Programme Schedule Thursday, September 09, 2010 09:15-10:30 Morning Session 1 Current Missions: Formosat-3/COSMIC Chair: A. J. Mannucci 09:15-09:30 Space and Ground Segments Performance of the FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC Mission: Four Years in Orbit [view abstract] [view presentation] Chen-Joe Fong, Kendra Cook, Vicky Chu, Eddy Yang, Richard Fulton, Doug Whiteley 09:30-09:45 Investigation on Formosat-3 /COSMIC retrieval data quality. [view abstract] [view presentation] Yuei-An Liou, Shiang-Kun Yan, Li-Ru Chen, Dr. Cheng-Yung Huang 09:45-10:00 Processing of COSMIC Radio Occultation Data and Cross-Center Comparison [view abstract] [view presentation] K. B. Lauritsen, M. E. Gorbunov, S. S. Leroy, A. V. Shmakov 10:00-10:15 Observational Error Estimation of FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC GPS Radio Occultation Data [view abstract] [view presentation] Shu-Ya Chen, Ching-Yuang Huang, Ying-Hwa Kuo, Sergey Sokolovskiy 10:15-10:30 CANCELLED Comparison of COSMIC and CHAMP Radio Occultation Refractivity Profiles with Radiosonde Measurements [view abstract] X. Xu, J. Luo, K. Zhang 10:30-11:00 Coffee Break 11:00-12:30 Morning Session 2 Current & Future Missions Chair: T. Meehan 11:00-11:30 GNSS radio occultation at GFZ: Recent results and activities (invited) [view abstract] [view presentation] J. Wickert, C. Arras, G. Beyerle, L. Grunwaldt, A. Haser, S. Heise, G. Michalak, T. Schmidt, M. Semmling, R. Stosius, F. Zus 11:30-12:00 CANCELLED Radio Occultation with ROSA On-Board OCEANSAT-2: Mission Overview and First Results (invited) [view abstract] G. Perona, R. Notarpietro, M. Molinaro, S. Casotto, P. Zoccarato, A. Nardo, M. Cucca, S. Paolella, I. Bordi, P. Sofi, A. Sutera, N. Tartaglione, A. Speranza, B. Nava, S. Radicella, M. Materassi, O. Terzo, L. Mossucca, A. Gallipoli, F. Tataranni, V. De Cosmo, and V. Catalano 12:00-12:15 ROSA Instrument Commissioning Aspects and Results On-board OCEANSAT-2 [view abstract] A. Zin, S. Zago, S. Landenna, L. Marradi, L. Scaciga, V. DeCosmo, V. Catalano 12:15-14:00 Lunch Break 14:00-15:30 Afternoon Session 1 Current & Future Missions Chair: J. Wickert 14:00-14:30 Polarimetric GNSS Radio Occultations with the Spanish PAZ Mission (invited) [view abstract] [view presentation] E. Cardellach 14:30-14:45 The Australian Space Research Program: Platform Technologies for Space, Atmosphere and Climate project [view abstract] [view presentation] K. Zhang, P. Teunissen, C. Rizos, J. Sang, G. Hopper, Y. Liou, H. Diamond, J. L. Marshall, and Y. Kuleshov 14:45-15:00 Ground Support Network Operations for the GRAS Radio Occultation Mission [view abstract] [view presentation] R. Zandbergen 15:00-15:30 Using NASA's TriG GNSS RO Instrument for Space Weather, Weather and Climate Measurements (invited) [view abstract] [view presentation] T. Meehan, S. Esterhuizen, G. Franklin, J. Tien, L. Young 15:30-16:00 Coffee Break 16:00-17:25 Afternoon Session 2 Occultations in Ionosphere and Planetary Science Chair: S. Syndergaard 16:00-16:40 Radio occultation in ionospheric science and space weather (invited keynote) [view abstract] [view presentation] C-H. Liu 16:40-17:10 Impact of the Ionosphere on GNSS Radio Occultation Retrievals. (invited) [view abstract] [view presentation] Anthony J. Mannucci, Chi O. Ao, Xiaoqing Pi, Byron A. Iijima 17:10-17:25 GPS radio occultation measurements on ionospheric electron density and vTEC from low Earth orbit [view abstract] [view presentation] L.-C. Tsai( ), C. H. Liu, J Y Huang, and K. Kevin Cheng