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Programme Schedule

Thursday, September 19, 2002

09:00-10:20Morning Session 1 Occultation Science and Missions: Key Contributions of ESA/EUMETSAT and Canada
(Chair: L. Bengtsson)
09:00-09:30 OCCULTATION SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS IN EUROPE: THE CONTRIBUTION AND ROLE OF ESA (invited) [view abstract] [view presentation]
P. Silvestrin
09:30-10:00 THE ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY EXPERIMENT (ACE): AN OVERVIEW (invited) [view abstract] [view presentation]
P. Bernath, C. Boone, and K. Walker
10:00-10:20 GRAS SAF RADIO OCCULTATION DATA FROM EPS/METOP [view abstract]
G. Bergeton Larsen, K. B. Lauritsen, and F. Rubek
10:20-10:50Coffee Break 
10:50-12:40Morning Session 2 LEO-LEO Occultation: Planned Missions and Sensors and Their Promise
(Chair: P. Silvestrin)
10:50-11:20 THE ACE+ MISSION: AN ATMOSPHERE AND CLIMATE EXPLORER BASED ON GPS, GALILEO, AND LEO-LEO RADIO OCCULTATION (invited) [view abstract] [view presentation]
P. Hoeg and G. Kirchengast
11:20-11:50 AN OVERVIEW OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA ATOMS PROJECT (invited) [view abstract]
B. M. Herman, D. Feng, D. Flittner, E. R. Kursinski, S. Syndergaard, and D. Ward
11:50-12:20 A LEO-LEO OCCULTATION OBSERVING SYSTEM FOR CHARACTERIZING ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY, TEMPERATURE, GEOPOTENTIAL, OZONE, AND CLOUDS (invited) [view abstract]
E. R. Kursinski, D. Feng, D. Flittner, G. Hajj, B. Herman, F. Romberg, S. Syndergaard, D. Ward, and T. Yunck
12:20-12:40 WATER VAPOR PROFILING FROM ABSORPTIVE OCCULTATION MEASUREMENTS [view abstract]
D. M. Ward
12:40-15:40Lunch Break(includes walk to/from City Hall in down-town Graz)
13:30-15:00Reception (Buffet Lunch)(social event; Graz City Hall)
15:40-17:10Afternoon Session Use of Occultation Data in Climate, Meteorology, and Atmospheric Physics: An Introduction and Review
(Chair: R. Kursinski)
15:40-16:10 APPLICATIONS OF OCCULTATION DATA IN CLIMATE MONITORING AND RESEARCH (invited) [view abstract]
L. Bengtsson
16:10-16:40 USING OCCULTATION DATA IN OPERATIONAL METEOROLOGY: A REVIEW, SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS AND PROSPECTS (invited) [view abstract] [view presentation]
A. Rhodin
16:40-17:10 UTILITY OF OCCULTATIONS FOR ATMOSPHERIC WAVE ACTIVITY STUDIES: RESULTS OF GPS/MET DATA ANALYSES AND FUTURE PLANS (invited) [view abstract]
T. Tsuda, K. Hocke, and H. Takahashi
17:10-19:00Poster Session 2Use of Occultation Data and Related Sounding Techniques
(Posters) (Chair: A. K. Steiner)
17:10-17:30Oral IntroBrief (3 min) Oral Introduction by Poster Presenters
17:30-19:00Viewing Time(complementary beverages & snacks available)
P6
(evaluation)
EVALUATION OF REFRACTIVITY PROFILES FROM CHAMP AND SAC-C GPS RADIO OCCULTATION [view abstract]
P. Poli, J. Joiner, M. de la Torre Juarez, and R. M. Hoff
P7
(climate)
VALIDATING THE MSU RECORD USING GPS OCCULTATION DATA [view abstract]
T. Schroeder, S. Leroy, M. Stendel, and E. Kaas
P8
(meteo&ice)
CONTRIBUTIONS OF GPS OCCULTATIONS TO ANTARCTICA ICE SHEET MASS BALANCE STUDIES [view abstract]
Shengjie Ge, C. K. Shum, and J. Wickert
P9
(related tech)
OPEN LOOP GPS SOFTWARE RECEIVER: POSSIBILITIES FOR OCCULTATIONS AND REFLECTIONS [view abstract]
J. M. Aparicio and A. Rius
P10
(related tech)
REMOTE SENSING MEASUREMENTS FOR EVALUATION OF AIR QUALITY IN AN INDUSTRIAL SITE: IMPORTANCE OF THE METEOROLOGY [view abstract]
P. Avino, F. Sallusti, G. Scalisi, and R. Schiro
19:00Thursday Adjourn