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Monday, June 7th

08:00 - 10:00
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
Low-Latitude Phenomena I MoM01
Room: Master
Chair: Eurico de Paula, Paluri Venkata Sri Rama Rao

Variability of Low Latitude Ionospheric Electrodynamics (Invited)
B.G. Fejer

The Behavior of F2-Layer Maximum at Low-latitudes during Geomagnetic Storms on September 9-14, 2005
M.V. Klimenko and V.V. Klimenko

Periodic ESF Plume Structures and their Association with TEC Depletions and Enhancements
M. S. Bagiya, H. P. Joshi, K. N. Iyer, R. Sekar, A. K. Patra and S. Ravindaran

Study of Equatorial Ionization Anomaly over Indian Sector using Ionospheric Tomographic Technique
R. M Das, S.  Yadav, R. S Dabas, S. Joshi, A. K Upadhayaya, S. Ravidaran and R.  Sharma



10:00 - 10:30
Coffee-break

10:30 - 13:30
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
Low-Latitude Phenomena II MoA01
Room: Master
Chair: Eurico de Paula, Paluri Venkata Sri Rama Rao

Study of TEC, Equivalent Slab-thickness and the Neutral Temperature of the Ionosphere in the Indian Low Latitude Sector
K. Venkatesh, P.V. Rama Rao, D.S. D. Prasad, K. Niranjan and P.L. Saranya

CIGALA: an FP7 Innovative Activity to Tackle the Threat of Ionospheric Scintillation to GNSS Operations in Latin America
G. De Franceschi, B. Bougard, G.F. Galeara Monico, A.W. Wernik, J.M. Sleewaegen, T. Willems, C. Saut, M. Aquino, E. Ferreira Da Silva and B. Forte

Low Latitude Ionospheric Response to the Geomagnetic Storm of 15th May 2005: Evidences for Electrodynamical Coupling Between High and Low Latitudes
Mala S. Bagiya, K. N. Iyer, H. P. Joshi, S. V. Thampi, R. Sridharan and S. Alex

Investigation of the Temporal Characteristics of Tec and L-Band Scintillation at the Equatorial Stations of Lagos and Ilorin in Nigeria During Solar Minimum
L. L Amaeshi, C. S Carrano, C. E Valladares, C. T Bridgwwood, E. Y Yizengaw, R. Sheehan, P. H Doherty, J. O Adeniyi, K. M Groves and T. R Pedersen

Equatorial Scintillation Calculations Based on Coherent Radar and C/Nofs in Situ Data - Comparison with Gps Measurements
E. Costa, E. de Paula, L.F. de Rezende, K. Groves and P. Roddy

Scintillation Events over Vietnam on April 2006
L. Alfonsi, L. Spogli, J.R. Tong, G. De Franceschi, V. Romano, A. Bourdillon, M. Le Huy and C.N. Mitchell

Electromagnetic Signatures Inside the Ionospheric Equatorial Plasma Bubble: CHAMP Observation and Theoretical Framework
E. Kherani, E. R.de Paula and J.H. Sobral

Using Citris Receiver Tec and Radio Scintillation Data to Study Low-Latitude Ionospheric Irregularities
C. Siefring, P. Bernhardt and P. Roddy

Observation of Tids Using the Lisn Network
C. Valladares



13:30 - 15:00
Welcome Cocktail

15:00 - 18:00
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
Ionospheric Effects on Navigation Systems MoE01
Room: Master
Chair: Bertram Arbesser-Rastburg, Todd Walter

Estimation of Ionospheric Delay using Kriging and its Impact on Waas Availability
L. Sparks, J. Blanch and N. Pandya

Ionospheric Scintillation Effects from GPS Signals
Y.H. Ho, H.  Strangeways and M. Aquino

Quality of GPS Performance During Ionospheric Storms and Solar Flares
E. Astafyeva, M. Mandea and Ph. Lognonne

Wide Area Real Time Kinematic: A new augmentation concept towards the definition of a high accuracy and integrity service
M. Hernández-Pajares, J.M. Juan, J. Sanz, J. Samson and M. Tossaint

Applying Spatial Interpolation Methods to Monitor the Ionosphere Above Northern Europe
S. Schäfer and M. Ouassou

Characteristics of SBAS Grid Sizes Around the Northern Crest of the Equatorial Ionization Anomaly
A. Paul, A. Das and A. Dasgupta

Ionospheric Depletion Detection Over the Indian Region using a Single Frequency Detection Algorithm
M. Cueto, I. Hidalgo, E. Sardón, G. Um and M. Bailey

