1. U. Villante – Professore Ordinario; M. Vellante - Professore Associato; P. Francia - Professore Associato; M. De Lauretis - Ricercatore T. I.; E. Pietropaolo – Ricercatore T. I.; M. Piersanti – Assegnista di Ricerca; M. Regi – Assegnista di Ricerca; A. Del Corpo – Dottorando; S. Di Matteo - Dottorando; A. Piancatelli – Tecnico di Laboratorio. University of L’Aquila Solar Terrestrial and Space Physics Group

2. References 1.Tozzi, R., M. Pezzopane, P. De Michelis, and M. Piersanti (2015), Applying a curl-B technique to Swarm vector data to estimate nighttime F region current intensities, Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, 6162–6169, doi:10.1002/2015GL064841. 2.Villante, U., S. Di Matteo, and M. Piersanti (2015), On the transmission of waves at discrete frequencies from the solar wind to the magnetosphere and ground: A case study, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics,120, doi:10.1002/2015JA021628. 3.Piersanti M. and Villante U., (2016) “On the discrimination between magnetospheric and ionospheric contributions on the ground manifestation of Sudden Impulses”, in press at J. Geophys. Res. Scientific collaborations -Physics Department, University of Calabria, Rende (CS), Italy. -National Institute for Geophysics and Volcanology INGV, Rome, Italy. -National Research Council, Institute for Complex Systems ISC-CNR, Florence, Italy. -School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia. Analysis of the ground-based and magnetospheric response to active Solar Wind (SW) conditions Example of the reconstruction of the ionospheric current flow pattern during November 11, 2000 SI event. Discrimination between the magnetospheric and the ionospheric contributions on the ground manifestation of Sudden Impulses (SI). Reconstruction of the ionospheric current system during a SI. Identification of the different onset time of the distinct magnetospheric current system during a SI. Study of the characteristics of Ultra Low Frequency (ULF) waves following SI. Identification, analysis and modelling of the different magnetic field contributions during a geomagnetic storm in magnetosphere and at ground. Characterization of the ULF wave power observed in Antarctica (Terra Nova Bay) by the use of new data- analysis tool. Multi-Scale Statistical Analysis of Ionospheric Scintillation via Wavelets and Empirical Mode Decomposition

3. References 1) Lichtenberger, J., M. A. Clilverd, B. Heilig, M. Vellante, J. Manninen, C. J. Rodger, A. B. Collier, A. M. Jørgensen, J. Reda, R. H. Holzworth, R. Friedel, and M. Simon- Wedlund (2013), The plasmasphere during a space weather event: first results from the PLASMON project, J. Space Weather Space Clim., 3, A23, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2013045. 2) Vellante, M., M. Piersanti, and E. Pietropaolo (2014), Comparison of equatorial plasma mass densities deduced from field line resonances observed at ground for dipole and IGRF models, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 119, doi:10.1002/2013JA019568. 3) Vellante, M., M. Piersanti, B. Heilig, J. Reda, and A. Del Corpo (2014), Magnetospheric plasma density inferred from field line resonances: Effects of using different magnetic field models, In: General Assembly and Scientific Symposium (URSI GASS), 2014 XXXIth URSI. p. 1-4, IEEE-XPLORE, Beijing (China), 16-23 August 2014, doi: 10.1109/URSIGASS.2014.6929941. Scientific collaborations -Geological and Geophysical Institute of Hungary, Hungary -Electrical Engineering Department, New Mexico Tech, USA -Institute of Geophysics-PAS, Poland -Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland -Space Research Institute (IWF), Graz, Austria Plasmasphere diagnostics by FLRs EMMA (European Meridional Magnetometer Array) 25 stations, 1.6 < L < 6.1 Realization of a near real-time monitoring of the equatorial plasma mass density in the plasmasphere by detection of field line resonance frequencies at a latitudinally extended ground-based magnetometer array (EMMA)

4. ULF waves in Antarctica 1.Programma Nazionale Ricerche in Antartide (PNRA) project "Studio bipolare di fenomeni magnetosferici con SuperDARN ed osservazioni ottiche e magnetiche” (June 2014- June 2016); 2.Programma Nazionale Ricerche in Antartide (PNRA) project “L’influenza della variabilità solare e geomagnetica sull’atmosfera polare” (July 2014- July 2016) Last relevant publications: 1.Regi M., M. De Lauretis, P. Francia, U. Villante (2014), The propagation of ULF waves from the Earth's foreshock region to ground: the case study of 15 February 2009, Earth, Planets and Space, 66:43, doi:10.1186/1880-5981-66- 43. 2.Regi M., M. De Lauretis, P. Francia (2015), Pc5 geomagnetic fluctuations in response to solar wind excitation and their relationship with relativistic electron fluxes in the outer radiation belt, Earth, Planets and Space, 67:9, doi:10.1186/s40623-015-0180-8. 3.Francia P., M. Regi, M. De Lauretis (2015), Signatures of the ULF geomagnetic activity in the surface air temperature in Antarctica, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 120, doi:10.1002/2015JA021011. Spectral Solar Irradiance and atmospheric coupling Last relevant publications: 1. Bordi, I; Berrilli, F; Pietropaolo, E; Long-term response of stratospheric ozone and temperature to solar variability, ANNALES GEOPHYSICAE, Volume: 33, Issue: 3, Pages: 267-277,DOI: 10.5194/angeo-33-267-2015, Published: 2015