SA021
The MacGyver Session: The Place for Novel, Exciting, Self-Made, Hacked, or Improved Sensors and Software Solutions to Understand Space Weather
Session ID#: 252259
Session Description:
This 6th edition of the MacGyver session focuses on the interdisciplinary applications of space weather across space physics and aeronomy. Makers, citizen scientists, ham radio enthusiasts, educators, and artists are welcome to bring broad, open science and STEAM outreach. Started in Hydrology more than a decade ago, this expanded concept now engages Space Physics and Aeronomy with MacGyver-style innovations, such as: new sensor systems which use technologies in novel or unintended ways; new software, algorithms, data storage or transmission solutions that send data from the field; and initiatives that facilitate the creation and sharing of novel sensors, open source code and data, and software systems. Feel free to bring prototypes and demonstrations. We look forward to sharing our MacGyvering with the broader AGU community this year!
Co-Sponsor(s):
Index Terms:
6999 General or miscellaneous [RADIO SCIENCE]
7599 General or miscellaneous [SOLAR PHYSICS, ASTROPHYSICS, AND ASTRONOMY]
7899 General or miscellaneous [SPACE PLASMA PHYSICS]
7999 General or miscellaneous [SPACE WEATHER]
Primary Convener: Vincent Ledvina, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, United States; University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, United States
Conveners: Francesca Di Mare, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States and Nathaniel A Frissell, The University of Scranton, Physics and Engineering, Scranton, United States
A Large Aperture, Apochromatic Lens based Fabry-Perot Interferometer for Dual Measurements of Exosphere and Thermophere Neutral Wind Velocity and Temperature (1926181)
Craig Unick1, Trond S Trondsen1, John W Meriwether2, Luis Navarro3, Andrew J Gerrard4, Devin Wyatt1 and Katherine Herrera1, (1)Keo Scientific Ltd., Calgary, Canada, (2)New Jersey Institute of Technology, Center of Solar-Terrestrial Research, Edison, NJ, United States, (3)University of Colorado at Boulder, Space Weather Technology, Research, and Education Center, Boulder, United States, (4)New Jersey Institute of Technology, Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research, Newark, NJ, United States
The HamSCI Personal Space Weather Station Network in 2025: Citizen Science From Sun to Mud (1946035)
Dr. Kristina Collins, PhD, Space Science Institute Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, Nathaniel A Frissell, The University of Scranton, Physics and Engineering, Scranton, United States, William Engelke, The University of Alabama, Center for Advanced Public Safety, Tuscaloosa, United States, Gary Mikitin, HamSCI Community Volunteer, Scranton, United States and Personal Space Weather Station Maintainers
Capturing the Aurora: Low-Cost, Low-Power Devices to Track Local GeoMagnetic Disturbances (1953202)
Avery Landis1, Daniel T Welling2, Jonathan Van Noord3, Colin Breslow4, Keethan Punniyamoorthy4, Kuan-Wei Chen4, Kyle Otte4 and Sirui Liu4, (1)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (2)University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (3)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, SPRL, Ann Arbor, United States, (4)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, United States
Statistics of Radio JOVE Solar Radio Observations (1974182)
Charles A Higgins, Middle Tennessee State University, Physics and Astronomy, Murfreesboro, TN, United States, Shing F Fung, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, Dave Typinski, AJ4CO Observatory, High Springs, FL, United States and Nicole Gugliucci, Saint Anselm College, Department of Physics, Manchester, United States
Auroral Reconstruction and Correlated Magnetometry Using an Array of Low-Cost Portable Detectors (1988988)
Jared Rivera, Shon Mackie, Skylar Dannhoff, Tucker Evans, John Ball, Leon Nichols, Alexandra Klipfel, Noah Wolfe, Kai-Feng Chen and Vera Berger, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States
GNSS Smartphone Capabilities Across Ionospheric Spatio-Temporal Scales (1994398)
