@proceedings {959,
	title = {A Statistical Study of Ion Temperature Anisotropy Using AMISR Data},
	year = {2025},
	month = {03/2025},
	publisher = {HamSCI},
	address = {Newark, NJ},
	abstract = {<p>One of the longstanding problems in ionospheric science is that we typically assume the F-region ion temperature to be an isotropic Maxwellian, meaning the ion temperature is the same in all directions with respect to the magnetic field. However, works from St.-Maurice et al., (1976), and Raman et al., (1981), show that in times of heating due to moderate to strong electric fields (above 50 mV/m), the O+ velocity distribution distorts, and the ion temperature becomes anisotropic. Here, data from advanced modular incoherent scatter radars, or AMISRs, like the resolute bay incoherent scatter radars RISR-N and RISR-C (North and Canada, respectively), and the poker flat incoherent scatter radar, PFISR, taken during strong heating events (generally events consistently above 1500 K for greater than 15 minutes) are used to resolve a temperature perpendicular to the magnetic field and a temperature parallel to the magnetic field. This calculation is performed on radar scanning modes where two or more beams have F-region range gates that overlap in geomagnetic coordinates and have at least 10 degrees difference in their aspect angle This means that the two beams are theoretically scanning the same F-region plasma in the same magnetic flux tube undergoing the same physical processes with similar conditions. Lower beam modes are preferred to reduce error in imaging the plasma. This presentation will provide preliminary results derived through this technique.\&nbsp;</p>
},
	author = {Aidan Thayer and Lindsay Goodwin and William Longley and Jean Pierre St Maurice}
}
@proceedings {862,
	title = {Incorporating HamSCI Project into a College Physics Course},
	year = {2024},
	month = {03/2024},
	publisher = {HamSCI},
	address = {Cleveland, OH},
	abstract = {<p>We report citizen science activity in a physics course to engage undergraduate students in a HamSCI Personal Space Weather Station (PSWS) project. The New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) Physics Department has been offering a senior-level lab course, "Advanced Physics Lab" in which the students are expected to gain experience with experimental techniques, instrumentation, theoretical and applied electronics, solid state electronic devices, experiments in modern physics by performing quantitative measurements of fundamental physical parameters. Students perform lab experiments in a mostly unstructured setting, in which students are given the equipment and related manuals and perform experiments with very minimal instructor{\textquoteright}s supervision. Historically, the students have been given a pre-set lab equipment by following the manuals accompanied by the equipment. While this may be suitable for providing an opportunity for the students to relate the results in the lab with the known physics theories/principles, the impact to the students is limited as there is still insufficient "hands-on" components and demonstration of real-world applications. The HamSCI PSWS project is a good example in which students build and test science instruments and use them for scientific investigations to address this issue. We present undergraduate class activity and evaluate their impact on future workforce training utilizing the HamSCI resources.\&nbsp;</p>
},
	author = {Hyomin Kim and Lindsay Goodwin and Gareth Perry and Nathaniel A. Frissell and Gary Mikitin}
}
