July 2013
Issue 56
MEETINGS
American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall
Meeting, December 9-13, 2013, San Francisco, USA
Session P021. Polarimetry as an invaluable tool to study
the Solar System and beyond
Sponsored by Planetary Sciences (P) and Atmospheric
Sciences (A) sections
Abstracts due: August 6, 2013
Polarimetry is a powerful tool providing a wealth of
information about Earth and planetary atmospheres; solar system objects,
exoplanets and search for habitability beyond Earth that cannot be obtained by
traditional photometric and spectroscopic observations. This session is open to
papers about advances in vector radiative transfer theory (including non-sphericity effects on single scattering); laboratory
measurements and instrumentation for the characterization of solar,
terrestrial, planetary and exoplanetary atmospheres; atmosphereless bodies;
dust; astrobiological markers; and instrumental
developments for imaging and spectropolarimeters to be
included in ground-based facilities and/or onboard space missions.
Conveners
Padma Yanamandra-Fisher,
Space Science Institute
Ludmilla Kolokolova, University of Maryland
A.Chantal Levasseur-Regourd, University Pierre
& Marie Curie
Olga Kalashnikova. Jet
Propulsion Laboratory
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10th International Conference Series on
Laser-light and Interactions with particles (LIP)
August 25-29th, 2014, in Marseille, France
Conference secretariat: contact@lip2014.eu
Conference web site: www.lip2014.eu
Dear Colleagues,
The
committees of the conference series on "Laser-light and Interactions with
particles" are pleased to inform you that the 10th edition of the LIP
conference will be held on August 25-29th, 2014, in Marseille, France.
The
conference will be focused on interactions between laser beams and particles,
from theory to practice, encompassing in particular the following topics :
far-field scattering, beam shape description, time-resolved scattering,
mechanical effects of light, multiple scattering in dense media, complex shaped
particles and aggregates, near fields and morphology-dependent-resonances,
optical particle sizing and characterization methods. Applications may range
from multiphase flow characterization to aerosol science and atmospheric
environment, biomedical optical engineering, remote manipulation of objects,
plasma and soft matter physics or quantum electrodynamics in cavities. Papers
dealing with acoustical and quantum beams (scalar waves) however presenting
significant enough correlations with the main issues of the conference will
also be welcome.
Looking forward to seeing you in Marseille, the
capital of Provence.
Best regards,
Dr. Fabrice Onofri & Prof. Brian Stout
IUSTI/Fresnel Institute, CNRS/Aix-Marseille
University, Marseille, France
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Call for Papers
Special Issue of Planetary and Space
Science on Cosmic Dust VI
The 6th meeting on Cosmic Dust (Cosmic Dust VI) is
held at CPS (Center for Planetary Science), Kobe, Japan from Monday, August 5,
2013 through Friday, August 9, 2013. This issue of Planetary and Space Science
will be primarily devoted to Cosmic Dust VI and contain the papers presented at
this particular meeting. However, it is also open to submission of any other
papers that discuss some aspect of cosmic dust. All kinds of cosmic dust are
the subject of discussion. Papers on dust-related topics, for example, the
formation of molecules and their reactions on and their
desorption from the surface of cosmic dust, are also welcome.
Topics of interest include, but are NOT limited to:
- intergalactic dust,
interstellar dust, protoplanetary disk dust, debris
disk dust, stellar nebular condensates, presolar
grains
- cometary dust,
interplanetary dust, circumplanetary dust,
micrometeorites, meteoroids, meteors, regolith particles, planetary aerosols
Deadline for submission: October 5, 2013
Manuscripts and any supplementary material should be
submitted through Elsevier Editorial System (EES). The authors must select
Cosmic Dust VI when they reach the Article Type step in the submission process.
The EES website is located at http://ees.elsevier.com/indag/
The submitted
papers must be written in English and describe original research which is not
published nor currently under review by other journals or conferences. Author
guidelines for preparation of manuscript can be found at
http://www.journals.elsevier.com/planetary-and-space-science/
Guest Editors:
Hiroshi Kimura (Kobe Univ., Japan)
Ludmilla Kolokolova (Univ. of Maryland, USA)
Aigen Li (Univ. of Missouri, USA)
Akio Inoue (Osaka Sangyo Univ., Japan)
Cornelia Jager (MPIA,
Germany)
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