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Subject: [SOLAS.info] SOLAS News Bulletin No. 8
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 17:05:08 +0000
From: Casey Ryan
To: solas.info@uea.ac.uk SOLAS News Bulletin No. 8 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CONTENTS * SOLAS Summer School 2005 - Applications Now Open * SOLAS-related
studentship at the University of Heidelberg, Germany * SOLAS-related
sessions at upcoming conferences Summer ASLO meeting EGU April 2005
* LOICZ II Open Science Conference ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Any comments or suggestions to: solas@uea.ac.uk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1. SOLAS SUMMER SCHOOL 2005 29 Aug -10 Sept 2005, at the Institut
d'Etudes Scientifiques de Cargèse in Corsica, France. The SOLAS
Summer School is a biennial, international event that brings together
over 70 students and 20 lecturers for a mix of lectures and practical
workshops. It aims to teach the skills and knowledge of the many
disciplines needed to understand the nature of ocean-atmosphere
interactions. It allows doctoral students and early-career researchers
to see how their work fits into the broad canvas of SOLAS, and global
change research more generally. We encourage applications from any
doctoral student or early-career scientist interested in SOLAS science
and have some funds to support attendance. Please circulate this
announcement widely. Application for the 2005 school is now open.
For online application, details of the programme and more information
see: http://www.uea.ac.uk/env/solas/summerschool/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2. SOLAS-RELATED STUDENTSHIP. One PhD student positions at the University
of Heidelberg, Germany Topic: Numerical modeling of the photochemistry
of the marine troposphere, and chemical air-sea exchange One PhD
student position is available in the group MarHal at the Institute
for Environmental Physics at the University of Heidelberg, Germany.
The foci of this position are the investigation of the photochemistry
in the marine troposphere, the exchange of gases and particles between
the ocean and the atmosphere, and the physical, chemical, and biological
processes in the ocean that lead to degassing. Gases released from
the oceal can have an influence on the chemistry of the marine boundary
layer and even the upper troposphere. They can also affect the climate,
for example by leading to the growth and production of cloud condensation
nuclei which determine cloud aldebo. A set of box, one-dimensional
and/or three-dimensional numerical models will be used for this
study. Analysis of available field data might also be part of this
project. This position is in a recently funded junior research group
with the overall goals of investigating the reactive tropospheric
halogen chemistry; the importance of the exchange between the ocean
and the atmosphere for tropospheric chemistry; chemistry - climate
links in the marine troposphere such as cloud microphysics feedbacks.
The focus of our group is to develop and apply numerical models
(box, 1D, 3D) and model - data comparisons. Requirements: - Fluency
in English. German knowledge is of advantage but not required. -
Diplom or Masters (B.Sc. is not sufficient) in a relevant field:
meteorology, chemistry, physics - Familiarity with programming in
a Unix/Linux environment desirable. - Familiarity with atmospheric
chemistry desirable. The position is available immediately. For
further information please contact Roland von Glasow or visit http://www.iup.uni-heidelberg.de/institut/forschung/groups/atmosphere/modell.
To apply, please send your application with CV, a short (1-2 page)
statement of research interests, and two references (with email
addresses) to Dr. Roland von Glasow, Roland.von.Glasow@iup.uni-heidelberg.de.
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3. SOLAS-RELATED SESSIONS AT UPCOMING CONFERENCES * European Geosciences
Union, (Vienna, Austria, 24 - 29 April 2005) BG6.09 Surface Ocean
- Lower Atmosphere Study Session Convenors: Véronique Garcon (Veronique.Garcon@notos.cst.cnes.fr)
and Lise Lotte Soerensen BG3.01 Coastal biogeochemistry and its
response to anthropogenic perturbations: inputs, gas exchange, carbon
and nutrient and other elements cycling. Convenor Helmuth Thomas
(helmuth.thomas@dal.ca) More info at: http://www.copernicus.org/EGU/ga/egu05/index.htm
* 2005 Summer ASLO Meeting (Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 19-24
June 2005) Convenors: Rafel Simo (rsimo@icm.csic.es) and Paty Matrai
(PMatrai@bigelow.org) Ocean & Ice - Atmosphere Interactions through
the Emission of Trace Gases The oceanic biosphere plays a crucial
role in the regulation of the composition of the atmosphere through
the exhalation and uptake of volatile substances. Marine biota is
not only a major agent for carbon dioxide sequestration in the long
term, but it is also the source of many trace gases that balance
the global cycle of a number of major elements, and contribute to
the performance of the atmosphere as a reactor, transporter, radiation
reflector and heat accumulator. Biogenic trace gases are, therefore,
essential vectors in the biosphere-climate feedback gears that characterize
the functioning of the Earth System. In this Session, we intend
to address all aspects of trace gas (DMS and other S gases, halocarbons,
N2O and other N gases, CH4, LMW hydrocarbons, etc.) science, from
the way they are produced and cycled in the water column to their
atmospheric effects, through air-sea exchange and their response
to physicochemical forcing. Emphasis will be given to the biological
and chemical controls of trace gas net production in the water column,
comprehensive modeling, and large-scale effects on biogeochemical
cycles and atmospheric chemistry. Contributions on trace gas emissions
from oceanic ice and its snow cover are encouraged. We encourage
submissions for both poster and oral presentations. The abstract
deadline is 1st February 2005, but it would be very helpful if prospective
authors could notify the convenors before that time. Further information
and conference web site: http://aslo.org/meetings/santiago2005/
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4. LOICZ II Inaugural Open Science Meeting, Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands,
27-29 June 2005 SECOND CALL & EXTENDED DEADLINE The Land-Ocean Interactions
in the Coastal Zone (LOICZ) will be holding an inaugural open science
meeting for its second decade of global environmental change research
- LOICZ II - at Egmond aan Zee, the Netherlands between 27 - 29
June, 2005. The purpose of the meeting is to provide a first forum
to bring together the broad scientific community to address the
geographic and scientific scope of LOICZ research for the next decade.
The meeting organisers have made a call for abstracts that address
one or more of the LOICZ II themes or cross-cutting activities.
The themes are: 1: Vulnerability of coastal systems and hazards
to human. 2: Implications of global change for coastal ecosystems
and sustainable. 3: Anthropogenic influences on the river basin
and coastal zone interactions. 4: Fate and transformation of materials
in coastal and shelf waters. 5: Towards coastal system sustainability
by managing land-ocean interactions. The themes are complemented
by Cross-cutting activities addressing issues of the advancement
of a coastal typology, data and modelling, as well as capacity building
and stakeholder involvement.
*** 14 February 2005 Deadline for submission of abstracts. (NEW
DEADLINE) *** For more information and to download the meeting flyer
and poster pleasego to: http://www.loicz.org/conference or contact
the LOICZ International Project Office conference secretariat at
loicz.conference@nioz.nl. Some financial support for attendance
may be available.
-- Casey Ryan The Surface Ocean - Lower Atmosphere Study International
Project Office School of Environmental Sciences University of East
Anglia Norwich NR4 7TJ UK Tel: + 44 (0)1603 593 516 Fax: +44 (0)1603
507 714 e-mail: casey.ryan@uea.ac.uk http://www.solas-int.org
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