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International Education and Training for US Students in GPS Atmospheric Remote Sensing
July 3-14 2004, Japan and Taiwan
An AWARE Program of the International Programs Division of the NSF
| July 5, Monday - Japan |
| Visit Geographical Survey Institute (GSI) and Meteorological Research Institute (MRI) |
Lectures:
(1) Review of "GPS/MET Japan Project", objective, fruits and future works, by MRI GPS research group
(2) Objective, plan and progress on the project, "Applications of Precise Satellite Positioning for
Monitoring the Earth's Environment" , by Prof. Tsuda (Kyoto University)
Presentations
The Latest Fruits of the Ongoing Project by Some Representative Investigators:
-(1) Development of ionospheric model by Tsugawa (Nagoya Univ.)
-(2) Development of down looking system from airplanes by Yoshihara (ENRI)
-(3) Development of software to determine satellite orbits by Otsubo (Tokyo Univ.)
-(4) Geoid model by Kuroishi (Geographical Survey Institute)
-(5) Ocean tide model by Matsumoto (National Astronomical Observatory)
* The above talks are tentative (will be decided within next week)
US presentations
-(1) Ron Mastaler (U. of Arizona): Ground-based GPS PW Observations during the North American Monsoon Experiment (NAME)
-(2) Andrew Snyder (U. of Purdue): Comparisons of MODIS and GPS Precipitable Water: Outlook for a Coastal Assimilation Study
-(3) Dione Rossiter (U. of California, Berkeley): Comparison of GPS radio occultation and radiosonde soundings
-(4) Wallace Hogsett (U. of Maryland): Numerical Simulation of Tropical Cyclones
-(5) Jennifer Abernethy (U. of Colorado): Overview of Two Projects from the University of Colorado-Boulder: A distributed heterogeneous implementation of the WRF model, and Intelligent data analysis using computational topology techniques
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| July 6, Tuesday - Japan |
| Visit Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) |
| Introduction of JMA/NPD, small tour to some facilities |
Lecture: Demonstrate the Impact of GPS Data on Weather Forecasting
(1) GPS/LEO case by Ozawa-san, JMA
(2) GEONET case by Koizumi-san, JMA
(3)Lecture by Dr. Chris Rocken (UCAR - COSMIC) |
| July 8, Thursday - Japan |
| Visit MU radar instrument (Shigaraki town) |
| July 9, Friday - From Japan to Taiwan |
| Orientation/introduction among NCU and U.S. students, Annabel Liu, at NTU |
| July 12, Monday - Taiwan |
Visit Central Weather Bureau (CWB), coordinator: Dr. Cheryl Terng
Welcome and Overview of CWB, Mr. J.-L. Hsin, Director General, or Dr. Chi
Visit the Satellite Meteorology Center, Host: Dr. Paul Chiou
Visit the Forecasting Division, Host: Dr. T.-J. Yeh
Scientific Presentation and Discussion
Planning for the Taiwan Analysis Center for COSMIC (TACC), Mr. Mark Cheng
On-going work at CWB on the global assimilation of GPS Radio Occultation data, Prof. Chang, Chinese Culture University and Dr. Ming-Dean Cheng, Director of R&D Center, CWB
Visit the National Science Council (NSC) |
Welcoming remarks on the Student Exchange Program (field trip)
Dr. Wei-Chung Wang, Director-General of International programs, NSC
Tour the National Space Program Office (NSPO)Test and Integration Facility (view the COSMIC satellites being integrated and tested)
Tour the Multiple-Mission Control Center (MCC), (view the operation of the ROCSAT-1 and ROCSAT-2 satellites), Dr. T. Y. Liu, 0910-148-882
Tour National Center for High-Performance Computing (see GRID and PC Cluster)
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| July 13, Tuesday - Taiwan |
Visit National Central University (NCU) in Chung-Li City, point of contact: Prof. Huang, 03-422-3327
Visit the Remote Sensing Research Institute
Visit NCU VHF radar and Doppler weather radar facilities |
Scientific presentations from NCU and US Students
A Mini-Workshop for COSMIC Outreach Program
Place: S1-625, NCU
Hosted by Department of Atmospheric Sciences (03-422-0270)
Session I: Chaired by T-C Chen and Bill Kuo
Welcome Remarks, (NCU President/Provost)
T-C Chen's talk, "Radar Observation and Ongoing Development"
Y-C Liou's talk, "Radar retrieval methods/results"
Mei Xu NCAR/RAP: "High-Resolution Modeling and Radar Data Assimilation"
P-L Lin's talk, "General Observations and Modeling in Taiwan"
Y-H Chu's talk, "VHF, ROCSAT-2 and Midget Rocket Payload"
P-L Lin's student's (S-H Lin) talk, "Radar Assimilation Research"
Coffee Break
Session II: Chaired by Y-H Chu and Y-C Liou
Kelly Amundsen (Ohio State Univ.): "Detecting Cyclogenesis in East Antarctica with MODIS"
Erick Adame (SUNY, Oneonta): "Monitoring Temperature Trends in Antarctica Using GPS RO"
Briefing of Taiwan students. study plans (all students, maximum two slides)
Discussions and Questions (open for public)
Brent Laabs (U. C. Davis): "Assimilation of Space-based GPS data in a Mesoscale Model"
Mike Duda (U. of Colorado): "An Overview of the Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System"
Y-A Liu's student's (C-Y Huang) talk, "GPS retrieval research"
N-H Lin's student's (Carlo Wang) talk, "Air Quality Problems/Modeling"
Closing Remarks - Bill Kuo and others
Take Photos on the roof
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