Ionosphere Study using beacon satellites in CRIRP
W.M. Zhen, M.Y. Zheng, J. Feng and L. Chen

Global Ionospheric Monitoring and Navigation Systems
J. Feltens, M. Angling, N. Jakowski, M. Hernandez-Pajares and R. Zandbergen



Tuesday, June 8th

08:00 - 10:00
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
Ionospheric Imaging Techniques and results &
Ionospheric Modeling (empirical, 1st principles)
TuM01
Room: Master
Chair: Gary Bust, Paul Cannon, Juha-Pekka Luntama

GNSS Contribution to Next Generation Global Ionospheric Monitoring
J. Feltens, M. Angling, N. Jakowski, M. Mernandez-Pajares and R. Zandbergen

Tomoscand - A Mesoscale, Multi-Frequency 3d Ionospheric Tomography Network for Fenno-Scandivania
J Vierinen, O. Amm, M. Kamp, K. Kauristie, J-P Luntama, I. Virtanen, M. Lehtinen, L. Roininen and T. Raita

Gps Plasmspheric Imaging of Electron Density
C.N. Mitchell and P.S. Spencer

Using Beacon Satellites to Estimate Ionospheric Drivers During Stormy Periods.
S. Datta-Barua, G. Bust and G. Crowley

Ionospheric Effects in TEC during Geomagnetic Storm Sequence on September 9-14, 2005
M.V. Klimenko, V.V. Klimenko and I.E. Zakharenkova

A Two-Stage Mid-Latitude Instability Process: Gradient-Drift and Kelvin-Helmholtz Waves?
R. Burston, N. Bergeot, C. Bruyninx and J-M. Chevalier



10:00 - 10:30
Coffee-Break

10:30 - 13:30
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
TEC Measurements and Models I TuA01
Room: Master
Chair: Andrzej Krankowski, Esther Sardón

TEC Models and their use in Ionosphere Monitoring (Invited)
N. Jakowski, C. Mayer and M M. Hoque

Present and Future IGS VTEC Maps as a Reliable Source of Ionospheric Information since 1998
A. Krankowski, P. Wielgosz and M. Hernández-Pajares

UPC VTEC Forecast Model Based On IGS GIMS
A. García-Rigo, E. Monte, M. Hernández-Pajares, J.M. Juan, J. Sanz and R. Orús

Quantifying The Day-Time, Equatorial EXB Drift Velocities at the Boundaries of the 4-Cell Tidal Structure using C/NOFS‘ CINDI Observations
E.A. Araujo-Pradere, D.N. Anderson, M. Fedrizzi and R. Stoneback

Analysis of the Ionospheric Characteristics in the Indian Region for GNSS Applications
M. Cueto, I. Hidalgo, E. Sardón, G. Um and M. Bailey

Total Electron Content Monitoring using Triple Frequency GNSS: Results with Giove-A/-B Data
J. Spits and R. Warnant

Multi diagnostics of dynamic large scales ionospheric structures (Invited)
H. Rothkaehl and A.  Krankowski

A study of the Semi-annual Anomaly and Annual Asymmetry
F. Azpilicueta and C. Brunini



13:30 - 15:00
Lunch Time

15:00 - 18:00
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
TEC Measurements and Models II TuE01
Room: Master
Chair: Andrzej Krankowski, Esther Sardón

Comparison of Spherical Harmonic and B-Spline Models for VTEC (Invited)
M. Schmidt and D.  Dettmering

Model Calibration of Topex/Jason Ionospheric Electron Content for its Consistency with Gps-Tec
T. Gulyaeva, F. Arikan and S. Delay

Combining Space Geodetic Techniques for Global VTEC Modeling
M.M. Alizadeh, H. Schuh, S. Todorova and M. Schmidt

Regional Reference Total Electron Content Model using 2-D Mapping and Neural Network
T. Maruyama

A Comparison of Ground Receivers for Radio Beacon Measurements
P. Bernhardt, C. Siefring, M. Wilkens, R. Livingston, C. Rino and M Yamamoto

Storm Time Depressions and/or Enhancements of the GPS-derived Total Electron Content in Conjugate Hemispheres
T. Gulyaeva and S.  Delay

Ionospheric Total Electron Content and Critical Frequencies over Nicosia at Solar Minimum
L. Cander and H. Haralambous

Ionospheric Retrieval using Gps during Equatorial Spread F Events
N.  Dashora

A Statistical Study of the Tec Storm-Time Response at European Middle Latitudes for use in Ionospheric Nowcast and Forecast
S. Stankov, K. Stegen and R. Warnant



