<font face="arial" size="2"><p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Dear Colleagues,</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">We invite you to attend the "FPI Measurements of Neutral Winds and Temperatures in the Upper Atmosphere" workshop at CEDAR. The workshop will be on </span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: small;">Tuesday 26 June, 2012 from 10:00am-12:00pm in </span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: small;">Zia room.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Workshop Abstract:</span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">The measurement of winds and temperatures is fundamental to our understanding of the structure and variability of the atmosphere. The Fabry-Perot Interferometer (FPI) is a unique instrument for measuring atomic line profiles of low-light emission from the upper atmosphere with a long heritage in upper atmosphere observations. The application of the interferometer to atmospheric emissions such as aurora and airglow offers an opportunity for remote sensing of atmospheric wind and temperature from the ground and in space. This workshop solicits contributions on studies involving observations and modeling of neutral winds and temperatures from ground-based FPIs. This workshop is intended to provide an opportunity for discussing recent FPI measurements, new instrument development, and modeling of neutral winds and temperatures.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Agenda:</strong></span></p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">10:00am Introduction, Azeem, Noto, Crowley</span></p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">10:05 am “Sustained Vertical Thermospheric Winds in the Auroral Zone", D. Hampton (Univ. of Alaska), J. Meriwether and M. Larsen (Clemson Univ.)</span></p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">10:17 am “Comparisons of thermospheric winds and temperatures for PARI and MHO with WAM”,</span></p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">J. Meriwether, S. Sanders (Clemson University), J. Noto, R. Kerr, S. Kapali, M. Migliozzi, J. Riccobono (Scientific Solutions Inc.), J. Makela, D. Fisher (Univ. of Illinois), M. Castelez (Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute), Tim Fuller-Rowell and Rashid Akmaev (NOAA)</span></p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">10:29 am “Role of equatorial thermospheric winds on the pre-reversal enhancement”, A. Gerrard nd Dhvanit Mehta* (NJIT)</span></p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">10:41 am “Thermospheric Winds Observation and Modeling at NCAR”, Q. Wu (HAO/NCAR)</span></p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">10:53 am “First light from the NATION network of FPIs" – J. Makela (U. Illinois), J. Meriwether (Clemson U), A. Ridley (U of Mich.), Fisher, Harding</span></p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">11:05 am “Further upgrades to the facility FPI's: A progress report”, J. Noto, R.B. Kerr, M. Migliozzi, S. Kapali and J. Riccobono (SSI)</span></p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">11:17 am “A two-dimensional minimum mean-square error approach to Fabry-Perot interferometer analysis”, Thomas W. Gehrels, Brian Harding, J. Makela (U. Illinois)</span></p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">11:29 am “Geocoronal FP temperature results”, Ed Mierkiewicz (U. of Wisc)</span></p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">11:41 – 12:00 pm Discussions</span></p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"> 12:00 pm Adjournment</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Conveners:</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Irfan Azeem, ASTRA LLC </span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Geoff Crowley, ASTRA LLC</span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">John Noto, SSI</span></span></p>
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