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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_at_newcastle.edu.au

• Ionospheric Prediction Service (IPS) Space
  Weather
• Gather Australian international datasets
• advise Govt industry clients
• Learmonth Culgoora radio
• Contact David Cole / david_at_ips.gov.au

FedSat Australias 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_at_physics.usyd.edu.au

• U. Adelaide Neutral Atmosphere
• Ionosphere
• Neutral winds
• Coupling to ionosphere space
• VHF MF radar, airglow, photometers
• Contact robert.vincent_at_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_at_aad.gov.au

• LaTrobe U. Ionosphere
• Magnetosphere Coupling
• Activity, changes in plasma structures,
• magnetic connectivity
• TIGER radar, GPS, optical spectrometers
• Contact p.dyson_at_latrobe.edu.au

Digisonde at Davis, Antartica
Contact Above people Iver Cairns, (02) 9351
3961, email i.cairns_at_physics.usyd.edu.au
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