The 5th IAGA/ICMA/CAWSES workshop was held in the Akdeniz University in Antalya, Turkey, August 11-15, 2014. The meeting was attended by a total of 60 senior and young scientists from 12 countries. During 5 days of the workshop the participants presented 60 papers, from which 11 were solicited presentations. The meeting was open for graduate students from Akdeniz University. The meeting obtained financial supports from the following organisations: Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics (SCOSTEP) – project VarSITI,International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy (IAGA) and International Commission on the Middle Atmosphere (ICMA).
This meeting provided an excellent opportunity for the scientists to discuss the progress done to date in the field of the upper atmosphere-ionosphere and come up with suggestions and ideas for further research on the vertical coupling of the atmosphere-ionosphere system.
Petra Koucka-Knizova
Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic