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ON SOLUTION ACCURATENESS of a SOUTHERN BOUNDARY DETERMINATION in the CASES of UREP EVENTS Astafiev A.M., Remenets G.F St. Petersburg State University 11th International Conference “PROBLEMS OF GEOCOSMOS” Book of Abstracts St. Petersburg, Petrodvorets, October 3–7, 2016 St. Petersburg 2016 Program Committee Prof. V.S. Semenov Chairman, St.Petersburg University, Russia Prof. N.V. Erkaev Institute of Computational Modelling SB RAS, Russia Prof. M. Hayakawa The University of Electro- Communications, Japan Dr. V.P. Kalvarskaya EAGU, Russia Prof. B.M. Kashtan St.Petersburg University, Russia Dr. P.V. Kharitonskii St.Petersburg University, Russia Prof. Yu.A. Kopytenko SPbF IZMIRAN, Russia Dr. S.S. Krylov St.Petersburg University, Russia Prof. A.A. Namgaladze Arctic University, Russia Dr. A.A. Kosterov St.Petersburg University, Russia Prof. V.N. Troyan St.Petersburg University, Russia Prof. V.A. Sergeev St.Petersburg University, Russia Dr. E.S. Sergienko St.Petersburg University, Russia Dr. N.A. Smirnova St.Petersburg University, Russia Dr. A.A. Samsonov St.Petersburg University, Russia Dr. N.A. Tsyganenko St.Petersburg University, Russia Prof. T.B. Yanovskaya St.Petersburg University, Russia Organizing Committee S.V. Apatenkov, vice-chairman N.Yu. Bobrov M.V. Bondarev V.V. Karpinsk y M.V. Kholeva A.A. Kosterov M.V. Kubyshkina E.L. Lyskova N.P. Legenkova I.A. Mironova A.A. Samsonov E.S. Sergienko R.V. Smirnova T.A. Kudryavtseva 2 CONTENTS STP. SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS ................................................. 24 ON SOLUTION ACCURATENESS OF A SOUTHERN BOUNDARY DETERMINATION IN THE CASES OF UREP EVENTS Astafiev A.M., Remenets G.F. .................................................................... 24 SUPRAMOLECULAR PHYSICS OF THE SOLAR-TROPOSPHERE LINKS: CONTROL OF THE CLOUD COVER BY SOLAR FLARES AND MAGNETIC STORMS Avakyan S.V. .............................................................................................. 26 SUPRAMOLECULAR PHYSICS OF THE IONOSPHERE – BIOSPHERE LINKS Avakyan S.V. .............................................................................................. 27 GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY STRUCTURES OF MAGNETIC CLOUDS Barkhatov N.A., Revunova E.A., Vinogradov A.B., Romanov R.V., Yagodkina O.I. ............................................................................................ 28 SOLAR WIND DRIVING AND FORMATION OF SUBSTORM ACTIVITY Barkhatov N.A., Yagodkina O.I., Revunov S.E., Vorobjev V.G. ................ 29 GEOMAGNETIC AND IONOSPHERIC RESPONSE TO SSC AS OBSERVED BY THE COMPLEX OF INSTRUMENTS Belakhovsky V.B., Pilipenko V.A., Baddeley L., Sakharov Ya.A., Samsonov S.N. ........................................................................................... 30 ENERGIZATION OF THE OUTER RADIATION BELT ELECTRONS DUE TO WAVE-PARTICLE INTERACTION Belakhovsky V.B., Pilipenko V.A., Samsonov S.N. ................................... 31 ARE THE ORBITAL INSOLATION VARIATIONS, OR CO2 OSCILLATIONS, THE MAIN DRIVERS OF THE PLEISTOCENE GLACIAL CYCLES? Bol'shakov V.A. .......................................................................................... 