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29th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 10–14 May 2010, Tucson, Arizona
      The 29th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, sponsored by the American Meteorological Society and organized by the AMS Committee on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones, will be held 10–14 May 2010, at the JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort and Spa, 3800 W. Starr Pass Blvd., Tucson, AZ Preliminary programs and registration details will be posted on the AMS website (http://www.ametsoc.org/meet/fainst/201029Hurricanes.html) in early January 2010. General information on hotel accommodations is already available on the AMS website.
      Papers are solicited on all aspects of tropical meteorology and oceanography, including convection, tropical cyclones, intraseasonal variability, monsoons, air-sea interaction, climate, observing systems, and prediction.
      Several special sessions are planned. Over recent years, several major field programs have been conducted and new results continue to become available. Therefore, papers resulting from such programs as the Hurricane Rainband Experiment (RAINEX) and the African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA) Program are solicited. Additionally, a session is planned to focus on air-sea coupling with results from the Coupled Boundary Layer Air-Sea Transfer (CBLAST) program that are relevant to a new program, Impact of Typhoons on the Pacific Ocean (ITOP). Several field programs have recently been conducted. These include the THORPEX Pacific Asian Regional Campaign (T-PARC) and Tropical Cyclone Structure-08 (TCS-08). Papers are solicited on initial results from these programs. New programs are on-going or planned in the near future. These include the Year of Tropical Convection (YOTC), Cooperative Indian Ocean Experiment on Intraseasonal Variability (CINDY2011), and the Dynamics of the MJO (DYNAMO) program. Therefore, session(s) are planned to address Indian Ocean weather and climate to highlight research pertinent to upcoming programs. Finally, a series of sessions is planned to highlight topics addressed in the NOAA Hurricane Forecast Improvement Project (HFIP). Individual sessions will focus on all aspects of the hurricane forecast process. These include: (i) model guidance with special emphasis on numerical prediction of hurricane intensity and intensity change; (ii) predictability and forecast uncertainty with emphasis on the generation and use of probability forecasts, ensemble prediction, and communication of uncertainty; and (iii) societal impacts with emphasis on forecast use and emergency planning. Participants with additional suggestions for the program are encouraged to contact the program chairperson.
      Please submit your abstract electronically via the AMS website by 1 December 2009; see the website for instructions. An abstract fee of $95 (payable by credit card or purchase order) is charged at the time of submission (refundable only if abstract is not accepted). The $95 abstract fee includes the submission of your abstract, the posting of your extended abstract, and the uploading and recording of your presentation that will be archived on the AMS Web site. We will no longer be producing a CD-ROM, allowing us to extend the deadline date for extended abstracts.
      Authors of accepted presentations will be notified via e-mail by late-December 2009. Instructions for formatting extended abstracts will be posted on the AMS website. Extended manuscripts (file size up to 3 MB) must be submitted electronically by 15 April 2010. All abstracts, extended abstracts, and presentations will be made available on the AMS website.
      For further program information please contact the program chairperson, Patrick Harr, Department of Meteorology, Naval Postgraduate School, 254 Root Hall, 589 Dyer Road, Monterey, CA 93943-5119 (tel:831-656-3787, email: paharr@nps.edu). (8/09)

