Abe Jacobson and Gary Hoegeveen then gave results from the Los Alamos plasmaspheric drift interferometrer and MPA respectively. Results from the latter indicate that the plasmasphere was very full prior to the storm, and the effects of the storm on the plasmasphere were very long-lasting. Phil Wilkinson showed results from the Australian chain of ionosondes. These indicate very clear storm effects in NmF2, with strong positive effects followed by NmF2 decreases propagating from high to lower latitudes. It was decided that our group should not repeat the efforts of the Space Weather workshop held the previous day, which had decided to emphasize study of the global distribution of electron density, neutral density, and equatorial electrodynamics.
Further discussion is to be held by e-mail with interested colleagues.
Vince Wickwar concluded the workshop by reporting on recent FPI observations from Bear Lake of very strong neutral winds which he thought indicated unexpectedly large ion drag effects. It was suggested that these strong winds might have originated from pressure gradients set up by high latitude joule heating. The final agenda for this workshop is given in a separate document.