D8.8i European Research Course on Atmospheres (ERCA) for PhD students

Project no. GOCE-CT-2003-505539

Project acronym: ENSEMBLES

Project title: ENSEMBLE-based Predictions of Climate Changes and their Impacts

Instrument: Integrated Project Thematic Priority: Global Change and Ecosystems

D8.8i European Research Course on Atmospheres (ERCA) for PhD students

Due date of deliverable: January 2008 Actual submission date: January 2008

Start date of project: 1 September 2004 Duration: 60 Months Organisation name of lead contractor for this deliverable: UJF

Revision [draft, 1, 2, ..]

Project co-funded by the European Commission within the Sixth Framework Programme (2002-2006)

Dissemination Level PU Public PP Restricted to other programme participants (including the Commission Services) RE Restricted to a group specified by the consortium (including the Commission Services) CO Confidential, only for members of the Consortium (including the Commission Services)

The 16th session of the European Research Course on Atmospheres (ERCA) took place from 7 January to 8 February 2008. It was attended by 55 participants from about 25 countries in Europe, Asia, North and South America, Africa and Australia. There were 47 lecturers from various countries including China. The programme included 120 hours of lectures, seminars, panels, poster sessions, visits of research institutes, and a 6 day stay at the Observatoire de Haute Provence. ERCA participants included thesis students, scientists and engineers from universities, public research institutes and private research or industrial organizations. A variety of subjects were covered , including Physics and Chemistry of the atmosphere of the Earth, the climate system and climate change, atmospheric pollution at different scales and human dimensions of environmental changes. The course also covered other planets, satellites and objects of the solar system and beyond. ERCA was designed as a multidisciplinary course with a wide diversity of subject matter. In this respect, ENSEMBLES project provided an excellent opportunity for participants to hear about the latest European climate change research and broaden their scientific horizons in the field. Moreover, participants from different European (Western and Eastern Europe), and from non-European countries (developed, emerging and developing countries) had the chance to exchange views and interact together, something which European research in general and the ENSEMBLES project in particular strongly encourages.

E R C A 2 0 0 8

Cours de Recherche Européen sur les

Atmosphères

European Research Course on Atmospheres

Grenoble - FRANCE 7 January – 8 February 2008

FINAL CIRCULAR

E R C A 2008 (7 January – 8 February 2008)

DIRECTOR : Claude BOUTRON, Professor,

University Joseph Fourier of Grenoble/Institut Universitaire de France (Emeritus)/CNRS

DEPUTY-DIRECTOR : Christophe FERRARI, Professor, University Joseph Fourier of Grenoble/Institut Universitaire

de France/Polytech Grenoble/CNRS

SECRETARY : Michèle POINSOT, CNRS

SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE : F. ADAMS, University of Antwerpen ; C. BARBANTE, University Ca’ Foscari of Venice ; M. BENISTON, University of Geneva ; A. BERGER, Catholic University of Louvain ; R. BETTS, Hadley Center for Climate Prediction and Research, Exeter, P. BRIMBLECOMBE, University of East Anglia, Norwich ; T. COX, University of Cambridge ; P. CRUTZEN, Max Planck Institute, Mainz ; R. EBINGHAUS, GKSS, Geesthacht ; P. EBNER, INSU/CNRS, Paris ; C. ELICHEGARAY, ADEME, Paris ; A. FRIEND, University of Cambridge ; P. LAJ, University Blaise Pascal of Clermont-Ferrand ; H. LUNDSTEDT, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Lund ; J. LUNINE, University of Arizona, Tucson ; B. MALAIZE, University of Bordeaux ; J. MAROTZKE, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg ; K. NOONE, International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm ; J. OLESEN, Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Tjele ; J. PACYNA, Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Kjeller ; J. PLANE, University of Leeds ; M. QUANTE, GKSS,Geesthacht ; M. VAN DEN BROEKE, University of Utrecht ; E. WOLFF, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE : S. ANQUETIN, CNRS Grenoble ; L. CHARLET, University Joseph Fourier of Grenoble ; R.J. DELMAS, CNRS Grenoble ; A. DOMMERGUE, University Joseph Fourier of Grenoble ; J.L. JAFFREZO, CNRS Grenoble ; J. JOUZEL, CEA/CNRS/IPSL Saclay ; J. LILENSTEN, CNRS Grenoble ; J. PATRIS, University Paul Cezanne of Aix-Marseille ; G. PICARD, University Joseph Fourier of Grenoble ; A. SARKISSIAN, CNRS Verrières ERCA 2008 is supported by the University Joseph Fourier of Grenoble, the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, the Ministère de l’Education Nationale, de l’Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche, the Integrated Project ENSEMBLES and the European Network of Excellence ACCENT of the European Commission’s Sixth Framework Programme, GREENCYCLES (a Marie Curie Research Training Network of the European Commission’s Sixth Framework Programme), the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), the City of Grenoble, the Conseil Général de l’Isère and Grenoble Alpes Métropole.


DIRECTEUR : Claude BOUTRON, Professeur,

Université Joseph Fourier de Grenoble/ Institut Universitaire de France (Emérite) /CNRS

SOUS-DIRECTEUR : Christophe FERRARI, Professeur, Université Joseph Fourier de Grenoble/Institut Universitaire

de France/Polytech Grenoble/CNRS

SECRETAIRE : Michèle POINSOT, CNRS

COMITE SCIENTIFIQUE F. ADAMS, Université d'Anvers ; C. BARBANTE, Université Ca’ Foscari de Venise ; M. BENISTON, Université de Genève ; A. BERGER, Université Catholique de Louvain ; R. BETTS, Hadley Center for Climate Prediction and Research, Exeter ; P. BRIMBLECOMBE, Université d’East Anglia, Norwich ; T. COX, Université de Cambridge ; P. CRUTZEN, Institut Max Planck, Mayence ; R. EBINGHAUS, GKSS, Geesthacht ; P. EBNER, INSU/CNRS, Paris ; C. ELICHEGARAY, ADEME, Paris ; A. FRIEND, Université de Cambridge ; P. LAJ, Université Blaise Pascal de Clermont-Ferrand ; H. LUNDSTEDT, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Lund ; J. LUNINE, Université d'Arizona, Tucson ; B. MALAIZE, Université de Bordeaux ; J. MAROTZKE, Institut Max Planck de Météorologie, Hambourg ; K. NOONE, Programme International Geosphère-Biosphère, Académie Royale des Sciences de Suède, Stockholm ; J. OLESEN, Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Tjele ; J. PACYNA, Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Kjeller ; J. PLANE, Université de Leeds ; M. QUANTE, GKSS, Geesthacht ; M. VAN DEN BROEKE, Université d’Utrecht ; E. WOLFF, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge COMITE D'ORGANISATION S. ANQUETIN, CNRS Grenoble ; L. CHARLET, Université Joseph Fourier de Grenoble ; R.J. DELMAS, CNRS Grenoble ; A. DOMMERGUE, Université Joseph Fourier de Grenoble ; J. L. JAFFREZO, CNRS Grenoble ; J. JOUZEL, CEA/CNRS/IPSL Saclay ; J. LILENSTEN, CNRS Grenoble ; J. PATRIS, Université Paul Cezanne d’Aix-Marseille ; G. PICARD, Université Joseph Fourier de Grenoble ; A. SARKISSIAN, CNRS Verrières ERCA 2008 bénéficie d’un soutien financier de l’Université Joseph Fourier de Grenoble,du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, du Ministère de l’Education Nationale, de l’Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche, du Projet Intégré ENSEMBLES et du Réseau d’Excellence ACCENT du 6e Programme Cadre de la Commission Européenne, de GREENCYCLES (réseau Marie Curie du 6e Programme Cadre de la Commission Européenne ), du Centre International de Physique Théorique Abdus Salam (ICTP), de la Ville de Grenoble, du Conseil Général de l’Isère et de Grenoble-Alpes Métropole.


FINAL PROGRAMME

(subject to changes)

PROGRAMME OF ERCA 2008

The first 4 weeks of ERCA will take place at POLYTECH’ GRENOBLE (street address : 28, avenue Benoît Frachon, 38400 Saint Martin d’Hères), close to the main campus of the University of Grenoble, in the city of Saint Martin d’Hères, in the East suburbs of Grenoble. Information on how to reach POLYTECH’ GRENOBLE from the hotels is given in the “PRACTICAL INFORMATION” at the end of the circular. Lectures, seminars and panels will take place in lecture hall 146. The only exceptions are the Official Opening, the introductory lecture by Jonathan Lunine and the first lecture by André Berger in the morning of Monday 7 january, which will take place in lecture hall 101.

FIRST WEEK (7-11 JANUARY) MONDAY 7 JANUARY

9.00 - 9.45 a.m. Official Opening at POLYTECH’ GRENOBLE ( lecture hall 101) with Farid OUABDESSELAM, President of the University Joseph Fourier of Grenoble, André BERGER (Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium), Jonathan LUNINE (University of Arizona, Tucson, USA), Paul SHEPSON (Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA), Daniel CORDARY (Director of Polytech’ Grenoble), Michel FILY (Director of the Laboratory of Glaciology and Geophysics of the Environment), Henri-Claude NATAF (Director of the Observatory of Grenoble) and Claude BOUTRON (Director of ERCA).

