Team members

 

Peter Hoffmann (Coordinator) Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the University of Rostock, Kühlungsborn, Germany (Middle atmosphere dynamics, winds and waves at different altitudes ranges, Radar observations)

Larisa P. Goncharenko, MIT Haystack Observatory, Westford, USA (Ionosphere-thermosphere coupling, Waves and tides in the thermosphere, Neutral winds, electric fields and ion-neutral coupling)

Jens Oberheide, Physics Department, University of Wuppertal, Germany (Dynamics and chemistry of Earth's middle and upper atmosphere, Tidal waves and their interaction with gravity waves and planetary waves, Analysis of satellite data and their interpretation with linear and general circulation models)

A. P. van Eyken, EISCAT Scientific Association (Director), Kiruna, Sweden, (incoherent scatter radar systems, ionospheric physics, ISSI team ID 133)

Satonori Nozawa, Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan (Studies of the auroral E-region neutral winds and waves)

Michael Thomas Rietveld, EISCAT, Ramfjordmoen, N-9027 Ramfjordbotn, Norway (Ionospheric heating experiments, Ion-neutral coupling in the high-latitude ionosphere from incoherent scatter)

Ingemar Häggström, EISCAT Scientific Association, Kiruna, Sweden (Incoherent scatter studies of upper atmosphere dynamics)

Norbert Grieger, Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the University of Rostock, Kühlungsborn, Germany (Investigation of vertical coupling processes due to tidal waves with linear and general circulation models)

Craig Heinselman, Stanford Research International,  Engineering & Systems Division, Menlo Park, California, USA (incoherent scatter radar systems, ionospheric physics)

Nick Mitchell, Department of Electronic & Electrical EngineeringUniv. of Bath (Middle atmosphere dynamics, winds and waves at different altitudes ranges, Radar observations)

Chris Hall, Tromsø Geophysical Observatory, University of Tromsø , NORWAY (radar observations of winds and turbulence in the MLT region, ionospheric research)

Hauke Schmidt, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany (Numerical simulation of dynamics, chemistry and energetics of the middle and upper atmosphere)

Klemens Hocke, Institute of Applied Physics, University of Bern, Switzerland  (Experience with data analysis of EISCAT radar, MF radar, GNSS occultation, and ground-based microwave radiometry. Special interests in solar-terrestrial physics, atmospheric dynamics)

Alexander Haefele, Institute of Applied Physics, University of Bern, Switzerland (Tidal variations in stratospheric water vapour and ozone, microwave radiometry) – Young scientist (YS)

Michael Nicolls, Stanford Research International,  Engineering & Systems Division, Menlo Park, California, USA (ground based ionospheric and atmospheric sensing by radar and optical techniques) – YS

Thomas Flury, Institute of Applied Physics, University of Bern, Switzerland, (Middle atmospheric dynamics seen in trace gases, Stratosphere-mesosphere coupling) - YS

 

 

 

Additional experts:

 

Rico Behlke, Department of Physics and Technology, University of Tromsø, Norway (EISCAT 3D project – incoherent scatter radar observations of long-term changes of atmospheric parameters)

 

Werner Singer (IAP Kühlungsborn, Germany).

Han-Li Liu, (NCAR Boulder, USA)

Kjellmar Oksavik, (EISCAT radar Longyearbyen,  Norway)

Erich Becker (IAP Kühlungsborn, Germany

John Kelly (Stanford Research International, Menlo Park, USA)