Monday 2 November 2009
09:15 Opening
Remarks
Toshihiro Omodaka (Kagoshima University)
Bodo Reinisch (University of Massachusetts Lowell)
Session 1:
Structure and Dynamics of the Ionosphere
Chair: Lee-Anne McKinnell
09:25 1-1
(Invited) Bodo W. Reinisch, Patrick Nsumei, Dieter Bilitza, Xueqin Huang
The Vary-Chap Topside Electron Density Model for IRI
09:45 1-2
(Invited) Irina Zakharenkova, Andrzej Krankowski, Iurii Cherniak, Irk
Shagimuratov, Anna Krepiak-Gregorczuk, Anatoly Lagovsky
Ionospheric
Electron Density Observed by FORMOSAT-3 / COSMIC
10:05 1-3
(Invited) M. Parrot
Ionospheric
plasma parameters measured by DEMETER at 660 km altitude
10:25 Break
Chair: Irina Zakharenkova
10:50 1-4 (Invited) Sudha Ravindran,
Lijo Jose, G. Manju, and R. Sridharan
Results from the
radio sounding of the equatorial Ionosphere in the Indian zone
11:10 1-5 K.G. Ratovsky, A.V. Oinats
Ionospheric
Local Model based on Digisonde Measurements over Irkutsk
11:25 1-6 Kornyanat Watthanasangmechai,
Pornchai Supnithi, Somkiat Lerkvaranyu, Takashi Maruyama
TEC prediction with neural network for the equatorial
latitude station in Thailand
11:40 1-7 M.Schmidt, D.Dettmering,
R.Heinkelmann, D.Bilitza
Regional ionosphere modeling from
the combination of different satellite observation techniques
(This
presentation will be made as P-35 in Poster Session.)
11:55 1-8
S. Tulasi Ram, S.-Y. Su, C. H. Liu, B. W. Reinisch and Lee-Anne
McKinnell
11:40 The
topside ionospheric effective scale heights (H_T) derived with ROCSAT-1 and
ground-based Ionosonde observations at equatorial and mid-latitude stations
12:10 Lunch
11:55
Chair: Sudha Ravindran
13:30 1-9
(Invited) Lee-Anne McKinnell, Daniel Okoh, Pierre Cilliers
Using the IRI to
develop an ionospheric map for South Africa
13:50 1-10
(Invited) Elijah Oyeyemi, Lee-Anne McKinnell
On the improvement of neural network-based prediction
techniques for global modeling of the ionospheric M(3000) F2 parameter
14:10 1-11 Iurii Cherniak, Irina Zakharenkova,
Irk Shagimuratov
Validations of
IRI-2007 Model by European Multi-instrumental Observation Data
14:25 1-12
(Invited) Linda Habash Krause and Anthony Franz
Eigen-Analysis of Ionospheric Climate Data: Discovering
Structure within Large Multivariate Data Sets
14:45 1-13
[S][I] Zhipeng REN, Weixing WAN, Libo LIU
GCITEM-IGGCAS: A New Global Coupled
Ionosphere-Thermosphere-Electrodynamics Model
15:00 1-14
[S] Y. Yamazaki, K. Yumoto, T. Uozumi, and A. Yoshikawa
Long-term Sq
variation in the 210 magnetic meridian region
15:15 Break
Chair: Elijah Oyeyemi
15:40 1-15 Mamoru Yamamoto, Smitha V. Thampi
Development and
International Networking of GNU Radio Beacon Receiver
15:55 1-16
(Invited) Krankowski A, Wielgosz P, Shagimuratov I.I, Zakharenkova I,
Sieradzki R
GNSS ionosphere
diagnostics as possible input for improving IRI
16:15 1-17 Ivan A. Galkin and Bodo W. Reinisch
Uncertainty and
Confidence of GIRO data for the Real-Time IRI
16:30 1-18
[S] Eojin Kim, Jong-Kyun Chung, Yong Ha Kim, Geon-Hwa Jee, and Jung-Ho Choe
Comparison of
Anyang digisonde NmF2 and hmF2 with IRI-2007 model
16:45 1-19
[S] C.Y. Lin, J.Y. Liu, C.H. Lin, E. A. Araujo-Pradere
The Assimilation
Result of 2009/07/22 Solar Eclipse measured by MAGIC algorithm
