Current status of the ICESTAR project during the IPY2007-2008

Akira Kadokura Upper Atmospheric Science Group

National Institute of Polar Research

National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR)

NIPR symposium 3-4 Aug. 2006

IPY2007-20081st IPY (International Ploar Year) (1882-1883)

12 countries participated

2nd IPY (1932-1933)40 countries participated

IGY (1957-1958)67 countries & 80,000 scientists countries Common instruments and data processingEstablished the WDC system

IPY2007-2008 (March 2007 - March 2009)ICSU and WMO cosponsoring

ICSU : The International Council for Science WMO : World Meteorological Organization

http://www.ipy.org/

Objectives of IPY 2007-08 Utilise the vantage point of the polar regions to carry out an in

tensive and internationally coordinated research activities and observations.

Leave a legacy of observing sites, facilities and systems to support ongoing polar research and monitoring

Strengthen and enhance international collaboration and co-operation in polar regions research and monitoring

Address both polar regions and their global interactions Link researchers across different fields to address questions

and issues lying beyond the scope of individual disciplines Ensure data collected under the IPY are made available in an

open and timely manner Attract, engage and develop a new generation of polar researc

hers, engineers and logistics experts Engage the awareness, interest and understanding of school

children, the general public …..

ICESTAR / IHYICESTAR: Interhemispheric Conjugacy Effects

in Solar-Terrestrial and Aeronomy Research

IHY: International Heliophysical Year

Presented as Expression of Intent (EoI) for IPY2007-2008.

Merged into ICESTAR/IHY as one of the core projects.

Title of activity : ICESTAR/IHY - Interhemispheric Conjugacy in Geospace Phenomena and their Heliospheric Drivers

ICESTAR co-chairs: Kirsti Kauristie (FMI)Allan Weatherwax (Siena

College)

Four Thematic Action Groups of ICESTARFour Thematic Action Groups of ICESTARA.A. QuantifyQuantify and understand the similarities and differences betwee and understand the similarities and differences betwee

n the Northern and Southern polar upper atmospheres. n the Northern and Southern polar upper atmospheres. ContaContact : ct : Martin FullekrugMartin Fullekrug (University of Bath, U.K.) (University of Bath, U.K.)

B.B. QuantifyQuantify the effects on the polar ionosphere and atmosphere of the effects on the polar ionosphere and atmosphere of the magnetospheric electromagnetic fields and plasma populatithe magnetospheric electromagnetic fields and plasma populations. ons.

Contact :Contact : Eftyhia ZestaEftyhia Zesta (UCLA, USA) (UCLA, USA)

C.C. QuantifyQuantify the atmospheric consequences of the the atmospheric consequences of the global electric cirglobal electric circuitcuit and further understand the electric circuit in the middle at and further understand the electric circuit in the middle atmosphere. mosphere.

Contact :Contact : Scott PaloScott Palo (University of Colorado, USA) , (University of Colorado, USA) ,Nikolai Nikolai Ø stgaardstgaard (University of Bergen, Norway) (University of Bergen, Norway)

D.D. CreateCreate a a data portaldata portal that will integrate all of the polar data sets that will integrate all of the polar data sets and modeling results. and modeling results.

Contact :Contact : Aaron RidleyAaron Ridley (University of Michigan, USA) , (University of Michigan, USA) ,Allan Weatherwax Allan Weatherwax (Siena College) (Siena College)

Group Leader: Martin Fullekrug U.K.

Group Leader: Eftyhia Zesta U.S.A.

Group Leader: Nikolai Østgaard Norway

Group Leader: Scott Palo U.S.A.

Group Leader: Aaron Ridley U.S.A.

Lead Member: Brian Fraser Australia

Lead Member: Ruiyuan Liu P. R. China

Lead Member: Natsuo Sato Japan

SSG/PS Deputy Chair, ex officio: Maurizio Candidi (Italy)

ICESTAR TeamICESTAR Team

Allan Weatherwax USA

Kirsti Kauristie Finland

Nikolai Østgaard Norway

Maurizio Candidi Italy

Vladimir Papitashvili USA

Natsuo Sato Japan

Claudio Rafanelli JCADM

ICESTAR Steering Committe as appointed by SCAR

Selected Achievements in 2005 - 2006

• ICESTAR scientists presented nearly 40 papers to the Open Science Conference at the 2006 SCAR meeting in Hobart

• ICESTAR hosted a Data Portal and Virtual Observatory Workshop in Toulouse, France, July 2005

• ICESTAR has taken leadership role in Heliosphere Impact on Geospace, one of the core projects of the fourth International Polar Year programme

• ICESTAR co-sponsors scientific sessions at European and American Geophysical Union Meetings in 2006

• 11 invited presentation in 2005-2006• 37 contributed talks and/or posters at AGU/GEM/ICS8…other meetings

• ICESTAR group leader Prof. Østgaard leads an IPY/ICESTAR Proposal submitted to the Norwegian Research Council

• 8 letters of support written in the past six months

Selected papers presented at Open Science Conference at the SCAR meeting during 12-14 July, 2006 in Hobart

