cusp Latitude on Various Parameters. A.A. Ostapenko and Yu.P. Maltsev Modelling the Auroral Electrojets in Response to Solar Wind Using Modular Neural Networks. J.-G. Wu and H. Lundstedt Plasma Distribution Functions in Flux Transfer Events: Open field Model N.V. Ivchenko and J. Blecki Interchange Instability at the Dayside Magnetopause and Fan-like Auroras. V. Safargaleev and W. Lyatsky Observations of Energetic Electron and Proton Fluxes in the Magnetosheath and Outer Magnetosphere on the Board of Prognoz-4 and Prognoz-10 Satellites. S.N. Kuznetsov, I.N. Myagkova, S.P. Ryumin, K. Kudela, and M. Slivka Auroral Hydrogen Emissions. C. Deehr Observation of a Poleward Progressing Convection Disturbance During Substorm Growth Phase. M.A.L. Persson, H.J. Opgenoorth, A. Olsson, P. Stauning, C.R. Clauer, H. Nilsson, K.B. Baker, J.M. Ruohoniemi, R.A. Greenwald, G.D. Reeves, M. Engebretson, W.J. Hughes, J-P. Villain, and J. Kelly The strong IMF Fluctuations and Their Auroral Zone Geomagnetic Response. V.S. Smirnov, V.S. Ismagilov, E.V. Vashenyuk, H. Kananen, K. Mursula, and P. Tanskanen Dayside Geomagnetic Pulsation Signatures and Their Relationship to Solar Wind-Magnetosphere Processes. O.I. Yagodkina A Computational Study of the Spatial Structure of the Ionosphere in the Cusp Region in Different Seasons. V.S. Mingalev and G.I. Mingaleva