NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
TOKYO REGIONAL OFFICE
The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Tokyo Regional Office periodically receives and disseminates reports on research developments in Japan that are related to the Foundation's mission. It also provide occasional reports on developments in other East Asian Countries.
These reports present information for the use of NSF program officers and policy makers; they are not statements of NSF policy.
Special Scientific Report #04-03 (December 21, 2004)
UCAR Constellation Observing System for Meteorology,
Ionosphere and Climate (COSMIC) AWARE Project Reports The Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate
(COSMIC) Program of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)
in Boulder, Colorado, hosts an NSF American Workforce and Research and Education
AWARE) Project with significant student involvement. The COSMIC project uses
data from GPS satellites to infer vertical profiles of temperature and moisture
across the globe. The COSMIC AWARE program aims to establish linkages among the
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), UCAR, and the U.S. university
community and educational, research and operational institutions in East Asia.
American students and junior researchers are already actively involved in these
international cooperative activities in Japan and Taiwan, and reports of their
2004 activities in these sites are now available on-line. A summer camp
experience for about fifty students is planned for 2005 (application deadline:
03/04/2005). The URLs below provide direct links to COSMIC AWARE Web sites. Current Projects (includes “International Education and Training for US
Students in GPS Atmospheric Remote Sensing” project): Latest project (study visit to Taiwan and Japan in July 2004): Student Reports (both group and individual student reports): Future Project (2005 Summer Camp; APPLICATION DEADLINE 03/04/2005): Report prepared by Dr. Christopher A. Loretz of NSF/T.
http://www.cosmic.ucar.edu/projects.html
http://www.cosmic.ucar.edu/colloquium_2004/colloquiumA04.html
http://www.cosmic.ucar.edu/colloquium_2004/fieldTripJapanA.html
http://www.cosmic.ucar.edu/colloquium_2004/fieldTripTaiwanA.html
http://www.cosmic.ucar.edu/colloquium_2004/fieldTripStudentsA.html
http://www.cosmic.ucar.edu/summercamp_2005/index.html