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)

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