17:00 1-20 Xinan Yue, William S. Schreiner,
Christian Rocken, Y.-H. Kuo
Simulation study
on radio occultation inversion errors of COSMIC electron density profiles and
some possible contributions of CDAAC ionosphere database to the IRI model (I)
17:15 1-21 Xinan Yue, William S. Schreiner,
Christian Rocken, Y.-H. Kuo
Simulation study on radio occultation inversion errors of
COSMIC electron density profiles and some possible contributions of CDAAC
ionosphere database to the IRI model (II)
18:00 18:45- 21:00 Ohara festival in Kagoshima City
Tuesday 3 November 2009
Session 2 Structure
and Dynamics of the Ionosphere
Chair: Libo Liu
09:00 2-1 Iurii Cherniak, Dmitry Dzybanov
Application of IRI-2007 Model for Prognostic and
Retrospective Analysis and its Testing by Kharkiv Incoherent Scatter Radar Data
09:15 2-2 Man-Lian Zhang, Weixing Wan, Liubo
Liu, Baiqi Ning
Regional
Modeling of hmF2 for China and Neighboring Area
09:30 2-3
(Invited) Noraset Wichaipanich, Pornchai Supnithi, Mamoru Ishii, Takashi
Maruyama
Ionospheric variability at Thailand equatorial latitude
station: comparison between observations and IRI-2001 model predictions
09:50 2-4
[S] Yiding Chen, Libo Liu, and Weixing Wan
Solar Activity
Dependence of Low- and Mid-latitude Ionosphere
10:05 2-5
[S] Naritoshi Kitamura, Naoki Terada, Yasunobu Ogawa, Yukitoshi Nishimura,
Atsuki Shinbori,
Takayuki
Ono, and Atsushi Kumamoto
Solar zenith
angle dependence of the electron density profile in the polar topside
ionosphere during geomagnetically quiet periods in the solar maximum
10:20 2-6 Kiyohumi Yumoto, Yuji Numata, Tamiki
Ueno, Yosuke Yamazaki, Takashi Hirano, Teiji Uozumi, Jose K. Ishitsuka, Daniel
McNamara
Long-term
Equatorial Electrojet Variations
10:35 Break
Session 3
Ionospheric Plasma Instability and Disturbance
Chair: Mamoru Yamamoto
10:50 3-1 (Invited) Akinori
Saito, Takuya Tsugawa, Michi Nishioka and Y. Otsuka
Total Electron
Content observation by GPS receivers in Japan
11:10 3-2
(Invited) Shin-Yi Su and Yu-Jhung Shih
Low-to-Middle Latitude Ionospheric Plasma Blobs Observed by
ROCSAT from 1999 to 2004
11:30 3-3 G. J. Wang, J. K. Shi, X. Wang, S. P.
Shang
The statistical
properties of spread F observed at Hainan station
11:45 3-4
[S] S.P. Chen, J.Y. Liu
The Comparison Between IRI-2007 Spread-F Occurrence Rate and
COSMIC S4 Index Data
12:00 3-5
[S] Y. Y. Sun, J. Y. Liu
The comparison of Low latitude Spread-F measured by IRI2007,
FORMOSAT-1 and GPS ground-based receivers during solar maximum
12:15 3-6 Minoru Kubota, Space environment group,
Y. Otsuka, K. Shiokawa, T. Komolmis, B. Soonthornthum, S. Rattanasoon
Investigation of Ionospheric Disturbances Using Radio and
Optical Observations in South-East Asia
12:30 Lunch
Chair: Akinori Saito
14:40 3-7
J. K. Shi, G. J. Wang, X. Wang, S. P. Shang, B. W. Reinisch
Correlation between ionospheric spread F and GPS
scintillation observed over Hainan station
14:55 3-8 J.
Kurihara, Y. Koizumi-Kurihara, N. Iwagami, T. Suzuki, A. Kumamoto, T. Ono, M.
Nakamura, M. Ishii, A. Matsuoka, K. Ishisaka, T. Abe, and S. Nozawa
Spatial structure of middlatitude sporadic E layer observed
with rocket-borne instruments and a ground-based ionosonde
15:10 3-9 K.G. Ratovsky, A.V. Medvedev, V.P.