9.45 - 10.30 a.m. Introductory lecture by Jonathan LUNINE : “Global warming : the

perspective of an American planetary scientist” (Lecture hall 101)

10.45 - 12.15 a.m. André BERGER : “Man’s impacts on climate during the third Millennium” (lecture hall 101)

12.15 - 2.00 p.m. Buffet at POLYTECH’ GRENOBLE (Room 105)

2.00 - 3.30 p.m. Jonathan LUNINE : “Earth : evolution of a habitable world”

3.30 - 4.00 p.m. Coffee interval

4.00 - 5.30 p.m. Paul SHEPSON : “Introduction to atmospheric chemistry”

5.30 - 7.30 p.m. Oral presentation of the posters of the first week (Alsarmi to

Chuvochina, to be confirmed)

TUESDAY 8 JANUARY

9.00 - 10.30 a.m. André BERGER : “The greenhouse effect and its intensification “ 10.30 - 11.00 a.m. Coffee interval 11.00 - 12.30 a.m. Jonathan LUNINE : “Titan : a once and future Earth”

2.00 - 3.30 p.m. Paul SHEPSON : “Tropospheric ozone and the future” 3.30 - 4.00 p.m. Coffee interval 4.00 – 5.30 p.m. André BERGER : “The astronomical theory of paleoclimates” 5.30 - 7.00 p.m. Panel : “Climate Change”. Moderators : André Berger, Sandra

Lavorel (University Joseph Fourier of Grenoble/CNRS), Jonathan Lunine, Jochem Marotzke (Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany), Dominique Raynaud (CNRS Grenoble) and Paul Shepson

WEDNESDAY 9 JANUARY

9.00 - 10.30 a.m. Jonathan LUNINE : “Dwarf planets – the worlds of the Kuiper Belt”

10.30 - 11.00 a.m. Coffee interval

11.00 - 12.30 a.m. Paul SHEPSON : “Atmospheric chemistry and climate change in

the Arctic” 2.00 - 3.30 p.m. Nicholas HALL (University Paul Sabatier of Toulouse, France) :

“The atmospheric general circulation” 3.30 - 4.00 p.m. Coffee interval

4.00 - 5.30 p.m. Jochem MAROTZKE : “Key ocean processes in climate”

5.30 – 6.30 p.m. Seminar by Sandra LAVOREL : “Changes in biodiversity in

response to climate and other global changes”

THURSDAY 10 JANUARY

9.00 - 10.30 a.m. Nicholas HALL : “ Atmospheric variability and predictability”


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11.00 - 12. 30 a.m. Jochem MAROTZKE : “Ocean thermohaline circulation and

abrupt climate change” 2.00 - 3.30 p.m. Urs BALTENSPERGER (Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen,

Switzerland) : “Sources, sinks and global distribution of aerosols” 3.30 - 4.00 p.m. Coffee interval 4.00 - 5.30 p.m. Alain SALIOT (University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France) :

“The ocean, an active biogeochemical reactor and its role in climate change”

5.30 - 6.30 p.m. Poster session

FRIDAY 11 JANUARY

9.00 - 10.30 a.m Urs BALTENSPERGER : “Direct and indirect aerosol effects on

climate” 10.30 – 11.00 a.m. Coffee interval

11.00 –12.30 a.m. Alain SALIOT : “Biogeochemical processes at the ocean-atmosphere interface”

2.00 - 3.30 p.m. Jochem MAROTZKE : “Monitoring the Atlantic meridional

overturning circulation” 3.30 - 4.00 p.m. Coffee interval 4.00 - 5.30 p.m. Urs BALTENSPERGER : “Smog chamber activities and other new

directions of research” SECOND WEEK (14-18 JANUARY)

MONDAY 14 JANUARY

9.00 - 10.30 a.m. Jean LILENSTEN (University Joseph Fourier of Grenoble/CNRS)

: “Atmospheric escapes. Cases of magnetized and unmagnetized planets”

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10.30 - 11.00 a.m. Coffee interval 11.00 - 12.30 a.m Andreas RICHTER (University of Bremen, Germany) : “Halogen

oxides in the troposphere – measurements,distributions and impacts”

2.00 - 3.30 p.m. Jean-Marc JANCOVICI : “Energy and climate change : how far

can we go ?” 3.30 - 4.00 p.m. Coffee interval 4.00 - 5.30 p.m. Bernhard MAYER (Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft und Raumfahrt,

Wessling, Germany) : “Atmospheric radiative transfer : the basics” 5.30 - 7.30 p.m. Oral presentation of the posters of the second week (Culina to

Korsakissok, to be confirmed)

TUESDAY 15 JANUARY 9.00 - 10.30 a.m. Bernhard MAYER : “Atmospheric radiative transfer : radiation

budget and remote sensing”

10.30 -11.00 a.m. Coffee interval

11.00 - 12.30 a.m. Andreas RICHTER : ”Nitrogen oxides in the troposphere – sources,distributions, impacts and trends”

2.00 - 3.30 p.m. John PLANE (University of Leeds, United Kingdom) : “Optical

techniques for atmospheric measurements”


4.00 - 5.30 p.m. Eric WOLFF (British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom) :

“Past climate and atmospheric chemistry from ice cores : principles and methods”

5.30 – 6.30 p.m. Seminar by Erwin FLUECKIGER (University of Bern, Switzerland)

: : “Cosmic ray effects in the Earth’s atmosphere”

WEDNESDAY 16 JANUARY

9.00 - 10.30 a.m. John PLANE : “ The mesosphere and thermosphere”


11.00 - 12.30 a.m. Eric WOLFF : “Ice core records of climate and atmospheric chemistry from the last century to the last 800,000 years”

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2.00 - 3.30 p.m. Carlo BARBANTE (University Ca’ Foscari, Venice, Italy) : “Natural biogeochemical cycles of trace elements”


4.00 - 5.30 p.m. Michael PILLING (University of Leeds, United Kingdom) : “Highly

instrumented atmospheric simulation chambers. Experimental approaches”

5.30 - 6.30 p.m. Seminar by Jean LILENSTEN : “Exotic phenomena in the upper

atmospheres”

THURSDAY 17 JANUARY

9.00 - 10.30 a.m. Carlo BARBANTE : “The role and fate of heavy metals emitted by

human activities”


11.00 - 12.30 a.m. Michael PILLING : “The use of simulation chambers in developing and evaluating chemical mechanisms”

2.00 – 3.30 p.m. Stéphane UDRY (University of Geneva, Switzerland) : “Extrasolar

planets, Part I” (to be confirmed)

3.30 – 4 .00 p.m. Coffee interval 4.00 – 5.30 p.m. Marcello CORADINI (European Space Agency, Paris, France) :

“Searching for habitability zones in and out the solar system” 5.30 – 7.00 p.m. Panel : “Space exploration : can the dream continue ?”

Moderators : Carlo Barbante, Marcello Coradini, Thérèse Encrenaz (Observatory of Paris Meudon/CNRS, France), Stéphane Udry (to be confirmed), Jean Lilensten, Mike Pilling and Michiel Van den Broeke (University of Utrecht, The Netherlands).

FRIDAY 18 JANUARY

9.00 - 10.30 a.m. Michiel VAN DEN BROEKE : “Climate of the polar regions”


11.00 - 12.30 a.m. Thérèse ENCRENAZ : “Comparative study of outer planets”

2.00 - 3.30 p.m. Stéphane UDRY : “Extrasolar planets, Part II” (to be confirmed)

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4.00 - 5.30 p.m. Michiel VAN DEN BROEKE : “Recent changes in the mass balance of Greenland and Antarctica”

5.30 – 6.30 p.m. Poster session

THIRD WEEK (21-25 JANUARY)

MONDAY 21 JANUARY 9.00 - 10.30 a.m. Andrew WATSON (University of East Anglia, United Kingdom) :

“The ocean sink for atmospheric CO2” 10.30 - 11.00 a.m. Coffee interval 11.00 - 12.30 a.m. Jozef PACYNA (Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Kjeller,

Norway) : “Human welfare and air quality”

2.00 - 3.30 p.m. Andrew WATSON : “What causes glacial to interglacial atmospheric CO2 change ?


4.00 - 5.30 p.m. Andreas RECHKEMMER (International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP)), Bonn, Germany) : “Human dimensions of global environmental changes : state of the art”

5.30 - 7.30 p.m. Oral presentation of the posters of the third week (Largeron-Chetail to Skowron, to be confirmed)

TUESDAY 22 JANUARY

9.00 - 10.30 a.m. Jozef PACYNA : “Cost – benefit analysis and its application in ecosystem based management”


11.00 - 12.30 a.m. Andreas RECHKEMMER : “Towards an international organisation for the Environment”

2.00 – 6.00 p.m. Visit of the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)

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Important : access to the European Synchroton Radiation Facility is subject to prior authorization due to the sensitive nature of some of the research carried out at ESRF. Authorization to certain participants may thus be refused. Moreover the visit might be cancelled in case of exceptional situations.

The ESRF is a Research Institute funded by fifteen European countries. Its main task is to produce hard X-rays with high brillance using synchrotron radiation emitted by very high energy electrons. The electrons are accelerated first in a linac and then in a booster synchrotron, before being injected into a 844 m storage ring where they circulate for hours at constant energy (6 GeV). The synchrotron radiation beams emitted by the electrons are directed towards the 40 beamlines which are distributed all around the ring in the experimental hall. Each beamline is dedicated to a field of research or a particular technique. The fields of research include materials science, surfaces, biology, medicine, high pressures, chemistry, magnetism and industrial applications. Some of these fields are of relevance for ERCA such as the analysis of atmospheric particulate matter using X-ray microfluorescence. Other techniques used on the beamlines are diffraction, absorption spectroscopy, imaging, small-angle scattering or microscopy, generally in the range of hard X-rays. Each year, 3000 researchers worldwide come to Grenoble to carry out experiments at the ESRF.

The programme of the visit will be as follows : - 2.00-2.30 p.m. : transfer from the University Cafeteria Barnave to ESRF by tramway (line

B from stop “Les Taillées”, close to the University Cafeteria Barnave to the Grenoble central railway station (stop “Gares”)) and then bus (line 34 from “Gares” to the terminus “Polygone Scientifique”)

- 2.30 p.m. : arrival to the entrance of ESRF for official formalities (don't forget to bring

your passport) - 2.45 - 3.45 p.m. : presentation by Dominique CORNUEJOLS (Information Officer at

ESRF) : "The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility” - 3.45 - 5.00 p.m. : presentation by Freddy ADAMS (University of Antwerpen,

Belgium) : "Synchrotron radiation in environmental sciences " - 5.00 - 6.00 p.m. : visit to the experimental hall around the storage ring and a

few beamlines - 6.00 p.m. : end of the visit and return to the hotels by bus (line 34 to stop “Gares”)


9.00 - 10.30 a.m. Andrew FRIEND (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom) : “Towards a predictive understanding of the role of vegetation in atmospheric processes”.

