Overview

 Superconducting Submillimeter-Wave Limb-Emission Sounder (SMILES) was designed to be aboard the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) on the International Space Station (ISS) as a collaboration project of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT).
 SMILES was launched by the H-IIB rocket with the H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) on September 11, 2009, and SMILES was successfully attached to the JEM on September 25. During the checkout SMILES started almost continuous observations since October 12. It has been performing very well as expected, and reasonable retrieval results have been coming out so far ([Press release]).
 To introduce the first observation data and the processing status, to present some validation results and comparisons, and to discuss about scientific themes derived from the SMILES data, we will have an international workshop during March 1 and 2, 2010 at the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) of JAXA, in Sagamihara, Japan. This meeting is intended to gather researchers who submitted proposals in response to the Research Announcement, but those who are interested in the SMILES data are also welcome. We hope during this meeting all attendees get the impression about high potential of the SMILES observations.

Date : March 1 - 2, 2010

Venue :

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, 3-1-1 Yoshinodai, Sagamihara, Kanagawa Sagamihara campas Conference Room A (2nd floor of Research/Administration Building II) [Access･Campas map]

Hosted by : JAXA/ISAS and NICT

Agenda : PDF [16 KB] (updated on 2010/2/26)

Participants list : PDF [30 KB]

Information

Registration (CLOSED) :

If you would like to join the SMILES international workshop 2010, please fill out an application form and return it to the workshop office no later than 29th January for a person who need JAXA's support for travel expense or 5th February for the others. Application Forms:　PDF 【35 KB】, WORD 【34 KB】

Accommodation :

“TOYOKO INN”, five minutes walk from South exit of JR Fuchinobe station [Map]. Please refer to the official web page for more information.

Banquet : March 1, 18:30 〜 20:00 at ISAS cafeteria "Harvest"

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Workshop Office :

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