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38th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology, 23–27 June 2010, Miami, Florida
      Mark Your Calenders. The 38th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology is 23–27 June 2010 in beautiful Miami, Florida.
      We want to see your latest case studies, research, new technology, techniques and business strategies. Don't be shy. Is there a weather event you have studied that all of us could benefit from? Is there a presentation you have seen that might rock the conference? Is your research project ready to be shared? How do you wow them at work? All ideas are welcome. This is more than a call for papers. It is your chance to shape the future of our conference.
      The board of Broadcast Meteorology is working to create a top quality, educational and fun experience.
      Some exciting new changes for the 2010 conference include format, schedule, presentations, training, vendor involvement, member involvement, and social activities.
Over the next 8 months we will send out frequent e-mails with conference updates, schedules, speakers, activities, a list of fellow attendees, and any discounts we are able to obtain.
The purpose of this conference is for Broadcast Meteorologists to increase their knowledge and skills.
      Presentations are welcome from AMS members, the media, universities, government, research facilities, students, and private entities
Papers are solicited on multiple themes, including, but not limited to: Regional weather patterns, challenges in forecasting, climate change, environmental issues, tropical weather, oceanography, severe weather, lake effect, mountain weather, winter weather, flooding, satellite, radar, hydrology, natural disasters, space weather, historical weather, forensic weather, local or unusual weather phenomenon, HDTV, new tools and applications for broadcasting, changes in the business of broadcasting, salaries and strategies. PLUS, we want Case-studies of how you handled a severe weather event. These are always helpful to colleagues. In short, show us how you make a difference and improve the meteorological awareness in your DMA.
      Please submit your abstract electronically to the AMS website by 25 January 2010 (see http://www.ametsoc.org/meet/online_submit.html). A $90 abstract fee (payable by credit card or purchase order) is charged at the time of submission (refundable only if the abstract is not accepted). The abstract fee will cover the submission of your abstract, the posting of your extended abstract, and the uploading and recording of your presentation, which will all be archived on the AMS web site.
      As Broadcast Meteorologists we now hold the title of the "Station Scientist". We are an important conduit between science and the public. So, share those papers with us and we will share them with everyone nationwide.
      This year we are also proud to announce plans for a half day trip to the National Hurricane Center and The Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML). This will give broadcasters an opportunity to meet with the experts, see the latest technology and research and observe techniques used in studying tropical systems.
      The 38th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology is sponsored by the American Meteorological Society. The Conference is organized by the AMS Board of Broadcast Meteorology. Preliminary programs, registration, hotel, and general information will be posted on the AMS Web site, http://www.ametsoc.org, by 1 March 2010. Authors of accepted presentations will be notified (via e-mail) by 8 March 2010.
      A special vendor event and session is being planned this year with hands on demonstrations of their latest tools for forecasting and covering significant weather events. The deadline to submit to the vendor session is 5 April 2010. Please note that vendors must have a signed contract in place by this date. Participation in the Vendor Session is included in the exhibit booth fee. Please submit your abstract to Judith Ziemnik (e-mail: jziemnik@ametsoc.org; tel: 617-227-2426, ext. 202)
      If you plan to attend the conference, have further questions or want updates e-mailed to you please contact the 2010 conference co-chairpersons: Joe Murgo, murgo@wtajtv.com or Tammie Souza, tammies@10connects.com or tammie.souza@gmail.com (9/09; r12/09)

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13th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation, 28 June–2 July 2010, Portland, Oregon
      The 13th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation sponsored by the American Meteorological Society and organized by the AMS Committee on Atmospheric Radiation will be held 28 June–2 July 2010 at the Doubletree Lloyd Center in Portland, Oregon. The conference will be held in conjunction with the 13th Conference on Cloud Physics. Hotel and general information will be posted on the AMS Web site (www.ametsoc.org) in mid-November 2009.
      Papers are solicited in all areas of atmospheric radiation spanning radiative transfer theory, cloud and aerosol remote sensing, Earth radiation budget, new approaches to radiation measurement, and radiative parameterizations in regional and global models. Joint sessions with Cloud Physics on optical and radiative properties of clouds, cloud remote sensing, and indirect effects are planned.
      Please submit your abstract electronically by 1 March 2010 via http://ams.confex.com/ams/. A fee of $95 (payable by credit card or purchase order) will be charged at the time of abstract submission (refundable only if abstract is not accepted). The $95 abstract fee includes the submission of your abstract, the posting of your extended abstract, and the uploading and recording of your presentation that will be archived on the AMS Web site. We will no longer be producing a CD-ROM, allowing us to extend the deadline date for extended abstracts. Authors will be given the choice of a poster or oral presentation when submitting the abstract; those authors presenting more than one paper should clearly indicate which they prefer for a possible oral presentation.
Authors of accepted presentations will be notified via e-mail by 3 May 2010. All extended abstracts are to be submitted electronically and will be available on-line via the Web. Instructions for formatting extended abstracts will be posted on the AMS Web site. Manuscripts (up to 3MB) must be submitted electronically by 21 June 2010. All abstracts, extended abstracts and presentations will be available on the AMS Web site at no cost.
For additional information please contact the program chairperson, Norman G. Loeb, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681, (e-mail: norman.g.loeb@nasa.gov; tel: 757-864-5688). (8/09)

