National Institute of Polar Research
The 5th Symposium on Polar Science (2-5 December, 2014)

Interdisciplinary session [IM]
Middle atmosphere and thermosphere

Oral session

Dec. 3 (Wed.) National Institute of Polar Research, General Puropose Room (3F)

Chair: Hidehiko Suzuki (Meiji Univ.)
11:30-11:45 Atmospheric Chemistry Effects by Pulsating Aurora Esa Turunen (Sodankyla Geophysical Observatory, University of Oulu, Finland)
11:45-12:00 Statistical study of MSTIDs parameters using SuperDARN ground backscatter data *Oinats A.V. (ISTP SB RAS, STELab), Nishitani N. (STELab), Berngardt O.I. (ISTP SB RAS), Kurkin V.I. (ISTP SB RAS) and Ratovsky K.G. (ISTP SB RAS)
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-14:10 Poster Session
Chair: Hidehiko Suzuki (Meiji Univ.)
14:10-14:25 Roles of energetic precipitating protons and electrons in the mesosphere: Multiple event studies based on the PANSY radar and MF radar Takanori Nishiyama (NIPR), Kaoru Sato (the University of Tokyo), Takuji Nakamura (NIPR), Masaki Tsutsumi (NIPR), Toru Sato (Kyoto University), Masashi Kohma (the University of Tokyo), Koji Nishimura (NIPR), Yoshihiro Tomikawa (NIPR), Mutsumi K. Ejiri (NIPR), Takuo T. Tsuda (NIPR)
14:25-14:50 The SCOSTEP VarSITI program and ROSMIC (INVITED) William E. Ward (Dept. of Physics, University of New Brunswick, Canada), Franz.-Josef Luebken (Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP), Kuehlungsborn, Germany), Annika Seppala (Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland) and the ROSMIC team
14:50-15:05 Coordinated observation of concentric gravity waves and MSTID using IMAP/VISI and Hokkaido HF radar Takeshi Sakanoi (Tohoku U), Nozomu Nishitani (Nagoya U), Tomoaki Hori (Nagoya U), Akinori Saito (Kyoto U), Atsushi Yamazaki (JAXA/ISAS), Yusuke Akiya (Kyoto U), Yuta Hozumi (Kyoto U), Mitsumu K. Ejiri (NIPR), Yuichi Otsuka (Nagoya U), Septi Perwitasari (Tohoku U), Takuya Tsugawa (NICT)
15:05-15:20 Statistical Study of Concentric Gravity Wave in the Lower Thermosphere by using the ISS-IMAP/VISI data of 2013 *Septi Perwitasari (PPARC, Tohoku University), Takeshi Sakanoi (PPARC, Tohoku University), Yasunobu Miyoshi (Kyushu University), Atsushi Yamazaki (ISAS), Yuichi Otsuka (STEL), Yuta Hozumi (Kyoto University), Yusuke Akiya (kyoto University), Akinori Saito (Kyoto University)
15:20-15:35 Wave observations using airglow in the high Arctic William E. Ward (University of New Brunswick, Canada), Sam Kristoffersen, Chris Vail, Uma Das and Caroline Gi (Dept. of Physics, University of New Brunswick, Canada)
15:35-15:50 Coffee Break
Chair: Takuo Tsuda (NIPR)
15:50-16:05 Results of test observations of calcium ion density profiles over Japan by a frequency tunable resonance scattering lidar Mitsumu K. Ejiri (NIPR), Takuo T. Tsuda (NIPR), Takanori Nishiyama (NIPR), Makoto Abo (TMU), Takuya D. Kawahara (Shinshu Univ.) and Takuji Nakamura (NIPR)
16:05-16:30 Land of the Rising Moon: The VIIRS Day/Night Band as a Path to Nocturnal Enlightenment (INVITED) *Steven D. Miller (Colorado State University, USA)
16:30-16:45 A Study on the Structure of Barotropic/Baroclinic Instability in the Mesosphere Using a Gravity-wave Resolving General Circulation Model Kaoru Sato (Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo). Akihiro Masuda (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)
16:45-17:00 A study of multiple tropopause structures caused by inertia-gravity waves in the Antarctic Ryosuke Shibuya (Univ. of Tokyo), Kaoru Sato (Univ. of Tokyo), Yoshihiro Tomikawa (NIPR), Masaki Tsutsumi (NIPR), Toru Sato (Kyoto University)
17:00-17:15 Variations of Water Vapor in the Antarctic Lower Stratosphere *Yoshihiro Tomikawa (NIPR), Kaoru Sato (U. Tokyo), Masaki Tsutsumi (NIPR), Takuji Nakamura (NIPR), Naohiko Hirasawa (NIPR)
17:15-17:30 On the planetary and synoptic scale waves affecting three dimensional distribution of ozone in Southern Hemisphere *Takenari Kinoshita (NICT), Kaoru Sato (The Univ. of Tokyo)