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11.00 – 12.30 a.m. Dahe QIN (China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China) : “The latest scientific findings on climate change – a perspective from the Fourth Assessment Report of IPCC”

2.00 - 3.30 p.m. Andrew FRIEND : “Biogenic feedbacks on global climate change :

hotspots in the Earth system” 3.30 - 4.00 p.m. Coffee interval

4.00 – 5.30 p.m. Anny CAZENAVE (Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales/CNRS/Uni- versity Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France) : ” Present-day sea level

rise : observations and climatic causes” 5.30 – 6.30 p.m. Eric PUZENAT (University Claude Bernard of Lyon/CNRS, Lyon,

France) : “The photocatalytic self-cleaning materials : principles and impact on atmospheres”

THURSDAY 24 JANUARY

9.00 - 10.30 a.m. Peter BRIMBLECOMBE (University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom) : “Air pollutants and their health impact”


11.00 - 12.30 a.m. Dahe QIN : “Climate and environment changes in China and

sustainable development” 2.00 – 3.30 p.m. Filippo GIORGI (Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical

Physics, Trieste, Italy) : “Regional climate modelling : status and perspectives”

3.30 – 4.00 p.m. Coffee interval 4.00 – 5.30 p.m. Dahe QIN : “Science progress on cryosphere and climate in China

and Asia” 5.30- 7.00 p.m. Panel : “Environmental pollution and trends in human health”.

Moderators : Peter Brimblecombe, Anny Cazenave, Christophe Ferrari (University Joseph Fourier of Grenoble, France), Filippo Giorgi and Dahe Qin

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FRIDAY 25 JANUARY

9.00 - 10.30 a.m. Peter BRIMBLECOMBE : “Indoor air pollution” 10.30 – 11.00 a.m. Coffee interval 11.00 – 12.30 a.m. Anny CAZENAVE : “Observing terrestrial waters from space”

2.00 - 3.30 p.m. Peter BRIMBLECOMBE : “Effects of air pollutants on materials”

3.30 - 4.00 p.m. Coffee interval 4.00 – 5.30 p.m. Filippo GIORGI : “Climate change in the Mediterranean region”

5.30 – 6.30 p.m. Poster session

FOURTH WEEK (28 JANUARY-1 FEBRUARY)

MONDAY 28 JANUARY 9.00 - 10.30 a.m John REMEDIOS (University of Leicester, United Kingdom) :

“Observations of climate gases from space” 10.30 - 11.00 a.m. Coffee interval

11.00 – 12.30 a.m. Martin BENISTON (University of Geneva, Switzerland) : “Climatic extremes under current and future climates “

2.00 - 3.30 p.m. Martin BENISTON : “Water resources in a changing global

climate” 3.30 - 4.00 p.m. Coffee interval

4.00 - 5.30 p.m. John REMEDIOS : “Observations of tropospheric chemistry from space”

5.30 - 7.30 p.m. Oral presentation of the posters of the fourth week (Smirnova

to Yver, to be confirmed) TUESDAY 29 JANUARY

9.00 - 10.30 a.m. Bruno MALAIZE (University of Bordeaux, France) : “Different proxies in paleoceanography”

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11.00 - 12.30 a.m. François FORGET (University Pierre et Marie Curie/CNRS, Paris, France) : “Climate and meteorology on Mars and Venus“

2.00 – 3.30 p.m. Bruno MALAIZE : “Major quaternary climatic events seen through

the ocean, from orbital to millennial time scales” 3.30 – 4.00 p.m. Coffee interval 4.00 – 5.30 p.m. François FORGET : “Long-term climate evolution on Earth, Venus

and Mars” 5.30 – 6.30 p.m. Seminar by Thierry LEBEL (University Joseph Fourier of

Grenoble/INPG/CNRS/IRD, Grenoble, France) : “The African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses Programme (AMMA)”


9.00 - 10.30 a.m. François FORGET : “Habitable zones around stars”


11.00 - 12.30 a.m. Carl BRENNINKMEIJER (Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany) : “Stable isotopes in atmospheric chemistry : principles and measurement”

2.00 – 3.30 p.m. Ralf EBINGHAUS (GKSS Research Center, Geesthacht,

Germany) : “Emission sources, regional and global distribution of atmospheric

mercury” 3.30 – 4.00 p.m. Coffee interval 4.00 – 6.00 p.m. Half of the participants will visit the Laboratory of Glaciology and

Geophysics of the Environment (CNRS/University Joseph Fourier of Grenoble). The other half will visit the Coriolis Experimental Facility (CNRS/National Polytechnical Institute of Grenoble/University Joseph Fourier of Grenoble).

The Laboratory of Glaciology and Geophysics of the Environment (LGGE) is a laboratory of the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the University Joseph Fourier of Grenoble. Its scientific reputation is based on outstanding research achievements related to the reconstruction of past changes of climate and atmospheric composition during the last climatic cycles from polar ice cores. These studies are based on the well preserved frozen atmospheric archives which have been obtained by ice drilling in the central plateau areas of Antarctica and Greenland. The time periods under investigation now include the last

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nine climatic cycles as well as the Holocene and the last few centuries. Current investigations also include the study of the physical and mechanical properties of the ice, modelling of ice caps, chemical exchanges between the low atmosphere and snow and ice fields, remote sensing of snow and ice covered areas in polar and temperate regions, mass balance of Alpine and Andean glaciers as well as high latitude climate modelling and atmospheric chemistry modelling. Research carried out at LGGE combines technological and analytical approaches. Of particular importance are polar field campaigns organised in the frame of international programmes such as the European Programme for Ice Coring in Antarctica (EPICA), as well as field parties in the Alps, in the Arctic and in the Andes. Research conducted at LGGE contributes to a better understanding of important scientific issues which are fundamental to our society as a whole, such as the greenhouse effect, climate and environmental changes, atmospheric pollution at global and regional scales, as well as risks associated with glaciers. The participants will be guided by Michel FILY, Director of LGGE, Christophe FERRARI and several other researchers. Coriolis is a large rotating platform (diameter : 14 m) belonging to the Laboratory of Industrial and Geophysical Flows (LEGI). It receives European researchers in the frame of the program “Access to Major Research Infrastructures” funded by the EC. It is used for physical modelling of geophysical flows, taking the effects of the Earth’s rotation into account with or without stratification or topography. It reproduces meso-scale processes in the ocean or the atmosphere with good dynamical similarity. The rotation period ranges from 18 to 1000s. The tank on the platform can be filled with homogeneous, multi-layer or continuously stratified fluids. It is equiped with 2D and 3D particle imaging velocimetry systems (PIV) adapted to the large size of the measurement volumes. Current activities include : a) stability of either surface or underwater density currents : appearence and growth of instabilities, mixing, interaction with a topography (cape or canyon) ; b) boundary layers in laminar and turbulent regimes : Ekman layer ; lateral layer near a vertical wall or topography ; c) turbulence in in either an homogeneous or stratified rotating fluid : wake of an isolated obstacle, isolated vortex structure, dipole ; d) non linear internal waves in rotating fluids : generation near the continental shelf, a cape or an isolated obstacle. Topographical Rossby waves. Shelf waves in continuously stratified fluid ; e) rectification of an alternating current near a coast, a continental shelf or around a canyon. The participants wil be guided by Joël SOMMERIA, Director of Coriolis and Henri DIDELLE.

THURSDAY 31 JANUARY

9.00 - 10.30 a.m. Carl BRENNINKMEIJER : “Stable isotopes in atmospheric chemistry : main applications”


11.00 - 12.30 a.m. Ralf EBINGHAUS : “Emission sources, regional and global distribution of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)”

2.00 - 3.30 p.m. Kevin NOONE (International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme,

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden) : “Earth System Science” “


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4.00 - 5.30 p.m. Carl BRENNINKMEIJER : “How we monitor the chemical

composition of the Earth’s atmosphere”

5.30 - 6.30 p.m. Award of the André Prud’homme Prize of the french Meteorological Society to Didier Roche by Kevin Noone. Short presentation by Didier Roche of his work “Forward oxygen-18 isotope modeling : lessons from the glacial climate”

FRIDAY 1 FEBRUARY

9.00 - 10.30 a.m. Slimane BEKKI (CNRS/Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, Paris, France) : “Stratospheric ozone : history and basic concepts of the stratosphere”

10.30 – 11.00 a.m. Coffee interval

11.00 - 12.30 a.m. Kevin NOONE : “Biogeochemical cycles and global change, Part I”

2.00 - 3.30 p.m. Slimane BEKKI : “Stratospheric ozone : ozone hole and climate” 3.30 - 4.00 p.m. Coffee interval 4.00 – 5.30 p.m. Kevin NOONE : “Biogeochemical cycles and global change, Part II” 5.30 – 6.30 p.m. Poster session FIFTH WEEK (3-8 FEBRUARY) The participants will visit the “Observatoire de Haute-Provence” (OHP), near the small city of Forcalquier (about 170 km South of Grenoble). General presentation of the stay at OHP

OHP is one of the main French astronomical Observatories, with several large optical telescopes (diameter : 1.93 m ; 1.52 m ; 1.20 m and 0.80 m) and various other instruments. It is located at a place which is renowned for clear sky conditions. It is also the place where the Aeronomy Laboratory (“Service d’Aéronomie”) of Paris (CNRS/University Pierre et Marie Curie/University of Versailles-St Quentin/Institut Pierre Simon Laplace) has extensive experimental facilities for the study of the middle and upper atmosphere. The instruments which are operated at OHP by the Service d’Aéronomie include especially :

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1) Temperature Lidar (measurement of temperature in the middle atmosphere),

2) Wind Lidar (measurement of wind in the middle atmosphere)