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13th Conference on Cloud Physics, 28 June–2 July 2010, Portland, Oregon
      The 13th Conference on Cloud Physics, sponsored by the American Meteorological Society and organized by the AMS Committee on Cloud Physics, will be held 28 June–2 July 2010 jointly with the 13th Conference on Atmosphere Radiation, at the Doubletree Hotel Portland~Lloyd Center in Portland, OR. Hotel and general information will be posted on the AMS web site (http://www.ametsoc.org) by mid-November 2009.
      Papers are solicited under the following general topics: stratiform clouds; shallow convective clouds; deep convective clouds; cirrus clouds; warm and cold cloud microphysics and precipitation; cloud chemistry; cloud model development; cloud instrumentation; and clouds in a warmer climate. Joint sessions with the Conference on Radiation on remote sensing of clouds, indirect effects and optical and radiative properties of clouds are envisioned. Authors are encouraged to list which session best fits their study when submitting their abstract. The division of topics is designed to facilitate communication between investigators using different theoretical, observational and laboratory approaches as well as large eddy simulations and cloud resolving, mesoscale and global-scale models. Presentations using an integrated analysis of recent field project data (e.g., ACTIVE, ARCPAC, ARCTAS, ASCOS, COPS, ICE-L, ISDAC, M-PACE, NAMMA, POST, RACORO, RAINEX, RICO, SPARTICUS, TCSP, TC4, TWP-ICE, VOCALS, and others), long-term surface and satellite observations and model simulations are particularly encouraged.
      Please submit your abstract electronically by 1 March 2010 via http://ams.confex.com/ams/. A fee of $95 (payable with a credit card or purchase order) will be charged at the time of submission of each abstract (refundable only if abstract is not accepted). The $95 abstract fee includes the submission of your abstract, the posting of an optional extended abstract, and the uploading and recording of your presentation which will be archived on the AMS Web site. We will no longer be producing a CD-ROM, allowing us to extend the deadline date for extended abstracts. Authors will be given the choice of a poster or oral presentation when submitting the abstract; those authors presenting more than one paper should clearly indicate which they prefer for a possible oral presentation.
      Authors of accepted presentations will be notified via e-mail by 3 May 2010. All extended abstracts are to be submitted electronically and will be available on-line via the Web. Instructions for formatting extended abstracts will be posted on the AMS Web site. Manuscripts (up to 3MB) must be submitted electronically by 21 June 2010. All abstracts, extended abstracts and presentations will be available on the AMS Web site at no cost.
      For additional information please contact the program chairperson, Greg M. McFarquhar, Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois, 105 S. Gregory Street, Urbana, IL, 61801-3070 (e-mail: mcfarq@atmos.uiuc.edu; tel: 217-265-5458). (8/09)

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14th Conference on Mountain Meteorology, 30 August –3 September 2010, Lake Tahoe Vicinity, CA
      The 14th Conference on Mountain Meteorology, sponsored by the American Meteorological Society and organized by the AMS Committee on Mountain Meteorology, will be held 30 August–3 September 2010, at the Resort at Squaw Creek, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains near Lake Tahoe, CA. General information on hotel accommodations and transportation options will be posted soon on the AMS website (http://www.ametsoc.org/meet/). The Resort at Squaw Creek offers numerous recreational and dining experiences suitable for people of all ages (http://www.squawcreek.com/). The resort is accessible via a shuttle from the Reno, NV, airport or via automobile from Sacramento or San Francisco, CA.
      Papers are solicited on all aspects of mountain meteorology including orographic precipitation, boundary layers and turbulence in complex terrain, numerical modeling, convection, mountain hydrometeorology, thermally driven flows, atmospheric dynamics, foehn and bora, mountain waves and rotors, weather forecasting, mountain climates, global climate change in mountain areas, downscaling, wind power and forecasting, recent field experiments, biometeorology, and air quality. Lead-authored student presentations are especially encouraged; awards for best student talk and poster will be presented at the conference. Due to parallel sessions not being anticipated, lead authors will likely be limited to one oral presentation each. Participants with additional suggestions for the program are encouraged to contact one of the program co-chairmen.
      Please submit an abstract of your proposed presentation electronically via the AMS website by 16 April 2010; see the website for instructions. An abstract fee of $95 (payable by credit card or purchase order) is charged at the time of submission (refundable only if abstract is not accepted). The $95 abstract fee includes the submission of your abstract, the posting of your extended abstract, and the recording and uploading of your presentation to the AMS conference website. We will no longer be producing a CD-ROM, allowing us to extend the deadline date for extended abstracts. Authors of accepted presentations will be notified via e-mail by late May 2010. Instructions for formatting and posting extended abstracts will be given on the AMS website. Extended abstracts (file size up to 3 MB) are highly encouraged to be uploaded before the conference. Late extended abstracts or changes to posted extended abstracts can be made up until 4 October 2010.
      For further program information please contact one of the program co-chairmen, Dave Whiteman (dave.whiteman@utah.edu, 801-585-1414) or John Horel (john.horel@utah.edu, 801-581-7091), Atmospheric Sciences Department, University of Utah, 135 S 1460 E, Rm 819, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0110. (8/09; r10/09)