Wednesday, June 9th

08:00 - 10:00
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
GPS Radio Occultation Techniques and Studies WeM01
Room: Master
Chair: Norbert Jakowski, Antonio Rius

GPS Radio Occultation for Climate Applications (Invited)
A.K. Steiner, B.C. Lackner, F. Ladstaedter, G. Kirchengast, B. Pirscher, G.C. Hegerl and U. Foelsche

Improvement and Validation of Retrieved FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC Electron Densities using Jicamarca DPS
A. Aragon-Angel, Y.-A Liu, C.-C Lee, M. Hernandez-Pajares, M. Juan, J. Sanz and B.W. Reinisch

Tropospheric Information Content Embedded in GNSS RO Reflected Signals
E. Cardellach, S. Oliveras and A. Rius

Global Monitoring of Sporadic Plasma Layers in the Lower Ionosphere During Period 2001-2008 by use of Champ and Formosat-3 Gps Occultation Data
A. Pavelyev, Y. Liou, J. Wickert, N. Yen, J. Fong and C. Hsiao

Rosa GPS Receiver Onboard Oceansat_2 Satellite: Features and Objectives
F. Vespe, M. Materassi, G. Perona, P.  Spalla, V. De Cosmo, R. Notarpietro, B. Nava, I. Bordi, A. Zin and S. Casotto



10:00 - 10:30
Coffee-Break

10:30 - 12:30
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
Beacon Satellites in General WeA01
Room: Master
Chair: Eduardo Araujo-Pradere, Endawoke Yizengaw

Ionospheric Monitoring Plan and its Effects on GNSS Performance during Active Years of The Solar Cycle
R. Prieto-Cerdeira and B. Arbesser-Rastburg

GNU Radio Beacon Receiver: System and application
M. Yamamoto and S. Thampi

Use of GPS Network Data for HF Doppler Measurements Interpretation
I. Petrova, V. Bochkarev and R. Latipov

Ionolab Group Activies using Cors-Tr Gps Network
F. Arikan, O. Arikan, U. Sezen, C. Toker, O. Lenk, A. Kilicoglu, B. Aktug, M.S. Aysezen, I. Sayin and O. Koroglu

Evidence of Gravity Waves in UHF/VHF Beacon Measurements
T.W. Garner, C.L. Slack, K. Mehta, A. Scholze and A Mahrous

Poster Session I WeA02
Room: Polivalente
Chair: Eduardo Araujo-Pradere, Endawoke Yizengaw

Global vTEC Maps based on Combined GPS and TOPEX/Jason Measurements
I. Bibbo, C. Brunini and F. Azpilicueta

Thermospheric Neutral Density Variability
F. Marcos, S. Delay, C. Lin, J. Retterer, J. Wise and E. Sutton

Moving Grid Method Analysis of Gps Tec Measurements
M. Grzesiak and A. Swiatek

GPS Derived Ionospheric TEC Response to Geomagnetic Storm on 24 August 2005 at Indian Low Latitude Stations
S. Kumar and A K Singh

Real Time Application of Tomion Model
R. Orus, M. Hernández-Pajares, J.M. Juan, J. Sanz, A. Aragon and A. Garcia-Rigo

Study of Total Electron Content Variations over Equatorial and Low Latitude Ionosphere during Extreme Solar Minimum
K. Sharma, R.S. Dabas, R.M. Das, S.K. Sarkar and S. Ravindran

Formation Mechanisms of Earthquake Ionospheric Precursors in TEC
M.V. Klimenko, V.V. Klimenko, I.E. Zacharenkova, S.A. Pulinets, B. Zhao and V.V. Bryukhanov

Model Calculations of Errors in Determination of the Total Electron Content for GPS Satellite System
J.N. Koren Kov, V.A. Surotkin, V.V. Klimenko and M.V. Klimenko

Modeling of Equatorial and Low Latitude Ionosphere for Communication and Navigational Applications
R.S. Dabas, K. Sharma, R.M. Das, N.K. Sethi and S.K. Sarkar

Ionospheric Scintillation Study over Indian Antarctica Station Maitri Using Gps Data as Part of Ipy
P.  Bhawre, R.S.  Dabas, R. M. Das, K.  Sharma, A.K.  Upadhayaya, S.C.  Garg and A.K. Gwal