3) Ozone Lidar (determination of the vertical profile of ozone from ground level to 50 km

4) SAOZ Spectrometer (SAOZ means in french : "Système d'Analyse par Observation Zénithale" i.e. : Analysis System for Zenith Observation) and Dobson Spectrometer (measurement of stratospheric constituents)

Transportation and accommodation The participants will arrive at OHP by special bus from Grenoble at the end of the morning of Sunday 3 February. They will leave OHP at the end of the morning of Friday 8 February (arrival in Grenoble in front of the railway station is scheduled around 5 p.m.). During the stay at OHP, some of the participants will stay at the Observatory itself (“Maison Jean Perrin” ; rooms with single, double or triple occupancy, with or without private bathroom facilities). The others will stay at “Grand-Hotel” in Forcalquier (about 15 km from the Observatory ; rooms with single or double occupancy, with or without private bathroom facilities) and possibly also at “Hotel de l’Observatoire” in St Michel l’Observatoire (a few km from the Observatory ; rooms with single, double or triple occupancy, without private bathroom facilities ). Breakfast will be either at “Maison Jean-Perrin” or at the hotels. Lunch and dinner will be at "Maison Jean Perrin" for all the participants. Transportation between the hotels and the Observatory will be by bus. Programme SUNDAY 3 FEBRUARY

8.00 a.m. Departure from Grenoble by bus. Arrival around 12.00 a.m. at

O.H.P. 12.30 a.m. Lunch at "Maison Jean Perrin" 2.00-4.00 p.m. Settling of the participants in their rooms at "Maison Jean Perrin" or

at the hotels 4.00-5.30 p.m. Markus QUANTE (GKSS Research Center, Geesthacht,

Germany) : “Introduction to cloud physics” 6.00 p.m. Dinner at “Maison Jean Perrin” 7.30 – 9.00 p.m. Henrik LUNDSTEDT (Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Lund,

Sweden) : “The weather and climate of the Sun”

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MONDAY 4 FEBRUARY

9.00 –10.30 a.m. Julie PATRIS (University Paul Cezanne, Marseille, France) : “Astronomical observations at OHP and elsewhere”

10.30 – 11.00 a.m. Coffee interval

11.00 a.m. Departure from OHP by bus for the visit of the Cadarache Research Center of the French Atomic Energy Commission

12.00 – 12.45 p.m. Picnic 1.00 p.m. Arrival at the Cadarache Research Center of the French Atomic

Energy Commission in Saint Paul les Durance, about 40 km from Forcalquier

1.00 – 5.00 p.m. Visit of the Cadarache Research Center of the French Atomic

Energy Commission (CEA) Important : access to the Cadarache Research Center of the

French Atomic Energy Commission is subject to prior authorization due to the sensitive nature of some of the research carried out at the Center. Authorization to certain participants may thus be refused. These participants will have to stay at OHP or Forcalquier during the visit of the Cadarache Research Center.

Don’t forget to bring your passport, it will be required to enter the Research Center. It is forbidden to take pictures inside the Cadarache Research Center.

Special emphasis will be given to current international research on

fusion energy, especially to the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), which will be built at Cadarache by the European Union, the United States, Russia, China, Japan and South Korea.

1.30 – 2.15 p.m. General tour by bus of the Cadarache Research Center with Alain

BOULET (CEA Cadarache) 2.15 – 3.45 p.m. Jean-Marc ANE (CEA Cadarache) : “Fusion - ace in the energy

pack ? ” 3.45 – 5.00 p.m. Visit to the Tokamak Tore Supra

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6.00 p.m. Dinner at “Maison Jean Perrin” 7.30 – 11.30 p.m. Introduction to astronomy : sky observation and use of a 80

cm telescope (Important : don’t forget to bring your own binoculars). The group of participants will be divided into 4 sub-groups (according to alphabetical order).

7.30 – 8.30 p.m. Group I : Break Group II : Sky observation (Julie Patris) Group III : Break

Group IV : 0.80 m optical telescope (Alain Sarkissian, CNRS /University Pierre et Marie Curie/University of Versailles-St Quentin, Institut Pierre Simon Laplace)

8.30 – 9.30 p.m. Group I : Sky observation (Julie Patris) Group II : Break Group III : 0.80 m optical telescope (Alain Sarkissian) Group IV : Break 9.30 – 10.30 p.m. Group I : Break Group II : 0.80 m optical telescope (Alain Sarkissian) Group III : Break Group IV : Sky observation (Julie Patris) 10.30 – 11.30 p.m Group I : 0.80 m optical telescope (Alain Sarkissian) Group II : Break Group III : Sky observation (Julie Patris) Group IV : Break

TUESDAY 5 FEBRUARY

9.00 - 10.30 a.m. Markus QUANTE : “Clouds and climate”


10.45 -12.15 a.m. Henrik LUNDSTEDT : “Living with the space (solar) weather” 12.30 a.m. Lunch at "Maison Jean Perrin"

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2.00 – 3.30 p.m. Alain SARKISSIAN : “Spectroscopic measurements of

stratospheric constituents” 3.30 – 4.15 p.m. Coffee interval and sale of OHP postcards, posters and sky maps 4.15 – 5.45 p.m. Philippe KECKHUT (CNRS/University Pierre et Marie

Curie/University of Versailles-St Quentin/Institut Pierre Simon Laplace) : “Lidar studies at Observatoire de Haute Provence“

6.00 p.m. Dinner at "Maison Jean Perrin"

7.00 – 12.00 p.m. Visit to the lidars, the 1.20 m and 1.52 m optical telescopes

(see the enclosed map 1 of Observatoire de Haute-Provence). Mie-Rayleigh Lidar The lidar is an active system including a laser and a telescope receiver. In this case the emitted laser beam is a visible wavelength that permits stratospheric aerosol to be measured by backscattering below 30 km, by assuming molecular scattering, and temperature above (30-80 km) by using the perfect gas law. Temperature time series obtained at OHP since 1978 are the longest ever obtained with this technique. This system is also able to measure water vapour and temperature in the presence of aerosols. Dobson and SAOZ spectrometers Total ozone is measured using the differential technique with two different instruments. The well-known Dobson spectrometer observes directly the sun at a couple of wavelengths: one absorbed and the other non-absorbed by ozone. The total ozone quantity can be derived from the data if the absorption cross section is known. The SAOZ spectrometer is based on the same principle except that the full spectrum is observed. In that case there are less interferences with other absorbents and the total column of other chemical constituents such as NO2 can be derived. The SAOZ spectrometer points towards the zenith direction. During sunset and sunrise, the optical path is increased and the sensitivity maximised. The SAOZ spectrometer is well adapted for polar regions during winter when sun elevation is always small. Ozone lidar Ozone profiles can be derived using the DIAL techniques. Two lasers are required : one emitting in the ozone absorption band and the other at a non absorbed wavelength. The

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differential absorption profile can be inverted into ozone density profiles. The two lidars are dedicated for two different altitude ranges : the troposphere and the stratosphere. The two systems use two different pairs of wavelengths because the range (and hence required laser power) and the ozone density (larger in the stratosphere) are different. The laser used for the stratosphere is more powerful, with a wavelength not too strongly absorbed by ozone in order to reach the stratosphere. Wind lidar It is a spectral lidar. The method is based on the measurement of the Doppler shift of the backscattered beam. This is achieved by using two narrow bandwidth Fabry-Perot filters on each wing of the Gaussian envelope. The ratio of the two signals provides a direct measurement of the wind. Two directions and the zenith (for calibration) are sounded successively every two minutes to obtain the meridional and zonal winds. 1.52 and 1.20 m optical telescopes The 1.52 m telescope, second in size at Observatoire de Haute Provence, is dedicated to high resolution spectrometry with the Aurelie grating spectrometer. The 1.20 m telescope, third in size on the OHP site, is entirely dedicated to astronomical imagery and multiple band photometry, with a 1024 x 1024 CCD camera. 7.00 – 7.15 p.m. : Walking from Maison Jean-Perrin to the telescopes (Groups I and II) the Gérard Megie lidar station (Groups III and IV)

7.15 - 8.15 p.m. : Group I : 1.20 m optical telescope (Julie Patris) Group II : 1.52 m optical telescope (Alain Sarkissian)

Group III : ozone lidar and polar ozone campaigns (Christophe Pietras, CNRS/University Pierre et Marie Curie of Paris/University of Versailles St Quentin/Institut Pierre Simon Laplace)

Group IV : temperature and wind lidars (Philippe Keckhut)

8.30 – 9.30 p.m. : Group I : 1.52 m optical telescope (Alain Sarkissian) Group II : 1.20 m optical telescope (Julie Patris)

Group III : temperature and wind lidars (Philippe Keckhut) Group IV : ozone lidar and polar ozone campaigns (Christophe

Pietras)

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9.45 – 10.45 p.m. : Group I : ozone lidar and polar ozone campaigns (Christophe

Pietras) Group II : temperature and wind lidars (Philippe Keckhut) Group III : 1.20 m optical telescope (Julie Patris) Group IV : 1.52 m optical telescope (Alain Sarkissian) 11.00 – 12.00 p.m. Group I : temperature and wind lidars (Philippe Keckhut) Group II : ozone lidar and polar ozone campaigns (Christophe

Pietras) Group III : 1.52 m optical telescope (Alain Sarkissian) Group IV : 1.20 m optical telescope (Julie Patris)

WEDNESDAY 6 FEBRUARY

9.00 - 9.45 a.m Christophe PIETRAS : “Ozone sondes” 9.45 – 10.45 a.m. Visit to the 1.93 m optical telescope (Julie Patris)

10.45 – 11.00 a.m. : Walking to the Gérard Megie lidar station 11.00 –12.30 a.m. Ozone balloon sounding from the Gérard Megie lidar station (if

meteorological conditions are acceptable). Coffee will be served during the preparation of the launch of the balloon

12.30 a.m. Lunch at "Maison Jean Perrin" 2.00 – 5.00 p.m. Visit to instruments and data analysis

