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🌍 Welcome to the AtmoSense/AIRWaveS Final Conference!
A Distinctive Event Uniting the Scientific Community to Advance Atmospheric and Ionospheric Research

This conference provides a unique opportunity to engage with breakthroughs in modeling, remote sensing, and experimental detection of atmospheric and ionospheric disturbances while fostering interdisciplinary connections that will shape future research.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Atmosphere as a Sensor Program (AtmoSense: https://www.darpa.mil/research/programs/atmosphere-as-a-sensor) is a fundamental science program with the goal of predicting and understanding various detectable manifestations of atmospheric, transient disturbances in the upper atmosphere and ionosphere. Because amplitudes of waves from these disturbances can become quite large through the mesosphere and thermosphere, there is the possibility of detecting relatively small perturbations at high altitudes from various remote sensing diagnostics. Phase 1 of the project included a number of performers and focused on modeling and sensing various types of natural tropospheric transient disturbances, e.g., from weather, seismic, and bolide sources. The phase 2 efforts have been led by the ERAU team and partners under the project name AIRWaveS (Atmosphere-ionosphere ). These efforts have focused modeling and field test efforts on anthropogenic sources and are set to conclude in April 2025.

The AtmoSense/AIRWaveS project spans ten organizations focused on advancing the modeling and remote sensing of ground-level impulsive disturbances. These disturbances, detected through ionospheric HF, GPS TEC measurements, and pressure sensors, pose challenges to current numerical models due to their extreme resolution and coupling requirements. The AIRWaveS team has addressed these complexities by integrating adaptive mesh refinement, multi-physics simulation frameworks, and synthetic data capabilities to increase our understanding of atmosphere-ionosphere interactions. Controlled experiments to test the detectability of various amplitude signals have also been conducted.

Phase 2 of the AtmoSense program has successfully demonstrated the detectability of these signals across various radio diagnostics and provided new insights into improving source characterization—including amplitude, timing, and geolocation—through advanced modeling techniques.

Phase 2 of the AtmoSense program has successfully demonstrated the detectability of these signals across various radio diagnostics and provided new insights into improving source characterization—including amplitude, timing, and geolocation—through advanced modeling techniques.

Phase 2 of the AtmoSense program has successfully demonstrated the detectability of these signals across various radio diagnostics and provided new insights into improving source characterization—including amplitude, timing, and geolocation—through advanced modeling techniques.

What to Expect at This Conference

Registration for the conference is free and will have both an in-person and online component. This conference serves as a platform to:

• Summarize key accomplishments from Phase 2, including new field tests and numerical applications.
• Connecting AtmoSense researchers with experts from related fields, such as Heliophysics, space weather, applied mathematics, numerical methods, remote sensing, seismoacoustics, and infrasound, will foster collaboration.
• Encourage cross-disciplinary innovation through presentations from AtmoSense researchers and talks from broader scientific communities.
• Transition ownership of identifying and growing follow-on research pathways building on the AtmoSense research from DARPA to the scientific community.

We look forward to engaging in discussions, presentations, and new research connections to help us advance the study of atmospheric and ionospheric disturbances.

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Please consider registering or contacting us for any inquiries. During registration, you will have the option to indicate your interest in presenting, should space be available. In-person attendees will be given priority for presentation slots, except for attendees from government agencies who may be unable to attend in person but are encouraged to participate and present virtually. We appreciate your interest and look forward to your contributions. Don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or need assistance with the registration process.