1. ICS VIII Banff Canada March 27-31, 2006 To be convened by Eric Donovan & John Samson Shameless focus on THEMIS! To be held at the Banff Center Webpage & First Circular coming soon.

2. The local time of apogee conjunctions changes throughout the year – but it is always over central Canada. Constellation Apogee Alignments over Central Canada Eric Donovan

3. The local time of apogee conjunctions changes throughout the year – but it is always over central Canada. Constellation Apogee Alignments over Central Canada Eric Donovan

4. The local time of apogee conjunctions changes throughout the year – but it is always over central Canada. Constellation Apogee Alignments over Central Canada Eric Donovan

5. The local time of apogee conjunctions changes throughout the year – but it is always over central Canada. Constellation Apogee Alignments over Central Canada Eric Donovan

6. Constellation Apogee Alignments over Central Canada Eric Donovan

7. THEMIS GBO array, consists of white light auroral imagers (20), as well as co-located UCLA “GMAG” fluxgate magnetometers (where deemed necessary). THEMIS EPO (UCLA GMAG) array, consists of 10 fluxgates. THEMIS GBOs Dedicated GB array necessary to meet objectives Eric Donovan

8. Ground-based Significant coordinated observations Fluxgates: CANOPUS, CANMOS, AGI, MACCS, DMI, MEASURE, IGPP-LANL, MicMac, Athabasca U., MAGIC, … Induction Coils: CANOPUS magnetometer array NORSTAR multispectral ASIs, AGI multispectral ASIs NORSTAR & Poker Flat MSPs NORSTAR, DMI, and Alaska single beam riometers Weatherwax imaging riometer AMISR and the PCO SuperDARN PolarDARN CADI digital ionosondes Poker Flat Rocket Range Athabasca Geophysical Observatory Shiokawa MSP, panchromatic, & multispectral imagers Eric Donovan

9. Ground-based SuperDARN – Global Integrated Observation Eric Donovan

10. Ground-based Ground-based Fluxgates in the THEMIS Sector Eric Donovan

11. Ground-based Ground-based Fluxgates in the THEMIS Sector Eric Donovan

12. Ground-based Ground-based Fluxgates in the THEMIS Sector Eric Donovan

13. Ground-based Ground-based Fluxgates in the THEMIS Sector Eric Donovan

14. 40Fluxgates 8Induction Coils 13Riometers 4MSPs 10ASIs 3-4HF Radars 6-8CADIs F10.7 Solar Flux Monitor FDAM/SSDP Future Ground-based Canadian GeoSpace Monitoring National program that integrates and builds on Canadian SuperDARN, CADI, CANOPUS, CANMOS, NORSTAR, FDAM, and the F10.7 cm solar monitor. Eric Donovan

15. Ground-based Canadian GeoSpace Monitoring Fluxgate Mags (CANMOS)David Boteler (NRCan) boteler@geolab.NRCan.gc.ca Fluxgate Mags (CANOPUS)Ian Mann (U. Alberta) imann@space.ualberta.ca Induction Coil Mags (CANOPUS)Ian Mann (U. Alberta) imann@space.ualberta.ca MSPs (NORSTAR)Eric Donovan (U. Calgary) eric@phys.ucalgary.ca ASIs (NORSTAR)Eric Donovan (U. Calgary) eric@phys.ucalgary.ca Riometers (NORSTAR)Eric Donovan (U. Calgary) eric@phys.ucalgary.ca Digisondes (CADI)John MacDougall (UWO) jmacdoug@uwo.ca HF Radars (SuperDARN)George Sofko (U. Sask.) sofko@skisask.usask.ca HF Radars (PolarDARN)George Sofko (U. Sask) sofko@skisask.usask.ca FDAM/SSDPRobert Rankin (U. Alberta) rankin@space.ualberta.ca FDAM/SSDPRobert Rankin (U. Alberta) rankin@space.ualberta.ca Appendix – CGSM PIs Eric Donovan

16. CGSM CADI Polar Cap Convection Eric Donovan

17. CGSM NORSTAR ASIs & MSPs and CANOPUS Mags Eric Donovan

18. CGSM NORSTAR ASIs & MSPs Eric Donovan

19. CGSM NORSTAR ASIs & MSPs and CANOPUS Mags Eric Donovan

20. The aurora provides the only means of following the spatio- temporal evolution of (in this case) the ionospheric projection of the Earthward limit of strong pitch angle scattering in the CPS. This provides a powerful complement to MHD simulations and empirical models [eg., Wanliss et al, 2000]. Other important boundaries : The “Optical b2i” correlates very well with the inclination of the field. This result is consistent with DMSP & GOES observations as discussed by Sergeev & Newell. poleward border of the (bright) proton aurora 630 nm “polar cap shelf” equatorward boundary of the 630 nm brightness Donovan et al. 2003. CGSM MSPs Eric Donovan

21. ONSET t = 0 expansion t = + 2.5 min t = + 2.7 min t = + 6.5 min dispersed CGSM Riometers Eric Donovan

22. CGSM Riometers Eric Donovan

23. Ground-based Imaging Riometer for Ionospheric Studies Al Weatherwax to move IRIS to heart of Canadian arrays during summer 2005 Eric Donovan

24. NORSTAR ASI, THEMIS ASI, Color Camera, Induction Coil, Fluxgate, meteor camera, riometer, PAI, …. your instrument here. Instruments Ground-based Athabasca Geophysical Observatory New facility for multi-instrument geospace studies. Excellent for graduate students and campaign work. Contact Martin Connors – martinc@athabascau.ca Eric Donovan

25. Ground-based AMISR Eric Donovan

26. The primary objective is to understand the causal connections between specific inner magnetosphere and mid- tail events. Ground-based Helping THEMIS Meet Mission Objectives Secondary & tertiary objectives relate to dayside and RB physics. Themis provides an excellent organizing theme for a coordinated and integrated multi-instrument ground-based program that will impact THEMIS and facilitate new stand-alone science. Eric Donovan

27. Appendix – CGSM Site List (not definitive)

28. Appendix – CGSM Science Team (not definitive)

29. Figure taken without permission from Chappell. Due to our lack of understanding of the origin of the plasma sheet, and because of the real possibility that ions of ionospheric origin play a role in destabilizing the CPS, there is significant synergy between ePoP and THEMIS. See, for example, Cully et al. [JGR 2001]. ePoP Canadian Satellite to Probe Ion Outflow – Launch 2007 Eric Donovan

30. ePoP Canadian Satellite to Probe Ion Outflow – Launch 2007 InstrumentInstitute PI IRM Imaging rapid-scanning mass spectrometerCalgary Amerl SEI Suprathermal electron imagerCalgary Knudsen NMS Neutral mass and velocity spectrometerISAS Hayakawa FAI Fast auroral imagerCalgary Trondsen RRI Radio receiver instrumentCRC James MGF Magnetic field instrumentMagnametrics Wallis GAP GPS attitude, position, and occultation expUNB Langley CER Coherent tri-frequency tomography beacon expNRL Bernhardt Eric Donovan Contact PI Andrew Yau – yau@phys.ucalgary.cayau@phys.ucalgary.ca