In 2005, for the first time, a prize was awarded at the spring MIST meeting for the best talk and best poster presented at the meeting, as voted by delegates attending. The talks and posters were judged on which were the most novel, interesting, clearly presented, and influential. It is intended that the prize will be awarded annually and it will be known as the Rishbeth Prize in recognition of Henry Rishbeth's 50 years of research in the MIST field and of his work in starting the MIST meetings in 1970 (jointly with Peter Kendall), organising them for 18 years and continuing to support MIST. The aim of the prize is to encourage the highest standards of presentation and to highlight the best MIST science in the wider astrophysical community. The winning authors will be asked to write a summary of their work for publication in Astronomy and Geophysicsand will receive ?50 each.
Best talk:
Hazel McAndrews et al.
Saturn's icy satellites Dione and Enceladus: Initial results from the Cassini plasma spectrometer
Best Poster:
Gareth Chisham et al.
Identifying the open-closed field line boundary in the ionosphere using the SuperDARN HF radar network
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Best talk:
Suzanne Imber et al.
The auroral and ionospheric flow signatures of dual lobe reconnection
Best Poster:
Sarah James et al.
Unique science from seven solar cycles of ionospheric monitoring
Best talk:
Mina Ashrafi
ASK: Auroral Structure and Kinetics in action
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Best talk:
Sarah Badman et al.
How do solar wind compressions affect the pulsing and intensity of Saturn kilometri radiation?
Best Poster:
Steve Milan et al.
A super-posed epoch analysis of auroral evolution during substorm growth, onset, and recovery
Astronomy and Geophysics
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AA: Auroral Absorption
ACE: Advanced Composition Explorer
ACF: Autocorrelation Function
ADAF: AGONet Data Analysis Facility
AE: Auroral Electrojet (auroral activity index)
AG: Annales Geophysicae
AGO: Automatic Geophysical Observatory
AGONet: Antarctic Geospace Observatory Network
AGU: American Geophysical Union
AGW: Atmospheric Gravity Wave
AIS: Advanced Ionospheric Sounder
AL: Auroral Lower (auroral activity index)
ALOMAR: Arctic Lidar Observatory for Middle Atmosphere Research
AMIE: Assimilative Mapping of Ionospheric Electrodynamics
AMPTE: Active Magnetospheric Particle Tracer Explorers
Ap: (Planetary magnetic activity index)
AU: Astronomical Unit
AU: Auroral Upper (auroral activity index)
AVDAS: Advanced VLF Data Analysis System
AXO: Atmospheric X-ray Observatory
BAS: British Antarctic Survey
BGS: British Geological Survey
BNSC: British National Space Centre
BTW: By the way
CAMMICE: Charge and Mass Magnetospheric Ion Composition Experiment (on Polar)
CANOPUS: Canadian Auroral Network for the OPEN Program Unified Study
CAPS: Cassini Plasma Spectrometer
CCD: Charge-Coupled Device
CDAW: Coordinated Data Analysis Workshop
CDF: Common Data Format
CDHF: Co-ordinated Data Handling Facility
CEDAR: Coupling, Energetics and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions
CEPPAD: Comprehensive Energetic Particle and Pitch Angle Distribution Experiment (on Polar)
CIR: Co-rotating Interaction Region
CIS: Cluster Ion Spectrometry Experiment (Cluster)
CMAT: Coupled Middle Atmosphere and Thermosphere (model)
CME: Coronal Mass Ejection
CNA: Cosmic Noise Absorption
CNES: Centre Nationale des Etudes Spatiales (France)
Co-I: Co-Investigator
COSPAR: Commission on Space Research
CP: Common Programme (EISCAT, SuperDARN etc)
CRRES: Combined Release / Radiation Effects Satellite
CTIM: Coupled Thermosphere Ionosphere Magnetosphere (model)
CTIP: Coupled Thermosphere Ionosphere Plasmasphere (model)
CUTLASS: Collaborative UK Twin-Located Auroral Sounding System
DABS: Data Access and Browsing System
DASI: Digital All-Sky Imager
DAT: Digital Audio Tape
DE: Dynamics Explorer
DFT: Discrete Fourier Transform
DMSP: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
DSP: Digital Signal Processing
Dst: Disturbance storm time (geomagnetic index)
DWP: Digital Wave Processing Experiment (Cluster)
ECH: Electron Cyclotron Harmonic
ECPC: Expanding-Contracting Polar Cap
EFW: Electric Fields and Waves (Cluster)
EGS: European Geophysical Society
EGU: European Geophysical Union
EIS: EUV Imaging Spectrometer
EISCAT: European Incoherent Scatter Radar
ELF: Extremely Low Frequency
EMIC: Electromagnetic Ion Cyclotron Waves
ENA: Energetic Neutral Atom
EPC: EISCAT Project Committee
EPCI: Electron Pedersen Conductivity Instablity
