GAW 2013 Symposium 18-20 March 2013 WMO Secretariat, Geneva

co-sponsored by Meeting materials Symposium agenda is available here as pdf      Poster session agenda is available here as pdf     Agenda and presentations Monday, 18 March 8:00 Registration Opening and overview Session (Chair: Deon Terblanche) 9:00 Opening DSG or representative, Øystein Hov 9:20 Recent CAS developments Michel Beland 9:40 Overview of GAW Liisa Jalkanen 10:00 Coffee break and group photo   International Initiatives (Chairs: Lucky Ntsangwane, Hiroshi Koide) 10:30 Integrated Atmospheric Observing System in Europe Gelsomina Pappalardo 10:50 IGAC Paul Monks 11:10 From national GAW activities to supporting international development Gabriela Seiz 11:30 Air Quality and Health Heather Adair-Rohani 11:50 Discussion   12:00 Lunch     GAW Activities (Chairs: Brigitte Buchmann, Constance Okuku) 13:30 Report of the SAG GHG Ed Dlugokencky 13:50 Report of the SAG Ozone Johannes Stähelin 14:10 Report of the SAG Precipitation Chemistry Richard Artz 14:30 Report of the SAG Aerosols John Ogren 14:50 Report of the SAG Reactive Gases Martin Schultz for Stuart Penkett 15:10 Report of the SAG UV Susana Diaz for Ann Webb 15:30 Coffee break   16:00 Report of the Expert Team on Near-real-time Chemical Data Transfer Vincent-Henri Peuch 16:20 Report of the Expert Team World Data Centres (ET WDC) Jörg Klausen   Regional and International Activities and Applications (Chairs: Katie Read, Deullae Min) 16:40 Filling the data gap between surface based measurements and space based observations using passenger aircraft: CONTRAIL, IAGOS-CORE and IAGOS-CARIBIC Carl Brenninkmeijer 17:00 GEO overview Barbara Ryan 17:20 Break-out group information G1: Communication and outreach Chair/rapporteur: Michel Williams, Greg Carmichael G2: QA/QC and Rolling Review of Requirements Chair/rapporteur: Rainer Steinbrecher, Maznorizan Mohamad G3: Socioeconomical and policy priorities, and sustainability and expansion of networks Chair/rapporteur: Sonja Vidic, Shiv Dev Attri G4: Integrated use of observations    Chair/rapporteur: Emilio Cuevas, Zhang Xiaoye 17:35 Adjourn for the Day

Tuesday, 19 March

	Regional and International Activities and Applications (cont) (Chairs: Katie Read, Deullae Min)
9:00	WMO Integrated Global Observing System (WIGOS)			Sue Barrell
9:20	Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS)			Deon Terblanche
9:40	Ceilometer and Lidar networks for aerosol detection			Thomas Werner
10:00	Monte Cimmone and Pyramid Stations; Links to ABC Asia			Sandro Fuzzi
10:20	Discussion
10:30	Coffee break
	Regional and International Activities and Applications (cont) (Chairs:Yrjo Viisanen, Gerardo Carbajal)
11:00	IPCC			Renate Christ
11:20	MACC-II			V-H Peuch
11:40	SAG GURME			Greg Carmichael
12:00	Lunch
13:30	Satellite Activities			John Burrows
13:50	Way Forward for GAW			Øystein Hov
14:10	Break-out Sessions
15:15	Coffee break
15:45	Break-out Session (cont)
16:45		Transition
17:00	Poster Session with Reception hosted by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute  Poster sessions (the presentations are listed below): National and regional Air Quality  and Atmospheric Chemistry activities Activities at GAW stations Activities at GAW Central Facilities Analysis of observations, products and services
19:00	Adjourn for the Day

 

Wednesday, 20 March

Joint GAW and CLRTAP HTAP session
	8:00	Registration
		Opening of HTAP and feedback from GAW 2013 (Chair: Øystein Hov)
	9:00	Opening of HTAP   Overview of GAW 2013		Terry Keating Frank Dentener Øystein Hov
	9:20	Reports of Breakout Groups, summary and discussion Communication and outreach QA/QC and Rolling Review of Requirements Socio-economical and policy priorities and sustainability and expansion of networks Integrated use of observations
	10:30	Coffee break
		Status of data infrastructure
	11:00	HTAP Network & the GEO AQ CoP		Rudy Husar
	11:25	EBAS, GAW and other surface network data		Kjetil Torseth & Jörg Klausen
	11:50	Closure of GAW 2013		Øystein Hov
		End of GAW 2013
	12:00	Lunch

 

Poster sessions

P1: National and regional Air Quality and Atmospheric Chemistry activities

Attri Shiv Dev, India Meteorological Department, India
Augmentation of GAW activities in India

Bittner Michael, German Aerospace Center Oberpfaffenhofen (DLR), Germany
The Network for the Detection of Mesopause Change (NDMC)

Carbajal Benitez Gerardo, Servicio Meteorologico Nacional (National Meteorological Service), Argentina
Regional GAW in Argentina: activities, results and projects

Koide Hiroshi, Japan Meteorological Agency, Japan
Recent Progress and Vision in the Japanese GAW Activities

Ahmad Mizani, BMKG, Indonesia
The Indonesia Global Atmosphere Watch Program

Okuku Constance Colnex, Kenya Meteorological Department, Kenya
GAW activities in Kenya

Pelaez Juan Carlos, Instituto de Meteorologia, Cuba
Havana Total Ozone Measurements and UV Solar Radiation Monitoring as contribution to GAW