2.00 – 2.45 p.m. Group I : Dobson and SAOZ spectrometers (Alain Sarkissian)

Group II : astronomical image processing (Julie Patris)

Group III : lidars (Philippe Keckhut) Group IV : data bases in environmental sciences (Christophe Pietras)

2.45 – 3.30 p.m. Group I : data bases in environmental sciences (Christophe Pietras) Group II : Dobson and SAOZ spectrometers (Alain Sarkissian)

Group III : astronomical image processing (Julie Patris) Group IV : lidars (Philippe Keckhut)

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3.30 – 4.15 p.m. Group I : lidars (Philippe Keckhut)

Group II : data bases in environmental sciences (Christophe Pietras)Group III : Dobson and SAOZ spectrometers (Alain Sarkissian)

Group IV : astronomical image processing (Julie Patris)

4.15 – 5.00 p.m. Group I : astronomical image processing (Julie Patris) Group II : lidars (Philippe Keckhut) Group III : data bases in environmental sciences (Christophe Pietras) Group IV : Dobson and SAOZ spectrometers (Alain Sarkissian) 7.00 p.m. – 1.00 a.m. Diner de gala at Chateau de Sauvan

THURSDAY 7 FEBRUARY 10.00 a.m. – 8.00 p.m. Sightseeing tour 8.00 p.m. Dinner at “Maison Jean Perrin” FRIDAY 8 FEBRUARY Return from Observatoire de Haute-Provence to Grenoble by special bus – arrival in front of the Grenoble railway station around 5 p.m.

END OF ERCA 2008

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LIST OF

CONTRIBUTORS

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS ADAMS Freddy. Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerpen (UIA), Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 WILRIJK (Belgium). E-mail : [email protected] ANE Jean-Marc. Département de Recherche sur la Fusion, Bâtiment 513, CEA Cadarache, 13028 ST PAUL LES DURANCE cedex (France). E-mail : [email protected] BALTENSPERGER Urs. Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 VILLIGEN PSI (Switzerland). E-mail : [email protected] BARBANTE Carlo. Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Universita Ca’ Foscari di Venezia, Dorsoduro 2137, 30123 VENEZIA (Italy). E-mail : [email protected] BEKKI Slimane. Service d’Aéronomie, UMR 7620 CNRS/Université Pierre et Marie Curie/Université de Versailles-St Quentin/Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, B 102, Tour 45-46, 3e étage, 4, Place Jussieu, 75252 PARIS cedex 05 (France). E-mail : [email protected] BENISTON Martin. Chair for Climate Research, University of Geneva, Site de Battelle/D, 7 chemin de Drize, 1227 CAROUGE (Switzerland). E-mail : [email protected] BERGER André. Institut d'Astronomie et de Géophysique Georges Lemaître, Département de Physique, Université Catholique de Louvain, 2, Chemin du Cyclotron, B 1348 LOUVAIN LA NEUVE (Belgium). E-mail : [email protected] BOULET Alain. Service Communication et Action Extérieure, Communication Evénémentielle, Bâtiment 101, CEA Cadarache, 13028 ST PAUL LES DURANCE cedex. E-mail : [email protected] BRENNINKMEIJER Carl. Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Joh. Becherweg 27, 55128 MAINZ (Germany). E-mail : [email protected] BRIMBLECOMBE Peter. School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, NORWICH, NR4 7TJ (U.K.). E-mail : [email protected] CAZENAVE Anny. Laboratoire d’Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales, LEGOS-CNES, Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, 18, avenue Edouard Belin, 31401 TOULOUSE cedex 9 (France). E-mail : [email protected]

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CORADINI Marcello. Solar System Missions, European Space Agency, Science Directorate, 8-10, rue Mario Nikis, 75738 PARIS cedex 15 (France). E-mail : [email protected] CORNUEJOLS Dominique. European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Polygone Scientifique Louis-Néel, 6, rue Jules Horowitz, B.P. 220, 38043 GRENOBLE cedex (France). E-mail : [email protected] EBINGHAUS Ralf. Department for Environmental Chemistry, Institute for Coastal Research, GKSS Research Center, Max-Planck-Strasse 1, 21502 GEESTHACHT (Germany). E-mail : [email protected] ENCRENAZ Thérèse. Laboratoire d’Etudes Spatiales et Instrumentation en Astrophysique, UMR CNRS 8109, Observatoire de Paris Meudon, 5, place Jules Janssen, 92195 MEUDON Cedex (France). E-mail : [email protected] FERRARI Christophe. Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l’Environnement, UMR CNRS-UJF 5183, 54, rue Molière, B.P. 96, 38402 ST MARTIN D’HERES cedex (France). E-mail : [email protected] FLUECKIGER Erwin. Physics Institute, University of Bern, Sidlerstrasse 5, 3012 BERN (Switzerland). E-mail : [email protected] FORGET François. Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, Tour 45, 3e étage, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, B.P. 99, 4, place Jussieu, 75252 PARIS cedex 05 (France). E-mail : [email protected] FRIEND Andrew. Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Downing place, CB2 3EN CAMBRIDGE (United Kingdom). E-mail : [email protected] GIORGI Filippo. Physics of Weather and Climate Section, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, PO. Box 586, Strada Costiera 11, 34100 TRIESTE (Italy). E-mail : [email protected] HALL Nicholas. Laboratoire d’Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales, LEGOS-CNES, Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, 18, avenue Edouard Belin, 31401 TOULOUSE cedex 9 (France). E-mail : [email protected]. JANCOVICI Jean-Marc. Manicore, 20, rue Clémenceau, 91400 ORSAY (France). E-mail : [email protected] KECKHUT Philippe. Service d'Aéronomie, UMR 7620 CNRS/Université Pierre et Marie Curie/Université de Versailles-St Quentin/Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, Réduit de Verrières, Route des Gatines, B.P. 3, 91371 VERRIERES LE BUISSON Cedex (France). E-mail : [email protected]

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LAVOREL Sandra. Laboratoire d’Ecologie Alpine (UMR CNRS/UJF 5553) & Station Alpine Joseph Fourier (UMS CNRS/UJF 2925), Batiment D de Biologie , 2233 rue de la Piscine , Domaine Universitaire, B.P. 53, 30041 GRENOBLE cedex 9 (France). E-mail : [email protected] LEBEL Thierry. Laboratoire d’étude des Transferts en Hydrologie et Environnement, UMR 5564 UJF/CNRS/INPG/IRD, Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Hydraulique et de Mécanique de Grenoble, 1025, rue de la Piscine, Domaine Universitaire, B.P. 53, 38041 GRENOBLE cedex 9 (France). E-mail : [email protected] LILENSTEN Jean. Laboratoire de Planétologie de Grenoble, UMR 5109 UJF/CNRS, Bâtiment D de Physique, 122, rue de la Piscine, Domaine Universitaire, B.P. 53, 38041 GRENOBLE cedex 9 (France). E-mail : [email protected] LUNDSTEDT Henrik. Swedish Institute of Space Physics, ISES, Scheeev. 17, 22370 LUND (Sweden). E-mail : [email protected] LUNINE Jonathan. Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Department of Planetary Sciences, The University of Arizona, 1629 East University Blvd, TUCSON, Arizona 85721 (USA). E-mail : [email protected] MALAIZE Bruno. Département de Géologie et Océanographie, UMR CNRS 5805 – EPOC, Université Bordeaux I, Avenue des Facultés, 33405 TALENCE cedex (France). E-mail : [email protected] MAROTZKE Jochem. Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Bundesstrasse 55, 20146 HAMBURG (Germany). E-mail : [email protected] MAYER Bernhard. Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft und Raumfahrt (DLR), Institut fuer Physik der Atmosphaere, Oberpfaffenhofen, 82234 WESSLING (Germany). E-mail : [email protected] NOONE Kevin. International Geosphere-Biosphere Program, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Box 50005, Lilla Frescativagen 4A, 10405 STOCKHOLM (Sweden). E-mail : [email protected] PACYNA Jozef. Center for Ecological Economics, Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Instituteveien 18, P.O. Box 100, 2027 KJELLER (Norway). E-mail : [email protected] PATRIS Julie. University Paul Cezanne, FST Centre Universitaire de Montperrin, 6, avenue du Pigonnet, 13090 AIX EN PROVENCE (France). E-mail : [email protected] PIETRAS Christophe. Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 PALAISEAU cedex (France). E-mail : [email protected]

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PILLING Michael. School of Chemistry, University of Leeds,Woodhouse Lane, LEEDS LS2 9JT (United Kingdom). E-mail : [email protected] PLANE John. School of Chemistry, University of Leeds,Woodhouse Lane, LEEDS LS2 9JT (United Kingdom). E-mail : [email protected]

PUZENAT Eric. Institut de Recherche sur la Catalyse et l’Environnement de Lyon, UMR 5256 CNRS/University Claude Bernard de Lyon, 2 avenue Albert Einstein, 69629 VILLEURBANNE Cedex (France). E-mail : [email protected] QUANTE Markus. Department of Environmental Chemistry, Institute for Coastal Research, GKSS Research Center, 21502 GEESTHACHT (Germany). E-mail : [email protected] QIN Dahe. China Meteorological Administration, N° 46, Zhongguancun Nandajie, Beijing 100081 (China). E-mail : [email protected] RAYNAUD Dominique. Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l’Environnement, UMR CNRS-UJF 5183, B.P. 96, 38402 ST MARTIN D’HERES Cedex (France). E-mail : [email protected] RECHKEMMER Andreas. International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP), United Nations Campus, Hermann Ehlers strasse 10, 53113 BONN (Germany). E-mail : [email protected] REMEDIOS John. EOS (Physics and Astronomy), Space Research Center, University of Leicester, University Road, LEICESTER LE1 7RH (United Kingdom). E-mail : [email protected] RICHTER Andreas. Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, P.O. Box 33-04-40, 28334 BREMEN (Germany). E-mail : [email protected] SALIOT Alain. LOCEAN, UMR CNRS 7159, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Tour 46-00, 5e étage, Case Courier 100, 4, Place Jussieu, 75252 PARIS Cedex 05 (France). E-mail : [email protected] SARKISSIAN Alain. Service d'Aéronomie, UMR 7620 CNRS/Université Pierre et Marie Curie/Université de Versailles-St Quentin/Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, Réduit de Verrières, Route des Gatines, B.P. 3, 91371 VERRIERES LE BUISSON Cedex (France). E-mail : [email protected] SHEPSON Paul. Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, 560 Oval Drive, WEST LAFAYETTE, IN 47907 (USA). E-mail : [email protected]

