From Deserts to Monsoons

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Presentations are available below

Aldemar Knossos Royal Village Conference Center
June 1-6, 2008
Crete, Greece

The Workshop will focus on the production and propagation of aerosols from regional to global scales, their regional to global impacts and coupling to climate. It will be international, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches to a variety of relevant Earth system science processes, cutting across several fields. It will attract science experts from Europe, the US, Middle East (Egypt, Israel, etc.) and Asia (India, China, Korea, etc.).

The regions of interest span a wide swath of the Earth, from West Africa/Atlantic to India and SE Asia, and include both dry and wet regions (deserts as well as monsoon regions). The Workshop will maintain a regional focus, emphasizing high resolution modeling and observations, but will also examine detailed physical processes, the role of megacities, other weather impacts such as tropical cyclones and dust storms, as well as the larger and longer-scale coupling to climate.

The meeting venue is the island of Crete, which is appropriate as it is located in the region extending from Atlantic through the Mediterranean/N. Africa, S. Europe, extending to India and SE. Asia, one of the main regions of the world affected by aerosols. Therefore, it is expected that scientists from Europe, N. America, Middle East, India, SE and E Asia will attend.

The Workshop will consist of plenary talks and poster presentations. A lot of emphasis and plenty of time will be devoted to posters as well as discussion. A broader view of the aerosols and/or dynamical processes affecting the broad swath from North Africa through the Middle East to South Asia and Southeast Asia, and expanding into impacts on surrounding oceanic regions, and possibly teleconnection to other parts of the world will be provided. As such, the Workshop will be unique and very up to date in the era of accelerating climate and environmental changes.

Monday, June 2

Session I General Review

1. Integrated methodology for aerosol characterization (pdf)
   M Kafatos and V Amiridis
2. Mineral dust distributions and trends over the global oceans (pdf)
   JM Prospero
3. Climate relevant properties of aerosols above the Eastern Mediterranean (pdf)
   N Mihalopoulos
4. A link between aerosols and the climate in Asia
   T Nakajima, M Mukai, D Goto, K Suzuki, and T Iguchi
5. The WMO sand and dust storm warning and assessment system SDS-WAS: A global research and applications partnership (pdf1, pdf2)
   L Barrie and S Nickovic

Session II Middle East/North Africa

6. On the effects of pollution on precipitation in Israel (pdf)
   Z Levin
7. Saharan dust and anthropogenic aerosols - regional characteristics (pdf)
   G Kallos, M Astitha, C Spyrou, S Solomos, J Kushta, E Mavromatidis, and C Mitsakou
8. Aerosol loadings over eastern mediterranean and the contribution of Saharan dust (pdf)
   E Gerasopoulos, N Kalivitis, G Kouvarakis, R Hillamo, and N Mihalopoulos
9. African dust influence on air quality in Spain (pdf)
   X Querol, A Alastuey, J Pey, N Perez, A Cristobal, M Pallares, A Gonzalez, S Jimenez, S Alonso, E Cuevase, and J de la Rosa
10. LIDAR and sunphotometric measurements of aerosol optical properties over Thessaloniki, Greece (pdf)
    V Amiridis, S Kazadzis, D Balis, A Bais, and C Zerefos
11. An assessment of transboundary movement of pollutants to and from Africa and their policy implications (pdf)
    A Singh

Tuesday, June 3

Session III Asian Monsoon

12. Sensitivity of aerosol plumes on winter monsoon over South Asia (pdf)
    TN Krishnamurti, A Chakraborty, A Martin, WK Lau, Y Sud, and G Walker
13. From deserts to monsoons: aerosol impacts on Regional and global water cycle (pdf)
    WK Lau
14. Multi-scale forcing and formation of desert and monsoon (pdf)
    G Wu
15. Can heavy aerosol loading affect the Asian monsoon system? Clues being sought from EAST-AIRE and AMF field campaigns in China
    Z Li
16. Direct radiative forcing due to aerosols in Asia during March 2002 (pdf)
    SU Park
17. The impact of absorbing aerosols on the Indian summer monsoon in NCEP atmospheric general circulation model (pdf)
    J Srinivasan

