AOGS 2014 - Session on Cloud properties from space and ground observations
by Christine Chiu
Atmospheric Sciences 10: Cloud properties from space and ground observations
Asia Oceania Geosciences Society Annual Meeting
28 July to 01 August, 2014, Sapporo, Japan
Abstract submission closes February 11, 2014
Clouds have profound influence on the atmospheric water balance and the earth’s radiation budget. In recent years, cloud information retrieved from space and ground observations is playing a more and more critical role in climate studies. The accuracy of the retrievals directly affects the downstream climate analysis. This session invites contributions on recent advances in methods of retrieving cloud properties such as cloud coverage, optical depth, effective radius, vertical extension etc. We especially welcome papers on cloud top, base and vertical extension retrievals. We also encourage studies on the applications of cloud information retrieved from both space and surface.
ITaRS fellow presents at 2013 Fall AGU meeting in San Francisco
by Robert Banks
During the second week of December Robert Banks attended the 2013 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), of which he is a student member. The Fall AGU meeting is one of the largest gatherings of scientists in the geosciences with over 22,000 attendees this year. Robert presented a poster titled, 'Inter-comparison of lidar methods for obtaining planetary boundary-layer height from a July 2012 monitoring campaign over the Iberian Peninsula in the framework
of EARLINET' during the Atmospheric Boundary-Layer Processes and Turbulence session. The presentation was well received with numerous comments and feedback to advance the research objectives in 2014. In addition, Robert was able to attend the adjoined Destination Europe conference and learn valuable new information about Horizon 2020, the new funding initiative from the European Union.
ITaRS at Marie Curie Actions Conference in Florence
On 25 and 26 November 2013, the Region of Tuscany organized the Marie Curie Actions: on the last lap to Horizon 2020 conference in Florence, Italy. The ITaRS fellow Pilar Gumà Claramunt (ESR3) attended this event, where Horizon 2020 and the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions programme as well as their important implications on the European research centers, industries and universities that collaborate and cooperate under the Marie Curie programme were presented. Horizon 2020 starts on 1st January, 2014 and its programme is structured in three main pillars: Excellent Science, Industrial Leadership and Societal Challenges. The Marie Sklodowska-Curie programme represents a very good opportunity to train and develop the mobility and the carrier of researchers. For more information, visit http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/ and http://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/.
ITaRS at HyMex workshop in Cassis
During the first week in October Lukas Pfitzenmaier participated in the 7th HyMex workshop (HYdrological cycle in Mediteranian EXperiment), Cassis, France.
During the workshop, first results and measurements from the measurement campaign in late summer and autumn 2012 were presented. The atmospheric remote sensing group of TU Delft (ATMOS) participated in the campaign with the Transportable Atmospheric RAdar (TARA). On this workshop Lukas Pfitzenmaier presented a poster with the topic: Separation of liquid and ice phase within mixed-phase clouds using combined radar and lidar measurements during HyMex. The workshop gave the opportunity to present the first steps and results of the PhD to a scientific community and get in contact with experts and other scientists.