Investigation of TEC and Scintillation Variations over the Polar Region of Both the Hemisphere using GPS Measurements
S. Yadav, P. Bhawre, R. M Das, R. S Dabas, S. Saini and A. K Gwal

TEC Anomalies before the Great Sichuan Earthquake
O. Zolotov, B. Prokhorov, A. Namgaladze and O. Martynenko

Evaluation of Ionospheric Models Under Magnetic Storm Conditions for Gagan System
A.D. Sarma, D. Venkata Ratnam and P.V. D. Somasekhar Rao

Features of the TEC Behavior in the Cycle of Solar Activity and Their Reflections in the Ionospheric Model
O. Maltseva, N. Mozhaeva and T. Trinh Quang

Imaging Ionospheric Inhomogeneities using Spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar
X. Pi, A.  Freeman, B. Chapman and P. Rosen

TEC Correction for Non-homogeneous Low-latitude Ionosphere
I. Kantor, E. de Paula and P. Siqueira

Storm-Time Total Electron Content and its Response to Penetration Electric Fields over South America Region
E. de Paula, P. Siqueira, M. Abdu and W. Gonzalez

Comparison of Peak Electron Density Values: Cosmic RO and European Digisondes
I.E. Zakharenkova, I.I. Shagimuratov, A. Krankowski and A. Krepiak-Gregorczuk

Comparison Of Gps-Derived Vtec Over Cyprus With Nequick Model
H. Haralambous and B. Bidaine

Regional GPS TEC Mapping using Artificial Neural Networks
J.B. Habarulema, L.A. McKinnell and B. Opperman

Response of The Ionosphere to Moderate Geomagnetic Storm at Low Solar Activity
I.I. Shagimuratov, A. Krankowski, G.A. Yakimova and I.I. Zakharenkova

Validation of COSMIC Radio Occultation Electron Density Profiles by Incoherent Scatter Radar Data
I. Cherniak and I. Zakharenkova

Corrected Solar Flux Index for Ionospheric Applications
T. Maruyama

Ionosphere Induced Higher Order Effects on GPS Radio Occultation Measurements
M. M Hoque and N. Jakowski

Acoustic Gravity Waves of Troposphere/Seismic Origin that may Trigger the Collisional Interchange Instability in the Ionosphere
E. Kherani, M.A. Abdu, E. R.de Paula and P.  Lognonne

Ionospheric Effects During the Event of Solar Eclipse (22nd July 2009) on GPS Navigation Solution in the Context of Indian Subcontinent
G. Sasi Bhushana Rao and V.B. Srilatha Indira Dutt

GPS Measurements of TEC Variation during Ionospheric Plasma Bubble Events
S. Banville, R.B. Langley and T. Sakai

Impact of Dense GNSS Networks and Multi-GNSS on Trans-ionospheric Ray Path Distribution for Tomographic Applications
J.M. Chevalier, C. Bruyninx, J. Legrand, N. Bergeot and R. Burston

Response of the Electron Concentration in D-Layer to Short-Term Variability of Solar Activity Simulated with a Climate-Chemistry-Ionosphere Model
E. Rozanov, T. Egorova and W. Schmutz

A Preliminary Analysis of the Slant Total Electron Content (sTEC) Obtained from GPS Observations in Tucumán Region and its Relationship with the Ionospheric Scintillation
L. García Panadero, B. Moreno, M. Herraiz and G. Rodriguez-Caderot

Evaluating Several TEC Retrieval Approaches using Single Frequency Positioning
R. Ghoddousi-Fard, F. Lahaye and P. Heroux

TEC Model From a two Frequency GPS Receiver for the Colombian Ionosphere
J.C. Palacios C., J. Villalobos and C.E. Valladares

Using GPS Technology for Geodynamics Research in Colombia, South America
J. Rodriguez-Zuluaga and H. Mora-Paez

Determining Self-Consistent Plasma Drifts and Neutral Winds Driving the Low-Latitude Ionosphere from Lisn Model and Data Inversion
V. Eccles, E. Kudeki and C. Valladares

Ionospheric Models in the Equatorial Region: GPS TEC Assimilation Study with Altair
B. Heruska, K. Groves, S. Hunt, G. Ginet and D. Sponseller

IRI 2007 VTEC Predictions for Middle Latitude Stations in the North American Sector
R. Ezquer, M. Cabrera, J. López, M. Albornoz, S. Radicella and M. Mosert

Evaluation of Inversion Methods Applied to Ionospheric RO Observations
V. Rios, S. Leal, B. de Haro and C. Medina