Session IV Satellite & Ground Observations

18. Flood or drought: How do aerosols affect precipitation?
    Daniel Rosenfeld, Ulrike Lohmann, Graciela B. Raga, Colin D. O'Dowd, Markku Kulmala, Sandro Fuzzi, Anni reissell5, Meinrat O. Andreae (pdf)
19. Long-term satellite observations of Asian dust storms: source, pathway, and interannual variability (pdf)
    NC Hsu
20. Ground-based network and supersite measurements for studying aerosol properties and aerosol-cloud interactions
    S-C Tsay and BN Holben
21. Impact of dust and anthropogenic activities on the Himalayan snow cover (pdf)
    RP Singh, AK Prasad, JS Kumar, R Gautam, W Mehdi, and M Kafatos
22. From EV-K2-CNR-SHARE project to CEOP-HE initiative: an interdisciplinary approach to high altitude scientific issues (pdf)
    G Tartari, E Manfredi, E Vuillemoz, and P Bonasoni

Wednesday, June 4

Session V Physical Processes I

23. Evolution of hydrologic modeling: meeting the requirements from flood forecasting to hydroclimate predictions (pdf)
    S Sorooshian
24. Asian SDS observation and operational forecasting in China (pdf)
    XY Zhang, SL Gong, CH Zhou, HL Liu, YQ Wang, T Niu, YQ Yang, and Q Hou
25. Climate change variability and ecosystem vulnerability in Korea (pdf)
    MA Lee, WK Lee, Y Son, YS Cho, CC Song, and TM Kim
26. New capabilities for monitoring desert dust using CALIPSO
    DM Winker and Z Liu

Session VI Physical Processeses II

27. Climatic effects by aerosol on west african monsoon rainfall: satellite observations (pdf)
    C Zhang, J Huang, and J Prospero
28. Transport of aerosols: regional and global implications for climate, weather, and air quality (pdf)
    M Chin, T Diehl, H Yu, H Bian, L Remer, and R Kahn
29. Modeling the impact of absorbing aerosols on tropical precipitation (pdf)
    C Wang
30. Does the Madden-Julian oscillation influence aerosol variability? (pdf)
    B Tian, DE Waliser, RA Kahn, Q Li, YL Yung, T Tyranowski, IV Geogdzhayev, MI Mishchenko, O Torres, and A Smirnov

Thursday, June 5

Session VII Modeling & Analysis

31. Regional modelling of Saharan Dust: forcing and feedback (pdf)
    I Tegen, B Heinold, and K Schepanski
32. Aerosol impacts on deep convective clouds (pdf)
    WR Cotton
33. High resolution Weather-Climate modeling (pdf)
    S Schubert
34. A Goddard multi-scale modeling system with unified physics (pdf)
    WK Tao
35. Impact of desert dust radioactive forcing on Sahel precipitation: relative importance of dust compared to sea surface temperature variations, vegetation changes, and greenhouse gas warming (pdf)
    M Yoshioka, N Mahowald, A Conley, W Collins, D Fillmore, C Zender, and D Coleman
36. Modeling the Semi-arid Sahel climate West African monsoon modeling and evaluation (WAMME) initiative and analyses of its first experiment (pdf)
    Y Xue, WK Lau, KH Cook, D Rowell, A Boone, J Feng, F De Sales, P Dirmeyer, LM Druyan, M Fulakeza, Z Guo, SM Hagos, SS Ibrah, KM Kim, A Kitoh, A Konare, V Kumar, P Lonergan, N Mahowald, W Moufouma-Okia, P Pegion, A Fink, J Schemm, SD Schubert, A Sealy, W Thiaw, A Vintzileos, EK Vizy, S Williams, and M-LC Wu
37. The influence of global hydroclimate on the predictability of changes in water resources (pdf)
    T Koike



