AMISR in Africa Workshop
Boston College, 1-3 March 2012
Objective: The prime objective of the workshop
is to discuss and identify the scientific and societal
benefits of developing a new international upper
atmospheric
facility,
Advanced
Modular
Incoherent Scatter Radar (AMISR), in Ethiopia.
ORGANIZERS
Endawoke Yizengaw, Boston College
Anthea Coster, Massachusetts Inst. of Technology
Mark Moldwin, University of Michigan
SPONSORS
National Science Foundation
Boston College
USA
Mike Kelley
Dave Hysell
Bob Robinson
Anja Stromme
Craig Heinselman
Jonathan Fentze
Josh Semeter
Pat Doherty
Cesar Valladares
Keith Groves
Odile de la Beaujardiere John Retterer
Cheryl Huang
Charlie Carrano
Eftyhia Zesta
Willard Thorn
Ron Caton
Edgardo Pacheco
Richard Parris
Vadym Paznukhov
Jim Labelle
Eugene Dao
Joseph Davila
Arthur Weaver
John Foster
Joseph Sliker
Phil Erickson
Mark Moldwin
Frank Lind
Anthea Coster
Esayas Shume
Endawoke Yizengaw
South America
Jorge Chau, Peru
Europe
Esa Turunen, Finland
Sandro Radicella, Italy
Markku Lehtinen, Sweden
Lassie Roininen, Sweden
Africa
Gizaw Mengistu, Ethiopia
Baylie Damtie, Ethiopa
Oliver Obrou, Ivory Cost
Paul Baki, Kenya
Jacob Adeniyi, Nigeria
Babatunde Rabiu, Nigeria
Lee Anne Mckinnell, S. Africa
Florence D’ujanga, Uganda
Patrick Sibanda, Zambia
Participants’ Geographic Distribution
Why Africa to host AMISR?
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Fall
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Hei et al., 2005
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Adapted from S.Y. Su, 2005
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Instrumentation in Africa
Instruments Network:
Five years ago
Instruments Network:
Present
AMISR new home
Targets of this workshop
 To discuss and identify the scientific and societal benefits of
developing a new AMISR in Ethiopia; not about what the community
has done, but what can be done with this facility, which will be the
second equatorial ISR facility in the world.
 Is there any scientific need for placing an AMISR observatory in
Africa? If so, demonstrating the wealth of scientific opportunities that
AMISR in Africa would provide is the principal goal of this workshop.
 Are there any feasible technical and logistical issues that need to be
addressed to satisfy the scientific need and successful deployment of
AMISR?
 Is there any feasible international collaboration model that could lead
a project to develop the facility?
 Does placing AMISR in Ethiopia will advance space science research
in the Africa Continent? If so, how?