31 MANIFESTATION OF METEOROLOGICAL STORM IN VARIATIONS OF THE TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT IN KALININGRAD REGION Borchevkina O.P., Karpov I.V., Karpov A.I. ............................................... 32 3 RECOGNITION OF RADIO PULSES FROM LIGHTNING STROKES Cherneva N.V., Vodinchar G.M., Mochalov V.A., Druzhin G.I., Sannikov D.V., Malysh E.A., Mochalova A.V. ........................................................... 33 HIGH-LATITUDE IONOSPHERIC IRREGULARITIES: DIFFERENCES BETWEEN GROUND- AND SPACE-BASED GPS MEASUREMENTS DURING THE 2015 ST. PATRICK'S DAY STORM Cherniak Iu., Zakharenkova I. .................................................................... 34 AURORA AS MARKER OF GPS/GLONASS SIGNALS PROPAGATION Chernouss S.A., Shagimuratov I.I., Filatov M.M., Efishov I.I., Ievenko I.B., Shvec M.V., Tepenitsina N.Yu., Kalitenkov N.V., Kopytenko Yu.A. ......... 36 PROPERTIES OF FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION OF PC5-RANGE PULSATIONS OBSERVED WITH THE EKATERINBURG DECAMETER RADAR IN THE NIGHTSIDE IONOSPHERE Chtlpanov M.A., Mager O.V., Mager P.N., Klimushkin D.Yu., Berngardt O.I. .............................................................................................................. 37 OSCILLATIONS OF 2D INHOMOGENEOUS MHD-WAVEGUIDE IN THE OUTER MAGNETOSPHERE Chuiko D.A., Mazur V.A. ........................................................................... 38 IDENTIFICATION OF THE SOURCE OF QUASIPERIODIC VLF EMISSIONS USING GROUND-BASED AND VAN ALLEN PROBES SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS Demekhov A.G., Titova E.E., Kozelov B.V., Pasmanik D.L., Manninen J., Santolik O., Kletzing C.A., Reeves G. ........................................................ 39 POYNTING FLUX DIRECTIONS OF VLF CHORUS EMISSIONS IN THEIR SOURCE REGION AS INFERRED FROM THEMIS DATA Demekhov A.G., Taubenschuss U., Santolik O. .......................................... 40 2-D MODEL OF THE IONOSPHERIC CONDUCTOR Denisenko V.V. ........................................................................................... 41 CLIMATIC PERIODICITIES IN THE VARVE THICKNESESS OF THE PRECAMBIAN ELATINA FORMATION AND SOLAR ACTIVITY CYCLICIITY Dergachev V.A., Dmitriev P.B., Tyasto M.I. ............................................... 42 NATURE OF THE 2300-YEAR CYCLE OBSERVED IN THE CONCENTRATION OF COSMOGENIC ISOTOPES Dergachev V.A., Vasiliev S.S. ..................................................................... 43 4 AURORAL DISTURBANCES DURING ST. PATRICK'S DAY GEOMAGNETIC STORMS IN 2013 AND 2015 Despirak I.V., Kozelov B.V., Guineva V. .................................................... 44 HIGH LATITUDE SUBSTORMS DURING THE 23-TH AND 24-TH SOLAR CYCLES Despirak I.V., Lyubchich A.A., Kleimenova N.G. ...................................... 45 STORM-TIME ELECTRON TEMPERATURE AND DENSITY AT R=6- 11 RE (EMPIRICAL MODELS) Dubyagin S., Ganushkina N., Sillanpää I., Runov A. ................................. 46 PREDICTION OF MAXIMUM DAILY RELATIVISTIC ELECTRON FLUX AT GEOSTATIONARY ORBIT BY ADAPTIVE MODELS Efitorov A., Myagkova I., Dolenko S. ........................................................ 46 ACCELERATION OF PLASMA FLOW IN THE MAGNETOSHEATH DUE TO MAGNETIC FIELD DRAPING Erkaev N.V., Farrugia C.J., Mezentsev A.V., Ivanov V.A. ......................... 48 HALL MHD SIMULATION OF THE MAGNETIC RECONNECTION AT THE MAGNETOPAUSE Erkaev N.V., Mezentsev A.V., Ivanov V.A., Dement'eva E.V. ................... 