CNOFS Ambient Equatorial Ionosphere Tuesday 18 June 2002 Silverthorne 03:30-05:30 pm

Speakers:

	3:30 - 3:40	NSF Role	Richard Behnke (NSF) & Robert Robinson (NSF)
	3:40 - 3:50	C/NOFS Instrument & Science Overview	Odile de La Beaujardiere (AFRL)
	3:30 - 4:10	Dynamics	Cheryl Huang (Boston College) & Art Richmond (NCAR-HAO)
	4:10 - 4:20	Discussion on Dynamics Questions
	4:20 - 4:30	Assimilation Ionosphere	Vince Eccles (SEC)
	4:30 - 4:40	Forecasting Ionosphere	John Retterer (AFRL)
	4:40 - 4:50	Discussion on Assimilation & Forecast Questions
	4:50 - 5:00	ROCSAT-1 Experiences	Prof. Su (NCU)
	5:00 - 5:10	Elec-Dyn Ground Support	Bela Fejer (USU-CASS)
	5:10 - 5:30	Discussion on Coordinated Ground Based Campaigns

C/NOFS (Communication and Navigation Outage Forecast System) is the first satellite that is dedicated to forecasting ionospheric irregularities and ionospheric scintillation. It will be launched in November 2003, in a 13 degrees inclination, 700 x 400 km orbit.

This session is to help define the science related to C/NOFS. Broadly speaking, the science objectives can be organized in three categories:

1. Understand the physics of the ionospheric plasma in the equatorial regions.
   
   
2. Understand the physical processes that lead to the formation of plasma bubbles and plumes.
   
   
3. Model the propagation of radio waves through the irregular equatorial ionosphere.
   
   

Several campaigns will be planned which will validate the forecasts, acquire the data to achieve the science goals, and test the theoretical models. The research will include international collaborations.

We to solicit inputs on these broad topics, with particular emphasis on: Assimilation, Forecast, Dynamics, and Ground based observations/campaigns.

Different themes will be presented. Each theme will be briefly introduced by a lead-person, followed by a general discussion on the topic.