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special issues contain the first assembly of papers devoted to the CEDAR effort. They cover a wide variety of topics that include low- and high-latitude thermospheric dynamics, ionospheric n-, E-, and F-region measurements and theory, equatorial F-region current systems, middle atmosphere tides, gravity waves and turbulence, South Pole stratospheric wind measurements and a discussion of dynamics and the transport processes associated with the Antarctic ozone hole. Some of the papers cover individual research topics that, even though they are part of the overall CEDAR objectives, could probably appear in any standard JATP issue. Others involve coordinated research from several observatories and theoretical investigations that address couplings on global and regional scales. These latter studies are more in accord with the CEDAR objectives that promote coordinated research. The papers presented m these special Issues arc the first 111 the CEDAR program. There arc many projects that have been delined in the CEDAR program. such as the Equinox Transition Study (E’TS), the Iowcr thermosphere coupling study (LTCS) and others that will form the basis of future special sections in VariousJournals. These &or& will be more focurcd on specific science topics than the present JATP issues that provide general introduction to some of the science covered by the CEDAR program.
Special CEDAR issues of the J~UUZ~Z/of Atmo.sp/zrric L& T~~rrc~.~/ria/P/~~~sic~s(Part 1, Vol. 50. Numbers IO,‘1I). guest editors H. VCILLAND and J. W. MERIWETHER, JR. (1988); (Part II. Vol. 51, Number I), guest editors A. H. MANSON and A. O’NEILL. Pergamon, Oxford (1989). The Coupling, Energctics and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions (CEDAR) program IS sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation and it is also part of the IJ.S. Global Change Program. Its purpose is to foster coordinated experimental research. primarily ground-based optical and radar techniques. and a theoretical program to study couplings between the mesosphere, thermosphere, ionosphere, and magnetosphere. and the response of these regions to solar and aurora1 variability. Two special issues of the Jorrr~ztrl of A~rrmsphrric otd Tww.t/~i~~/ Ph!,sic s (JA TP) have been devoted to papers presented at the IAGA Symposium on CEDAR Science held during the XIXth General Assembly of the IIJGG in Vancouver. Canada. in August, 1987. The first special issue appeared in October)Novcmber l9XX as part of the 50th anniversary volume of J./i ‘TP and contained I5 papers deaing with thcrmospheric and ionospheric science. The second special issue of J,4TP appeared in January 1989 and contained five papers dealing with middle atmosphere science. Since the CEDAR program began in 1987, both JATP
of r/w lono.vphcw 1)~.tncum of’ Brrruw Strtrllifc ?I/~,a\~,lc/li(‘/~(. edltcd by CAO ('IIONU. International Academic Publishers, Beijing, China (1989). viii +262 pp. f35.
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latitude (if a polar orbiting satellite is used). Since the ground equipment need not be inordinately expcnsi\e the technique has adherents In many countries: the observationa I-eportcd in this hooh came from Asia. Austl-alasin. Antarctica. the Alnel-Kx',. and EUI-opt. Of the 3U contl-ihutlons 111the hooh. ;I few arc one-pyc
This nicely-bound book is the record of the International Beacon Satellite Symposium held at a conference ccntre neal Beijing in April 1988. The revle\\el- Ircmemhers the synpossum ‘15;I \ucccssful and Il\ely gathering of the very international community of those who study the ionosphcrc h> I-I‘CC‘I\ ing radio \i:!n‘li\ that pass through It. The ionospheric propcrtics nlort c,l\ll> mcasurcd bv this technique arc the t~,tal columr~r content of ioniza;ion and its small-scale irrcgulai-iticy. The ob~crvational possibilities inciudc ~011. tinuous mcasu~cmcnts at one point (if a gcostationary sateIlitc is used). which al-c especially useful for monitor-ing atmosphct-IC U;I\CS and iono\phcl-ic storms, and rapid scans in
The papers 1, cl-c no1 rcfcrccd hut wcrc “rc\ ~cwcd fat- thcit tecllnlcal contcni”. ;III[~ tllough the) var\ in \tcle I don‘t thinh an>onc‘ \\lll have dillicuily \+ith the I%gli\h. The hook \%:I\ photogral~hlc~~lly rcproduccd from the “heat ,~\allablc cop>“. and the standard of productlon of th; text and diagrams is quite high. H. I
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special issues contain the first assembly of papers devoted to the CEDAR effort. They cover a wide variety of topics that include low- and high-latitude thermospheric dynamics, ionospheric n-, E-, and F-region measurements and theory, equatorial F-region current systems, middle atmosphere tides, gravity waves and turbulence, South Pole stratospheric wind measurements and a discussion of dynamics and the transport processes associated with the Antarctic ozone hole. Some of the papers cover individual research topics that, even though they are part of the overall CEDAR objectives, could probably appear in any standard JATP issue. Others involve coordinated research from several observatories and theoretical investigations that address couplings on global and regional scales. These latter studies are more in accord with the CEDAR objectives that promote coordinated research. The papers presented m these special Issues arc the first 111 the CEDAR program. There arc many projects that have been delined in the CEDAR program. such as the Equinox Transition Study (E’TS), the Iowcr thermosphere coupling study (LTCS) and others that will form the basis of future special sections in VariousJournals. These &or& will be more focurcd on specific science topics than the present JATP issues that provide general introduction to some of the science covered by the CEDAR program.
