Program
| Monday, 27 November 2006 | ||
| Inaugural session | Chair : S.S. Hasan | |
| 09:30 | Welcome: S. S. Hasan, Director, IIA | |
| 09:35 | Invocation | |
| 09:40 | Inaugural Remarks : B. V. Sreekantan, Chairman, Governing Council, IIA | |
| 09:45 | Remarks : H. Haubold & N. Gopalswamy, Co-Chairs, ISOC M. Guhathakurta, NASA |
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| 10:00 | Keynote address : K. Kasturirangan, Director, NIAS | |
| 10:25 | Vote of Thanks | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Tea/Coffee Break | |
| Session 1 | Chair: C. Amory-Mazaudier | IHY Overview - I |
| 11:00 | J. M. Davila | IHY Overview: Science, Observatory Development, Outreach and history |
| 11:20 | H. Haubold | UNBSSI Program: A Historical Introduction |
| 11:40 | N. Gopalswamy | IHY and UNBSSI Program: Success Stories |
| 12:00 | M. Guhathakurta | International Living With a Star (ILWS) program and IHY |
| 12:20 | B. J. Thompson | IHY: Coordinated Investigation Programs (CIPs) |
| 12:40 | R. Smith | Heliophysics in the United States of America (CIPs) |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch Break | |
| Session 2 | Chair: B. J. Thompson | IHY Overview - II |
| 14:00 | P. K. Manoharan | IHY activities in India |
| 14:20 | A. B. Rabiu | IHY activities in Africa |
| 14:40 | K. Georgieva | IHY activities in the Balkan-Black-Caspian sea area |
| 15:00 | H.M.K. Al Naimiy | IHY activities in West Asia |
| 15:20 | A. R. W. Hughes | IHY activities in South Africa |
| 15:40 – 16:00 | Tea/Coffee Break | |
| Session 3 | Chair: A.R. Choudhuri | Solar surface phenomenon |
| 16:00 | R. Erdelyi | Solar magnetic waves and oscillations |
| 16:20 | K.R. Sivaraman | Measurement of solar diameter |
| 16:40 | A. Ambastha | Signatures of large flares on photospheric magnetic and velocity fields |
| 17:00 | K. Sankara Subramanian | Fine scale magnetic fields in and around a decaying active region |
| 17:20 | P. Chatterjee | Forecasting cycle 24 with a solar dynamo model |
| 17:40 | Adjourn | |
| 18:00 | Departure for Grand Ashok: Cultural program and IIA Director’s dinner. | |
| Tuesday, 28 November 2006 | ||
| Session 4 | Chair: C. Uberoi | Chromosphere and transition region dynamics |
| 09:00 | S.S. Hasan | Dynamics of the magnetized solar chromosphere |
| 09:20 | K. Wilhelm | Lessons from SUMER/SOHO solar ultraviolet spectrograph |
| 09:40 | R. Kariyappa | Contribution of solar chromospheric fine scale features to UV irradiance variability |
| 10:00 | D. Banerjee | Multi-wavelength study of active region loop dynamics |
| 10: 20 | P. Venkatakrishnan | Multi-application solar telescope (MAST): A versatile tool for studying the physics of solar eruptions |
| 10:40 | L. Dame | Chromosphere, transition zone dynamics and heating: Need for future space missions |
| 11:00 - 11:20 | Tea/Coffee Break | |
| Session 5 | Chair: J. M. Davila | Coronal Studies |
| 11:20 | T. Sakurai | Observations of CME source regions by coronal emission line dopplergrams |
| 11:40 | J. Singh | Magnetic nature of coronal loops |
| 12:00 | S. Ananthakrishnan | GMRT and solar radio observations |
| 12:20 | K.R. Subramanian | Variations in the global solar radio flux during the extreme solar eruptions of October-November 2003 |
| 12:40 | P. Subramanian | Electron acceleration in solar noise storms |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch Break | |
| Session 6 | Chair: T. Sakurai | Corona and Interplanetary Medium - I |
| 14:00 | R. Jain | SOXS for IHY 2007 and beyond |
| 14:20 | Y.-J. Moon | Sun-Earth connection studies at Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) |
| 14:40 | B.N. Dwivedi | Propagation and dissipation of MHD waves in coronal holes |
| 15:00 | M.D. Popescu | Observational clues to the origin of fast solar wind |
| 15:20 | V. Krishan | Short scale magnetic turbulence in the solar wind |
| 15:40 – 16:00 | Tea/Coffee break | |
| Session 7 | Chair: S. Ananthakrishnan | Corona and Interplanetary Medium - II |
| 16:00 | N. Srivastava | On the slow rise phase of eruptive quiescent solar prominences |
| 16:20 | N. Gopalswamy | CMEs in the Heliosphere |
