Program Information
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The scientific committee will consider contributions for oral and poster presentations from all areas connected to beacon satellite investigations. However, contributions from the primary topics are especially encouraged.
Deadline for submisssion of abstracts is 15 February 2010. To submit an abstract, please submit it on-line using the Beacon Symposium 2010 web site:
http://congress.cimne.com/bss2010/
The prime topics for discussion at this symposium include the following::
1 TEC Measurements and
Models, Chairs: Esther Sardon (Esardon@gmv.com)
and Andrzej Krankowski (kand@uwm.edu.pl)
2 GPS Radio Occultation Techniques
and Studies, Chairs: Norbert Jakowski (Norbert.Jakowski@dlr.de)
and Antonio Rius (rius@aliga.ieec.uab.es)
3 Scintillation Measurements
and Models, Chairs: Keith Groves (Keith.Groves@hanscom.af.mil)
and Archana Bhattacharyya (abh@iigs.iigm.res.in)
4 Multi-Instrument Ionospheric
Techniques and Studies, Chairs: Cesar Valladares (Cesar.Valladares@bc.edu)
and David Altadill (David_Altadill@obsebre.es)
5 Ionospheric Imaging Techniques
and Results, Chairs: Paul Cannon (pcannon@taz.qinetiq.com) and
Juha-Pekka Luntama (Juha-Pekka.Luntama@esa.int)
6 Ionospheric Modeling (empirical,
1st principles), Chairs: Gary Bust (gbust@astraspace.net)
7 Ionospheric Modeling and Data
Assimilation, Chairs: Sandro Radicella (rsandro@ictp.it) and
Attila Komjathy (attila.komjathy@jpl.nasa.gov)
8 Ionospheric Effects on Navigation
Systems, Chairs: Todd Walter (twalter@Stanford.edu) and Bertram
Arbesser-Rastburg (bertram@tec-ee.esa.int)
9 Remote Sensing Using Satellite Navigation,
Chairs: Cathryn Mitchell (c.n.mitchell@bath.ac.uk) and Claudio Brunini (claudio@fcaglp.unlp.edu.ar)
10 Space Weather Effects Using
Beacon Satellite Signals, Chairs: Charles Carrano (Charles.Carrano@bc.edu)
and Anthea Coster (coster@haystack.mit.edu)
11 Low-Latitude Phenomena,
Chairs: P.V.S. Rama Rao (palurirao@yahoo.com) and Eurico R. de Paula (eurico@dae.inpe.br)
12 New Science Initiatives with Beacon Satellites,
Chairs: Richard Langley (lang@unb.ca) and Per Hoeg (hoeg@space.dtu.dk)
13 Poster Session, Chairs: Endawoke Yizengaw (kassie@bc.edu) and Eduardo Araujo-Pradere (Eduardo.Araujo@noaa.gov)