Lebedev, N.A. Zolotukhina, E.B. Romanova
Seasonal and
Diurnal Variations of Sporadic E Layer Height
15:25 3-10 Najat M. R. Al-Ubaidi, Salma Hady
Relationships
between f0Es and Magnetic Activity Kp Index at Mid-Latitude Region
15:40 3-11
(Invited) Mamoru Ishii and Space environment group, NICT
NICT Ionospheric
Observation Network in Japan, South-East Asia, and Antarctica
16:00 Break
16:00 - 17:30 Poster Session
P-1 [S] Akimitsu Ichihara, Nozomu
Nishitani, Tadahiko Ogawa, Takuya Tsugawa
Nighttime medium-scale traveling ionospheric disturbances
propagating northward observed by the SuperDARN Hokkaido HF radar and GEONET
P-2 Chien-Chih Lee
Total electron content near the dip equator during 1998-2007
P-3 F.S. Bessarab, Yu.N. Korenkov
Global modeling of the hot O distribution in the upper thermosphere
P-4 [S] Hiroshi
Terada, Yosuke Yamazaki, Yoshihiro Kakinami, Shuji Abe, Teiji Uozumi, Akimasa
Yoshikawa, Kiyohumi Yumoto, CPMN group
New Empirical Sq Current Model based on the 210 MM CPMN Data
from 1996-2007
P-5 [S] Kenta Yamakawa, Akinori
Saito,Minoru Kubota,Kazuo Shiokawa, Uichi Otsuka
Clarifying the vertical structure of middle scale traveling
ionospheric disturbance using airglow data observed at five sites
P-6 Klimenko Vladimir, Koren’kov Yuri,
Klimenko Maxim
Research of Ionospheric Effects of Solar Flares by Methods of
Mathematical Modeling
P-7 L. A. Scida, R. G. Ezquer, M. A. Cabrera,
M. Mosert, C. Brunini, D. Buresova
IRI 2007 TEC predictions for South American sector
P-8 M. Mosert, D. Buresova, M. Gende, C. Brunini,
B. de la Morena, S. Magdaleno, R.G. Ezquer, D.Altadill, M. Cabrera
Variations of the total electron content over three European
stations.
P-9 M. Mosert, L.A. McKinnel, M. Gende,
C. Brunini, J. Araujo, R.G. Ezquer, M. Cabrera
Variations of foF2 and GPSTEC over the Antarctic sector
P-10 M. Pietrella, C. Bianchi
Occurrence of sporadic E layer over the ionospheric station
of Rome: analysis of data for thirty-two years
P-11 M. Pietrella, E. Zuccheretti,
C.Bianchi
Coerenza: A software tool for computing the maximum coherence times
of the ionosphere
P-12 Manabu Shinohara, Akihiro Ikeda,
Kenro Nozaki, Akimasa Yoshikawa, Boris M. Shevtsov, Vasily V. Bychkov, Kiyohumi
Yumoto, and MAGDAS/CPMN Group
DP2 type fluctuations observed by FM-CW HF radar array
P-13 [S] Akihiro
Ikeda, Kiyohumi Yumoto, Manabu Shinohara, Kenro Nozaki, Akimasa Yoshikawa, B.M.
Shevtsov, V.V. Bychkov, D.Mcnamara
FM-CW Radar Array Observation
P-14 [S] Matsumura Mitsuru,
Shinagawa Hiroyuki, Iyemori Toshihiko
A numerical simulation of acoustic-gravity wave resonance
between ground and the thermosphere using two-dimensional neutral atmosphere
model
P-15 [S] Naritoshi
Kitamura, Naoki Terada, Atsuki Shinbori, Yukitoshi Nishimura, Takayuki Ono, and
Atsushi Kumamoto
Empirical model of
the electron density distribution in the topside high- and mid-latitude
ionosphere during geomagnetically quiet periods in the solar maximum
P-16 [S] Naruhito
Mizutani, Yuichi Otsuka, Kazuo Shiokawa,Tatsuhiro Yokoyama, Mamoru Yamamoto, Amit
K. Patra,Takashi Maruyama, Mamoru Ishii
Occurrence statistics and drifts of daytime 150-km echoes
studied using observations from the Equatorial Atmosphere Radar in Indonesia
and ionosonde network
P-17 R. G. Ezquer, M. A. Cabrera, J. L.