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UDRY Stéphane. Observatoire de Genève, 51, chemin des Maillettes, 1290 SAUVERNY (Switzerland). E-mail : [email protected] (to be confirmed) VAN DEN BROEKE Michiel. Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80005, 3508 TA UTRECHT (The Netherlands). E-mail : [email protected] WATSON Andrew. School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, NORWICH, NR4 7TJ (U.K.). E-mail : [email protected] WOLFF Eric. British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, CAMBRIDGE CB3 OET (United Kingdom). E-mail : [email protected]

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LIST OF

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ERCA 2008: DEFINITIVE LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

Name Date of birth Country Laboratory Subject of Research Phone, Fax, E-mail

ALSARMI Said Hamed

8 October 1973 Oman/ United Kingdom

Climate and Meteorological Application Section, Department of Meteorology, P.O. Box 333, Postal Code 121, Muscat (Sultanate of Oman)/ Centre for Environment, Oxford University, Centre, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QY (United Kingdom)

Climate variability, modes of variability and their predictability

Phone : 968 99 84 80 81 Fax : 968 245 19 363 E-mail : [email protected]

ANA Godson 6 December 1969

Nigeria Division of Environmental Health Sciences, Faculty of Public Health, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan (Nigeria)

Air Quality and human exposure assessment Phone : 234 8037146436 Fax : 234-2-810-6816 E-mail : [email protected]

ARCHIBALD Alexander

20 September 1984

United Kingdom School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantocks Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS (United Kingdom)

Development and validation of an air quality model


ARZOUMANIAN Emmanuel

9 October 1983 Lebanon/ France

Laboratoire Inter-universitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques (LISA), Faculté des Sciences et Technologie, Université Paris XII, 61, avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94010 Creteil cedex (France)

Physico-chemical studies of Titan’s atmosphere

Phone : 33 1 45 17 15 50 Fax : 33 1 45 17 15 64 E-mail : [email protected]

BATBAATAR Suvd 5 February 1976 Mongolia Environmental Health Research Center, Public Health Institute, Peace Avenue 17, Bayanzurkh District 3 Khoroo, 211049 Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia)

Public awareness of air pollution and their fuel burning attitude in Mongolia

Phone : 976 11 45 0218 Fax : 976 11458 645 E-mail : [email protected]

BELKOVICH Olga 1 December 1983

Belarus Laboratory on Transboundary Pollution and Climate, Institute for Problems of Natural Resources Use and Ecology, Skoriny 10, 220114 Minsk (Belarus)

Chemical composition of atmospheric precipitations and snow cover in urban conditions

Phone : 375 17 266 3427 Fax : 375 17 266 3427 E-mail : [email protected]

BIBIKOVA Tatiana 19 November 1981

Russia Hydrology Laboratory, Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova St. 37-35, 117312 Moscow (Russia)

General and regional features of water resources change under the climate effect and the man’s impact on the territory of the former Soviet Union

Phone : 7 495 129 04 74 Fax : 7 495 959 00 33 E-mail : [email protected]

BOYOUK Neda 6 November 1974

Iran/ France

Laboratoire d’Optique Atmosphérique, Université des Sciences et Technologie de Lille, Bâtiment P5 – Cité scientifique, 59655 Villeneuve d’Ascq cedex (France)

Characterisation and transport pathways of pollution aerosol from space born remote sensing and ground based lidar sounding


BUIRON Daphné 15 February 1984

France Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l’Environnement, UMR CNRS/UJF 5183, 54, rue Molière, B.P. 96, 38400 Saint Martin d’Hères (France)

Climate dynamics in Antarctic coastal areas during the past 50000 years


BULGAKOV Kirill 13 February 1982

Russia Dynamic Meteorology Department, Voeikov Main Geophysical Observatory, 7, Karbysheva str., 194021 St Petersburg (Russia)

Sensitivity of equilibrium climate to CO2 doubling


BUSKE Daniela 4 December 1978

Brazil Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul, PROMEC, Sarmento Leite 425, 3e Andar, 90046-900 Porto Alegre/RS (Brazil)

Simulation of pollutant dispersion in low wind conditions by the GILTT method


CHEN Tuo 1 June 1971 China State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Donggang West Road N° 320, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu Province (China)

Environment change recorded by plant isotope in Northwestern China


CHEN Zhi 24 December 1981

China Department of Ecology, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275 (China)

Biogenic volatile organic compounds emission estimates of Shenzhen City, Guangzhou Province, China

Phone : 86 20 84115180 Fax : 86 20 84036215 E-mail : [email protected]

CHUVOCHINA Maria 19June 1985 Russia/ France

Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l’Environnement, UMR CNRS/UJF 5183, 54, rue Molière, B.P. 96, 38400 Saint Martin d’Hères (France)

Detection, recovery and authentification of bacteria in glacier and accretion ice of Vostok core with Mont-Blanc and Lake Radok counterparts

Phone : 33 4 76 82 42 00 Fax : 33 4 76 82 42 01 E-mail :[email protected]

COURTEAUD Julien 20 January 1983 France Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l’Environnement, UMR CNRS/UJF 5183, 54, rue Molière, B.P. 96, 38400 Saint Martin d’Hères (France)

Paleoenvironmental global cycle of mercury Phone : 33 476 82 42 00 Fax : 33 4 76 82 42 01 E-mail : [email protected]

CULINA Joël 28 August 1978 Canada School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, Petch Building 168, P.O. Box 3055 STN CSC, Victoria, BC, V8W 3P6 (Canada)

Averaging and stochastic reduction methods applied to a model of atmospheric low frequency variability


DUNCIANU Marius 12 July 1979 Romania Faculty of Chemistry, Al. I. Cuza University of Iasi, Str. Carol I, 11, 700506 IASI (Romania)

Atmospheric chemistry oxidation of phenolic-type compounds


ENKHJARGAL Altangerel

15 November 1976

Mongolia Environmental Health Research Center, Public Health Institute, Peace Avenue 17, Bayanzurkh District 3 Khoroo, 211049 Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia)

Health impact assessment of ambient air pollution in two cities in Mongolia

Phone : Fax : 976 11 458 645 E-mail : [email protected]

FROSCH Mia 19 July 1983 Denmark Chemical Institute, Office C 416, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100 Copenhagen (Denmark)

The role of polyfunctional organic molecules in cloud droplet formation


GAZEAUX Julien 25 May 1981 France Service d’Aéronomie, UMR CNRS 7620, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Tour 45, couloir 45-46, 4, Place Jussieu, 75252 Paris cedex 05 (France)

Research of tendancy and changeability in climatological and geophysical data

Phone : 33 1 44 27 84 50 Fax : E-mail : [email protected]

GEHLOT Swati 11 September 1980

India/ Germany

Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Emmy-Noether Junior Research Group, Bundesstrasse 53, 20146 Hamburg (Germany)

Feedbacks between convection and climate : analysis with global modeling and satellite observations


GELYBO Gyorgyi 19 October 1982 Hungary Department of Meteorology, Eotvos Lorand University, Pazmany stny 1/A, 1117 Budapest (Hungary)

Examining vertical structure of different atmospheric parameters by remote sensing methods


HELIASZ Michal 9 April 1982 Poland/ Sweden

Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystems Analysis, University of Lund, Solvegatan 12, 223 62 Lund (Sweden)

Ecosystem-atmosphere carbon fluxes in the Subantarctic


HILAIRE Jérôme 4 May 1983 France/ United Kingdom

Centre for Air Transport and the Environment, John Dalton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University, Chester Street, Manchester M15GD (United Kingdom)

Determination of the impact of shipping NOx emissions on climate

Phone : 44 161 247 3658 Fax : 44 61 161 247 6332 E-mail : [email protected]

IWASAKI Erika 5 September 1982

Japan Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8601 (Japan)

Laboratory study on the atmospheric oxidation processes of ketone molecules with chlorine atoms


KASIKOWSKI Tomasz

9 August 1974 Poland/ United Kingdom

Met Offfice/Hadley Centre for Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Fitzroy Road, Exeter EX1 3PB (United Kingdom)

Optimisation and validation of fire model coupled with Hadley Centre General Circulation Model


KEENAN Trevor 14 April 1980 Ireland/ Spain

CREAF Research Institute, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Edifici C. 08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona) (Spain)

Analysis of ecophysiological responses to drought in the Mediterranean : data analysis and comparison and evaluation of process based ecosystem model predictions in drought prone environments

Phone : 34 93581 2915 Fax : 34 93 581 4151 E-mail : [email protected]

KLIPPEL Tim 13 April 1979 Germany Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Air Chemistry Division, Optical Spectroscopy Group, J.J. Becher Weg 27, 55128 Mainz (Germany)

Distribution and chemistry of H2O2 and ROOH in the upper troposphere

Phone : 49 6131305463 Fax : 49 6131 305 436 E-mail : [email protected]

KORSAKISSOK Irène

29 July 1983 France Centre d’Enseignement et de Recherche en Environnement Atmosphérique, ENPC, 6-8, avenue Blaise Pascal, Cité Descartes, Champs sur Marne, 77455 Marne la Vallée cedex 2 (France)

Development of local-scale and subgrid-scale models in Polyphemus


LARGERON-CHETAIL Yann

21 February 1984

France Laboratoire des Ecoulements Géophysiques et Industriels, 1025, rue de la Piscine, Domaine Universitaire, 38400 Saint Martin d’Hères (France)

