Conveners:
Elsayed Talaat (elsayed.talaat@jhuapl.edu), Applied Physics Laboratory at John Hopkins University
Jeng-Hwa (Sam) Yee (sam.yee@jhuapl.edu), Applied Physics Laboratory at John Hopkins University
Scott Palo (palo@colorado.edu), University of Colorado
Workshop Format: Short presentations (and discussions) and additional poster session
2005 June 28, 1000-1200 AM, Eldorado Anasazi Room
The coordination of ground-based and satellite observations under the TIMED/CEDAR program has provided unprecedented coverage of the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere (MLT) region. The ground-based instruments provide measurements of MLT winds and temperatures at specific geographic locations over many local times and complement the TIMED instruments, which provides similar measurements globally at one or two local times on any given day. These two data sets can be combined to obtain the true mean fields and a higher-time-resolution picture of atmospheric waves, especially tides. Additionally, over the last few years, different techniques have been developed to address the aliasing in measurements obtained by spaceborne instruments. It is the focus of this workshop to coordinate datasets to study the zonal mean, tides, and planetary waves and causes of their short-term variabilities and foster collaboration between satellite and groundbased teams to identitfy techniques for combining datasets and overcoming aliasing. We encourage people to present specific observations and scientific topics that can be examined through multiple datasets.