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17th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction, 27 September–1 October 2010, Annapolis, Maryland
      The 17th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction, sponsored by the American Meteorological Society and organized by the AMS Committee on Air-Sea Interaction, will be held 27 September–1 October 2010 in Annapolis, MD. The conference is jointly coordinated with the Ninth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes and with the 17th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography. Preliminary programs, registration, hotel, and general information will be posted on the AMS Web site (http://www.ametsoc.org/AMS) in early June 2010.
      This joint conference is motivated by the need for interdisciplinary research that addresses current challenges in meteorology and oceanography. For example, coastal communities, ecosystems, and economies are sensitive to air-sea interaction processes, and the development of new techniques for analyzing remotely sensed observations has expanded the impact of satellite-based air-sea research on monitoring and predicting weather and climate. Therefore, this conference intends to foster exchange among practitioners in these three interdisciplinary areas of air-sea interaction, coastal processes, and satellite remote sensing.
      Papers for this conference are solicited on all aspects of air-sea interaction across a wide spectrum of time and spatial scales. Sessions for the conference will be based on the number and topics of abstracts received. Although not an exhaustive list, we welcome abstracts covering the following topics:

• Air-sea interaction in climate models
• Structure of the marine boundary layer
• The role of air-sea interaction on climate change
• Development and use of global air-sea data sets
• Developments in air-sea interaction instrumentation and platforms
• Air-sea interaction over the Great Lakes (and other large lakes)
• Sea surface physics, including waves, whitecaps, and aerosol generation
• The role of air-sea interaction in intraseasonal to multidecadal variability
• Air-sea flux estimation and parameterization
• High latitude air-sea interaction, including air-sea-ice interaction

     In addition to these general sessions, we are considering special or joint sessions that address critical research issues and cross-disciplinary topics of interest to the air-sea, coastal, and satellite communities. Potential sessions could address some of the following:

• Air-sea interaction in the coastal zone (joint with Coastal)
• Results from the Surface Ocean Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS)
• Satellite-derived air-sea heat and gas fluxes (joint with Satellite)
• Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project (AMIP) and other fully coupled modeling         studies
• The role of air-sea exchange in oceanic water mass formation and overturning circulations
• Landfalling tropical cyclones (joint with Coastal)
• Air-sea interaction in paleoclimate
• Air-sea interaction in western and eastern boundary currents
• Coastal processes and surface features from synthetic aperture radar (SAR; joint with Coastal and Satellite)
• Air-sea interaction over ocean eddies and fronts (joint with Satellite)
• Air-sea carbon dynamics in coastal oceans (joint with Coastal)

      Participants with additional suggestions for general, special, or joint sessions are encouraged to contact the program chairpersons. To encourage interdisciplinary interaction among attendees, an invited talk as an introductory overview is planned for selected sessions.
As usual, the Air-Sea Interaction Committee places a priority on student participation in the conference, and the Committee will sponsor a student presentation competition. Awards will be provided for exemplary student poster and oral presentations.
      Please submit your abstract electronically to the AMS website by 3 May 2010 (see http://www.ametsoc.org/meet/online_submit.html). A $90 abstract fee (payable by credit card or purchase order) is charged at the time of submission (refundable only if the abstract is not accepted). The abstract fee will cover the submission of your abstract, the posting of your extended abstract, and the uploading and recording of your presentation, which will all be archived on the AMS web site.
      Authors of accepted presentations will be notified (via e-mail) around 8 June 2010 and will be asked to submit an extended abstract (up to 3 MB) by 22 September 2010. All extended abstracts are to be submitted electronically via the web; instructions for formatting extended abstracts will be posted on the AMS web site. All abstracts, extended abstracts, and presentations will be available on the AMS web site at no cost to members or non-members. There is also no cost for color graphics in the abstract or the extended abstract.
      For additional information, please contact the program chairperson or the co-chairs: Jeff Hare (Chair); Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES); University of Colorado and NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL); Boulder CO (tel: 303-497-5864; email: jeffrey.hare@colorado.edu); Yuko Okumura (Co-chair); Climate and Global Dynamics Division; National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR); Boulder CO (tel: 303-497-1770; e mail: yukoo@ucar.edu) or Ernesto Munoz (Co-chair, for student participation); Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS); Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Studies (RSMAS); University of Miami and NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML); Miami FL (tel: 305-361-4507; e-mail: ernesto.munoz@noaa.gov). (9/09)