POSTERS

Friday, June 6

38. Establishment of a radiometric aerosol station for satellite validation at Athens, Greece
    V Amiridis, S Kazadzis, AF Bais, and IA Daglis
39. Satellite aerosol product assessment for particulate matter air quality research
    P Gupta and SA Christopher
40. Evaluation of satellite aerosol products over Saharan Desert
    P Gupta, E-S Yang, and SA Christopher
41. Winter particulate pollution in central India
    S Gupta and KS Patel
42. Aerosol loadings over Eastern Mediterranean and the contribution of Saharan dust (pdf)
    N Kalivitis, G Kouvarakis, R Hillamo, and N Mihalopoulos
43. Climatology of aerosol optical depth over Athens, Greece using ground-based (LIDAR, Multi-filter Radiometer) and satellite data (MODIS)
    P Kokkalis, E Gerasopoulos, V Amiridis, RE Mamouri, M Koukouli, S Kazadzis, and A Papayannis
44. Change in the East Asia summer monsoon projected by at atmospheric global model with 20-km grid size
    S Kusunoki, R Mizuta, and M Matsueda
45. LIDAR derived aerosol properties for fresh smoke over Athens
    RE Mamouri, A Papayannis, V Amiridis, D Muller, A Nenes, and G Tsaknakis
46. CALIPSO and ground-based LIDAR correlative measurements over Athens: preliminary results
    RE Mamouri, A Papayannis, V Amiridis, and G Tsaknakis
47. An example of teleconnection in the atmosphere of a desert planet: the 2001 planet - encircling dust storm on mars
    L Montabone, O Martinez-Alvarado, and SR Lewis
48. Interannual variability of Saharan dust over the Atlantic Ocean
    K Nakamae and M Shiotani
49. Intercomparison between MODIS aerosol optical depth over Cyprus and ground PM10 measurements for various synoptic patterns
    D Paronis, A Retalis, S Michaelides, F Tymvios, P Constantinides, and S Kleanthous
50. Meteorological processes forcing saharan dust source activations Inferred from MSG observations of sub-Daily dust mobilisation
    K Schepanski, I Tegen, B Heinold, G Bonisch, and A Macke
51. Effects of pre-monsoon desert dust aerosols on aerosol radiation forcing at a semi-arid station, delhi
    S Singh, T Bano, S Nath, and RS Tanwar
52. Contrasting the 2007 and 2005 hurricane seasons
    D Sun, KM Lau, M Kafatos
53. Dust, a global phenomenon: the need to enhance awareness among developing nations
    KHS Yang, E Smith, and AK Prasad
54. Importance of spring cyclonic activities in East Asia on Asian dust storm and the Stratosphere-to-Troposphere transport
    TJ Yasunari, K Yamazaki, T Shiraiwa, and T Hondoh
55. Interannual variation in the atmospheric branch of the hydrological cycle over the fertile crescent
    A Yatagai
56. Isotopic composition of water vapor and concurrent meteorological conditions around the arid regions of China and the Tibetan Plateau
    A Yatagai, A Sugimoto, and M Nakawo
57. Impact of East Asian summer monsoon on seasonal variations of aerosols over Eastern China
    L Zhang, H Liao, and J Li
58. Climate-environment monsoon simulations with a high-resolution global model
    IS Kang
59. LOG-Infinite divisibility of spatial rainfall and a hierarchical clustering model
    PK Kundu
60. Possible impacts of Saharan dust on the frequency and intensity of the Atlantic Ocean tropical storms and hurricanes
    KM Kim and W KM Lau
61. Deep convective cloud ensemble properties and aerosol influences
    Z Li and T Yuan
62. Investigation of major atmospheric contributors to the Black Cloud episodes over Cairo
    H El-Askary and M Kafatos