Exploration of the Polar Upper Atmosphere

I: The Neutral Polar Atmosphere Above the Tropopause Tutorial Leader: H E Volland.- Middle Atmosphere Dynamics and Composition.- Dynamics of the Thermosphere during Quiet and Disturbed Conditions.- Wind Induced Composition Effects at High Latitudes.- II: The Polar Ionosphere Tutorial Leaders: P Stubbe (F-Region) L Thomas (D- and F-Region).- The Polar F-Region — Theory.- Radio Observations of the Auroral F-Region.- Modification of the F-Region by Powerful Radio Waves.- The Lower Ionosphere at High Latitudes.- Energy Sources of the High Latitude Upper Atmosphere.- Techniques for Observing D-Region Ionization.- Auroral Radio Absorption in Relation to Magnetospheric Particles.- III: Optical Remote Sensing of the Polar Atmosphere and Ionosphere Tutorial Leader: G G Shepherd.- Optical Remote Sensing of the Polar Upper Atmosphere.- Polar Cap Optical Emissions Observed from the ISIS2 Satellite.- Optical Emissions in the Polar Auroral E-Region.- A review of Optical F-Region Processes in the Polar Atmosphere.- Neutral Winds in the Polar Cap.- Difference in Polar Atmospheric Optical Emissions between Mid-Day and Night-Time Auroras.- IV: Solar-Magnetosphere-Polar Atmosphere Interactions Tutorial Leader: J G Roederer.- The Solar Wind-Magnetosphere-Ionosphere System: An Overview.- The Distant Magnetosphere: Reconnection in the Boundary Layers, Cusps and Tail Lobes.- Plasma Sheet Dynamics: Effects on, and Feedback from, the Polar Ionosphere.- Relationships between the Solar Wind and the Polar Cap Magnetic Activity.- Auroral Morphology: A Television Image of Solar and Magnetospheric Activity.- V: Electric Fields and Currents at High Latitudes Tutorial Leader: T. Stockflet J0rgensen.- Electric Fields in the Dayside Auroral Region.- Electric Fields and Electrostatic Potentials in theHigh Latitude Ionosphere.- Spatial Variations of Ionospheric Electric Fields at High Latitudes on Magnetic Quiet Days.- Electric Field Measurements with Balloons.- High Latitude Ionospheric Currents.- ISIS Observations of Auroral Particles and Large-Scale Birkeland Currents.- VI: Waves and Particles in the Polar Regions Tutorial Leader: R Gendrin.- Some Aspects of ULF Waves Observed Onboard GEOS Related to Convection, Heating and Precipitation Processes.- Electron Cyclotron Waves in the Earth’s Magnetosphere.- Magnetospheric Hot Plasma Measurements in Relation to Wave-Particle Interactions on High-Latitude Magnetic Field Lines.- Mechanisms for Intense Relativistic Electron Precipitation.- Electrostatic Waves in the Ionosphere.- VII: Historical Exploration of the Polar Upper Atmosphere Tutorial Leader: A Brekke.- The Changing Aurora of the Past Three Centuries.- Aurorae, Sunspots and Weather, Mainly Since A.D. 1200.- Ancient Norwegian Literature in Relation to the Auroral Oval.- On the Literature of the Aurora in Nordic Countries.- VIII: Applications of Polar Upper Atmosphere Research Tutorial Leader: E V Thrane.- Effects of Ionospheric Disturbances on High Latitude Radio Wave Propagation.- The Variability and Predictability of the Main Ionospheric Trough.- A Report from the International Solar-Terrestrial Prediction Workshop. Boulder 23–27 April 1979..- E and F Region Predictions for Communication Purposes at High Latitudes.