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17th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, 27 September–1 October 2010, Annapolis, Maryland
      The 17th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, sponsored by the American Meteorological Society, and organized by the AMS Committee on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, will be held 27 September–1 October 2010. We are excited to join with the 17th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction and the Ninth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes in offering a stimulating triple program highlighting the synergisms between these three areas of research. Preliminary programs, registration, hotel, and general information will be posted on the AMS Web site (http://www.ametsoc.org/MEET/meetinfo.html) in early June 2010.
      Papers for this conference are solicited on all aspects of satellite meteorology and oceanography. Session topics will depend on abstracts received and may include:

• Satellite retrievals of atmospheric and ocean/land-surface environmental parameters and the synergy of multi-sensor, multi-platform satellite observations (e.g., A-Train)
• Long-term satellite data records in the study of climate, climate processes, and coupled earth system interactions
• Role of satellite observations in the assessment of multi-scale impacts of global climate change
• Operationally-relevant environmental applications, decision support systems, and the feedback and transition/development between research and operations
• Satellite data assimilation: Tools and techniques for model initialization, forecast/analysis uncertainty assessment, and information content assessment
• Tools and methods for satellite-based model evaluation and model parameterization improvements
• New and future satellite observing systems (e.g., NPP/NPOESS, GPM, ESA GMES/Sentinels, CloudSat/ CALIPSO/ EarthCARE, GOES-R, MTG, Decadal Survey Missions, etc.) technology, applications, community readiness, and the expanding role of internationally-coordinated satellite constellations
• Radio frequency interference analysis and mitigation strategies

     Joint sessions with the 17th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction and the Ninth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes will be highlighted, and interdisciplinary topics are highly encouraged, these may include: Regional examples of wind and SST interaction; Satellite analysis of coastal and global ocean current dynamics; Integration of coastal and global ocean in situ observations with satellite data; Assessing the quality of satellite retrievals of coastal parameters; Ocean bio-optical observations and requirements for coastal and global oceans; Use of satellite data in weather and climate predictions over the oceans (including data assimilation and model skill assessment); Applications of active microwave systems (e.g., altimeter, scatterometer, synthetic aperture radar, etc.); and Satellite derived air-sea heat and gas fluxes.
      Please submit your short abstract electronically to the AMS web site (http://ams.confex.com/ams/) by 3 May 2010. The $90 abstract fee (payable by credit card or purchase order at the time of submission) will include the submission of your abstract, the posting of your extended abstract, and the uploading and recording of your presentation that will be archived on the AMS Web site.
      Authors of accepted abstracts will be notified (via email) around 8 June 2010. All extended abstracts are to be submitted electronically by 22 September 2010 and will be available on-line via the AMS web site mentioned above. Instructions for formatting will be posted on the AMS web site. All abstracts, extended abstracts and presentations will be available on the AMS web site at no cost to members or non-members.
      For additional information please contact the program co-chairpersons:
Steven Miller, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA), Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO (Tel: 970-491-8037; e-mail: miller@cira.colostate.edu) or Deborah Smith, Remote Sensing Systems, 438 First St, Suite 200, Santa Rosa, CA; (9/09)

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Ninth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes, 27 September–1 October 2010, Annapolis, Maryland
      The Ninth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes, sponsored by the American Meteorological Society, and organized by the AMS Committee on Coastal Environment, will be held in Annapolis, MD, from 27 September–1 October 2010. Preliminary programs, registration, hotel, and general information will be posted on the AMS Web site (http://www.ametsoc.org/MEET/meetinfo.html) in early June 2010.
      Papers for this conference are solicited for both basic and applied research issues involving the understanding, analysis, and prediction of the coastal atmosphere and ocean, with a special emphasis on coupling of atmospheric, oceanic, and hydrological processes and their effects on biological response, coastal urban effects, ocean and air quality, river discharges, floods, storm surges, coastal inundation, climate analysis and predictions, tsunamis, interdisciplinary field programs, advances in remote sensing and in-situ observational networks, and advances in modeling and forecasting.
      In particular, with the development and growth of the coastal ocean component of the Integrated (and Sustained) Ocean Observing System (IOOS), and with its emphasis on fostering Operational Oceanography, this will be an excellent conference for presentations from the eleven IOOS Regional Associations and their federal and private sector counterparts.
      Joint sessions with the 17th Conference on Interaction of the Sea and Atmosphere and the 17th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography will be highlighted, and interdisciplinary topics are highly encouraged, including: Regional Examples of Wind and SST Interaction; Satellite Analysis of Coastal and Global Ocean Current Dynamics; Integration of Coastal and Global Ocean In Situ Observations with Satellite Data; Ocean Bio-Optical Observations and Requirements for Coastal and Global Oceans; Use of Satellite Data in Weather and Climate Predictions over the Oceans including Data Assimilation and Model Skill Assessment; and Applications of Active Microwave Systems (Altimeter, Scatterometer, Synthetic Aperture Radar, etc.) .
      Please submit your abstract electronically via the Web by 3 May 2010 (refer to the AMS Web page at http://www.ametsoc.org/meet/online_submit.html.) An abstract fee of $90 (payable by credit card or purchase order) is charged at the time of submission (refundable only if abstract is not accepted). The $90 abstract fee will now include the submission of your abstract, the posting of your extended abstract, and the uploading and recording of your presentation which will be archived on the AMS Web site. We will no longer be producing a CD-ROM, allowing us to extend the deadline date for extended abstracts.
      Authors of accepted presentations will be notified (via e-mail) around 8 June 2010. All extended abstracts are to be submitted electronically and will be available on-line via the Web, Instructions for formatting extended abstracts will be posted on the AMS Web site. Manuscripts (up to 3MB) must be submitted electronically by 22 September 2010. All abstracts, extended abstracts and presentations will be available on the AMS Web site at no cost.
      For additional information please contact the program chairpersons, Darko Koracin (Darko.Koracin@dri.edu) or Christopher Mooers (cmooers@cecs.pddx.edu). (9/09)