1. ICESTAR: Observations of Energetic Particle Effects on the Polar Middle-Atmosphere

2. Japanese Activity for the ICESTAR Program during the IPY2007-2008 Period

3. ICESTAR: Deployment of Virtual Observatories In Cyberspace Towards Creating the Worldwide Fabric of Geophysical Data

4. ICESTAR: Simultaneous Antarctic observations of Polar Mesospheric Clouds and Polar Mesosphere Summer Echoes

5. ICESTAR - Interactions Between Planetary Waves and Tides in the Antarctic Middle Atmosphere

6. ICESTAR: Solar-terrestrial and aeronomy research during the International Polar Year

7. ICESTAR: Deploying a Virtual Geophysical Observatory and Data Portal at a Small Liberal Arts College

8. ICESTAR: Pi1B pulsations and their association with substorm onset 9. ICESTAR: Conjugate ULF observations from auroral latitudes to the inner

magnetosphere10. ICESTAR: Auroral conjugacy studies 11. ICESTAR: Inter-hemispheric Comparison of 11-year Solar Cycle Response of OH

airglow Temperature Observations 12. ICESTAR: Polar Mesospheric Clouds observed by an iron Boltzmann lidar at the

South Pole and Rothera, Antarctica 13. ICESTAR Observations of the Semidiurnal Tide at Southern Polar Latitudes with

SABER and Mesospheric Radars 14. ICESTAR: Vertical Coupling of the Atmosphere over Antarctica via Atmospheric

Tides 15. ICESTAR: Vertical Electrodynamic Coupling

IPY/ICESTAR kickoff Meeting

• Feb 5-9 2007– Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki

• Topics

• Get together– Management issues: Steering committee etc.– PR- and Outreach programme– Campaign schedule– Cataloging the instrumentation maintained by the

Programme– Data sharing issues

ICESTAR - Plans for the future

SuperDARN array major upgrade in the southern hemisphere.

New radars to be installed:

China Zhong Shan

USA South Pole

Italy and France Concordia pair

Danger:

Late installation for IPY

Halley radar moved: timing within IPY

• CAWSES/ICESTAR joint activity:joint meeting in planning. CAWSES (Climate And Weather in the Sun Earth System) is the five year scientific program of SCOSTEP

• ILWS meeting at COSPAR in BEIJING:International Living With a Star program, plans ground based segment of investigations; will be tightly related to ICESTAR. SCOSTEP formed joint committee, for common planning of ILWS observations

Relation with other programmmes/ICSU bodies

• To maintain and intensify the conjugate observations ( Syowa – Iceland, South Pole – Iqaluit (Canada) )

• To transfer the data to Japan in near real time

• To make the data accessible for the community more quickly and more easily.

• To develop the unmanned magnetometer network in the Antarctic.

• To maintain other facilities at Syowa Station, including the two SuperDARN radars, etc.

• To do coordinated studies using MF radar, Meteo radar, EISCAT radar, etc.

• To do feasibility studies for the MST/IS radar (PANSY) at Syowa

Japanese activity for the ICESTAR

Conjugate Observation at Syowa and Iceland

ConjugateObservation

between South Poleand Iqaluit(planned)

Iqaluit (Canada)

field line

South Pole

Project team:

Y. Ebihara, N. Sato, et al. (NIPR, Japan)

A.T. Weatherwax(Siena College, USA)

P.T. Jayachandran(Univ. of New Brunswick, Canada)

Acquisition of the Syowa - Iceland conjugate data

NIPR

by air

network

by ship

network (1 Mbps)

Monitoring data, IRIO, Aurora TV

CAI

All the data

Monitoring data, IRIO, HF,

MF

SYOWA

ICELAND

80 S30 E 40 E 50 E20 E

0 500 km

2000m

3000m

70 S

75 S

Map area

0 90 E

18090 W

昭和基地 S16

みずほ基地

3800m

H260

H15

MD120

MD240

MD364

MD500

MD620

ドームふじ 観測拠点

やまと山脈

MD

（中継拠点）

調査ルート

雪氷基本観測点

45次内陸調査ルート

Mizuho

Dome Fuji

Syowa

Yamato Mt.

H100

MD364

Unmanned magnetometers in JARE

Unmanned Magnetometer

Network in JARE

Dome Fuji

S16

SENSU Syowa Sourh and Syowa East SuperDARN radars

Syowa

Program of the Antarctic Syowa MST/IS Program of the Antarctic Syowa MST/IS RadarRadar （（ PANSY)PANSY)

Mesosphere, Stratosphere and TroposphereMesosphere, Stratosphere and Troposphere/ Incoherent Scatter Radar / Incoherent Scatter Radar

K Sato, M Tsutsumi, T Sato, A Saito, Y Tomikawa,T Aso, T Yamanouchi, M Ejiri

PANSY is derived from the French word, ’pensee’, meaning ‘thought’

Pilot System for PANSY (2007-2008)

Comprehensive test - Light and robust antennas - Power-efficient class-E amplifiers

Scientific study as a meteor wind radar as well