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2nd AEROCOM workshop

(held at JRC, Ispra, Italy March 10-12, 2004)

This document contains presentations and posters of the AEROCOM workshop in ISPRA, Italy in March 2004. Contributions are bundled by topic:

1. The General INFO section summarizes the AeroCom project, provides a summary of the Ispra 2004 workshop - including a picture of the attendees
2. The AeroCom COMPARISONS section contains results from initial comparisons among aerosol modules of different models and comparisons of simulated aerosol properties to available measurements (for additional comparisons go to the POSTERS section)
3. The DATA_Aerosol_Ground section contains presentations of aerosol measurements from the ground. This sections also contains summaries from the aerosol optical thickness (aot) workshop March 8-10, 2004 at DAVOS, Switzerland
4. The DATA_Aerosol_Space section contains presentations of aerosol measurements from space with the new generation of more capable sensors (e.g. MODIS, MISR)
5. The DATA_Hydrological_Cycle section introduces new data - including (cloud) data for planned investigations of the aerosol cloud interactions in global modeling
6. The DATA_Emission_Sources section introduces AeroCom prescribed emission sources and provides additional background on selected emission choices
7. The MODELING_Issues section focuses on new ideas and new concepts in aerosol component module developments
8. The MODELING_Assimilations section presents efforts involving aerosol data assimilations in aerosol modeling
9. The NEXT_Indirect_Effect section describes efforts to understand the aerosol impact on cloud and the hydrological cycle (and the associated impact on climate)
10. The NEXT_IPCC section introduces various international efforts to better quantify (and thus reduce uncertainties) in aerosol (direct) forcing
11. The POSTERS section provides a more detailed look on model differences in aerosol component modules in global modeling. In addition, this section gives an overview on available aerosol (optical depth) measurements from ground and space

General INFO

1. The AeroCom Project
2. Agenda of Ispra 2004 workshop
3. Attendee List of the Ispra 2004 workshop
4. Discussion Items at the Ispra 2004 workshop
5. 
   Group Picture of workshop attendees

AeroCom COMPARISONS

1. AeroCom - an overview presented by Michael Schulz (LSCE, Fra)
2. Uncertainties in Aerosol Processing
in component aerosol modules of global models presented by Christiane Textor (LSCE, Fra)
3. AeroCom: Global Aerosol Models in Tests against Surface Observations presented by Sarah Guibert (LSCE, Fra)
4. Evaluations of Aerosol Modules in global models presented by Stefan Kinne (MPI-Met, Ger)

DATA_Aerosol_Ground

1. Active networks of ground aot data-sets a summary from the aot workshop at Davos, Mar 8-10, 2004 presented by Stefan Kinne (MPI-Met, Ger)
2. MPL-NET, REALM, GLAS, CALIPSO : US aerosol lidar efforts - presented at the aot workshop at Davos, Mar 8-10, 2004 contributed by Ray Hoff (UMBC, USA)
3. Overview of the NDSC data base (on stratospheric aerosol) - presented at the aot workshop at Davos, Mar 8-10, 2004 contributed by Terry Deshler (UofWyoming, USA)
4. Conclusions of working group 1: Strategies for global coverage and application a summary from the aot workshop at Davos, Mar 8-10, 2004 contributed by John Gras (CSIRO, Aus)
5. Conclusions of working group 2: Strategies for coordinated measurements a summary from the aot workshop at Davos, Mar 8-10, 2004 presented by Julian Wilson (JRC, Ita)
6. European Phenomenology of aerosol number size distributions (by Putand, JRC) presented by Rita van Dingenen (JRC, Ita)
7. The GAW world data center for aerosols presented by Julian Wilson (JRC, Ita)

