About the conference
The 8th international scientific conference of the VERSIM working group on VLF/ELF Remote Sensing of the Ionosphere and Magnetosphere was held at the Polar Geophysical Institute in Apatity from 19 to 23 March 2018.
VERSIM is an international community of scientists studying the magnetosphere and ionosphere using naturally and artificially generated ELF (300 Hz–3 kHz) and VLF (3–30 kHz) radio waves. The working group was established in 1975 by IAGA and URSI.
Since 2004, VERSIM has held conferences every two years. The meetings provide a forum to present recent results, compare observations and models, and discuss joint projects in low-frequency electromagnetic waves and solar-terrestrial physics.
Researchers from Russia, Japan, Hungary, the Czech Republic, France, Finland, the United Kingdom and the United States gathered in Apatity to discuss magnetospheric and ionospheric physics, solar-terrestrial connections and applied research.
Topics
VERSIM research covers electromagnetic signals from approximately 300 Hz to 30 kHz, ionospheric and magnetospheric processes, wave-particle interactions, radiation-belt dynamics and remote sensing of near-Earth space.
Meeting significance
The biennial meeting supports direct scientific exchange, comparison of results from different observation systems and planning of new collaborative studies.