http://meteo.uibk.ac.at/IAMAS2001/
5.2 Mineral Desert Aerosols, ICCP
Measurements of chemical, physical and optical properties of dust particles and remote sensing
of dust.
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Dust-cloud interactions
Dust and climate
Forecast of dust storms
Climatology of dust storms
Convenor:
Zev Levin, Department of Geophysics and Planetary Science, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv,
69978, Israel; Phone: +972 3 6408274; Fax: +972 3 6409282; e-mail: zev@hail.tau.ac.il
Co-convenor:
Irina N. Sokolik, Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Campus Box 392, University of
Colorado at Boulder, Boulder Colorado 80309-0392, USA; Phone: +1 303 492 5724; Fax: +1 303
492 6946; e-mail: sokolik@lasp.colorado.edu
Global and Local Dust over North America
The ambient dust over North America is contributed from three major source areas:
Sahara, East Asia and ‘Local’ dust form the arid Western regions. The Sahara dust
reaches N. America as the ‘tail’ of the well-known dust plume across the Atlantic. It
reaches continent through the Gulf of Mexico from where it is transported northward
with the prevailing winds. It seldom passes over the Rocky and Sierra mountains. The
Sahara dust concentration dust
4.1 Remote sensing and radiative transfer, satellite observations and validation,
results from new satellite-based sensors, aerosol measurements, modelling and
interactions.
This symposium will focus on all aspects of the atmospheric radiation research, both theoretical
and experimental, including remote sensing and radiative transfer, theoretical and empirical
studies of the radiative properties of aerosols, remote sensing of aerosols, aerosol optical models,
satellite observations and validation using ground based data, results from new satellite-based
sensors, and aerosol interactions.
Convener:
Brent Holben, code 923, Laboratory for Terrestrial Physics, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center,
Greebelt, MD 20771 USA; Phone: (301)-614-6658; Fax: (301)-614-6695; e-mail:
brent@aeroneetr.gsfc.nasa.gov
Co-conveners:
Alexander Smirnov, SSAI, code 923, Laboratory for Terrestrial Physics, NASA Goddard Space
Flight Center, Greebelt, MD 20771 USA; Phone: (301)-614-6626; Fax: (301)-614-6695; e-mail:
asmirnov@aeronet.gsfc.nasa.gov
Charles Gatebe, Univ. MD. Baltimore Campus, GEST, Climate and Radiation Branch, Code 913,
NASA's GSFC, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA; Phone: (301) 614 6228; Fax: 301 614 6307; e-mail:
gatebe@climate.gsfc.nasa.gov
Brent N. Holben, NASA's GSFC, Code 923, Greenbelt, MD 20771, Tel. (301) 614 6658; FAX:
(301) 614-6695; e-mail: brent@aeronet.gsfc.nasa.gov
AERONET homepage: http://aeronet.gsfc.nasa.gov:8080/
Fusion of Satellite and Surface Data?
7.2 The Organic Content And Related Chemistry Of Atmospheric Aerosols ICACGP, ICCP
Convenors:
Jochen Rudolph, Chemistry Department and Centre for Atmospheric Chemistry, York University,
4700 Keele Street, North York, Ontario M3J 1P3, Canada; Phone: +1 416 650 8117; Fax: +1 416
736 5411; e-mail: rudolphj@yorku.ca
U. Baltensperger, Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232 Villigen
PSI, Switzerland; Phone: +41 56 310 2408; Fax: +41 56 310 4525; e-mail:
urs.baltensperger@psi.ch
Carbonaceous Aerosols over North America
11. Observing Systems and Data Assimilation
11.1 Ground-based Remote Sensing
In the last decade, we have improved dramatically our ability to remotely sense the properties of
atmospheric gases, clouds and particles from the ground. This improvement is the result of a
combination of new and better instruments and significant advancements in retrieval algorithms.
The purpose of this symposium is to highlight the accomplishments of the past decade and
provide a forum for discussion of research directions in the next decade. We welcome papers
dealing with retrieval techniques, particularly those using multiple instruments, remote sensing
results, and applications of new technologies to the remote sensing problem. Given the number
of new satellite instruments in flight and planned, we also solicit papers on satellite validation and
comparison using ground-based remote sensing.
Convenor:
Thomas Ackerman, US Dept. of Energy Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program, Pacific
Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Batelle Boulevard, P.O. Box 999, Richland WA 99362, USA;
e-mail: Thomas.Ackerman@pnl.gov
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