Moreta Ramón Juan, AEMET (State Meteorological Agency Of Spain), Spain
The AEMET´s contribution to the WMO/GAW Programme

Patel Khageshwar Singh, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, India
Black carbon pollution in Central India

Takatsuji Shinya, Japan Meteorological Agency, Japan
JMA aircraft observations of atmospheric CO2, CH4, CO and N2O in the mid-troposphere over the western North Pacific

Tsaturov Yuri, Roshydromet, Russian Federation
GAW related activities in Russian Federation

Zhou Lingxi, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences (CAMS), China Meteorological Administration (CMA), China
Chinese GAW and the GHGs application

P2: Activities at GAW stations

Batchvarova Ekaterina, National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, Bulgaria
Turbulence, ozone and wind profiles under sea breeze situations at a Bulgarian Black Sea site

Carbajal Benitez Gerardo, Servicio Meteorologico Nacional (National Meteorological Service), Argentina
Ushuaia GAW: Activities, results and projects.

Carbajal Benitez Gerardo, Servicio Meteorologico Nacional (National Meteorological Service), Argentina
GAW – Regional (Antarctic) Stations – Argentina

Cristofanelli Paolo, ISAC-CNR, Italy
Atmospheric composition studies in the Mediterranean basin at the GAW/WMO global station "O. Vittori" - Monte Cimone (2165 m a.s.l.)

Cristofanelli Paolo, ISAC-CNR, Italy
Atmospheric Brown Cloud studies in the high Himalayas at the GAW/WMO global station Nepal Climate Observatory - Pyramid (5079 m a.s.l.)

Cuevas Emilio, Meteorological State Agency of Spain (AEMET), Spain
The Izaña Atmospheric Research Center: GAW activities

Fricke Wolfgang, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Germany
Hohenpeissenberg Meteorological Observatory - GAW Global Site

Herizal Hamzah, BMKG, Indonesia
Progress and Challenge of Bukit Kototabang Global GAW Station

Kim Sang-Woo, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
Recent developments and future plans at Gosan Climate Observatory, Korea within the framework of ABC and WMO-GAW

Mohamad Maznorizan, Malaysian Meteorological Department, Malaysia
The Monitoring Activities at GAW Station in Malaysia

Mimouni Mohamed, Algerian meteorology service, Algeria
Results of 18 years of measurements at the GAW station Tamanrasset/Assekrem

Ries Ludwig, Federal Environment Agency, Germany
Trends of climate forcing gases at German GAW Stations in comparison to national emission trends

Scheifinger Helfried, ZAMG, Austria
Ozone trends at high alpine GAW stations

Steinbacher Martin, Empa, Switzerland
The Global GAW Station Jungfraujoch

Van Malderen Roeland, Royal Meteorological Institute, Belgium
Ozone and UV observations in Uccle (Belgium) and Utsteinen (Antarctica)

Viisanen Yrjö, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland
Pallas-Sodankylä GAW-station

P3: Activities at GAW Central Facilities

Bittner Michael, German Aerospace Center Oberpfaffenhofen (DLR), Germany
World Data Centre for Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere (WDC-RSAT)

Fiebig Markus, Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Norway
The World Data Centre for Aerosols: Recent Developments

Guenther Franklin, NIST, USA
Advances in Ozone Traceability

Min Deullae, Korea Meteorological Administration, Republic of Korea
Current Status and Future Plan of WCC-SF6

Novelli Paul, Global Monitoring Division/ESRL/NOAA, USA
WMO Central Calibration Laboratory for Carbon Monoxide

Redondas Alberto, Izaña Atmospheric Research Center, AEMET, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Regional Brewer Calibration Centre-Europe (RBCC-E)

Steinbacher Martin, Empa, Switzerland
QA/SAC Switzerland - activities and achievements

Steinbrecher Rainer, KIT/IMK-IFU, Germany
KIT World Calibration Centres within the „Global Atmosphere Watch“ (GAW) Programme of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

Viallon Joële, BIPM, France
Comparisons for NO2, O3, CH2O, CH4 gas standards: Supporting current and potential CCLs and WCCs

Zellweger Christoph, Empa, Switzerland
Improved performance audits by WCC-Empa through on-site comparisons with a travelling analyser

P4: Analysis of observations, products and services

Jalkanen Liisa, WMO, Switzerland
Climate Services for Megacities and Large Urban Complexes

Jalkanen Liisa, WMO, Switzerland
WMO GAW Programme addressing air pollution and climate change

Lawson Sarah, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Aspendale, Australia
Biomass Burning Emissions ‐ Robbins Island, Cape Grim, Australia, 41ºS

Molloy Suzie, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Aspendale, Australia
Identification of a Suitable Baseline Definition of Tropospheric Ozone at Cape Grim, Tasmania

Nagashima Tatsuya, Center for Regional Environmental Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan
Global Model Validation of Surface Ozone by the WMO/GAW WDCGG

Ogren John, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, USA
Recommendations for the interpretation of "black carbon" measurements

Rossa Andrea, MeteoSwiss, Switzerland
CATCOS - Capacity Building and Twinning for Climate Observing Systems

Tarasova Oksana, WMO, Switzerland
An integrated Global Greenhouse Gas Information System (IGIS)

Terradellas E., AEMET, Spain
WMO Sand and Dust Storm Warning Advisory and Assessment System, Regional Cenre for Northern Africa, Middle East and Europe

Zhou Lingxi, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences (CAMS), China Meteorological Administration (CMA), China
GGMT 2013 promotion

Contacts

For more information, please contact Dr Oksana Tarasova at OTarasova@wmo.int or Ms Chantal Renaudot at CRenaudot@wmo.int .