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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Colleagues<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Please see below. This seems a great opportunity to better integrate
the community of Commission G and URSI more generally.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Best Regards<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Paul<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=red face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:red'>_________________________________________________</span></font><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Prof <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Paul
S Cannon</st1:PersonName>, FREng, PhD</span></font></i></em><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Chief Scientist Communications
Division</span></font></i></em><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Chair Commission G, International <st1:place
w:st="on">Union</st1:place> of Radio Science (URSI)</span></font></i></em><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Centre for RF Propagation and
Atmospheric Research</span></font></i></em><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>QinetiQ, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Malvern</st1:City>, <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">WR14 3PS</st1:PostalCode>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region></st1:place></span></font></i></em><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Tel: +44 (0) 1684-896468, Fax: +44
(0) 1684-895646</span></font></i></em><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>QinetiQ Mobile: +44 (0)7990-564772</span></font></i></em><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>email: </span></font></i></em><span
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color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>pcannon@qinetiq.com</span></font></i></em></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Centre web site: </span></font></i></em><span
lang=EN-US><a href="http://www.cpar.qinetiq.com"><em><i><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>email at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Bath</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>:
</span></font></i></em><span lang=EN-US><a href="mailto:p.s.cannon@bath.ac.uk"><em><i><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>p.s.cannon@bath.ac.uk</span></font></i></em></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=5
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:16.0pt'>RADIO SCIENCE DOCTORAL
ABSTRACTS<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=5
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:16.0pt'>CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
11.0pt'>In order to encourage dialogue with young radio scientists we propose
to publish the abstracts of relevant doctoral dissertations or theses in the
fields of radio science as soon as they are approved by universities or other
degree awarding institutions. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
11.0pt'>We thus call upon supervisors or research group leaders to bring this
opportunity to the attention of recently qualified doctoral graduates, asking
them to email their abstracts to the address given below. The date of
publication should be given, with full details of the address of the awarding
institution and also an email address for the author. It could also be helpful
to indicate which URSI commissions relate most closely to the doctoral work.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
11.0pt'>To start the ball rolling doctoral supervisors might like to go back
through the last academic year for suitable candidate doctoral dissertations.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
11.0pt'>Peter Watson<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'>University</span></font></st1:PlaceType><span
lang=EN-US> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Bath</st1:PlaceName></span></st1:place><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
11.0pt'>rsbursi@bath.ac.uk<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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