| Thursday, September
20, 2007
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| 09:00-10:20
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Morning
Session 1
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Next-generation Occultation Missions:
Preparations and Prospects (Chair: S. S. Leroy)
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| 09:00-09:40 |
CM and MM Wavelength LEO-LEO Occultations for Climate - The ATOMMS Project
(invited keynote) [view abstract] [view presentation] E. R. Kursinski, D. Ward, A. Otarola, B. Herman, C. Groppi, C. Walker, and M. Schein |
| 09:40-10:20 |
ACCURATE - Observing Greenhouse Gases, Isotopes, Wind, and Thermodynamic Variables by Combined MW Radio and IR Laser Occultation
(invited keynote) [view abstract] [view presentation] G. Kirchengast, S. Schweitzer, and F. Ladstädter |
| 10:20-10:50
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Coffee Break
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| 10:50-12:20
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Morning
Session 2
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Upcoming Radio Occultation Missions and
New Advances in Analysis (Chair: T. Yunck)
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| 10:50-11:20 |
GPS Radio Occultation Mission in Korea Multi-Purpose Satellite KOMPSAT-5
(invited) [view abstract] Sungki Cho, Jong-K. Chung, Jong-Uk Park, Jae-Cheol Yoon, Yongsik Chun, and Sang-Ryool Lee |
| 11:20-11:50 |
ROSA - The Italian Radio Occultation Mission On-board the Indian OCEANSAT-2 Satellite
(invited) [view abstract] [view presentation] G. Perona, A. Sutera, M. Petitta, A. Speranza, N. Tartaglione, M. Materassi, R. Notarpietro, S. Casotto, and F. Vespe |
| 11:50-12:20 |
New Applications and Advances of the GPS Radio Occultation Technology as Recovered by Analysis of the FORMOSAT-3 and CHAMP Database
(invited) [view abstract] [view presentation] A. G. Pavelyev, Y. A. Liou, J. Wickert, T. Schmidt, A. A. Pavelyev,
and V. N. Gubenko |
| 12:20-14:00
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Lunch Break
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| 14:00-15:30
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Workshop Wrap-Up
Session
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Challenges ahead in the Occultation Science Field:
Views and Priorities (Session Moderator: B. C. Lackner)
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| 14:00-14:45
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Gathering the essential views on the key challenges ahead in the occultation science field, in particular regarding
1) continuation missions and next-generation occultation missions,
2) methodology&processing open issues,
3) atmosphere and climate science applications, and
4) user community development
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| 14:45-15:30
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Prioritizing the views, close-out discussion, and farewell
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| 15:30
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End of Workshop
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| 15:30-16:00
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Coffee Break
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(for Splinter Meeting Participants)
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| 16:00-19:00
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Post-Workshop
Splinter Meeting
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ATOMMS-ACCURATE Splinter Meeting: Towards a Next Generation
Climate Benchmark Mission (Meeting Moderator: B. C. Lackner)
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| 16:00-17:15
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Information and discussion forum on ATOMMS and ACCURATE
Intro statements: Status and plans, views and ways of partnership,
by E. R. Kursinski (ATOMMS) and G. Kirchengast (ACCURATE)
Brief further statements: ~3 min statements by selected colleagues
And (most important): Q&As and general discussion by all participants
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| 17:15
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End of forum part
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(and brief break before the
invited-panel part)
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| 17:30-19:00
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Preparation of meetings with ESA and other (European national) space
agency representatives: science&tech, programmatics&options, position
(Participants: invited splinter meeting panel)
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| 19:00
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End of Splinter Meeting
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