2009 Meetings of Interest

Announcement

Fifth European Conference on Severe Storms (ECSS 2009), 12–16 October 2009, Landshut, Germany
      The ECSS will be held in the city of Landshut, situated close to Munich international airport. The ECSS is organised by the European Severe Storms Laboratory (ESSL) and the Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the German Aerospace Center (DLR).
The scope of the conference covers all aspects of severe convective weather. All researchers, operational forecasters and risk or emergency managers interested in the following topics are invited to submit contributions. In light of the global relevance of the conference themes, participants from all over the world are welcome to attend.
      The ECSS 2009 will deal with the following session topics. Depending on the scope of abstracts received, additional topics may be included later on:
• Theory of convection, atmospheric instability, and synoptic or orographic forcing
• Dynamics, microphysics and electrification of severe storms
• Severe weather climatology and hazard assessment
• Climate change impacts on severe storms, development of adaptation concepts
• Forecasting, nowcasting and warning of severe storms
• Numerical studies, e.g. of convective initiation, storm life cycles and phenomena
• Remote sensing of severe storms, e.g. by satellite, radar, and lightning detection
• Extratropical cyclones: embedded thunderstorms and large-scale wind fields
• Severe weather case studies and field experiments, e.g. VORTEX2
• Severe weather reporting and databases, e.g. applied to forecast evaluation
• Socio-economic aspects, e.g. damage analysis, wind speed vs. damage relation, emergency response and risk management, security of critical infrastructures
• Evening session: Videos and pictures of severe convective weather

     The deadline for abstracts has passed . Further information is available at http://www.essl.org/ECSS/2009/. (1/09)

Announcement

34th Annual Meeting of the National Weather Association, 17–22 October 2009, Norfolk, Virginia
      The National Weather Association, a professional meteorological association promoting excellence in operational meteorology, will hold its 34th Annual Meeting at the Sheraton Waterside Hotel in Norfolk, Virginia 17–22 October 2009. This year’s theme is “The Future is Now: New Technologies and Techniques to Support the Weather Enterprise and Society: 2010 and Beyond.” In addition to a focus on new technologies such as advances in radar and severe weather analysis, there will also be an emphasis placed on marine and tropical meteorology, military weather forecasting, decision support for high impact events, and societal impacts of weather.
      The traditional Broadcaster’s Workshop and Tape Swap will be held on Sunday 18 October, along with the Second Annual Student Seminar. The student seminar will be designed to assist students with their entry into the workplace by concentrating on challenges and practices which will help separate graduates “from the pack” in the very competitive job market.
      Annual Meeting General Sessions (19–22 October) will include a mix of formal presentations, poster sessions, exhibits and panel discussions on a wide variety of topics relating to the meeting’s theme. Student presentations will be reviewed by the NWA Weather Analysis and Forecasting Committee members and monetary awards will be presented to the best in undergraduate and graduate student categories. The NWA Annual Awards Luncheon will be on Wednesday, 21 October.
      For further information, please refer to Web site www.nwas.org/meetings/nwa2009/ or contact the NWA Headquarters at 919-845-1546 or at email address exdir@nwas.org. (5/09)