Lpez, M. Albornoz, M. Mosert, P. Marco, D. Buresova
Critical frequency of F2 region over middle and high latitude
stations in the American sector: Predictions and measurements
P-18 Shang S. P., Shi J. K., Zhen W. M
Characteristics of ionospheric irregularities in Asia-Pacific
equatorial region
P-19 Shasha Zou, Endawoke Yizengaw, David
Galvan and Mark B. Moldwin
LEO GPS TEC observations of the topside ionosphere and
plasmasphere and the use of tomography to improve IRI
P-20 [S] Takashi Hirano, Shigeto
Watanabe, Liu Huixin, D.Cooke, Kiyohumi Yumoto
Comparison between IRI2007 and CHAMP Observation of Fixed-LT
Plasma Density in the F-region
P-21 [S] Tsutomu Kondo and Shigeto
Watanabe
Distribution of thermospheric zonal wind and zonal drift formed
by F-region dynamo
P-22 Y. Otsuka, K. Shiokawa, T. Ogawa, S.
Fukao
Statistical study of the neutral winds and plasma drifts over
Japan using a Fabry-Perot interferometer and MU radar
P-23 [S] Yukari Goi, Akinori
Saito, Michi Nishioka
Characteristic of TEC-enhancement at mid-latitude
P-24 [S] Yusuke Akiya, Akinori
Saito, Hideki Eto, Takeshi Sakanoi
Comparison between total electron content disturbances and
auroral structures observed by the Reimei satellite at high-latitudes
P-25 Irk Shagimuratov, Ivan Ephishov,
Andrzej Krankowski, Irina Zakharenkova, Luisa Koltunenko
Using of GPS TEC
Measurements for Diagnostics of the Irregularity Oval
P-26 [S] Zhipeng REN, Weixing WAN,
Libo LIU, Jiangang XIONG
Intra-annual Variation of Wavenumber-4 Structure of Vertical
E×B Drifts in the Equatorial Ionosphere
P-27 P. Kenpankho, K. Watthanasangmechai,
P. Supnithi, T. Tsugawa, and T. Maruyama
Equatorial solar and latitude dependence of TEC
P-28 Noraset Wichaipanich, Pornchai
Supnithi
Diurnal and seasonal variations of NmF2 at Thailand
equatorial latitude and comparisons with IRI-2001 model
P-29 [S] Shimpei Kon, Masahide
Nishihashi and Katsumi Hattori
Ionospheric disturbances possibly associated with M > 6.0 Earthquakes
in Japan area during 1998-2008: statistical study and some case studies
P-30 Katsumi Hattori, Masahide Nishihashi,
Shimpei Kon, Jann-Yenq Liu, and Michel Parrot,
Statistical and case studies of ionospheric TEC anomalies
prior to large earthquakes in Indonesia and China
P-31 T.
Tsugawa, A. Saito, Y. Otsuka, Y. Goi, M. Nishioka, H. Jin, T. Maruyama, K. T.
Murata, and W. Miyake
Current
status of the GPS total electron content observations in Japan and the world
P-32 T.
