8th Brewer Users Group Meeting

Hosted by the Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA)

El Arenosillo, Spain

September 28- October 2, 2003

 

 

Agenda

 

 

Sunday, September 28, 2003

 

Meeting of the Regional Brewer Scientific Group (RASG).  A room in the Hotel Albaida (in Mazagon) has been reserved between 12:00 and 20:00.

 

Informal "ice-breaker" planned for the evening at the Hotel Albaida beginning at 21:00.  The cost for dinner is expected to be between 20-25 Euro.

 

 

Monday September 29, 2003

 

09:30-09:35

 

Welcome and Introduction by the meeting Chairman, C. T. McElroy

 

 

 

09:45-09:50

 

Welcome and Information about Local Arrangements, Local Organising Committee and Host INTA – B. de al Morena

 

 

 

09:50-10:00

 

Discussion and Adoption of Meeting Agenda, C. T. McElroy

 

 

 

10:00-10:40

Session I

WMO Presentations

 

 

 

10:00-10:20

M. Proffitt

 

The role of WMO in coordinating Brewer measurement and calibration activities

 

 

 

10:20-10:40

K. Vanicek

The recent progress on establishment of the Regional Brewer Calibration Centre - Europe

 

 

 

10:40-12:10

Session II

Station Observations and Ozone/UV Data Analysis 

 

 

 

10:40-11:00

M. Allaart

Ozone through the UV dome. Better or worse than zenith sky?

 

 

 

11:00-11:30

 

Coffee break (poster sessions)

 

 

 

11:30-11:50

R. Stubi

Difference between Dobson and Brewer total Ozone at Arosa

 

 

 

11:50-12:10

A. Redondas

Ozone absolute calibrations by Langley method at Izaña Observatory

 

 

 

12:10-12:30

B. Dieterink

Brewer Manufacturing by Kipp & Zonen

 

 

 

12:30-13:10

J. Staehelin

New statistical modelling results of total ozone measurements

 

 

 

13:30-16:30

 

Lunch break (includes travel back to Mazagon)

 

 

 

16:30-17:50

Session III

Networks and Instrument Issues

 

 

 

16:30-16:50

K. Vanicek

Differences between Dobson and Brewer total ozone observations in Hradec Kralove

 

 

 

16:50-17:10

L. Ciattaglia

 

Italian and Argentinian contribution to the ground based monitoring system of the Ozone in the Antarctica

 

 

 

17:10-17:30

T. Granjar

Canadian Brewer Network Update

 

 

 

17:30-17:50

V. Savastiouk

International Ozone Services Inc. (IOS): Calibration and maintenance of the Brewer spectrophotometers

 

 

 

17:50-18:30

 

Coffee break (poster sessions)

 

 

 

18:30-19:00

Tutorial Session I

Topic

 

 

 

 

(Proposed Lecturer)

 

 

 

 

18:15-18:45

C.T. McElroy

Physical Basis of Ozone Measurements (Part I)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poster Session

Titles

 

 

 

 

C. Casiccia

Ozone and UV observations at Punta Arenas-Chile

 

S. Kazadzis

 

Direct sun spectral measurements with the Brewer spectrophotometer: absolute calibration and optical depth retrieval

 

J. Kim

Comparison of total ozone measurements in Seoul and Pohang, Korea

 

T. Koskela

Systematic differences of available UV irradiance scales

 

T. Koskela

Temperature characterisation of the UV response

 

A. Liudchik

Concept of self calibration for total ozone UV spectrophotometers

 

J. Martínez-Lozano

 

Analysis of performance of a Microtops II sunphotometer for ozone retrieval in comparison with a Brewer spectrophotometer in Sodankyla, Finland

 

O. Meinander

NOGIC-2000 data: Diurnal variation of spectral ratios

 

W. Sharobiem

Ozone Mapping at Egypt

 

J. M. Vilaplana Guerrero

Brewer Calibration Facilities at "El Arenosillo" (INTA - HUELVA)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, September 30, 2003

 

09:30-10:10

Session IV

New Methods, Algorithms and Software continued…

 

 

 

09:30-09:50

V. Cachorro

 

Retrieval of aerosol optical depth by the Brewer instrument: Detection and correction of calibration problem by a new method

 

 

 

09:50-10:10

A. Cede

Deriving aerosol properties from BREWER-measurements

 

 

 

 

 

 

10:10-11:00

Tutorial Session II

Topic

 

(Proposed lecturer

 

 

 

 

10:10-10:30

T. Grajnar

Instrument Calibration (Part I)

 

 

 

10:30-:11:00

I. Petropavlovskikh

The Umkehr method: including Total Ozone and noise in Umkehr data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11:00-11:30

 

Coffee break (poster sessions)

 

 

 

11:30-13:30

INTA

Tour of the El Arenosillo facility (to be confirmed)

 

 

 

 

 

 

13:30-16:30

 

Lunch break

Members of the Brewer Sub-committee are asked to attend a business meeting during the lunch break.

 

 

 

16:30-18:00

Special Session

 

This time is reserved for the business meeting to review past meeting recommendations and draft a new set of recommendations.  Note: This will conclude the Plenary Session of the Brewer meeting.

 

 

 

18:00-18:30

 

Coffee break (poster sessions)

 

 

 

18:30-19:00

Poster Session 

Completion of Poster Sessions

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, October 1, 2003

 

09:30-11:30

Tutorial Session II

Topic

 

(Proposed lecturer)

 

 

 

 

09:30-10:15

C.T. McElroy

Physical Basis of Ozone Measurements and Optics continued…

 

 

 

10:15-11:00

T. Grajnar

UV Measurements and Calibrations

 

 

 

11:00-11:30

 

Coffee break

 

 

 

11:30-12:15

C.T. McElroy

Ultraviolet Spectrophotometers: Principles of Operation – Part II

 

 

 

12:15-12:45

V. Savastiouk

Brewer Instrument Calibration

 

 

 

12:45-13:00

V. Savastiouk

Measurement of Aerosol Optical Depth

 

 

 

13:00-13:15

C.T. McElroy

Spectral Impurity Modelling

 

 

 

13:15-13:30

V. Fioletov

Brewer Spectral UV Measurements

 

 

 

 

 

 

11-30-13:30

C.T. McElroy

Closing of the 8th Biennial Brewer Meeting

 

 

 

 

 

 

17:00-19:00

Special Tutorial Session

Topic

 

 

 

 

 

C.T. McElroy

Umkehr Retrievals