ESA: European Space Agency
ESR: EISCAT Svalbard Radar
ESTEC: European Space Research and Technology Centre
ETAP: EISCAT Time Allocation Panel
EUV: Extreme UltraViolet
FAC: Field Aligned Current
FAQ: Frequently asked Questions
FAST: Fast Auroral SnapshoT explorer
FBI: Farley-Buneman Instability
FFT: Fast Fourier Transform
FGM: Fluxgate Magnetometer
FLR: Field Line Resonance
FOV: Field Of View
FPI: Fabry-Perot Interferometer
FTE: Flux Transfer Events
FTP: File Transfer Protocol
FWIW: For what it's worth
FYI: For Your Information
GCM: Global Circulation Model
GEM: Geospace Environment Modelling
GEOS: GEOstationary Satellite
GFM: Global Field Model
GGS: Global Geospace Study
GIC: Geomagnetically Induced Current
GIF: Graphics Interchange Format
GIME: Global Imaging of Magnetospheric Electrodynamics
GMT: Greenwich Mean Time (same as UT)
GOES: Geostationary Orbiting Environmental Satellite
GPS: Global Positioning System
GRL: Geophysical Research Letters
GSE: Geocentric Solar Earth (coordinates)
GSFC: Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA)
GSM: Geocentric Solar Magnetic (coordinates)
HCS: Heliospheric Current Sheet
HESSI: High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager
HF: High Frequency
HIREX: High-Resolution X-ray Explorer
HST: Hubble Space Telescope
HXT: Hard X-ray Telescope
IAGA: International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy
IBIZA/IMPACT: Investigation BIsatellitaire des Zones Aurorales/Investigation of Magnetospheric Particles Acceleration and Turbulence
IC: Imperial College
ICME: Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejection
ICSU: International Council of Scientific Unions
IDF: Ion Distribution Function
IDI: Imaging Doppler Interferometer
IDL: Interactive Data Language
IGBP: International Geosphere Biosphere Programme
IGRF: International Geomagnetic Reference Field
IGY: International Geophysical Year
IHV: Inter-Hourly Variation
IHY: International Heliophysical Year
IKI: Inter-Kosmos Institute (Russian Space Research)
ILWS: International Living with a Star (program)
IMAGE: International Monitor for Auroral Geomagnetic Effects
IMAGE: Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration
IMF: Interplanetary Magnetic Field
IMHO: In my humble opinion
IMP: Interplanetary Magnetic Probe
INPE: Instituto de Pesquisas Espaciais (Brazil)
IPS: Interplanetary Scintillations
IPY: International Polar Year
IRI: International Reference Ionosphere
IRIS: Imaging Riometer for Ionospheric Studies
IRM: Ion Release Module (of AMPTE)
IS: Incoherent Scatter
ISAS: Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (Japan)
ISEE: International Sun-Earth Explorer
ISTP: International Solar Terrestrial Physics Programme
ITM: Ionosphere Thermosphere and Mesosphere
JAG: Joint Association of Geophysics
JATP: Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics
JGR: Journal of Geophysical Research
JGR: Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity
JIM: Jovian Ionospheric Model
KCL: Kings College, London
KHI: Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability
Kp: (Planetary magnetic activity index)
L: McIlwain's geomagnetic coordinate
LANL: Los Alamos National Laboratory
LASCO: Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph (on SOHO)
LENA: Low Energy Neutral Atom (IMAGE)
LEO: Low Earth Orbit
LEP: Lightning-induced Electron Precipitation
LEPA: Low Energy Plasma Analyzer
LF: Low Frequency
LIE: Lightning-induced ionisation enhancement
LLBL: Low latitude boundary layer
LT: Local Time
LWPC: Long Wave Propagation Capability
LWS: Living with a Star
MACCS: Magnetometer Array for Cusp and Cleft Studies
MAGIC: Magnetometer Array on the Greenland Ice Cap
MAGPIES: MAGnetospheric Plasma Imaging Explorer Satellites
MALT: Mesosphere And Lower Thermosphere
MC: Magnetic Cloud
MF: Medium Frequency
MHD: Magneto-hydrodynamics
MIAOW: Mirrow and Slow Mode Waves
MICS: Magnetosphere Ionosphere Coupling Satellite
MIDAS: Multi-Instrument Data Analysis System
MIST: Magnetosphere Ionosphere and Solar Terrestrial (community in the UK)
MLAT: Magnetic Latitude
MLT: Magnetic Local Time
MPI: Max Planck Institute
MR: Magnetospherically Reflected
MSIS: Mass-Spectrometer-Incoherent-Scatter (neutral atmosphere model)
MSSL: Mullard Space Science Laboratory
NARMAX: Nonlinear AutoRegressive moving average model with eXogenous Inputs
NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NCAR: National Centre for Atmospheric Research
NENL: Near Earth Neutral Line
NERC: Natural Environment Research Council
NIPR: National Institute for Polar Research (Japan)
