July 2017
Issue 79
Bremen Workshop on Light Scattering 2018
Institut fuer Werkstofftechnik, IWT, Bremen, Germany
March 19-20, 2018
Deadline for abstracts: February 1, 2018
https://scattport.org/index.php/conferences-menu/638-bremen-workshop-on-light-scattering-2018
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American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall
Meeting
New Orleans, USA,
December 11- 15, 2017; https://fallmeeting.agu.org/2017/
Abstract submission
deadline: 2 August 23:59 EDT/03:59 +1
GMT.
Session A103: The Underapprecipated Aerosol
Coarse Mode: Impacts on Climate and Biogeochemistry
Session ID#: 29190
Session Description: The
coarse mode tends to be ignored because it is difficult to measure, and the
perception that it does not exert a large effect on aerosol forcing or chemistry.
However, coarse mode aerosols can have substantial impact on ice nuclei
concentrations, on shortwave and longwave radiative forcings,
and when deposited change the biogeochemistry and impact on the carbon cycle.
There is a need to synthesize the current state of knowledge about coarse mode
aerosol, including the sources, physical and chemical characteristics, size
distributions, optical properties, contribution to ice nucleation, atmospheric
processing, and fate, to better quantify their role in biogeochemical cycles
and the climate system. This session is being developed to encourage the
presentation of work that addresses these aspects of coarse mode aerosol in
measurements and models to encourage synthesis of our understanding. Individual
observational studies at specific locations, cross-scales studies, and global
modeling synthesis studies are encouraged.
Primary Convener:
Natalie M Mahowald (Earth and Atmospheric Sciences,
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States)
Conveners: Christine
Wiedinmyer1, Heikki Lihavainen2
and Marje Prank2,3,
1National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
2Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
3Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University,
Ithaca, NY, United States
Index Terms:
0305 Aerosols and particles
[ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
0414 Biogeochemical cycles,
processes, and modeling [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
1622 Earth system modeling
[GLOBAL CHANGE]
1630 Impacts of global change
[GLOBAL CHANGE]
Session A059: Light Scattering and Radiative Transfer: Basic
Research and Applications
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm17/preliminaryview.cgi/Session22776
Session ID#: 22776
Session Description: Light
scattering and radiative transfer are two important branches of atmospheric
physics essential to the implementation of advanced remote sensing techniques
and the investigation of the radiative forcings
caused by various atmospheric constituents (clouds and aerosols, in
particular). This session provides a forum for the presentation of recent
advances in electromagnetic scattering, such as the scattering properties of nonspherical aerosol particles and ice crystals, 3-D
radiative transfer, vector radiative transfer simulations, fast radiative
transfer models for the interpretation of hyperspectral measurements, and the
use of fundamental light scattering and radiative transfer theories in active
and passive remote sensing applications.
Primary Convener: Ping Yang,
Texas A&M University College Station, Department of Atmospheric Sciences,
College Station, TX, United States
Convener: Michael I
Mishchenko, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, NewYork,
NY, United States
Index Terms:
3359 Radiative processes
[ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES];
3360 Remote sensing
[ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
Session P033.
Polarimetry as an invaluable tool to study the Solar System and beyond
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm17/preliminaryview.cgi/Session22335
Session ID#: 22335
Session Description:
Polarimetry is a powerful observing tool and modeling technique, providing information
about astronomical objects that cannot be obtained by traditional
photometric/spectroscopic observations. Applications include characterization
of solar system objects (Sun, Earth, planetary atmospheres, aurorae, comets,
asteroids, planetary satellites/ring systems, dust, etc.) to the detection of
exoplanets and identification of biological markers in search of habitability.
Innovative developments in vector radiative transfer theory ;
laboratory measurements, and the increasing significance of non-sphericity effects on retrieval efforts showcase the
importance of polarimetric exploration of the solar system and other planetary
systems. This session is open to papers about observations of solar system
bodies, theoretical or experimental investigations, instrumental developments
ground-based facilities or onboard future space missions.
Conveners:
Maria Gritsevich,
University of Helsinki PL 64 (Gustaf Hallstromin katu 2a) 00014
Helsinki, Finland
Ludmilla Kolokolova,
University of Maryland College Park, Astronomy, College Park, MD, United
States,
Herve Lamy, Royal Belgian
Institute for Space Aeronomy, Avenue Circulaire 3, 1180 Brussels, Belgium
Anny-Chantal Levasseur-Regourd, LATMOS Laboratoire
Atmospheres, Milieux, Observations Spatiales, Paris Cedex 05, France
Padma A Yanamandra-Fisher,
Space Science Institute Rancho Cucamonga, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, United States
Cross-Listed:
A - Atmospheric Sciences
EP - Earth and Planetary
Surface Processes
SH - SPA-Solar and Heliospheric Physics
Index Terms:
3311 Clouds and aerosols
[ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
5210 Planetary atmospheres,
clouds, and hazes [PLANETARY SCIENCES: ASTROBIOLOGY]
6297 Instruments and
techniques [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS]
7599 General or miscellaneous
[SOLAR PHYSICS, ASTROPHYSICS, AND ASTRONOMY]