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Programme Schedule

Friday, September 20, 2002

09:00-10:30Morning Session 1 LEO-LEO Occultation: Performance and Mission Analysis Studies
(Chair: P. Hoeg)
09:00-09:30 SOUNDING THE ATMOSPHERE BY LEO-LEO OCCULTATION: A SIMULATION-RETRIEVAL SYSTEM AND PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS RESULTS (invited) [view abstract] [view presentation]
S. S. Leroy, C. O. Ao, and M. De La Torre Juarez
09:30-09:50 PROPAGATION LIMITATIONS ON THE ACTIVE MICROWAVE OCCULTATION REMOTE SENSING [view abstract]
D. Feng, A. Marathay, B. Herman, and M. Beran
09:50-10:10 SIMULATING THE INFLUENCE OF HORIZONTAL GRADIENTS ON RETRIEVED PROFILES FROM ATOMS OCCULTATION MEASUREMENTS --- A PROMISING APPROACH FOR DATA ASSIMILATION [view abstract]
S. Syndergaard, D. Flittner, R. Kursinski, D. Feng, B. Herman, and D. Ward
10:10-10:30 CONSTELLATION STUDIES FOR EARTH WIDE MEASUREMENTS OF GNSS AND LEO-LEO OCCULTATION DATA : THE GENESIS OF THE ACE+ ANTI-ROTATING SATELLITES CONCEPT [view abstract] [view presentation]
D. Mimoun and S. Abbondanza
10:30-11:00Coffee Break 
11:00-12:10Morning Session 2 Use of Occultation Data in Atmospheric Process Studies: Exploring Turbulence and Waves
(Chair: A. Hauchecorne)
11:00-11:30 EXPLORING THE FINE STRUCTURE OF THE STRATOSPHERE BY MEANS OF STELLAR OCCULTATION DATA (invited) [view abstract]
A. S. Gurvich
11:30-11:50 DETECTION OF UPPER LEVEL TURBULENCE VIA GPS OCCULTATION METHODS [view abstract]
L. Cornman, R. Frehlich, and R. Sharman
11:50-12:10 STRATOSPHERIC GRAVITY WAVE FLUCTUATIONS AND SPORADIC E AT MID LATITUDES WITH FOCUS ON POSSIBLE EFFECT OF ANDES [view abstract]
A. de la Torre, T. Tsuda, K. Hocke, and A. Giraldez
12:10-13:00Farewell and
Closing Event
Close-out Discussion and Conclusions
(Moderator: G. Kirchengast)
13:00End of Workshop 
13:00-14:30Lunch Break(for Splinter Meeting Participants)
14:30-17:00 Post-Workshop Splinter Meeting(s)
14:30-16:30ACE+ International Science Team (ACE+IST) Startup Meeting
Moderator: L. Bengtsson (Chair, ESA Earth Science Advisory Committee)
Main speakers: P. Hoeg and G. Kirchengast [view presentation] (ACE+ Lead Investigators)
Brief statements: ~3 invited 5-min statements by selected colleagues
And (most important): Q&As and general discussion by all participants
17:00The End