Dynamics of the stable atmospheric boundary layer in Alpine valleys with application to air quality


LAWSON Sarah 13 February 1979

Australia CSIRO, Marine and Atmospheric Research, 107-121 Station Street, Aspendale 3195 (Australia)

Study of volatile organic gases (VOCs) in background atmosphere at Australia’s baseline air pollution station at Cape Grim, Tasmania


LIU Weiqiu 5 August 1970 China Department of Ecology, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275 (China)

Effects of elevated atmospheric nitrogen on forest ecosystems and tailing ecosystems

Phone : 86 20 841 12874 Fax : 86 20 84036215 E-mail : [email protected]

LIU Xiaohong 25 July 1972 China State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy orf Sciences, Donggang West Road N° 320, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu Province (China)

Stable carbon isotopes in tree rings and climate change – case study of Nyingchi region and Qilian mountains

Phone : 86 931 4967342 Fax : 86 931 8271124 E-mail : [email protected]

MONKS Sarah 16 November 1982

United Kingdom Institute for Atmospheric Science, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Environment Building, Leeds LS2 9JT (United Kingdom)

Development and application of a high resolution model of tropospheric chemistry and transport


MORENO Isabel 23 July 1978 Bolivia/ France


Regional variability of Andean environment : glaciochemical study using a Nevado Coropuna (Andes) ice core

Phone : 33 4 76 824266 Fax : 33 4 76 82 42 01 E-mail : [email protected]

PACIFICO Federica 11 February 1979

Italy/ United Kingdom

Met Office/Hadley Centre, Climate Impacts, Fitzroy Road, Exeter EX1 3PB (United Kingdom)

Interactions between natural hydrocarbon emissions, ozone and climate : towards a fully coupled dynamic earth system model


PALAMARCHUK Iuliia

3 July 1983 Ukrainia Department of Atmospheric Physics, Odessa State Environmental University, Str. Malinovskogo 25-26, 65059 Odessa (Ukrainia)

Impact of parameterization schemes on the forcast errors in the MM5 model

Phone : 38 048 746 7339 Fax : E-mail : [email protected]

PANDYA Mehul 16 December 1973

India Agricultural Forestry and Environment Group, AMD/AFEG/RESA, Space Applications Centre, ISRO, Ahmedabad 380015 (India)

Retrieval of land surface parameters from satellite data and their role on regional climate over India


PETTERSSON Emma

31 May 1979 Sweden/ Belgium

Institut d’Astronomie et de Géophysique Georges Lemaître, Université Catholique de Louvain, 2, chemin du Cyclotron, 1348 Louvain la Neuve (Belgium)

Simulation of the water isotope response to an abrupt climate change


PLANCHE Céline 27 January 1984 France Laboratoire de Météorologie Physique, Université Blaise Pascal de Clermont-Ferrand, Bâtiment Physique 5, 24, avenue des Landais, 63170 Aubière (France)

Impact of climate on rain in Auvergne Phone : 33 4 73 40 76 77 Fax : 33 4 73 40 51 36 E-mail : [email protected]

PRIEUR Vincent 24 July 1979 France Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement, Orme des Merisiers, Bâtiment 712, 91191 Gif sur Yvette cedex (France)

Feedbacks between the nitrogen cycle, the terrestrial biosphere productivity and climate change


SKOROKHOD Tetiana

13 June 1983 Ukrainia Near Space Exploration Laboratory, Space Research Institute of NASU, 40, Pr. Acad; Glushkov, Kyiv 187 03680 (Ukrainia)

Acoustics gravity perturbation of upper atmosphere by meteorological processes

Phone :380 67 719 6854 Fax : 380 44 526 4124 E-mail : [email protected]

SKOWRON Agnieszka

18 February 1982

Poland/ United Kingdom

Centre for Air Transport and the Environment, John Dalton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University, Chester Street, Manchester M15GD (United Kingdom)

Aviation’s impact on climate through contrails, cirrus and ozone and its migration


SMIRNOVA Tatyana 26 February 1967

Uzbekistan Department of Environmental Pollution Research and Forecast, Hydrometeorological Research Institute, 72 K. Makhsumova, Taskent 100052 (Uzbekistan)

Study of the atmospheric processes effect on the chemical composition of atmospheric precipitation in Tashkent Province


SORUCO Alvaro 15 May 1979 Bolivia/ France


Method of aerial photogrammetry to reconstruct the mass balance in some tropical Bolivian glaciers


SOUZA ECHER Mariza

9 December 1970

Brazil Instituto Nacional de Pesquises Espaciais, INPE/DGE, Avenida dos Astronautas 1758, Jardim da Granja, 12227-010 Sao Jose Dos Campos, Sao Paulo (Brazil)

Sun-Earth-Climate relationship from Geophysics and natural record by mathematical analyses


SRIVASTAVA Rohit 19 November 1981

India Planetary and Geosciences Division, Physical Research Laboratory, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad 380009 (India)

Stable isotope studies of atmospheric water vapour and clouds


STORTINI Angela Maria

19 April 1962 Italy Institute for the Dynamics of Environmental Processes, CNR, C/o Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Universita Ca’ Foscari di Venezia, Santa Marta 2137, 30123 Venezia (Italy)

Atmospheric fluxes of organic and inorganic pollutants in the Venice Lagoon

Phone : 39 04 123 486 79 Fax : 39 04 123 485 49 E-mail :[email protected]

SZINYEI Dalma 28 February 1983

Hungary Department of Meteorology, Eotvos Lorand University, Pazmany Peter setany 1/A, 1117 Budapest (Hungary)

Development of a trace gas model for estimation of continuous load


TRIDON Frédéric 28 April 1984 France Laboratoire de Météorologie Physique, Université Blaise Pascal de Clermont-Ferrand, Bâtiment Physique 5, 24, avenue des Landais, 63170 Aubière (France)

Estimation and characterisation of precipitations with an X-band radar : application to the study of precipitation impact on the environment

Phone : 33 4 73 40 76 77 Fax : : 33 4 73 40 51 36 E-mail : [email protected]

TROKHIMOVSKIY Alexander

18 June 1983 Russia Space Research Institute (IKI), Profsoyuznaya str. 84/32, 117997 Moscow (Russia)

Investigation of Mars atmosphere and surface based on data from SPICAM IR spectrometer on Mars Express mission


UNTERSTRASSER Simon

24 February 1979

Germany DLR, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, 82234 Wessling (Germany)

Numerical studies on the contrail-to-cirrus transformation


VARGA Zsofia 3 March 1981 Hungary Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Pannonia, P.O. Box 158, 8201 Veszprem (Hungary)

The role of organic aerosol components on cloud formation


XIE Aihong 29 September 1975

China State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Donggang West Road N° 320, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu Province (China)

Records from the Tibetan Plateau ice cores : relationship to atmospheric circulation over the Northern Hemisphere


YVER Camille 21 January 1983 France Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement, Orme des Merisiers, Bâtiment 712, 91191 Gif sur Yvette (France)

Analysis and modelling of atmospheric hydrogen


PRACTICAL

INFORMATION

1. YOUR ACCOMMODATION IN GRENOBLE (from the evening of Sunday 6 January to the morning of Sunday 3 February 2008) The lecturers and part of the participants will stay at "Hotel de l’Institut”, 10, rue Barbillon, 38000 GRENOBLE (Phone : 33 4 76 46 36 44 - Fax : 33 4 76 47 73 09). This hotel is located in downtown Grenoble, very close to the railway and bus stations, see map 2. Rue Barbillon is a small street between Avenue Félix Viallet and Rue Casimir Brenier. When arriving at the railway or bus stations, just follow Avenue Félix Viallet for about 50 meters, then turn left on rue Barbillon. Another part of the participants will stay at “ Hotel Bastille”, 25, avenue Félix Viallet, 38000 GRENOBLE (Phone : 33 4 76 43 10 27 - Fax : 33 4 76 87 52 69). This hotel is also located in downtown Grenoble, within a short distance from Hotel de l’Institut and Hotel Gloria. From the railway and bus stations, just follow Avenue Félix Viallet for about 400 meters, you will find the hotel on your right after a few minutes’ walk, at the corner of Avenue Félix Viallet and Cours Jean Jaures, see map 2. A further group of participants will stay at “Hotel Gloria”, 12, rue Aristide Bergès, 38000 GRENOBLE (Phone : 33 4 76 46 12 93 - Fax : 33 4 76 87 14 93). This hotel is also located in downtown Grenoble, within a short distance from Hotel de l’Institut and Hotel Bastille. Rue Aristide Bergès is a small street between Avenue Félix Viallet and Rue Casimir Brenier. When arriving at the railway or bus stations, just follow Avenue Félix Viallet for about 300 meters, then turn left on rue Aristide Bergès, see map 2. We remind the participants of the fact that the rooms are for single occupancy only and that ERCA does not cover telephone, fax, Wi-Fi and drink expenses. Important : phone calls from the rooms in the hotels (and in any hotel) are much more expensive than phone calls from public telephones in the streets. We recommend that you rather use public telephones for your calls. 2. YOUR ARRIVAL IN GRENOBLE Participants arriving by train : when leaving the Grenoble main railway station (main exit), go directly to “Hotel de l’Institut” even if you stay at “Hotel Bastille” or “Hotel Gloria”. The welcome desk will be in the lobby of “Hotel de l’Institut” during the afternoon of Sunday 6 January from about 3 to 10 p.m. Participants arriving by air : you will arrive either into Lyon-St Exupéry or Grenoble-Isère airports. There are frequent airport bus shuttles (“SATOBUS”) between Lyon-St Exupéry airport and Grenoble (on Sundays one departure per hour from 7.30 a.m. to 11.30 p.m. ; it takes about one hour to reach Grenoble (arrival in front of the Grenoble central bus station, next to the Grenoble main railway station ; this I the terminus of the bus, do not get off the bus at “Place de la Résistance”) ; the price of the return ticket Lyon-St Exupery airport-Grenoble-Lyon St Exupery airport is 30 euros). To go from Grenoble-Isère airport to Grenoble is less easy, with only a few bus shuttle connections per day. Another possibility is

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to fly into Geneva-Cointrin airport in Switzerland. There are now a few direct airport bus shuttles (“AEROCAR”) between Geneva-Cointrin airport and Grenoble (departures from Geneva-Cointrin airport at 11.00 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 7.30 p.m., reservation at www.altibus.com ; the cost of the return ticket Geneva airport-Grenoble-Geneva airport is 69 euros).