Special CEDAR issues of the J~UUZ~Z/of Atmo.sp/zrric L& T~~rrc~.~/ria/P/~~~sic~s(Part 1, Vol. 50. Numbers IO,‘1I). guest editors H. VCILLAND and J. W. MERIWETHER, JR. (1988); (Part II. Vol. 51, Number I), guest editors A. H. MANSON and A. O’NEILL. Pergamon, Oxford (1989). The Coupling, Energctics and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions (CEDAR) program IS sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation and it is also part of the IJ.S. Global Change Program. Its purpose is to foster coordinated experimental research. primarily ground-based optical and radar techniques. and a theoretical program to study couplings between the mesosphere, thermosphere, ionosphere, and magnetosphere. and the response of these regions to solar and aurora1 variability. Two special issues of the Jorrr~ztrl of A~rrmsphrric otd Tww.t/~i~~/ Ph!,sic s (JA TP) have been devoted to papers presented at the IAGA Symposium on CEDAR Science held during the XIXth General Assembly of the IIJGG in Vancouver. Canada. in August, 1987. The first special issue appeared in October)Novcmber l9XX as part of the 50th anniversary volume of J./i ‘TP and contained I5 papers deaing with thcrmospheric and ionospheric science. The second special issue of J,4TP appeared in January 1989 and contained five papers dealing with middle atmosphere science. Since the CEDAR program began in 1987, both JATP
of r/w lono.vphcw 1)~.tncum of’ Brrruw Strtrllifc ?I/~,a\~,lc/li(‘/~(. edltcd by CAO ('IIONU. International Academic Publishers, Beijing, China (1989). viii +262 pp. f35.
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latitude (if a polar orbiting satellite is used). Since the ground equipment need not be inordinately expcnsi\e the technique has adherents In many countries: the observationa I-eportcd in this hooh came from Asia. Austl-alasin. Antarctica. the Alnel-Kx',. and EUI-opt. Of the 3U contl-ihutlons 111the hooh. ;I few arc one-pyc
This nicely-bound book is the record of the International Beacon Satellite Symposium held at a conference ccntre neal Beijing in April 1988. The revle\\el- Ircmemhers the synpossum ‘15;I \ucccssful and Il\ely gathering of the very international community of those who study the ionosphcrc h> I-I‘CC‘I\ ing radio \i:!n‘li\ that pass through It. The ionospheric propcrtics nlort c,l\ll> mcasurcd bv this technique arc the t~,tal columr~r content of ioniza;ion and its small-scale irrcgulai-iticy. The ob~crvational possibilities inciudc ~011. tinuous mcasu~cmcnts at one point (if a gcostationary sateIlitc is used). which al-c especially useful for monitor-ing atmosphct-IC U;I\CS and iono\phcl-ic storms, and rapid scans in
The papers 1, cl-c no1 rcfcrccd hut wcrc “rc\ ~cwcd fat- thcit tecllnlcal contcni”. ;III[~ tllough the) var\ in \tcle I don‘t thinh an>onc‘ \\lll have dillicuily \+ith the I%gli\h. The hook \%:I\ photogral~hlc~~lly rcproduccd from the “heat ,~\allablc cop>“. and the standard of productlon of th; text and diagrams is quite high. H. I
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