Tsugawa, M. Ishii, T. Maruyama, H. Jin, J. Uemoto, and I. Kimura
A study
of east-west asymmetry in the bottomside structures of plasma bubbles by HF-TEP
and GPS-TEC observations and ray-tracing simulation
P-33 Zolesi,
B., Lj.Cander, A.Belehaki, I.Tsagouri and M.Pezzopane
Regional
and Local Ionospheric models as input data for IRI
P-34 Kinkowan
High School
Ionospheric
disturbance over Kagoshima during total solar eclipse on July 22, 2009: A
high-school student trial by using AM radio broadcasts
P-35 M.Schmidt, D.Dettmering,
R.Heinkelmann, D.Bilitza
Regional
ionosphere modeling from the combination of different satellite observation
techniques
Wednesday 4 November 2009
Investigative visit of Yamagawa Radio Observatory, National Institute
of Information and Communications Technology
Kagoshima Tokyu Inn (Dep.) → Yamagawa Radio Observatory (NiCT)
→
Ibusuki (Lunch) → Kagoshima
Tokyu Inn (Reception)
Thursday 5 November 2009
Session 4 Solar
and Geomagnetic Variability of the Ionosphere
Chair: V. Truhlik
09:00 4-1
(Invited) Kyoung W. Min
Effects of Solar
Activity Variations on the Low Latitude Topside Nighttime Ionosphere
09:20 4-2
(Invited) Takashi Maruyama
Solar proxies
pertaining to empirical ionospheric total electron content model
09:40 4-3
(Invited) D. Bilitza, V. Truhlik, P.G. Richards, L. Triskova
An effect of the
27 days solar rotation period on the electron density in the upper and topside
ionosphere
10:00 4-4 Dalia Buresova, Lee-Anne McKinnell,
Marta Mosert, Tereza Sindelarova, Mbambo Makhangela
Quiet and
disturbed time variations in the height of the ionospheric F2-peak over middle
latitudes
10:15 Break
Chair: Kyoung W. Min
10:40 4-5 Klimenko Vladimir, Klimenko Maxim
Numerical
Modeling the Global Ionospheric Effects of Storm Sequence on September 9-14,
2005
10:55 4-6
(Invited) Libo LIU, Weixing WAN, Yiding CHEN, and Biqiang ZHAO
The climatology
pattern of the TEC derived at JPL from global GPS observations
11:15 4-7 Maho I. Nakamura, Takashi Maruyama,
and Yasunari Shidama
Using a neural network to make operational forecasts of
ionospheric variations and storms at Kokubunji, Japan
11:30 4-8
Chun-Chieh Hsiao, Shigeto Watanabe, Jann-Yenq Liu, Nick Yen and
Yoshihiro Kakinami
Comparison of
FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC Ionospheric Observation and IRI Model Simulation
11:45 4-9
(Invited) Christopher J. Mertens
and Dieter Bilitza
Empirical
Geomagnetic Storm Correction to IRI E-Region Electron Density Using TIMED/SABER
Data
12:05 Lunch
Chair: Dalia Buresova
13:30 4-10 Sun-hak Hong, Seok-hee Bae, Jong-woon
Kim, Joong-il Lee, Hun Youn, Jin-wook Han, Chung-hyun Yu, Dae-seon Yoo
The Ionospheric Variation
Behaviors Over The Korean Peninsula Through The Last Three Solar Cycles and
Comparison With IRI-2007: Comparison of IRI with Ionosonde Observation at Anyang,
Korea
13:45 4-11 Martin Friedrich, Gerhard Landauer
An extension of the auroral model IMAZ for large absorption
14:00 4-12 P. Kenpankho, P. Supnithi, T.
Tsugawa, and T. Maruyama
Equatorial magnetic variation of ionospheric slab thickness
observations at Chumphon
14:15 4-13 Phil Richards and Dieter Bilitza
A new model for ionospheric molecular ion concentrations
14:30 4-14 (Invited) N. Balan, K.
Shiokawa and G. J. Bailey
Positive ionospheric storms: 1 - Physical mechanism
14:50 4-15 N. Balan, D. Vijaya Lekshmi, V.
Sreeja, K. Shiokawa, Y. Otsuka, T. Kikuchi, and M. Yamamoto
Positive
ionospheric storms: 2 - Comparison with observations and IRI
15:05 Break
Chair: Charles Lin
15:20 4-16 (Invited) V. Truhlik, D. Bilitza, L. Triskova
A new global
empirical model of the electron temperature for the upper and topside ionosphere
with inclusion of the solar activity variation
15:40 4-17 V. Truhlik, D. Bilitza, P.G.
Richards, C. Stolle, L. Triskova
Peculiarity of
modeling of the electron temperature in the equatorial latitude
15:55 4-18
(Invited) Claudia Stolle, Huixin Liu
Climatological
features of electron temperature in the equatorial region observed by the CHAMP
satellite
16:15 4-19 N. Balan, V. Sreeja, I. S. Batista,
K. Lynn, K. Shiokawa,Y. Otsuka, T. Kikuchi and S. Alex
F3 layer as an
indicator of prompt penetration electric field
16:30 4-20 R.El Hawary, K. Yumoto, Y. Yamazaki,
A Mahrous, E.Ghamry, A.Meloni, K.Badi,
G.Kianji, .C.B.S.Uiso, N.Mwiinga, L. Joao, T.Affluo, S.Malinga, G.
