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

9603010 Bering该奖项支持美国科学家参加将于1997年11月在日本东京举行的关于在极地地区使用长时间气球研究高层大气物理的美日研讨会。联合组织者是休斯顿大学的埃德加·白令教授和日本东京国家极地研究所的角仓明博士。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，这些问题最好利用持续数周的平流层气球飞行来解决。极地巡逻气球（PPB）项目是日本国家极地研究所近十年来进行的长时间气球飞行之一。其中三架飞机进行了由美国调查人员提供的实验。研讨会的结果将包括对可能的科学目标、仪器选择和未来发射地点的详细审查。将发起和拟订进一步研究的协调建议。其中一个优先事项可能是编制和审查在这些飞行中观察到的有趣的极低频波活动间隔的清单。与该领域的日本专家交流想法和数据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. ***