Welcome to 40th-MUradar

November 18-21, 2024

Hybrid Meeting Zoom / Uji Campus, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

The MU (Middle and Upper atmosphere) radar operated by the Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere (RISH), Kyoto University was built in 1984 at Shigaraki in Koka-city, Japan. It is one of the most powerful and versatile VHF radars with an active phased array system consisting of 475 Yagi antennas. It has a monostatic circular antenna array with a diameter of 103 m, which can be divided into 25 independent sub-arrays. The MU radar now forms the core of the Shigaraki MU Observatory where several other remote sensing instruments have also been developed, including a Rayleigh-Raman lidar, a 1.3-GHz wind profiler radar and a lower thermosphere profiler radar. Collaborative experiments with the MU radar have been carried out to validate new instruments and to verify the new scientific knowledge provided by these instruments. Since 1984, RISH has been conducting a number of collaborative research programs using the MU radar and associated facilities.
This international symposium is an important part of the 40th anniversary of the MU radar. It aims to review the scientific achievements of the MU Observatory, and to discuss the ongoing research activities and future plans using the MST/IS radars around the world. The symposium will also cover theoretical and modelling studies of the atmosphere from the boundary layer to the ionosphere, and radio applications for atmospheric measurements such as meteorological radar, GNSS meteorology, and GNSS radio occultation.

Organized by
Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere (RISH), Kyoto University

Supported by
International Exchange Program of National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)

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