| 16:40 | P.K. Manoharan | Solar wind studies: Transients and steady-state flows |
| Session 8 | Chair: U. Inan | Terrestrial atmosphere - I |
| 17:00 | G.S. Lakhina | Solar energetic particle events and geomagnetic storms |
| 17:20 | B. M. Reddy | Solar influences on terrestrial ionosphere and radio communications |
| 17:40 | P. B. Rao | Radar studies of ionospheric plasma irregularities |
| 18:00 | J. H. Sastri | Physical processes underlying the equatorial effects of solar wind dynamic pressure variations |
| 18:20 | R. Sridharan | Interplay between the equatorial geophysical processes |
| 18:40 - 19:30 | DVD Show from NASA HQ and free time for discussions | |
| 19:30 | Dinner at IIA | |
| Wednesday, 29 November 2006 | ||
| Session 9 | Chair: J. H. Sastri | Terrestrial atmosphere - II |
| 09:00 | R. P. Sharma | Nonlinear Processes in the Heliosphere and their effect on spectral index and particle energization |
| 09:20 | A. Bhattacharya | Effect of Solar Variability on the evolution of Equatorial spread F |
| 09:40 | E. Y. Kassie | A tomographic reconstruction technique applied to the GPS TEC data |
| 10:00 – 10:20 | Tea/Coffee break | |
| Session 10 | Chair: H. Haubold | Non-extensive statistical mechanics |
| 10:20 | A. M. Mathai | Generalized measure of entropy, Mathai’s distributional pathway model, and Tsallis statistics |
| 10:50 | Jiulin Du | Test of Non-extensive Statistical mechanics by the solar sound speeds measured in helioseismology |
| 11:20 | R. Pandit | Systematics of dynamo action in a shell model for magnetohydrodynamic turbulence |
| Session 11 | Chair: N. Gopalswamy | Instrument donors - I |
| 11:50 | C. Monstein | CALLISTO - radio spectrometer |
| 12:10 | S. Ueno | Chain-project and installation of flare monitoring telescopes in developing countries |
| 12:30 | K. Yumoto | Magnetic data acquisition system (MAGDAS) for IHY 2007 |
| 12:50 - 14:20 | Lunch Break | |
| Session 12 | Chair: A. Bhattacharya | Instrument donors - II |
| 14:20 | C. Amory-Mazaudier | Geophysics integrated studies in the Sun-Earth system: A co-operative project - Vietnam, Europe and Africa |
| 14:40 | K. Groves | Expanding the SCINDA network for IHY 2007 |
| 15:00 | T. Garner | Preliminary observations of ionospheric structures using ground receivers and the COSMIC radio beacon |
| 15:20 | U. Inan | VLF remote sensing of the lower atmosphere with AWESOME receivers |
| 15:40 - 16:00 | Tea/Coffee break | |
| Session 13 | Chair: P. k. Manoharan | Instrument donors - III |
| 16:00 | J. H. Fernandez | Southern atlantic magnetic anamoly (SAMA) monitoring through installation of small magnetometer network in the Brazilian territory |
| 16:20 | S. G. Kanekal | High latitude energetic particle boundaries: The SAMPEX database |
| 16:40 | R. A. Schwartz | Prospects for GDL and solar software |
| 17:00 | Adjourn | |
| Free Evening | ||
| Thursday, 30 November 2006 | ||
| Session 14 | Chair: R. V. Bhonsle | Instrument hosts - I |
| 09:00 | P. K. Manoharan | CALLISTO at Radio Astronomy Centre, Ooty |
| 09:20 | R. Singh | Very low frequency studies of ionospheric/magnetospheric electromagnetic phenomena in Indian low latitude region using AWESOME receivers at IIG, Mumbai |
| 09:40 | K. Georgieva | SEVAN - A neutron monitor network |
| 10:00 | T. Djamaluddin | Preparation of IHY 2007 in Indonesia |
| 10:20 | A. Kebede | Space, Atmospheric Physics Education and Research at North Carolina A&T State University |
| 10:40 - 11:00 | Tea/Coffee Break | |
| Session 15 | Chair: H. M. K. Al-Naimiy | Instrument hosts - II |
| 11:00 | A.T. Al-Mousli | Astronomy in Syria |
| 11:15 | J. K. Ishitsuka | A solar station for education and research on solar activity at a national university in Peru |
| 11:30 | E. G. Dountio | Radiative transfer model in the atmosphere and experimental solar data of Yaounde location |
| 11:45 | N. Seghouani | High resolution spectral analysis for irregularly sampled helioseismic data |
| 12:00 | J. T. Nugroho | Indication of solar signal in Indian ocean dipole phenomena over Indonesia |
| 12:15 | N. M. R. Al-Ubaidi | A developed numerical mapping technique |
| 12:30 | J. O. H. Ndeda | Determination of coefficient of correlation between radiation and relative humidity and equation of line of best fit using statistical methods |
| 12:45 - 14:00 | Lunch Break | |
| Session 16 | Chair: A. B. Rabiu | IHY Science in Developing Countries |
| 14:00 | A. Mahrous | The gap in global ionospheric and heliospheric measurements over Africa: our proposals for IHY 2007 |
| 14:15 | S. Krasotkin | Space science education and outreach project of Moscow state university |
| 14:30 | B. Damtie | Optimal long binary phase code-mismatched filter pairs with the application to ionospheric radars |
| 14:45 | Z. A. Abdul Rashid | Influence of solar energetic phenomena on GPS PWV during the major storm of 2003 at Scott base station, Antartica |
| 15:00 | N. Gopalswamy | General discussion on donor programs |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Tea/Coffee break | |
| Session 17 | Chair: | Panel discussion on International Collaboration |
| Session 18 | Chair: | Panel Discussion on Future IHY/UNBSS Workshops |
| 18:15 | Adjourn | |
| 18:30 | Departure for Royal Orchid: ISRO Chairman's dinner | |
| Friday, 01 December 2006 | ||
| Session 19 | Chair: R. Schwartz | Virtual Observatories |
| 09:00 | G. Eichhorn | Searching the scholarly literature made easier |
| 09:20 | B. J. Thompson | IHY-CAWSES data base |
| 09:40 | Jayant Murthy | Center for astronomical data and software at IIA |
| 10:00 | Open discussion on Data usage in developing countries | |
| 10:30 to 11:00 | Tea Break | |
| Session 20 | Chair: H. Haubold | Concluding session |
| 11:00 - 13:00 | ||
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| END | ||
| POSTERS | ||
| Author | Title | |
| M. Aggarwal | Study of equatorial spread F using L-band and VHF radar | |
| Shobana Alex | Occurrance pattern of geomagnetic storms during the recent four solar cycles | |
| R. Alyana | Differences between CME associated and CH associated RED events during 2005 | |
| A. Shanmugaraju | Investigations of the speed-distance profile of CMEs in the SOHO/LASCO field of view | |
| I. A. Ansari | Relation between low lattitude PC3 magnetic micro-pulsations and solar wind | |
| Badruddin | Structural and dynamical properties of interplanetary magnetic clouds in the heliosphere and their interaction with earth's magnetosphere | |
| B. S. Shylaja | Solar observations as educational tools | |
| L. Bharti | Intensity and velocity oscillations in magnetic flux concentrations | |
| V. B. Pantula | Solar cycle effects on equatorial electrojet strength and low latitude ionospheric variability | |
| R. V. Bhonsle | 1. Optical observations of solar activity observed on April 5, 2006 at Kolhapur 2. Installation of Induction Coil Magnetometer LEMI-301 and Data Processing System for Prediction of Earthquake at Shivaji University, Kolhapur (16.40N, 74.15E) 3. Proposal for Creating a Center for Research in Solar-Terrestrial Physics as an Inter-departmental Activity during IHY at Shivaji University, Kolhapur (16.40N, 74.15E) |
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| S. Chakraborty | Solar control of ambient ionization of the ionosphere near the crest of the equatorial anomaly in the Indian zone | |
| L. Damé | Solar Shape Changes and Oscillations from Space | |
| J. H. Fernandez | Lighting-induced Electron Precipitation (LEP) Events versus Geomagnetic Activity: A Probe Tool to Re-Evaluate the Electron Radiation Belt Loss Mechanisms | |
| T. E. Girish | Space science resource centre for colleges in Kerala | |
| S. Gosain | Solar vector magnetograph at Udaipur solar observatory: New results | |
| A. K. Gwal | Burst of ULF electric field recorded by DEMETER possibly related to the series of earthquakes occurred during the Tsunami over the Indian region | |
| K. M. Hiremath | Long term variations of the solar cycle: Forecast of the future cycles | |
| R. Jadav | Role of ambient solar wind conditions in cme evolution | |
| A. K. Jadeja | 1. Coronal mass ejections of 28 October 2003 and 14 November 2003 and associated space weather effects 2. Properties of large angle cmes and their space weather effects |