DATA_Aerosol_Space

1. MODIS aerosol and the use of fine fraction to estimate anthropogenic contributions presented by Yoram Kaufman (NASA-GSFC, USA)
2. MISR aerosol retrieval update presented by Ralph Kahn (NASA-JPL, USA)
3. Create / Deadalus and aerosol retrieval presented at the aot workshop at Davos, Mar 8-10, 2004 contributed by Gerritt deLeeuw (KNMI, Net)
4. ESA Earth Observing Program presented by Simon Pinnock (ESRIN, Ita)

DATA_Hydrological_Cycle

1. available data-sets for added model-evaluations presented by Stefan Kinne (MPI-Met, Ger)
2. Cabauw for aerosol-cloud-radiation studies presented by Arnout Feijt (KNMI, Net)
3. Analyzing model water vapor field-patterns by means of satellite remote sensing and in-situ sonde measurements presented by Ruediger Lang (MPI-Che, Ger)

DATA_Emission_Sources

1. AeroCom Emissions (prescribed year 2000 emissions for Experiment B) presented by Frank Dentener (JRC, Ita)
2. Biomass Burning Emissions presented by Guido vanderWerf (NASA-GSFC, USA)
3. Sea-Salt Production and its Global Budget presented by Sun-ling Gong (Met-Service, Can)
4. Modeling Emissions of Carbonaceous Particles presented by Kaarle Kupiainen (IIASA, Fin)

MODELING_Issues

1. GLOMAP: A Global Model of Aerosol Processes presented by Kirsty Pringle (UofLeeds, UK)
2. Relative Humidity in aerosol modeling and associated uncertainties presented by Alexander de Meij (JRC, Ita)
3. Coupling Cumulus Parameterization and Contaminant Transport in global models presented by Trond Iverson (MetOs-UiO, Nor)
4. Modeling Aerosol Absorption presented by Mian Chin (NASA-GSFC, USA)

MODELING_Assimilations

1. Aerosol Assimilation presented by David Fillmore (NCAR, USA)
2. Real Time Measurements of aerosol optical properties for data assimilation, presented at the aot workshop at Davos, Mar 8-10, 2004 contributed by Bruce McArthur (UofSherb., Can)

NEXT_Indirect_Effect

1. Climate response to Aerosol Direct and Indirect Effects with global aerosol radiation-transport model presented by Toshihiko Takemura (Kyushu Univ.)
2. The Aerosol Indirect Effect in satellite observations and the LMDZ GCM presented by Johannes Quaas (LOA, Fra)
3. Aerosol-Cloud Interactions model presented Surabi Menon (LLBL, USA)

NEXT_IPCC

1. Measurement based assessment of aerosol radiative forcing presented by Yoram Kaufman (NASA-GSFC, USA)
2. Global aerosol modeling and observations towards IPCC FAR presented by Olivier Boucher (LOA, Fra)
3. Japanese efforts on climate change research for IPCC AR4 presented by Toshihiko Takemura (Kyushu Univ.)
4. Aerosol distributions and Direct Radiative Forcing Estimates from a global aerosol analysis with MODIS assimilation contributed by David Fillmore (NCAR, USA)

POSTERS

1. Seasonal Aerosol Properties and Forcing - A global view based on AERONET Statistics prepared by Stefan Kinne (MPI-Met, Ger)
2. Simulated Aerosol Components In aerosol modules of global models - global fields of yearly averages and monthly range prepared by Stefan Kinne (MPI-Met, Ger)
3. Aerosol-Cloud Interactions Correlations among retrieved properties with the MODIS sensor prepared by Stefan Kinne (MPI-Met, Ger)
4. Regional Aerosol Optical Depths Global fields and regional averages from measurements and comparisons to simulations prepared by Stefan Kinne (MPI-Met, Ger)
5. Global Fields of Aerosol Optical Depths Simulations, measurements and differences between measurements and simulations prepared by Stefan Kinne (MPI-Met, Ger)

 

AEROCOM
is an international
science initiative
on aerosols and climate

supported by
EU Framework programmes
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MACC-II
EUCAARI
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