13th Biennial WMO-GAW Brewer Users Group Meeting
13th Biennial WMO-GAW Brewer Users Group MeetingHosted by the
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Monday, September 12, 2011 - Day I |
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| Session1 Meeting Opening and Welcome | ||
| 09:00-09:15 | Tom McElroy | Welcome and Introduction from the Chairman |
| 09:15-09:30 | Mrs. Sun Junying | Director, CMS |
| 09:30-09:45 | Zheng Xiangdong | Welcome from the local host |
| 09:45-09:50 | WMO | Remarks by Geir Braathen |
| 09:50-10:00 | Tom McElroy | Opening Remarks |
| Session 2 Tutorial | ||
| 10:00-10:30 | Tom McElroy | Tutorial #1: Introduction to Ozone Measurement |
| 10:30-11:00 | COFFEE BREAK | |
| Session 3 Brewer data analysis and characterization | ||
| 11:00-11:30 | Volodya Savastiouk | Tutorial #2: Brewer calibrations. What do they accomplish? |
| 11:30-11:50 | Henri Diemoz | Accurate characterization of MKIV Brewer #066 for NO2 measurements in Aosta (Italy) |
| 11:50-12:10 | Alberto Redondas | Attenuation filter correction issues on the brewer ozone calculation, comparison of three methods to determine the ozone filter correction |
| 12:10-14:00 | LUNCH | |
| Session 3 Brewer calibration | ||
| 14:00-14:20 | Tapani Koskela | Monitoring the Brewer’s health - R6 and what else? |
| Session 4 Poster session NOTE: Posters will be presented from 15:30-17:30 which includes the coffee break |
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| - Wafik Hanna “Twelve years of Brewer ozone and UV-B measurements at Matrouh, Egypt” - Mahito Ito “Observation of total ozone and UV solar radiation with Brewer Spectrophotometers on the Norikura mountains, Northern Japanese Alps, from 2009” - Mahito Ito “Spectral sensitivity calibration system for UV radiometer using iHR320 spectrometer calibrated by Brewer MKIII spectrophotometer” - Mohd Redzuan Ab Rahman “Reports on monitoring activities of Brewer Ozone Spectrophotometer in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia since 1992” |
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011 - Day II |
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| Session 3 Brewer calibration (con’t) | ||
| 09:15-09:35 | Alberto Redondas | ESA-CALVA Sauna 3 intercomparison campaign results: An attempt to perform a calibration in a Arctic conditions |
| 09:35-10:00 | Volodya Savastiouk | A database implementation of data analysis and quality control for the Brewer |
| 10:00-10:30 | Tom McElroy | Slit function characterization and stray light (part1) (part2) |
| 10:30-11:00 | COFFEE BREAK | |
| Session 3 Brewer calibration (con’t) | ||
| 11:00-12:00 | Tom McElroy | Introduction - Ozone Cross-section Issues |
| 12:00-14:00 | LUNCH | |
| Session 5 Special Session on Ozone Absorption Cross-sections | ||
| 14:00-14:20 | Volodya Savastiouk | Ozone cross-section change: impact on the Brewer data (re)analysis |
| 14:20-14:30 | Tom McElroy | Summary and Discussion |
| 14:30-15:00 | Irina Petropavlovskikh | Advancements in the Brewer Umkehr Retrieval algorithm |
| 15:30-16:00 | COFFEE BREAK | |
| Session 6 Practical Matters | ||
| 16:00-16:20 | Tom McElroy | Tutorial#3 Mechanical Design Principles |
| 16:20-16:40 | Tom McElroy | Tutorial#4 Levelling the Brewer |
| 16:40-17:10 | Volodya Savastiouk | “Hands-on” levelling the Brewer |
Wednesday, September 14 - Day III |
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| 09:00-09:30 | Tom McElroy | Introduction to the U of T / EC Maintenance document |
| 09:20-09:45 | Shekhar Gurung | Ozone studies in Nepal |
| Session 7 Updates from the Industry | ||
| 09:45-10:15 | Clive Lee | New electronics for the Brewer |
| Arjan Hoogendoorn | BREWER RECENT IMPROVEMENTS | |
| 10:15-10:30 | Volodya Savastiouk | An update from International Ozone Services Inc. |
| 10:30-11:00 | COFFEE BREAK | |
| 11:00-11:15 | Tom McElroy | Discussion (Brewer User Group Input to Industry) |
| 11:15-11:30 | Volodya Savastiouk | Q&A on maintenance issues |
| 12:00-14:00 | LUNCH | |
| 14:00-18:00 | Optional outing to the Great Wall of China | |
| 18:00-22:00 | "No Host" group dinner | |
Thursday, September 15, 2011 - Day IV |
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| Session 8 Science Talks - Station Activities I | ||
| 09:15-09:40 | Claudio Casiccia | Umkehr observations at Punta Arenas, Chile (Brewer #180) |
| 09:40-10:05 | John Rimmer | Weighting coefficients – a mystery? |
| 10:05-10:30 | Fuxiang Huang | Monitoring of the 2011 Spring low ozone events in the Arctic region |
| 10:30-11:00 | COFFEE BREAK | |
| Session 9 Science Talks - Station Activities II | ||
| 11:00-11:20 | Tapani Koskela | Elevated UV over Finland in spring 2011 |
| 11:20-11:40 | Sheng-Bo, Chen | Simulation and Retrieval of Atmospheric Ozone Concentrations from Satellite-based Limb Radiance |
| 11:40-12:00 | Zheng Xiangdong | Intercomparison measurements of MKIV and MKIII Brewers a Zhongshan station, Antarctica |
| 12:00-14:00 | LUNCH | |
| 14:00 | Outing to the Forbidden City | |
Friday, September 16, 2011 - Day V |
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| Session 8 Science Talks - Station Activities I (con't) | ||
| 09:00-09:30 | Tom McElroy | Tutorial#5 Mechanical Design Principles continued |
| 0930-0950 | Henri Diémoz | Brewers and NO2: algorithms and calibration issues |
| 09:50-10:10 | John Rimmer | UK trends in ozone and UV and extreme events |
| Session 10 Brewer Sub-committee Meeting | ||
| 10:10-10:30 | Brewer sub-committee meeting - Open Group Discussion on the future directions of the global Brewer network | |
| 10:30-11:00 | COFFEE BREAK | |
| Session 11 Science Talks and Closing of the Meeting | ||
| 11:00-12:00 | Tom McElroy | Closing of the formal part of the meeting including the writing of recommendations from the meeting |
| 12:00-14:00 | LUNCH | |
| 14:00-14:30 | Tom McElroy | A closing presentation - Travelogue to the South Pole |
| 14:30-15:00 | Informal closing discussion – when is the next meeting? | |
| 15:00-16:30 | Continue with Poster Session and Data Analysis workshop session – User time for demonstrations from various presenters |
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| Group Banque | ||