Coupling Processes in the Equatorial Atmosphere (CPEA)
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas Funded by MEXT
(Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology)
■ Topics |
First International Observation Campaign in March - May 2004
Second International Observation Campaign in 2005 (preliminary schedule)
a) Experiment for Mesosphere, Lower-thermosphere, and Ionospher: in September
(Dates are not decided yet)
Instruments; EAR, VHF FAI radar, Meteor radar, MF radars, Na/Fe lidar,
Rayleigh lidar, Ionosonde (NICT), Airglow imager, GPS scinlation receiver,
etc.
b) Special experiment for cirrus clouds: in October (Dates are not decided
yet.)
Instruments; EAR, Mie-scatter lidar, 95-GHz cloud radar (NICT), Raduisibde
launches
Contact: Dr. Masayuki Yamamoto, RISH, Kyoto Univ.
c) Main experiment for Troposphere, Stratosphere, and Mesosphere: November
17-December 17, 2005
Instruments; EAR, Radiosonde launches, X-band Doppler radar, Bistatic
EAR receivers, Mie-scatter lidar, Rayleigh lidar, Meteor radar, MF radars,
etc.
■ Organization |
Project Leader | Shoichiro FUKAO (RISH, Kyoto University) | |
Resarch item | Resarch theme | members ("*"principal researcher) |
A01 | Study of Equatorial Atmosphere Waves by EAR Long-Term Observations | *Mamoru YAMAMOTO (RISH, Kyoto Univ.) Shoichiro FUKAO (RISH, Kyoto Univ.) Hiroyuki HASHIGUCHI (RISH, Kyoto Univ.) Masayuki YAMAMOTO (RISH, Kyoto Univ.) |
A02 | Functional Expansion of EAR and New Observation Techniques | *Toru SATO (Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto Univ.) Yasuyuki MAEKAWA (Osaka Electro-Communication Univ.) |
A03 | Evolution of Convective Clouds, and their Coupling with Meso- to Large-Scale Precipitation Systems | *Toshiaki KOZU (Shimane Univ.) Yasumasa KODAMA (Hirosaki Univ.) Midori TAKAYABU (CCSR, Univ. of Tokyo) Toyoshi SHIMOMAI (Shimane Univ.) |
A04 | Four-Dimensional Structure of Atmospheric Waves and Energy Transportation | *Toshitaka TSUDA (RISH, Kyoto Univ.) Takuji NAKAMURA (RISH, Kyoto Univ.) |
A05 | Vertical Structure of the Equatorial Atmosphere Studied with Sophisticated Lidars | *Chikao NAGASAWA (Tokyo Metropolitan Univ.) Makoto ABO (Tokyo Metropolitan Univ.) Yasukuni SHIBATA (Tokyo Metropolitan Univ.) |
A06 | Variation of the Thermosphere and Ionosphere owing to the Energy of Atmospheric Waves | *Tadahiko OGAWA (STEL, Nagoya Univ.) Kazuo SHIOKAWA (STEL, Nagoya Univ.) Yuichi OTSUKA (STEL, Nagoya Univ.) Akinori SAITO (Faculty of Science, Kyoto Univ.) |
assessment committee persons |
Hiroshi OHYA (Emeritus Professor, Tohoku Univ. / Professor, Fukui Univ.
of Technology ) Nobuyoshi FUGONO () Isamu HIROTA (Emeritus Professor, Kyoto University / President, Meteorological Society of Japan) |
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adviser | Susumu KATO (Emeritus Professor, Kyoto University) |
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