On the variabilities of the total electron content in the indian low latitude sector
P.V. Rama Rao, K. Venkatesh, D.S. D Prasad, K Niranjan and JV Prasad



13:30 - 15:00
Lunch Time

15:00 - 18:00
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
Multi-Instrument Ionospheric Techniques and Studies WeE01
Room: Master
Chair: David Altadill, Cesar Valladares

Coordinated use of Optical and GPS Diagnostic Systems to Study Ionosphere-thermosphere Phenomena (Invited)
M. Mendillo

Network of Satellite Beacon Experiment for the Study of Equatorial Spread-F from Asia and Pacific Regions (Invited)
M. Yamamoto, S. Thampi, T. Nagatsuma, M. Ishii, Y. Otsuka, K. Shiokawa and R. Tsunoda

The Low-Latitude Ionosphere Sensor Network (Lisn): Science Results
C. Valladares and R. Sheehan

Using GPS to Measure the Effect of Sudden Stratospheric Warmings on the Ionosphere
A. Coster, L.  Goncharenko, W. Rideout, T. Tsugawa, J. Chau and C. Valledares

Observations of ULF Wave Related Equatorial Electrodynamics Fluctuations
E. Yizengaw, M. Moldwin, B. Damtie, F. Anad, R. Pfaff, E. Zesta, C. Valladares and P. Doherty

Longitude-altitude Tomographic Images of Equatorial Plasma Depletions
M. Hei, P. Bernhardt, C.  Siefring, T.  Garner, M. Wilkens and C. Valladares

Multi-Instrument Study of Moving Plasma Structures in Lowest Solar Activity Period 2008-09
N. Dashora and A.  Taori

Coordinated Optical and Radio Studies of Equatorial and Midlatitude Ionospheric Processes
C. Martinis, J. Baumgardner, J. Wroten and M. Mendillo

Tsunami Monitoring in the Ionosphere
P. Coisson, G. Occhipinti, L. Rolland and P. Lognonne



Thursday, June 10th

08:00 - 10:00
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
Scintillation Measurements and models I &
Space Weather Efects using Beacon Satellite Signals
ThM01
Room: Master
Chair: Archana Bhattacharyya, Charles Carrano, Anthea Coster, Keith Groves

Space Weather and Evolving GPS and GNSS Systems
P. Kintner, B. O‘Hanlon and T. Humphreys

Effect of Magnetic Activity on the Characteristics of Intermediate Scale ESF Irregularities (Invited)
A. Bhattacharyya, B. Kakad, D. Tiwari and S.  Sripathi

Bipolar Climatology of GNSS Ionospheric Scintillation under Quiet Geomagnetic Conditions
L. Alfonsi, L. Spogli, G. De Franceschi, V. Romano, M.H. Aquino, A. Dodson and C.N. Mitchell

The Absence of Equatorial Scintillation Activity Prior to a Large Geomagnetic Storm and a Non-Storm Event
D. Anderson, R. Redmon, R. Caton and T. Bullett

An Analysis of Radio Beacon Scintillation Measurements with Coincident Coherent and Incoherent Scatter from Altair (Invited)
R. Caton, K.  Groves, C.  Carrano and M.  Verlinden

Comparison of Scintillations on LEO Polar Orbiting Beacon Signals with EISCAT Measurements in Presence of Sporadic E Layers
B. Forte, I. Häggström and E. Turunen



10:00 - 10:30
Coffee-break

10:30 - 13:30
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
Scintillation measurements and Models II &
Space Weather effects Using Beacon Satellite Signals
ThA01
Room: Master
Chair: Archana Bhattacharyya, Charles Carrano, Anthea Coster, Keith Groves

Spatial Phase Decorrelation of Trans-Ionospheric Signals in the Equatorial Region Derived from C/NOFS Tri-Band Beacon Transmissions
P. Cannon and M. Van De Kamp

GPS Phase Scintillations
A. Dasgupta and A. Paul

Improved Amplitude and Phase Scintillation Indices Derived From Wavelet-Detrended High Latitude GPS Data
S.C Mushini, P.T Jayachandran, R.B Langley, J.W. MacDougall and D. Pokhotelov

Space Weather Initiatives from the Office of Naval Research
B. McCoy

The Application of Numerical Simulations in Beacon Scintillation Analysis and Modeling (Invited)
C. Rino and C. Carrano

Broad Plasma Decreases In The Equatorial Ionosphere
C. Huang, P. Roddy, E. Sutton, S. Delay and D.  Hunton

