CALL FOR PAPERS: ******************************************************* "International Workshop on Critical Evaluation of mm-/submm-wave Spectroscopic Data for Atmospheric Observations" will be held on 29-30 January 2004 at Ibaraki University, Mito, JAPAN ( Cosponsored by the Communications Research Laboratory and Ibaraki University) Conference site: http://www2.crl.go.jp/dk/c214/Amano-meeting/ ******************************************************** The aim of the workshop is to discuss in view of the forthcoming space missions; - The accuracy of molecular parameters and discrepancies of the data from various groups. - The parameterization of the foreign continuum, which dominates in atmospheric measurements, to derived the accurate abundance of the water vapor from troposphere to lower stratosphere. More specifically there should be three major topics to be covered; * The pressure broadening parameters in the millimeter, submillimeter, and far infrared regions * Atmospheric foreign continuum from the millimeter to infrared regions - The theory of the foreign continuum - The measurements of the foreign continuum * The atmospheric molecular complex - Collision complex for the atmospheric continuum - van der Waals molecules in the atmosphere Paper Submission Contributed papers will be accepted to be poster presentations. Very limited number of contributed papers could be accommodated as oral presentations. Participants wishing to present a paper or papers at the conference should access the conference site: http://www2.crl.go.jp/dk/c214/Amano-meeting/ for details. The title(s) and the names of the contributors should be sent prior to December 15, 2003 to Ryoko Hirama, mailto: [log in to unmask] . Dates to be noted. December 15, 2003: Deadline of submission of the title(s) and the author(s) of contributed papers Middle of January 2004: Program will be announced January 29, 2004: Deadline of submission of proceedings of the contributed papers. January 29-30, 2004: International Workshop on Critical Evaluation of mm-/submm-wave Spectroscopic Data for Atmospheric Observations ******************************************************* Contact; T. Amano( [log in to unmask]) Y. Kasai( [log in to unmask])