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SOLAR, TERRESTRIAL & SPACE PHYSICS IN AUSTRALIA

SOLAR, TERRESTRIAL & SPACE PHYSICS IN AUSTRALIA. U. Newcastle: Magnetosphere Magnetosphere-ionosphere-thermosphere coupling & TIGER radar FedSat & ground magnetometer networks ULF waves & radiation belt dynamics Contact: brian.fraser@newcastle.edu.au.

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SOLAR, TERRESTRIAL & SPACE PHYSICS IN AUSTRALIA

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  1. SOLAR, TERRESTRIAL & SPACE PHYSICS IN AUSTRALIA • U. Newcastle: Magnetosphere • Magnetosphere-ionosphere-thermosphere coupling & TIGER radar • FedSat & ground magnetometer networks • ULF waves & radiation belt dynamics • Contact: brian.fraser@newcastle.edu.au • Ionospheric Prediction Service (IPS): Space Weather • Gather Australian & international datasets • & advise Govt & industry clients • Learmonth & Culgoora radio • Contact: David Cole / david@ips.gov.au FedSat – Australia’s first science spacecraft • U. of Sydney: Theory & Heliosphere • Plasma, solar & space physics • Theory, simulations, & data-theory tests • Sun – solar wind – Earth – interstellar medium • Complexity, waves, radiation & acceleration • STEREO swaves instrument • Contact: i.cairns@physics.usyd.edu.au • U. Adelaide: Neutral Atmosphere • & Ionosphere • Neutral winds • Coupling to ionosphere & space • VHF & MF radar, airglow, photometers • Contact: robert.vincent@adelaide.edu.au • RESEARCH & INSTRUMENTS • Solar activity: flares, CMEs, X-ray & radio • Space weather: Sun-Earth connections • Magnetosphere: substorms, currents, aurora • Ionosphere: radio reception, ionization changes • Neutral atmosphere: winds, coupling • Complex systems: connections, predictability • Space assets: FedSat, NASA & ESA spacecraft .. (STEREO spacecraft?) • Australia/NZ: IPS radio, TIGER and MF/VHF radars, magnetometers (Mileura Widefield Array?) • Antarctica: magnetometers, cosmic rays, auroral • imagers, digisondes • Strong connections to Plasma Physics & Astrophysics • Australian Antarctic Division • Magnetosphere-ionosphere - aurora • Digisondes, cosmic rays, magnetometers, • VLF receivers, auroral imagers • Infrastructure for external agencies • Contact: marc.duldig@aad.gov.au • LaTrobe U.: Ionosphere & • Magnetosphere Coupling • Activity, changes in plasma structures, • magnetic connectivity • TIGER radar, GPS, optical spectrometers • Contact: p.dyson@latrobe.edu.au Digisonde at Davis, Antartica Contact: Above people & Iver Cairns, (02) 9351 3961, email: i.cairns@physics.usyd.edu.au .

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