Effects of the Field Diffraction on Local Random Inhomogeneities of the Ionosphere on the Range Error in Dual-Frequency Measurements
V. Gherm, N. Zernov and H. Strangeways

Multiple Phase Screen Modeling of Ionospheric Scintillation Along Radio Occultation Raypaths
C. Carrano, K. Groves, R. Caton, C. Rino and P. Straus

Mid-Latitude Ionospheric Irregularities Persisting into Late Morning during the Magnetic Storm on 19 March 2001
J. Li, G. Ma and T. Maruyama



13:30 - 15:00
Lunch Time

15:00 - 18:00
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
Ionospheric Modeling (Assimilation) ThE01
Room: Master
Chair: Attila Komjathy, Sandro Radicella

On the Assimilation of Collocated and Concurrent Data from Ionosondes and GPS Receivers (Invited)
M .J Angling, P. S Cannon and N. K Jackson-Booth

Ensemble Kalman Filtering for Assimilation of GPS-Based Ionospheric Observations (Invited)
T. Matsuo, E. Araujo-Pradere and J. Anderson

Ground- and Space-based GNSS Data Ingestion into the NeQuick Model
C. Brunini, F. Azpilicueta, M. Gende, E. Camilio, A. Aragon-Angel, M. Hernandez-Pajares, M. Juan and J. Sanz

M-ingestion: Simultaneous Ingestion of Ionosonde and GNSS Data into the NeQuick Ionospheric Model
B. Bidaine, B. Nava, S. Stankov and R. Warnant

Global Assimilative Ionospheric Modeling and Cosmic2
C. Coker, P. Dandenault, K. Dymond, S. Budzien, D. Chua, X. Pi, A. Komjathy and G. Bust

The Relative Utilities of Data Assimilated by Global Assimilative Ionospheric Models
G. Bishop, L. McNamara and J. Welsh

Processing Ground and Cosmic GPS Measurements for Near-Real Time Ionospheric Data Assimilation Using Usc/Jpl Gaim (Invited)
A. Komjathy, P. Stephens, B. Wilson, V. Akopian, B. Iijima, X. Pi and A. Mannucci

High Resolution Ionospheric Imaging using a Dens Regional Network of GPS Receivers (Invited)
G. Bust, G. Crowley and P. Kintner

Data ingestion into NeQuick 2 (Invited)
B. Nava, S.M. Radicella and F. Azpilicueta



Friday, June 11th

08:00 - 10:00
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
New Science initiatives with Beacon Satellites &
Remote sensing using Satellite Navigation
FrM01
Room: Master
Chair: Claudio Brunini, Richard Langley, Cathryn Mitchell

Probing the Ionosphere by means of Space Geodetic Techniques (Invited)
H. Schuh, M.M. Alizadeh, S. Todorova and T. Hobiger

Multi-Scale Representation of the Ionosphere from the Combination of Space-geodetic Observations
M. Schmidt, D. Dettmering and R.  Heinkelmann

Understanding the Occurrence of Mid-latitude Ionospheric Irregularities by using GPS, Ionosonde and Geomagnetic Measurements
G. Wautelet, M. Aquino, S. Lejeune, S. Stankov and R. Warnant

Comparison of Ionospheric Variations in Seismic and Quiet Days by Cors-Tr Ionolab-Tec Estimates
S. Karatay, F. Arikan, O. Arikan, O. Lenk, B. Aktug and M.S. Aysezen

Effects of Geomagnetic Super Storms on the Ionospheric Region using a GPS Technique (Invited)
Y. Sahai, A. de Abreu, P. Fagundes, R. de Jesus, G. Crowley, C.  Brunini, M. Gende, V. Pillat, J. Abalde and J. Bittencourt

GPS Remote Sensing: Recent Results from GFZ (Invited)
J. Wickert, C. Arras, M. Bender, G. Beyerle, Z. Deng, G. Dick, G. Gendt, S. Heise, G. Michalak and M. Ramatschi



10:00 - 10:30
Coffe-Break

10:30 - 13:30
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
Poster Session II FrA01
Room: Polivalente
Chair: Eduardo Araujo-Pradere, Endawoke Yizengaw

Statistics of TEC Depletions over South America from LISN Network
G. Seemala, C. Valladares and P. Doherty

Direct Bearing of PP Electric Field on Tec in Low Latitudes: Decoupling Low Latitude Tec Enhancements from Equatorial Fountain
N. Dashora, S. Sharma, S.  Alex and R. Pandey

Simulating Impacts of Ionospheric Scintillation on Ground- and Space-based Radars using TIRPS
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