U.S.-Japan Joint Seminar: Studies of Upper Atmospheric Physics using Long Duration Balloons in the Polar Regions

小行星9603010 该奖项支持美国科学家参与美国-拟于1997年11月在日本东京举办的关于在极地地区使用长时间电离层研究高层大气物理学的日本讲习班。 协办方是美国休斯敦大学的埃德加·白令教授和日本东京国立极地研究所的门仓晃博士。 这次研讨会将确定电离层和磁层物理学领域目前的主要科学问题，这些问题最好利用为期数周的平流层气球飞行加以解决。 极地巡逻气球（PPB）计划是日本国家极地研究所近十年来进行的长期气球飞行计划之一。 其中三次飞行进行了美国调查人员提供的实验。 讲习班的成果将包括详细审查可能的科学目标、仪器选择和未来的发射场。 将提出和拟订进一步研究的协调建议。一个这样的优先事项可能是准备和审查一份清单的时间间隔有趣的超低频波活动在这些飞行中观察到的。 与日本专家在这一领域的想法和数据交流将使美国参与者能够推进自己的工作，并为未来的合作项目奠定基础。 ***

9603010 Bering This award supports the participation of American scientists in a U.S.-Japan workshop on Studies of Upper Atmospheric Physics using Long Duration Balloons in the Polar Regions to be held in Tokyo, Japan in November, l997. The co- organizers are Professor Edgar Bering of the University of Houston and Dr. Akira Kadokura of the National Institute of Polar Research in Tokyo, Japan. This seminar will identify the current major scientific questions in the areas of ionospheric and magnetospheric physics that can best be addressed using stratospheric balloon flights of several weeks duration. The Polar Patrol Balloon (PPB) program is one of long duration balloon flights that the National Institute of Polar Research of Japan has conducted for nearly a decade. Three of these flights have carried an experiment supplied by the U.S. investigator. Results of the workshop will include a detailed review of possible scientific objectives, instrumentation options and future launch sites. Coordinated proposals for further research will be initiated and developed. One such priority might be the preparation and review of a list of intervals of interesting ULF wave activity observed during these flights. The exchange of ideas and data with Japanese experts in this field will enable U.S. participants to advance their own work, and will set the stage for future collaborative projects. ***