Nina Servan-Schreiber1, Vincent Ledvina2, Jeremy Kuzub3, Joshua L Semeter4, Michael Hirsch5 and Meghan LeMay5, (1)Boston University, Center for Space Physics, Boston, United States, (2)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, United States, (3)Jufa Intermedia, Halifax, NS, Canada, (4)Boston Univ, Boston, United States, (5)Boston University, Boston, MA, United States
Doppler Radio Observations of the April, 2024 Solar Eclipse Analyzed by Citizen Scientists (1997444)
Mary Lou West1, McKenzie Denton2, Gary Mikitin3, Gregory Popelas3, Robert Spalletta4, Ronald Wilcox3 and Nathaniel A Frissell5, (1)Montclair State University, Physics and Astronomy, Montclair, NJ, United States, (2)Old Dominion University, Norfolk, United States, (3)HamSCI Community Volunteer, Scranton, United States, (4)The University of Scranton, Physics & Engineering, Scranton, United States, (5)The University of Scranton, Physics and Engineering, Scranton, United States
Toward Automated Analysis of Ionospheric Doppler Spectrograms (1863616)
Gwyn Griffiths, HamSci Community Volunteer, Southampton, United Kingdom, Nathaniel A Frissell, The University of Scranton, Physics and Engineering, Scranton, United States and Rob S. Robinett, HamSCI Community Volunteer, Half Moon Bay, United States
Analysis, Waveform, and Processing Upgrades in the TDOA Method of Measuring Ionospheric Layer Height Using Amateur Radios and Audio Waveforms Sensitive to Multipath Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA) (1883581)
Steve Cerwin, Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation (HamSCI) Community, Mico, United States, Jesse McMahan, HamSCI Community Volunteer, Scranton, United States, Alexandros Papadopoulos, The University of Scranton, Department of Physics and Engineering, Scranton, United States, Gerard Piccini, The University of Scranton, Scranton, United States, Nathaniel A Frissell, The University of Scranton, Physics and Engineering, Scranton, United States and Paul Bilberry N5DUP, Sam Blackshear AB5YO Radio Operators
Novel Radio Instruments and Accessories to Support the HamSCI Personal Space Weather Station Project (Invited) (1884766)
Paul Elliott, Turn Island Systems, Friday Harbor, United States, Glenn Ellmore, HamSCI Community Volunteer, Fort Collins, United States, Nathaniel A Frissell, The University of Scranton, Physics and Engineering, Scranton, United States, Rob S. Robinett, HamSCI Community Volunteer, Half Moon Bay, United States and Clinton Turner, HamSCI Community Volunteer, West Jordan, UT, United States
Developing New and Novel Ways to Access and Analyze HamSCI Data (1892183)
William Engelke, University of Alabama, Center for Advanced Public Safety, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, Nathaniel A Frissell, The University of Scranton, Physics and Engineering, Scranton, United States, Travis Atkison, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, United States and Dr. Kristina Collins, PhD, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, United States
EPB Impacts on HF Propagation Observed by HamSCI with GOLD and GIRO Support (1900817)
Kornyanat Hozumi1, Nathaniel A Frissell1, Diego Sanchez2, Ana M. Duque3 and Ercha Aa4, (1)The University of Scranton, Physics and Engineering, Scranton, United States, (2)The University of Scranton, Department of Computing Sciences, Scranton, United States, (3)University of Scranton, Scranton, United States, (4)National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China
Maryland Space Weather UnderGround Research and Outreach Program: Pushing the Boundaries of Next-Generation Low-Cost Ground Magnetometers (1913526)
Kateryna Sukhina1, Funmilayo Erinfolami2, Gangkai Poh3, Hyunju KIM Connor4, Jennifer Holt5, Carolina Chism4 and Jacob Gruesbeck5, (1)University of Maryland, Washington, District of Columbia, UNITED STATES, (2)Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, United States, (3)Catholic University of America, Dept. of Physics, Maryland, United States, (4)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, (5)NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, United States
