Overview Mon, Sep 6 Tue, Sep 7 Wed, Sep 8 Thu, Sep 9 Fri, Sep 10 Fri, Sep 11


Programme Schedule

Friday, September 10, 2010

09:00-10:30 Morning Session 1 Future Missions
Chair: E. R. Kursinski
09:00-09:30 FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC Follow-On Mission Plan and Current Progress (invited) [view abstract] [view presentation]
Nick Yen
09:30-09:45 Plans for a 12 Satellite Global Navigation Satellite System Radio Occultation Constellation to follow COSMIC [view abstract] [view presentation]
D. Ector, P. Wilczynski, L. Cucurull
09:45-10:00 Deploying a Constellation of GPS Radio Occultation Receivers on Iridium NEXT [view abstract] [view presentation]
Om Gupta, Don Thoma
10:00-10:30 CANCELLED From MetOp/GRAS to Future RO and Next-Generation Occultation in Europe: The Role of ESA (invited) [view abstract]
P. Silvestrin
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:15 Morning Session 2 Future Missions
Chair: N. Yen
11:00-11:15 ACCURATE - Climate Benchmark Profiling of Greenhouse Gases and Thermodynamic Variables and Wind from Space [view abstract] [view presentation]
G. Kirchengast, S. Schweitzer, V. Proschek, J. Fritzer, P. Bernath, J. Harrison, B. Thomas, G.B. Larsen, S. Syndergaard, H.-H. Benzon, L. Facheris, F. Cuccoli, E. Martini, C. Emde, N. Perlot, V. Sofieva, J. Tamminen, M. Gorbunov, and Science Team Partners
11:15-11:30 ACCURATE: Multi Species Retrieval from Combined IR-Laser and Microwave Occultation Data [view abstract] [view presentation]
V. Proschek, G. Kirchengast, S. Schweitzer, J. Fritzer
11:30-11:45 Demonstration of infrared-laser occultation for trace gas measurements by a long-range link experiment [view abstract] [view presentation]
S. Schweitzer, J.-G. Wang, G. G. Abad, B. Thomas, P. Martin, V. Kasiutsich, V. Proschek, C. Zwanziger, C. Gerbig, G. Kirchengast, P. Bernath
11:45-12:15 The Active Temperature, Ozone and Moisture Microwave Spectrometer (ATOMMS) Aircraft Occultation Demonstration (invited) [view abstract] [view presentation]
E. R. Kursinski, A. Otarola, D. Ward, M. Stovern, A. Young, S. Albanna, R. Stickney, B. Duffy, C. Groppi, B. Wheelwright

12:30-14:00

Lunch Break
End of OPAC-4 & GRAS SAF Workshop
14:00-15:30 Afternoon Session 1 IROWG Introduction & Overview
D. Ector and A. von Engeln
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-17:30 Afternoon Session 2 Subgroup Overview & Sign up
18:00-22:00 Reception social event;