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)
adviser Susumu KATO (Emeritus Professor, Kyoto University)

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