| 26 May, Thursday |
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U.S. students leave for Taiwan
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| 27 May, Friday |
U.S. students arrive in Taiwan
Lodging: U.S. students will be staying at the Friends Hotel - Yo Xing Regency.
Visit the hotel's website for more info.
Also, you may download this cheat sheet for your wallet to be printed out and used as a contact reference, to help a cab driver return you to the hotel, or in case of an emergency.
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| 28-29 May, Saturday and Sunday |
| Rest and leisure activities |
| 30 May, Monday |
| Session 1: Chair: Bill Kuo, UCAR |
| 8:30 - 9:00 |
Opening Remarks
- Lou Lee, President of NARL
- Lance Wu, Director of NSPO
- Richard A. Anthes, President of UCAR, USA
- Jian-Lin Shin, Director of CWB
- Jay Fein, NSF, USA
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| 9:00 - 9:30 |
Status of FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC project
Paul Chen, NSPO
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| 9:30 - 10:30 |
Introduction to GPS/GNSS in atmospheric sensing
Tom Yunck, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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| 10:30 - 10:50 |
Coffee Break |
| 10:50 - 11:50 |
GPS observation, parameter estimation, and data processing
Chris Rocken, UCAR
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| 11:50 - 13:30 |
Lunch
Science Team Meeting: Data Retrieval/CDAAC/TACC, chaired by Frank Cheng, NSPO; Chris Rocken, UCAR
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| Session 2: Chair: Yuei-An Liou, NSPO |
| 13:30 - 14:30 |
Introduction to GPS radio occultation
Stig Syndergaard, UCAR
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| 14:30 - 15:30 |
Data quality control and observation error estimations
Martin Lohmann, UCAR/JCSDA
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| 15:30 - 15:50 |
Coffee Break |
| 15:50 - 16:50 |
Scientific Results from CHAMP
Jens Wickert, GFZ, Postdam, Germany
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| 16:50 - 17:20 |
GPS radio occultation data retrieval
Yuei-An Liou, NSPO
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| 31 May, Tuesday |
| Session 3: Chair: Ben Jou, NTU |
| 8:30 - 9:30 |
Introduction to atmospheric data assimilation: Basic concepts and methodologies
Xiaolei Zou, Florida State University
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| 9:30 - 10:30 |
GPS RO observation operators for NWP models
Stig Syndergaard, UCAR
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| 10:30 - 10:50 |
Coffee Break |
| 10:50 - 11:20 |
Typhoon research and forecasting in Taiwan
Chun-Chieh Wu, National Taiwan University
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| 11:20 - 11:50 |
Assimilation of GPS RO data for typhoon prediction
Ching-Yuang Huang, National Central University
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| 11:50 - 13:30 |
Lunch
Science Team Meeting: Data Assimilation & NWP applications, chaired by Ming-Dean Cheng, CWB; Bill Kuo, UCAR
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| Session 4: Chair: Ming-Dean Cheng, CWB |
| 13:30 - 14:30 |
Forecast impact experiments with CHAMP RO measurements: First results at ECMWF
Sean Healy, ECMWF
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| 14:30 - 15:30 |
Recent results on quality control, simulation, and assimilation of GPS RO data
Xiaolei Zou, Florida State University
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| 15:30 - 15:50 |
Coffee Break |
| 15:50 - 16:20 |
Assimilation of GPS radio occultation data for global weather prediction at CWB
Joseph Chang, Chinese Cultural University
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| 16:20 - 18:00 |
Poster Session (CWB 3F) |
| 18:00 - 20:00 |
Reception at CWB |
| 1 June, Wednesday |
| Session 5: Chair: Shu-Hua Chen, UC Davis |
| 8:30 - 9:30 |
Practical issues related to the assimilation of GPS radio occultation data
Sean Healy, ECMWF
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| 9:30 - 10:30 |
COSMIC Data Analysis and Archive Center (CDAAC) Demonstration
Chris Rocken, UCAR
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| 10:30 - 10:50 |
Coffee Break |
| 10:50 - 11:50 |
Applications of GPS radio occultation to climate studies
Richard A. Anthes, UCAR
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| 11:50 - 13:30 |
Lunch
Science Team Meeting:
- Application to Geodesy, chaired by Cheinway Hwang, NCTU; Ben Chao, NASA
- Application to Climate Analysis, chaired by Huang-Hsiung Hsu, NTU; Stephen Leroy, Harvard University
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| Session 6: Chair: Huang-Hsiung Hsu, NTU |
| 13:30 - 14:30 |
Climate monitoring and GPS RO
Stephen Leroy, Harvard University
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| 14:30 - 15:30 |
Regional climate studies in East Asia
Huang-Hsiung Hsu, National Taiwan University
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| 15:30 - 15:50 |
Coffee Break |
| 15:50 - 16:50 |
Regional climate modeling with WRF model
Ruby Leung, Pacific Northwest Laboratory
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| 16:50 - 17:20 |
Orbital and gravity sciences using GPS data of low-earth orbiters
Cheinway Hwang, National Chaio Tung University
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| 2 June, Thursday |
| Session 7: Chair: Yen-Hsyang Chu, NCU |
| 8:30 - 9:30 |
Ionosphere and ionospheric delay
Tony Mannucci, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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| 9:30 - 10:30 |
Tri-band beacon
Scott Budzien, Naval Research Laboratory
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| 10:30 - 10:50 |
Coffee Break |
| 10:50 - 11:50 |
Tiny ionospheric photometer
Scott Budzien, Naval Research Laboratory
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| 11:50 - 13:30 |
Lunch
Science Team Meeting: Ionospheric Research & Space Weather, chaired by Yen-Hsyang Chu, NCU; Tony Mannucci, JPL
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| Session 8: Chair: Frank Cheng, NSPO |
| 13:30 - 14:30 |
GAIM and ionospheric RO data assimilation
Tony Mannucci, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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| 14:30 - 15:00 |
Ionospheric research in Taiwan
Yen-Hsyang Chu, National Central University
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| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Ionospheric disturbance triggered by the lithosphere, atmosphere, and space weather
Jann-Yeng Liu, National Central University
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| 15:30 - 15:50 |
Coffee Break |
| 15:50 - 16:50 |
Space geodesy for COSMIC and using COSMIC - An atmospheric perspective
Ben Chao, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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| 16:50 - 17:20 |
Open discussion and student feedback, chaired by Ching-Yuan Huang, National Central University
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| 17:20 - 17:35 |
Closing Remarks
Frank Cheng, NSPO; Julius Chang, NCU
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| 3 June, Friday |
| 08:30 - 10:30 |
WRF-Var tutorial
Dale Barker, NCAR; Shu-Hua Chen, UC Davis
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| 11:00 |
Leave for NSPO, Hsin-Chu by bus
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| 12:00 - 13:00 |
Lunch
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| 13:00 - 14:00 |
Visit the National Space Organization (NSPO) and tour its Test and Integration Facility
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| 14:00 - 15:00 |
Tour of the Yinge Pottery Village
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| 4 June, Saturday |
US and Taiwan students and accompanying experts will visit the CWB Radar and Observatory stations in Hua-Lien City (east coast of Taiwan). Hosted by UCAR and CWB.
Mini-workshop for students:
08:00-09:30 : Fly to Hua-Lien
09:30-12:00 : Visit CWB Radar and Observatory stations (station tour, oral introduction given by students)
12:00-13:00 : Lunch
13:00-??:?? : Free discussions
17:00-??:?? : Visit Hua-Lien City
21:00-??:?? : Fly to Taipei
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| 5 June, Sunday |
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U.S. students return to U.S.
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