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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">AOGS 2024 Session ST 18 “Causal Factors in Ionospheric Irregularities and Scintillations”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">We cordially invite presentations at session ST 18 entitled “Causal Factors in Ionospheric Irregularities and Scintillations” at the 21<sup>st</sup> AOGS 2024 meeting, which will be held in Pyeonchang, Gangwon-do,
South Korea, 23-28 June 2024. The abstract submission deadline is 2 January, 2024. For more information please visit <a href="https://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2024/public.asp?page=home.asp" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">https://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2024/public.asp?page=home.asp</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">ST 18: Causal Factors in Ionospheric Irregularities and Scintillations<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Ionospheric irregularities and scintillations have been observed within the auroral oval and polar cap at high latitude and near dusk at low-latitude, and these scintillations have been shown to affect radio
frequency (RF) wave propagation and satellite communication. However, the exact mechanism(s) and quantitative causal factors that give rise to electron irregularities (scale size, density, and temperature) such as electric fields, plasma drift, neutral winds,
and particle precipitation and their relationship to scintillations remains poorly understood. This session solicits papers on the causes of ionospheric electron irregularities and scintillations and how they impact satellite and radio communications.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Simon Wing at </span><a href="mailto:simon.wing@jhuapl.edu" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">simon.wing@jhuapl.edu</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Conveners: Jay Johnson, Jih-Hong Shue, Cosme Alexandre, and Simon Wing</span></p>
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