Radio Science Center for Space and Atmosphere (RASC)
Kyoto University
Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, JAPAN
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The Radio Science Center for Space and Atmosphere (RASC) has been established
in April, 2000 by reorganizing the Radio Atmospheric Science Center.
The RASC has its roots in the Ionosphere Research Laboratory (IRL) which was
attached to the Faculty of Engineering from 1961 to 1981. The RASC has been
established as an inter-university cooperative research center in the fields
of radio atmospheric sciences, space radio science and technology, and
advanced radio engineering. Since the age of the IRL, the RASC has
contributed to various international programs on Solar-Terrestrial Physics
such as the International Quiet Sun Year (IQSY, 1964-1965), the International
Active Sun Year (IASY, 1969-1971), the International Magnetosphere Study
(IMS, 1976-l979), the Middle Atmosphere Program (MAP, 1982-1985), Solar
Terrestrial Energy Program (STEP, 1990-1995), and post-STEP programs:
Equatorial Processes Including Coupling (EPIC), Planetary Scale Mesopause
Observing System (PSMOS) and STEP-Results, Applications, and Modeling Phase
(S-RAMP) in 1998-2002.
The RASC has been designated as one of COE (Center of Excellence) institutes,
which is a core research center, having superior research facilities, and
leading outstanding cooperative programs. The RASC is open to all
collaborative scholars from both domestic and international universities and
institutes in the related fields of science and technology. The research
fields covered by the RASC are: atmospheric physics, ionospheric physics,
magnetospheric physics, space plasma physics, radar engineering, radio and
optical engineering, plasma computer experiments, microwave energy
transmission, space and atmospheric environmental sciences, radar aeronomy,
space communications, and numerical modeling.
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Research Divisions
- Division of Radio Atmospheric Sciences
- Section for Coordinated Radio and Optical Observations (Prof. Dr. Toshitaka Tsuda, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Takuji Nakamura, Research Assoc. Dr. Takeshi Horinouchi)
- Section for Global Atmospheric Information Analysis@(Assoc.Prof. Mamuro Yammoto)
- Section for Atmospheric Environmental Science (International visitors section)
- Division of Space Radio Science
- Section for Space Radio Engineering (Prof. Dr. Hiroshi Matsumoto, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hirotsugu Kojima, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Shinohara Naoki)
- Section for Computer Radio Science (Prof. Dr. Yoshiharu Omura)
- Section for Space Radio Environmental Sciences (International Visitors Section)
- Division of Advanced Radio Engineering
- Section for Microwave Energy Transmission (Prof. Dr. Kozo Hashimoto, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hideyuki Usui)
- Section for Radar Remote Sensing (Prof. Dr. Shoichiro Fukao, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hiroyuki Hashiguchi, Research Assoc. Mr. Masayuki Yamamoto)
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