CANADIAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE
for the
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF RADIO SCIENCE
(CNC-URSI)

TERMS OF REFERENCE:

1. PURPOSE OF THE COMMITTEE:

a) to promote, within Canada, international programs in Radio Science and Canadian
participation in international activities sponsored by URSI so as to ensure
maximal benefits to Canada;

b) to promote within URSI international activities which are relevant, or of special
interest to Canada and to coordinate all aspects of Canadian participation in
discussion and dissemination of the results of such activities;

c) to formulate Canadian positions with respect to URSI activities and to advise
Council on Canadian participation and on the activities of URSI and the CNC/URSI;

d) to act as a channel of communication among URSI, NRC, Canadian scientific
societies, scientists and Canadian industry.


2. MEMBERSHIP:

a) Members of the Committee
shall be appointed by the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) Herzberg
Institute of Astrophysics (HIA) on the nomination of the Committee.
The Committee shall nominate more than one
person per position.

b) Members shall include

 i) a Chair, Past-Chair
and Secretary;

 ii) Canadian Representatives of the ten URSI Commissions:

     A - EM Metrology (standards, time, frequency, etc)

     B - EM Fields and Waves (theory, experiments, propagation, etc)

     C - Signals and Systems (telecom, spectrum, use, coding, etc)
     
     D - Electronics and Photonics (materials, CAD, storage, etc)

     E - EM Noise and Interference (noise, environment, etc)

     F - EM Propagation and Remote Sensing (atmosphere, oceans, etc)

     G - Ionospheric Radio and Propagation (modelling, etc)

     H - EM Waves in Plasma (instabilities, interactions, etc)

     J - Radio Astronomy (observations, techniques, etc)

     K - EM in Biology and Medicine (exposures, medical, etc)

 iii) Canadian residents who are officers of URSI or who are Chair or 
Vice-Chair of international Commissions as ex-officio members of the Committee;

 iv) Special members who may be appointed on the recommendation of the Committee
 for a specific purpose and for a limited term;

c) Due regard shall be taken of the geographical and linguistic distribution of 
membership, as well as adequate representation of all disciplines covered by URSI; 
whenever possible the membership should include at least one member for each of
the following regions: the Atlantic Provinces, Quebec, Ontario and Western Canada.

d) Whenever possible, an institution shall not be represented by more than one 
member of the Committee.

Amended in April 1999 -
NRC International Relations Office