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| Santhosh Kumar | Solar and interplanetary causes of geomagnetic storms 1996-2005 | |
| S. C. Kaushik | Interplanetary transient solar wind plasma flows and their influence on the geomagnetic activities | |
| R. Kombiyil | Storm time equivalent currents derived from a meridional magnetometer chain and the investigation of associated dynamics using a numerical model of the ionosphere | |
| L. R. Marath | Magnetic flux in the solar convective envelope inferred from the sunspots' initial appearances | |
| S. Mukherjee | Changes in Heliophysical parameter influence on Environment of the Earth | |
| M. K. H. Ismail | The Malaysian Robotic Solar Observatory | |
| V. S. Pandey | MHD waves in homogeneous plasmas | |
| K. Patel | Ionospheric scintillations induced by sporadic-E irregularities over low latitude | |
| R. P. Patel | Role of geomagnetic disturbances on VLF whistler wave activity at low latitudes | |
| K. N. Pathak | Initial results of ionospheric parameters at Surat (21.16°N,72.78°E) using GPS satellite signal | |
| P. T. Patil | Mesospheric winds from 60 to 100 km over low latitude station Kolhapur by a partial refelction radar | |
| F. Pereira | Understanding IMF Bz and space weather relations near geomagnetic eqator related to non-radial solar wind flows | |
| A. B. Rabiu | 1. Morphology of Equatorial Electrojet over the West African Sector 2. Variability of Equatorial Ionosphere Inferred from Geomagnetic Field Measurements 3. Inter-relationships Between the Thickness, Width and Intensity of the Equatorial Electrojet in Indian Sector |
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| G. Rajaram | Proton events at geostationary altitudes during 2005, their relationship to solar wind and IMF parameters, and their geoeffectiveness | |
| A. Satyanarayanan | Study of MHD surface waves along the interface of the magnetosheath, boundary layer and magnetosphere with the effect of solar wind | |
| A. K. Sharma | 1. Major solar proton event during september 24-30, 2001 using imaging riometer technique 2. OI 630.0 nm night airglow observations during the geomagnetic storm on november 20, 2003 at Kolhapur 3. Studies of sources on the Sun of geo-effective solar events |
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| R. P. Sharma | Nonlinear processes in the heliosphere and their effect on spectral index and particle energization | |
| R. Shelke | Newborn coronal holes associated with the disappearance of polarity reversal boundaries | |
| Abhay K. Singh | A case study of PI-2 geomagnetic pulsations observed at indian antarctic station Maitri | |
| Ashok K. Singh | Role of geomagnetic disturbances on VLF whistler wave activity at low latitudes | |
| K. A. P. Singh | 1. Spatial damping of magneto-acoustic waves in quiescent prominences by Newtonian cooling 2. Damping of MHD waves in quiescent prominences |
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| S. Singh | Study of ionosphere-magnetosphere coupling using Whistler data | |
| A. K. Sinha | Geomagnetic pulsations as observed from ground-based searchcoil and fluxgate magnetometers | |
| K. C. Srivastav | Observation of height variation of tropical tropopause with sunspot number | |
| A. K. Srivastava | 1. Fast solar wind from slowly expanding magnetic flux tubes 2. Fe-XIII infrared/Fe-XIV green line ratio diagnostics |
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| R. Selvamurugan | 1. Satellite measured electron intensities during intense magnetic storm at equatorial anomaly region over Indian sector 2. Simultaneous amplitudes of ULF pulsation measured at low, middle, and subauroral latitudes during an intense magnetic storm |
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| W. Uddin | Study of historical 4B/X17 mega flare on 28 October 2003 | |
| M. L. Yadava | 1. Troposphere-ionosphere interaction at equatorial latitude, Tirunelveli, India 2. Study of Ozone Variability at Equatorial Latitude during severe geomagnetic storm |
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| K. Yumoto | Space Weather Activities at SERC for IHY: (1) Local Education, (2) Global Outreach and (3) Data Base Service | |