IM/OS joint poster session

IM core time: Dec. 3 (Wed.) 13:00-14:10 National Institute of Polar Research, 3F seminar room
(Posters are also welcome to be displayed during OS core time (Dec.2 13:00-14:30) )

IMp01 Resonance scattering lidar for the mesospheric metalic layer monitoring using CW laser diode Makoto Abo, Sho Koiwai, Yasukuni Shibata, Chikao Nagasawa (Tokyo Metropolitan Univ.)
IMp02 Test observations of frequency-tunable lidar in Fe temperature mode *T. T. Tsuda (NIPR), M. K. Ejiri (NIPR), T. Nishiyama (NIPR), M. Abo (TMU), T. D. Kawahara (Shinshu Univ.), and T. Nakamura (NIPR)
IMp03 Monitoring of polar mesospheric clouds over Syowa Station with Rayleigh/Raman lidar equipped with a narrowband etalon unit *Hidehiko Suzuki (Meiji Univ), Takuji Nakamura (NIPR), Masaki Tsutsumi (NIPR), Mitsumu K. Ejiri (NIPR), Yoshihiro Tomikawa (NIPR), Makoto Abo (TMU), Takuya D. Kawahara (Shinshu Univ), Takuo Tsuda (NIPR), Takanori Nishiyama (NIPR)
IMp04 Comparing transmittance of reference atmosphere with actual atmosphere to calibrate measuring temperature with Raman lidar at Syowa Station *Masaru Kogure (SOKENDAI) , Takuji Nakamura (NIPR) , Mitsumu K.Ejiri (NIPR), Takanori Nishiyama (NIPR) , Masaki Tsutsumi (NIPR) , Takuo Tsuda (NIPR)
IMp05 Vertical temperature profiles between upper troposphere and mesosphere obtained from Rayleigh/Raman lidar installed at Syowa station: the progress on open quick look plot website Takanori Nishiyama (NIPR), Takuji Nakamura (NIPR), Mitsumu K. Ejiri (NIPR), Takuo T. Tsuda (NIPR), Makoto Abo (TMU), Hidehiko Suzuki (Meiji University), Taku D. Kawahara (Shinshu University), Masaki Tsutsumi (NIPR), Yoshihiro Tomikawa (NIPR), Masaru Kogure (NIPR)
IMp06 Effects of anthropogenic increases of greenhouse gasses on the general circulation of the middle atmosphere *Takashi Morofuji (Graduate School of Sciences, Kyushu University), Yasunobu Miyoshi (Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University), Yasunobu Ogawa (National Institute of Polar Research)
IMp07 The impacts of stratospheric sudden warming in the mesosphere and the lower thermosphere *Kumiko Watanabe (Kyushu University), Takashi Tanaka (JMA), Yasunobu Miyoshi (Kyushu University)
IMp08 Measurements of stratospheric ozone with spectrometer type balloon-borne optical ozone sensor *Isao Murata (Tohoku Univ.), Katsuyuki Noguchi (Nara Women's Univ.)
IMp09 The Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory at Eureka (80N, 86W): Current Status and Future Plans *William Ward (University of New Brunswick, Canada), James Drummond and the CANDAC team
IMp10 Comparison with horizontal characteristics of gravity waves observed by airglow imaging of different sampling periods Takashi S. Matsuda (SOKENDAI), Takuji Nakamura (NIPR, SOKENDAI), Mitsumu K. Ejiri (NIPR, SOKENDAI), Masaki Tsutsumi (NIPR, SOKENDAI), Kazuo Shiokawa (STEL, Nagoya Univ.)
IMp11 Validation of Atmoshperic Radar Observation Models using Simulations Koji Nishimura (NIPR), Takuji Nakamura (NIPR), Masaki Tsutsumi (NIPR)
IMp12 MF radar study of gravity wave activity in the wide height range from 65 to 110km over Syowa st., Antarctica *Masaki Tsutsumi (NIPR)
IMp13 Occurrence characteristics of Mesosphere Summer Echoes observed by the SuperDARN Hokkaido HF radar *Taishi Tsuya (STEL, Nagoya University) , Nozomu Nishitani (STEL, Nagoya University) , Tadahiko Ogawa (NICT) , Masaki Tsutsumi (NIPR) , Akira Sessai Yukimatu (NIPR)