Cold buffet : A complimentary cold buffet will be served at Hotel de l’Institut from ~ 8 to 11 p.m. on Sunday 6 January. 3. POLYTECH’ GRENOBLE ERCA 2008 will take place at POLYTECH’ GRENOBLE, about 500 meters South of the main campus of the University of Grenoble (street address : 28, avenue Benoit Frachon, 38400 Saint Martin d’Hères). Both POLYTECH’ GRENOBLE and the main campus are located in the city of Saint Martin d'Hères, a few kilometres East of downtown Grenoble. POLYTECH’ GRENOBLE is Joseph Fourier University’s engineering school. Almost 800 students follow courses in one of seven multidisciplinary Engineering fields (Masters’ level, 5 years post-A-Level) : Geotechnical Engineering, Industrial Computing and Instrumentation, Risk Prevention, Materials Science, Computer Networks and Multimedia Communication, Information Technology for Health as well as Electronics and Industrial Computing which is taken as a sandwich course. Polytech’Grenoble is a dynamic school in constant progression, focused on professions of the future and with a clear international outlook. Courses at the school have solid links with research thanks to its lecturers and teaching staff who are involved in Grenoble’s renowned laboratories. The school is also in touch with the needs of industry and includes industrial representatives in its courses. Polytech’Grenoble is part of the Polytech Network which unites all of the polytechnical engineering schools in French Universities (Clermont-Ferrand, Lille, Marseille, Montpellier, Nantes, Nice, Orléans, and Tours). From the hotels, POLYTECH’ GRENOBLE can be reached by public transportation in about thirty minutes, as follows : A. First possibility : tramway line B and tramway line D

1) Take tramway line B at the railway station in the direction “Gières-Plaine des Sports”. Get off the tramway at “Les Taillées”.

2) At “Les Taillées”, take tramway line D in the direction “Saint-Martin d’Hères-

Etienne Grappe”. Get off the tramway at “Maison Communale”. This stop is at the crossing of “Avenue Ambroise Croizat” and “Avenue Benoit Frachon”, next to the East extremity of the building of Polytech’ Grenoble where ERCA takes place (see map 3). Just to mention, you need only one ticket since the ticket is valid for one hour. Important : tickets should be validated in the little blue time-stamping machines you will see at the tram stops for each journey, and validated again every time you change from one tramway line to another.

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3) From the tramway stop “Maison Communale”, just follow “Avenue Ambroise Croizat” for about 200 meters, then turn right on “Rue “Léon Geist”, and follow “Rue Léon Geist” for about 30 meters, you will find an entrance (“Portail” on map 3) with an ERCA sign, see map 3. Go through the entrance, and walk for about 50 meters, then enter into the building on your right (“Entrée C”), go upstairs to the first floor where ERCA will take place.

B. Second possibility : tramway line A and then bus line 21

1) Take tramway line A at the railway station in the direction “Echirolles-Denis Papin”. Get off the tramway at stop “Verdun-Préfecture”.

2) At “Verdun-Préfecture”, take bus line 21 in the direction of “Le Japin”. The

bus stop is adjacent to the tramway stop. Get off the bus at stop “Gay”.Just to mention, you need only one ticket since the ticket is valid for one hour. Important : tickets should be validated in the little blue time-stamping machines you will see at the tram stops for each journey, and validated again when you take the bus (for the bus, the time stamping machine is inside the bus, next to the driver).

3) This stop is at the crossing of “Avenue Ambroise Croizat” and “Rue Léon

Geist”. The West extremity of the building of Polytech’ Grenoble where ERCA takes place, is just at that crossing, map 3. From the bus stop, just cross “Avenue Ambroise Croizat” and follow “Rue Léon Geist” for about 30 meters. You will find an entrance (“Portail” on map 3) with an ERCA sign. Go through the entrance, and walk for about 50 meters, then enter into the building on your right (“Entrée C”), go upstairs to the first floor where ERCA will take place.

All lectures, seminars, panels and oral presentations of the posters will take place in Lecture Hall 146. The only exceptions will be the Official Opening and the lectures on Monday 7 january from 9.00 to 12.15 a.m., which will take place in Lecture Hall 101, close to entrance A (“Entrées Ac or Ar”, map 3) of Polytech’ Grenoble (next to the tramway stop “Maison Communale”).

The ERCA secretariat will be located in room 135, next to Lecture Hall 146. During the session, the phone number of ERCA secretariat will be 33 4 76 82 79 74. The e-mail address of the secretariat will remain : [email protected] During the 4 weeks in Grenoble, the participants will have Wi-Fi access to Internet using their personal laptop (don’t forget to bring your laptop !!!) at Polytech’ Grenoble, if they have filled and signed the “ Réglements d’utilisation des moyens informatiques des composantes, départements et tous services de l’établissement” of University Joseph Fourier, using a password which will be given to them by the ERCA Secretariat. Important : no technical assistance will be available.

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4. LUNCHES DURING WEEK DAYS IN GRENOBLE From Monday to Friday, the participants and the lecturers will have lunch at the University Cafeteria "Barnave”, about 10 minutes walking from Polytech’ Grenoble. On Monday 7 January, however, there will be a buffet in room 105 at Polytech’ Grenoble. Lunch will be served around 12.45 a.m.- 1 p.m. You will be asked to give an ERCA meal ticket and to show your name tag. It will allow you to have a first course ("entrée" : salad or...), a main course, a fruit or a dessert (for instance cheese or yoghurt or pastry, or...) and a sweet drink (Coca, Fanta...). Dinners (and lunches during the week-ends) are not covered by ERCA. There are numerous restaurants (including various pizzerias and fast-foods) in downtown Grenoble. 5. POSTERS - You will be asked to present your research work as a poster. Each week about 14

posters will be on display, as follows (these lists will be definitive only when the final list of participants will be known ; we recommend that you have your poster ready when you arrive in Grenoble in case there are changes in the programme of presentation of the posters) :

1st week : Alsarmi, Ana, Archibald, Arzoumanian, Batbaatar, Belkovich, Bibikova, Boyouk, Buiron, Bulgakov, Buske, Chen T., Chen Z., Chuvochina 2nd week : Culina, Duncianu, Enkhjargal, Frosch, Gazeaux, Gehlot, Gelybo, Heliasz, Hilaire, Iwasaki, Kasikowski, Keenan, Klippel, Korsakissok, 3rd week : Largeron-Chetail, Lawson, Liu W., Liu X., Monks, Moreno, Pacifico, Palamarchuk, Pandya, Pettersson, Planche, Prieur, Skorokhod, Skowron 4th week : Smirnova, Soruco, Souza Echer, Srivastava, Stortini, Szinyei, Tridon, Trokhimovskiy, Unterstrasser, Vakacherla, Varga, Xie, Yver - The posters will be displayed on grids which are 80 cm wide and 200 cm high.

- Use a logical format : Title and Authors, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction,

Development, Conclusion, References.

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- Title and authors should be displayed across the top of the poster with letters at least 2.5 cm high, lines 0.5 cm thick.

- The main text should be around 1 cm high (lines 0.1 cm thick) so that it is easily

readable at 2-3 metres. - Typewritten text is unsuitable unless enlarged. - Make the abstract very concise. - The introduction should provide enough background to understand the purpose of the

study. - Do not give so many results that their significance is obscured. - Be sure to explain any tables. - Discussion and conclusions should be very brief and to the point. - Tables and figures should have brief titles and not contain excessive data. - Use of colours is advantageous, particularly in diagrams and graphs. - Prepare your poster in advance. Why not test it out on your colleagues before

leaving for ERCA 2008 ? At the end of the afternoon of each Monday, there will be an oral presentation of the posters of the coming week. Each participant will be allotted 5 minutes to outline the main points of his (her) poster, using power-point or transparencies. 6. CLIMATE AND CLOTHING In January-February, the climate is usually cold in Grenoble, with minimum temperatures which can be below freezing with possibly snow in the city. January and February are the best months for skiing in Grenoble, which was the location of the Winter Olympic Games in 1968. There are various ski resorts less than one hour from Grenoble by car or by bus, both for downhill skiing and cross-country skiing. Don't forget to bring your ski equipment for the week-ends ! 7. MISCELLANEOUS There will be no access to Internet during the stay at Observatoire de Haute Provence. We recommend that the participants bring a torch light for the stay at Observatoire de Haute Provence. It will be very useful in the evening. We also recommend that they bring binoculars for sky observation in the evening at Observatoire de Haute Provence.

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“Diner de gala” (Wednesday 6 February) : it would great if you could bring CDs with nice music for dancing. Diet : if you need special diet (especially for medical reasons), please tell us as soon as possible so that we can see what can be arranged both at the University cafetaria “Barnave” and at “Maison Jean Perrin” at Observatoire de Haute-Provence.

ERCA Secretariat (Michèle POINSOT) Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l'Environnement

54, rue Molière - Domaine Universitaire B.P. 96, 38402 Grenoble/Saint Martin d'Hères, France

Phone : 33 4 76 82 42 62 - Fax : 33 4 76 82 42 01

E-mail : [email protected] Web site : http://www-lgge.obs.ujf-grenoble.fr/enseignement/erca/

Phone at Polytech’ Grenoble from 7 january in the afternoon to 1 february : 33 4 76 82 79 74

Street address of Polytech’ Grenoble : 28, avenue Benoit Frachon, 38400

Saint Martin d’Hères (close to Tramway stop “Maison Communale” of Tramway line D

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D8.8i European Research Course on Atmospheres (ERCA) for PhD students