Announcement

2009 GSA Annual Meeting: From Volcanoes to Vineyards—Living with Dynamic Landscape, 18–21 October 2009, Portland, Oregon
The 2009 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting: From Volcanoes to Vineyards—Living with Dynamic Landscape will be held at the Oregon Convention Center from 18 thru 21 October 2009 in Portland, Oregon. The standard registration deadline is 1 June thru 14 September 2009. The deadline for abstracts has passed .
For additional Information, please refer to the conference Web site at: http://www.geosociety.org/meetings/2009/. (4/09)

Announcement

Guideline on Air Quality Models: Next Generation of Models, 26–30 October 2009, Raleigh, North Carolina
      The Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA) will present “Guideline on Air Quality Models: Next Generation of Models” in Raleigh, NC.
      This international symposium will provide a technical forum for environmental professionals to share experiences with the proposed revisions to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Guideline on Air Quality Models. Since the Guideline is required for use in the preparation of state implementation plans, federal construction permits and many state permits, the technical and regulatory issues are of concern to source owners, regulatory agencies, consultants and the general public.
      EPA has adopted AERMOD and CALPUFF as the refined models for routine modeling applications. The user community is gaining experience with these models and further advances in modeling techniques and meteorological databases should be reported at this conference. In addition, there are advanced models used in international or specialized situations that need to be discussed. When and how can these models be moved into the Guideline?
      The deadline for abstracts has passed. Please refer to the following Web site: http://www.awma.org/events/view_event.html?typeid=1&id=99.
Authors will be notified of paper acceptance by 22 May 2009. Draft manuscripts are due by 31 July 2009 and final manuscripts by 11 September 2009 to be incorporated into the proceedings. Receipt of the final extended abstract is a mandatory prerequisite for presentation at the conference. (3/09)

Announcement

NOAA's 34th Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop, 26–30 October 2009, Monterey, California
      The workshop will be hosted by the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA; and co-sponsored by the Climate Prediction Center (CPC) of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction and the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command. The AMS is a cooperating organization.
      The workshop will concentrate on the status and prospects for advancing climate monitoring, assessment and prediction, with emphasis on societal impact of climate over the western US. This includes three major themes: (i) improving climate predictions / predictability, (ii) understanding and attribution of climate variability and its impacts, and (iii) application of climate predictions / projections in the development and delivery of products relevant to user communities in the Western US. The Workshop will feature oral sessions with a mix of invited and submitted presentations and thematic poster sessions.
      The primary focus areas for the workshop will include: 1) Recent Climate Events. 2) Coupled atmosphere-ocean modeling of the climate system. 3) Impact of global scale climate variations on western US weather and climate. 4) Shift in climate means and interdecadal variations. 5) Application of climate science in decision making. The deadline for abstracts is 7 August 2009.
      The outcome of this year’s workshop will be an assessment of our current understanding and ability to predict climate in time scales ranging from week-2 through interdecadal, including identifying opportunities for advances, and exploring new products to support regional decision making.
      A web site for the workshop information and abstract submission will be linked through:
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/outreach/CDPW34.shtml . The deadline for abstracts has passed . Information on lodging and registration also will be available on the web site. (4/09)

Call for Papers

NOAA Sixth GOES Users' Conference (GUC), 3–5 November 2009, Madison, Wisconsin
      The Sixth GOES Users' Conference will again consist of an overview of the current, near-term and future GOES systems, along with break-out sessions to inter-act with a host of data producers and users. GOES-R, slated to be launched in FY2015, will provide critical atmospheric, oceanic, climatic, solar, and space data. These new satellites will provide the user community (television and NWS meteorologists, private weather companies, aviation and agriculture communities, and national and international government agencies) with significantly more data, containing noteworthy improvements in temporal and spatial resolutions over data currently provided. Abstracts and corresponding posters are solicited for this conference on both current and future GOES data, products and applications. For more information, please reference the Web site: http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes_r/meetings/guc2009/. (12/08)

