Report on Workshop "Use of a Multi-Purpose Satellite Data Receiving System at Syowa Station" and "Study on the Polar Atmosphere and Hydrosphere Using Satellite Data with Surface Validation Observations"

The purposes of the workshop are 1 : to discuss algorithms to derive parameters of the polar atmosphere and hydrosphere using satellite data together with surface observations to be compared, and 2 : to select the satellites to be received at Syowa Station through discussion about their sensors and the orbital elements. It was held on January 20,1994 at the National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR), the number of participants being about 30. The contents of the workshop are (1) analysis of the character of the ice sheet surface by NOAA or DMSP, (2) detection of sea ice distribution by ERS or JERS, (3) detection of cloud by NOAA multi-chanel radiation data and effect of clouds on radiation budget and (4) a modeling about multi-scattering in the snow layer of ice sheet surface in the range of visible to near infrared. Finally, future requirements for the RADARSAT, ERS-2,NOAA, DMSP and SeaStar data at Syowa Station were discussed