Mengistu, P. Baki
Annual and
Semi-annual Sq variations at 960 MM MAGDAS I and II stations in Africa
16:45 4-21
(Invited) A. Borgohain, P.K. Bhuyan and R Sekar
Temporal and
latitudinal variations of ion temperature and its relationship with ion density over
Indian equatorial and low latitude region during the period 1995 to 2003.
Friday 6 November 2009
Session 5 Ionosphere-Thermosphere Coupling
Chair: Huixin Liu
09:00 5-1
(Invited) Hidekatsu Jin, Yasunobu Miyoshi, Hitoshi Fujiwara, Hiroyuki
Shinagawa, Kaori Terada
Lower atmospheric effects on the ionospheric longitudinal
structure studied with an atmosphere-ionosphere coupled model
09:20 5-2
(Invited) Hitoshi Fujiwara, Satonori Nozawa, Sawako Maeda, Yasunobu Ogawa,
Yasunobu
Miyoshi, Hidekatsu Jin, Hiroyuki Shinagawa
Basic states of
the polar cap thermosphere and ionosphere: GCM simulations and ESR observations
09:40 5-3
(Invited) Charles Lin, C. H. Chen, J. Y. Liu, C. H. Liu
Contributions of
the radio occultation observations to the ionospheric longitudinal structures
10:00 5-4 Weixing
WAN, You YU, Libo LIU, Manlian ZHANG, and Baiqi NING
Modeling the Global Ionosphere from the Radio Occultation
Data of FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC during the Deep Solar Minimum Years
10:15 Break
Chair: Hitoshi Fujiwara
10:30 5-5
(Invited) Huixin Liu, Smitha V. Thampi, Mamoru Yamamoto
Anomalous Phase
Reversal of the Diurnal Cycle in the Mid-latitude Ionosphere
10:50 5-6
(Invited) Smitha V. Thampi, Charles Lin, N. Balan, Mamoru Yamamoto, Huixin
Liu
Ionospheric variability
over Japan during summer - Observations and Modeling
11:10 5-7 Y. Kakinami, J. Y. Liu, L. C. Tsai,
and C. C. Hsiao
An empirical model of local and time-variational electron
density profile based on the FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC data
11:25 5-8
(Invited) S. Sen and F. Honary
On Origin of Low
Frequency Oscillations in the Ionosphere
11:45 5-9 Tamara Gulyaeva and Iwona
Stanislawska
Interhemispheric
Imaging of the Ionosphere
12:00 5-10 Yuki Obana, Frederick W. Menk, Ichiro
Yoshikawa, Farideh Honary, and David Boteler
Different Time
Scales of the Plasmaspheric Refilling between the He+ and Total Mass Densities
12:15 Lunch
Chair: Smitha V. Thampi
13:30 5-11 M. Mosert, D. Buresova, B. de la Morena, S.
Magdaleno, D. Altadill, R. Ezquer, L. Scida
An analysis of
the scale height at the F2-layer peak over three middle latitude stations in
the European sector
13:50 5-12 X. Wang, J. K. Shi, G.J. Wang, G.A.
Zherebtsov, O.M. Pirog
Variation of
GPS-TEC in Hainan and comparisons with ionogram-derived and IRI TEC
14:05 5-13 Yoshimasa Tanaka, Natsuo Sato, Hisao
Yamagishi, Takuji Nakamura, Akira Kadokura, Hiroshi Miyaoka, Akira Yukimatsu,
Masaki Tsutsumi, Masaki Okada, Yasunobu Ogawa, Mitsumu K. Ejiri, Yoshihiro
Tomikawa
Ionospheric Observations
of National Institute of Polar Research, Japan
14:20 5-14 Klimenko Maxim, Klimenko Vladimir
Modeling Researches of Local Disturbance Formation in the
Ionosphere Electron Concentration before Strong Earthquakes
14:35 5-15 Tetsuya Kodama, Koh-Ichiro Oyama
SeismoSTAR: A
Proposal for the STAR Program
Chair: Dieter Bilitza
14:50 Final
Discussions
(End
of Workshop)
15:20 Business
Meeting
16:20 END OF
IRI2009
Saturday 7 November 2009
Outreach activity at Kagakukan of Kagoshima City
Speakers:
1. T. Imamura (ISAS/JAXA)
2. K. Yumoto (Kyusyu University)
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