Special Issue on Middle and Upper Atmosphere Observation Techniques
Vol.54 Nos.1/2
Special issue
Foreword: Global Environment and ICT (Information and Communications Technology)
1		Observed Results of “Alaska Project”. Developed Instrument Performance .
						■Comprehesive Arctic Atmosphere Observing System and Observed Results for “System Performance Demonstration”
		1-1				Stratosphere-Troposphere Observations; Approach from Atmospheric Remote-sensing to Social Safety
						■Predicting and Validating the Motion of an Ash Cloud during the 2006 Eruption of Mount Augustine Volcano, Alaska, USA
						■NICT Lidar Systems at Poker Flat Research Range
						■Intensive Ozonesonde Observation at Fairbanks and Comparison with Three-Dimensional Chemical Transport Model
		1-2				Mesosphere Observations: Dynamics and Chemistry / Material in the Upper Air
						■Characteristics of Aerosol in the Polar Mesosphere Derived from Rayleigh Lidar Observations
						■A Comparative Study of the Electron Density Estimated with MF Radar DAE Method and Cosmic Noise Absorption at Poker Flat, Alaska
						■Wind Estimations with Meteor Observations by MF Radars at Poker Flat, Alaska and Wakkanai, Japan
						■Tides in the Polar Mesosphere Derived from Two MF Radar Measurements at Poker Flat and Tromso
		1-3				Observations of Aurora and Atmosphere-Plasma Interaction
						■Optical Interferometry Techniques and Scientific Results for the Dynamics of the Upper Atmosphere in the Alaska Project
						■Cosmic Noise Absorption Observed with Imaging Riometer in Alaska: Use of CNA to Estimate Energy Spectra of Auroral Precipitating Electrons
						■Artificial Ionospheric Irregularities Measured with MUIR (Modular UHF Ionospheric Radar) at HAARP (High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program)
						■Ionospheric Plasma Convection Observed by HF Radar Network in the Northern Polar Region
						■Space Weather Study Using the HF Radar in King Salmon, Alaska
2		SMILES and Submillimeter-Wave Band Atmospheric Sounding Techniques
						■Development and Ground Tests of Superconducting Submillimeter-Wave Limb-Emission Sounder (SMILES)
						■The Laboratory Measurement of Pressure Broadening Parameter for Atmospheric Remote Sensing
						■BSMILES . A Balloon-Borne Superconducting Submillimeter-Wave Limb-Emission Sounder
						■Implementation of a Neural Network for Retrieving Atmospheric Parameters from Remote Sensing
						■The Impact of Cirrus Clouds on Retrieval of Ozone in the Upper Troposphere / Lower Stratosphere from SMILES Data
Introduction to Patents
						Analog Signal Input / Output System Using Network Lines
List of Published Presentation Papers