48 ANALYTICAL MODEL OF DOUBLE GRADIENT MHD WAVES IN CASE OF NON-SYMMETRIC MAGNETOTAIL CURRENT SHEET Erkaev N.V., Semenov V.S., Kubyshkina D.I., Ryzhkov I.I., Kozlova S.V.49 AN INFLUENCE OF THE HALL MHD EFFECT ON THE MAGNETIC BARRIER FORMATION Erkaev N.V., Mezentsev A.V., Ivanov V.A., Dement'eva E.V. ................... 50 THE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE ULF MAGNETIC FIELD OF MULTIBAND PC1 FREQUENCIES Ermakova E.N., Shennikov A.V., Kotik D.S., Pershin A.V., Yahnin A.G., Yahnina T.A. ............................................................................................... 51 ANALYSIS OF METHODS FOR ESTIMATING EQUIVALENT IONOSPHERIC CURRENT FROM MERIDIAN MAGNETOMETER CHAIN DATA Evdokimova M.A., Petrukovich A.A. ......................................................... 52 WAYS TO PROVIDE THE FLIGHT SAFETY OF ORBITAL SPACECRAFT’S WITH IT’S OUTER ATMOSPHERE MONITORING Gaponov V.A., Kavtrev S.S. ....................................................................... 53 5 INTERPRETATION OF PLASMA SHEET FLAPPING OSCILLATIONS CONJUGATE TO THE EAST-WEST AURORAL ARCS IN THE IONOSPHERE Golovchanskaya I.V., Mingalev I.V., Kornilova T.A. ................................. 54 THE SUBSTORM CYCLE AS REPRODUCED BY COMMUNITY- AVAILABLE GLOBAL MHD MODELS Gordeev E., Sergeev V., Tsyganenko N., Kuznetsova M., Raeder J., Toth G., Merkin V. .................................................................................................... 55 SECONDARY MHD WAVES IN THE MAGNETOSHEATH BEFORE THE MAGNETOSPHERE OF THE EARTH Grib S.A., Leora S.N. ................................................................................. 56 HIGH-LATITUDE GEOMAGNETIC RESPONSE TO THE SPACE WEATHER DURING THE INTENSE MAGNETIC STORM ON JUNE 22-23, 2015 Gromova L.I., Kleimenova N.G., Gromov S.V., Dremukhina L.A., Levitin A.E., Zelinsky N.R., Malysheva L.M. ........................................................ 57 MANIFESTATIONS OF THE INTENSE CONVECTION AND SUBSTORM IN THE EVENING MLT SECTOR FROM THE OBSERVATIONS BY THE ALL-SKY IMAGER Ievenko I.B., Parnikov S.G., Alexeyev V.N. ............................................... 58 SAR ARC OBSERVATIONS IN THE EVENTS OF ENERGETIC PLASMA OVERLAPPING WITH A PLASMAPAUSE BY THE VAN ALLEN PROBE DATA DURING THE STORM AND SUBSTORM Ievenko I.B. ................................................................................................ 59 INVESTIGATION OF THE PС5 EVENT IN THE AFTERNOON SECTOR Ismagilov V.S., Kopytenko Yu.A. ............................................................... 60 SPACE ENVIRONMENT MODELS AND OPERATIONAL SERVICES IN SPACE WEATHER Kalegaev V.V. ............................................................................................. 61 OPERATIONAL CONTROL OF GEOSPACE RADIATION CONDITIONS IN SPACE MONITORING DATA CENTER OF MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY Kalegaev V.V., Myagkova I., Bobrovnikov S., Barinova V., Eremeev V., Mukhametdinova L., Nguyen M.D., Shugau Yu. ....................................... 62 6 IMPACT OF SOLAR PROTON EVENTS ON THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS OF THE POLAR ATMOSPHERE Karagodin A.V., Mironova I.A. .................................................................. 63 MAGNETOTAIL FAST
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