NLC: Noctilucent Cloud
NOAA: National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
NRC: National Research Council (USA)
NRF: Non-Radial Flow
NSF: National Science Foundation (USA)
NSSDC: National Space Science Data Centre (USA)
OCB: Open-Closed fieldline Boundary
OPP: Office of Polar Programs (USA)
OST: Office of Science and Technology
PACE: Polar Anglo-American Conjugate Experiment
Pc: Pulsation continuous
PC: Polar Cap (magnetic activity index)
PCA: Polar Cap Absorption
PCB: Polar Cap Boundary
PDF: Probability Distribution (or Density) Function
PEACE: Plasma Electron And Current Experiment (Cluster)
Pi: Pulsation irregular
PI: Principal Investigator
PIF: Pulsed Ionospheric Flow
PLHR: Power Line Harmonic Radiation
PMAF: Polward-moving auroral form
PMSE: Polar Mesospheric Summer Echo
PPARC: Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council
PSBL: Plasma Sheet Boundary Layer
PSD: Power Spectral Density
PSMOS: Planetary Scale Mesopause Observing System
PSS: Planetary and Space Science
PUS: Public Understanding of Science
PWI: Plasma Wave Instrument
QBO: Quasi Biennial Oscillation
QDC: Quiet Day Curve
QJRAS: Quarterly Journal of the RAS
QP: Quasi-Periodic
RAL: Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
RAPID: Research into Adaptive Particle Imaging Detectors (Cluster)
RAS: Royal Astronomical Society
RF: Radio Frequency
RFI: Radio Frequency Interference
RFI: Resonant Flux Instability
RMS: Root mean square
RS: Royal Society
RWD: Regular World Day
S/C: SpaceCraft
SABRE: Swedish and British Radar Experiment
SAGA: South Atlantic Geomagnetic Anomaly
SAMNET: Sub-Auroral Magnetometer Network
SAMPEX: Solar Anomalous and Magnetospheric Particle Explorer
SAPS: Sub-Auroral Polarization Stream
SAR: Subauroral Red
SAR: Synthetic Aperture Radar
SCAR: Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
SCE: Substorm Chorus Event
SCOSTEP: Scientific Committee on Solar Terrestrial Physics
SEEP: Stimulated Emission of Energetic Particles (satellite)
SEL: Space Environment Laboratory (USA)
SEP: Solar Energetic Particles
SESAME: Satellite Experiments Simultaneous with Antarctic Measurements
SGO: Sodankyla Geophysical Observatory
SHARE: Southern Hemisphere Auroral Radar Experiment
SID: Sudden Ionospheric Disturbance
SLAMS: Short large-amplitude waves
SNR: Signal to Noise Ratio
SOC: Self-Organised Criticality
SOHO: Solar Heliospheric Observatory
SPEAR: Space plasma exploration by active radar
SSC: Sudden Storm Commencement
SSC: Satellite Situation Centre
STAFF: Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Field Fluctuation (Cluster)
STARE: Scandinavian Twin Aurora Radar Experiment
STEP: Solar Terrestrial Energy Programme
STEREO: Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory
STP: Solar-Terrestrial Physics
SuperDARN: Super Dual Auroral Radar Network
SUPIM: Sheffield University Plasmasphere-Ionosphere (model)
SXT: Soft X-ray Telescope
TBD: To be decided
TCR: Travelling Compression Region
TCV: Travelling Convection Vortex
TEC: Total Electron Content
TID: Travelling Ionospheric Disturbance
TIMAS: Toroidal Imaging Mass-Angle Spectrograph
TIMED: Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics
TIROS: Television InfraRed Observation Satellite
TLA: Three letter acronym
TOI: Tongue of Ionisation
TRACE: Transition Region and Coronal Explorer (satellite)
TSS: Tethered Satellite System
UARS: Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite
UCL: University College, London
UCLA: University of California, Los Angeles
UHF: Ultra High Frequency
UKEUG: UK EISCAT Users' Group
UKS: UK Satellite (of AMPTE)
UKSP: UK Solar Physics (community)
ULF: Ultra Low Frequency
UMLT: Upper Mesosphere Lower Thermosphere
UNIS: University Courses in Svalbard (Longyearbyen, Norway)
URSI: Union of Radio Science International
UT: Universal Time
UTC: Universal Time, Coordinated (nearly the same as UT)
UV: UltraViolet
UVI: Ultraviolet Imager
UWA: University of Wales, Aberystwyth
VELOX: VLF/ELF Logger Experiment
VERSIM: VLF/ELF Remote Sensing of the Ionosphere & Magnetosphere
VHF: Very High Frequency
VLF: Very Low Frequency
VO: Virtual Observatory
VSPO: Virtual Space Plasma Observatory
WCS: World class science
WDC: World Data Centre
WEC: Wave Experiment Consortium (Cluster)
WEP: Wave-induced Electron Precipitation
WFT: Windowed Fourier Transform
WHISPER: Waves of High frequency and Sounder for Probing of Electron density by Relaxation (Cluster)
WOT: Waste of time
WPI: Wave - Particle Interaction
WRT: With respect to
WWW: World Wide Web
WYSYWYG: What you see is what you get
YDAC: Yohkoh Data Archive Centre