GEM-CEDAR Ionospheric Conductance Challenge

CCMC is supporting GEM-CEDAR Ionospheric Conductance Challenge, which was initiated during 2016 joint CEDAR-GEM summer workshop by the GEM Focus Group of Modeling Methods and Validation (MM&V).

Goals of the GEM-CEDAR Ionospheric Conductance Challenge:

• To collect observations of conductance and drivers of conductance to use as ground truth for conductance models.
• To quantify differences between observations and models.
• To determine reasons for data/model, model/model and data/data differences.
• To demonstrate global effects of conductance models

GEM-CEDAR Workshop Sessions

We had CEDAR-GEM Ionospheric Conductance Challenge Session at the 2016 Joint CEDAR-GEM Workshop.

• Presentations and Topics discussed:
  • Summary [PDF] of CEDAR-GEM Challenges and Introduction of Ionospheric Conductance Challenge [PDF]: Katie Garcia-Sage (CUA)
  • Scene setting talks
    ○ Ionospheric Conductance in Global MHD [PPTX]: Dan Welling (U-M)
    ○ High-latitude conductance observations and data assimilation [PDF]: Ryan McGranaghan (CU)
  • Discussion
    ○ Contributed talks on conductance and discussion:
    1. Ionospheric turbulence contribution to conductivity and global effects [PDF]: Slava Merkin (APL)
    2. Magnetosphere-Ionosphere coupling processes in the thermosphere [PPTX]: Anna DeJong (CNU)
    ○ Next steps for a conductance challenge

GEM-CEDAR Ionospheric Conductance Challenge Contact List

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