Programme

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Tuesday, March 31, 1400-1700 Opening session

  • Scientific challenges related to monitoring, understanding and forecasting the chemical composition of the atmosphere (Guy Brasseur, NCAR)
  • Needs for information from a broad international perspective (Len Barrie, WMO)
  • Needs for information to support the making and implementation of European policy (A. Kobe, EU)
  • GEMS contributions to information needs, progression and main achievements of the project (A. Simmons, ECMWF)

1730-2000 Poster session and reception

Wednesday, April 1st, 0900-1230 Regional Air Quality

  • Overview about GEMS-RAQ strategy and achievements (V.-H. Peuch, Météo-France)
  • The GEMS-RAQ emissions and observation databases (L. Tarrason, met.no)
  • Assimilation and Regional Air Quality Forecasting (H. Elbern, Univ. Köln)
  • Evaluation of summer 2008 forecasts (M. Beekmann, CNRS)
  • Impact of chemical Boundaries and of meteorology on RAQ hindcasts and forecast (M. Sofiev, FMI)
  • 2003 hindcasts in links and policy-related outlook (L. Rouil, INERIS)
  • AQ and Health : from understanding to forecasting (J. Gulliver, Univ. West Scotland)
  • An outside view on Regional Air Quality Forecasting (G. Carmichael, Univ. Iowa)

Wednesday, April 1st, 1400-1730 Aerosols

  • Overview about GEMS AER (O. Boucher, UK Met Office)
  • Aerosol modelling in GEMS (J-J Morcrette/A. Benedetti ECMWF)
  • Stratospheric aerosols (S. Bekki, SA)
  • Aerosols from wildfires, incl. Greek fires (J. Kaiser, ECMWF)
  • Validation of the GEMS aerosol products (N. Huneeus, LSCE)
  • Aerosol case studies in GEMS (A. Mangold, IRM)
  • An outside view on aerosol monitoring and forecasting (D. Westphal, Naval Research Laboratory Marine Meteorology, Monterey (TBC))

Thursday, April 2nd, 0900-1230 Global Reactive Gases

  • Overview about GEMS GRG strategy and achievements (M. Schultz, FZ Jülich)
  • GRG model system and trace gas assimilation (J. Flemming, ECMWF)
  • Analysis of large-scale air pollution during summer 2003 heatwave (C. Ordonez, UK Met. Office, Exeter)
  • Investigation of stratospheric ozone with the GEMS GRG model system (K. Lefever, BIRA, Brussels)
  • POLARCAT forecast experiences (K. Law, UPMC)
  • The use of aircraft data for validation of vertical trace gas profiles (N. Elguindi, CNRS, Toulouse)
  • An outside view on global reactive gases forecasting (S. Lu, National Center for Environmental Prediction, Camp Springs)

Thursday, April 2nd, 1400-1730 Greenhouse gases

  • Introduction (P. Rayner, LSCE, Gif-sur-Yvette)
  • Assimilating CH4 and CO2 in an integrated forecast system (R. Engelen, ECMWF, Reading)
  • Retrieving CO2 and CH4 from infra-red measurements with a neural network (C. Crevoissier, LMD)
  • Greenhouse gas fields from SCIAMACHY (M. Buchwitz, Bremen U.)
  • Inverting CO2 fields to retrieve surface fluxes (F. Chevallier, LSCE, Gif-sur-Yvette)
  • Inverting CH4 fields to retrieve surface fluxes (P. Bergamaschi, JRC, Ispra)
  • Validating the GHG production chain at multiple levels (J. Marshall, MPI-BGC, Jena)
  • Interpreting CO2 fluxes with biogeochemical models (D. Pearson, UK Met Office)
  • An external perspective (S. Denning, Colorado State U.)
  • Summary and Perspectives (P. Rayner, LSCE, Gif-sur-Yvette)

Friday, April 3rd, 0900-1100 Cross Cutting Validation

  • Overview of the VAL subprojects aims and achievements (H. Eskes, KNMI)
  • GHG validation overview (J. Marshall, MPI-BGC)
  • GRG validation overview (E. Katragkou, Thessaloniki U.)
  • Near realtime validation experiences (H. Flentje, DWD)
  • AER validation approaches (S. Kinne, MPI Meteorology, Hamburg)
  • RAQ model intercomparison and validation (M. Razinger, ECMWF)
  • Comparison of RAQ models with OMI NO2 (V. Huijnen, KNMI)
  • PRO validation approaches (L. Jones, ECMWF)
  • Harmonisation of validation for the GAS (J.-C. Lambert, BIRA, Brussels)

Friday, April 3rd, 1130-1300 Closing Session

  • A look beyond GEMS (A. Simmons, ECMWF)
  • Towards operational atmosphere services (P. Waldteufel, GAS-IG)
  • Panel discussion: GEMS achievements and challenges for the future
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