Call for Papers

Eleventh Northeast Regional Operational Workshop (NROW), 4–5 November 2009, Albany, New York
      The Eleventh Northeast Regional Operational Workshop (NROW) will be held Wednesday and Thursday, 4–5 November 2009, at the Center for Environmental Science and Technology Management Auditorium, 251 Fuller Road, Albany, New York on the University at Albany Campus. The workshop will be co-sponsored by the National Weather Service Office at Albany, New York, and the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University at Albany. The American Meteorological Society is a cooperating organization.
      Papers are welcome on all aspects of Northeast United States and Southeast Canadian operational weather forecasting and should focus on the topics listed. Sessions will focus on, northeast coastal storms, terrain effects, heavy precipitation forecasting, hydrology, northeast severe storms, lake effect, use of high-resolution model data, mesoscale modeling, enhancement of the digital forecast process, CSTAR funded research, and the integration of new technology into operations. Presentations will only be given in oral form. Presenters should submit a one page abstract in Microsoft Word, Times New Roman 12 point font. Abstracts that are in other fonts or formats will be returned. Presenters should either mail a CDROM with their presentation to the address for the Steering Committee below, or upload it to the designated website no later than 1pm EDT Thursday 29 October 2009. Website login will be provided to presenters in mid October 2009. Presentations must be in Microsoft Powerpoint. Conference presentations will be limited to 34. The Steering Committee reserves the right to decline abstracts that do not address conference foci.
      No registration fee will be charged, however registration is mandatory online at the conference web page by 22 October 2009. The deadline for submission of abstracts is 4pm EDT 26 October 2009. Abstracts should be submitted electronically as email attachments. Presentations should be sent to NROW Steering Committee, c/o Warren R. Snyder, National Weather Service Forecast Office, 251 Fuller Road, Suite B300, Albany, New York 12203, 518-435-9569; e-mail: warren.snyder@noaa.gov. An abstracts book will only be available online, and should be posted at the conference webpage no later than 30 October 2008. For additional information contact either Warren Snyder or Peggy Kelly, at the address above, or by fax at 518-435-9587; e-mail: peggy.kelly@noaa.gov. For conference information, online registration, hotel, general information refer to Internet address http://www.erh.noaa.gov/aly/NROW/nrow11.htm. Registration will be available in June 2009, and Hotel information will be available in August. (1/09)

Announcement

Conference on Ocean-Atmosphere Energy Transport, 5–7 November 2009, Pasadena, CA
    This three-day conference, sponsored by California Institute of Technology, will bring together oceanographers and atmospheric scientists, with expertise in observations, theory, and modeling, to assess the current state of our understanding of ocean-atmosphere energy transport and outline directions for future research. About one half of the conference will be devoted to invited overview talks, with the rest allocated to contributed talks and posters.
The deadline for abstracts is has passed. Registration will open in August 2009 and the deadline is 2 October 2009. For additional information, please visit the conference Website at: www.eas.caltech.edu/oaet2009/. (7/09)

Announcement

The Fifth Education and Science Forum: On Building a Community of Environmental Scholars, 12–14 November 2009, Washington, DC
    The Fifth Education and Science Forum: On Building a Community of Environmental Scholars will be hosted by NOAA Center for Atmospheric Sciences (NCAS), Howard University in Washington, DC. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Educational Partnership Program (EPP) is the principal sponsor.
     This conference will bring together academic, government, private industry and local communities to promote building a diverse workforce that provides stewardship of the nation's marine, coastal and environmental resources for economic and cultural sustainability. Main features of the conference include: Dynamic Plenary Speakers; Stimulating Technical Sessions; Professional Development Seminars; Graduate School and Career Fair Showcases; Student Travel Scholarships; and Awards for Student Oral and Poster Presentations.
     Sponsorship inquiries should be directed to NCAS via e-mail, noaa-cas@howard.edu, or by phone to the NCAS office on (202-865-8678).
     For further information on the meeting, please reference the conference Web site at: http://ovprc.howard.edu/epp/index.htm (9/09)

Call for Papers

First Annual International Workshop on Air Quality Forecasting Research, 2–3 December 2009, Boulder, Colorado
      The First Annual International Workshop on Air Quality Forecasting Research meeting is sponsored by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Environment Canada's Meteorological Service.
      This workshop is aimed at developers of operational air quality forecast models, researchers whose work supports or improves the predictive capabilities of these models, and operational users of these models. Workshop themes include challenges in particulate matter forecasting, chemical data assimilation in air quality forecasts, treating intermittent sources in forecast models, post-processing of air quality forecasts, and two-way interactions between air quality and weather forecasts. The deadline for abstracts is 15 September 2009.
      For additional information, please contact Greg Frost, NOAA ESRL, 325 Broadway, R/CSD4, Boulder, CO 80305-3328 (tel: 303-497-7539; Fax: 303-497-5373; e-mail: iwaqfr@noaa.gov) or you can reference the Meeting Web Site at: http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/csd/events/iwaqfr/. Meeting Key Words are air quality, modeling, operational forecasting. (9/09)

2010 Meetings of Interest

Call for Papers

Next-Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference (NSRC), 18–20 February 2010, Boulder, CO
      The Next-Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference (NSRC) will be held 18–20 February 2010 at The Millennium Harvest House, in Boulder, CO.
      A new generation of space vehicles capable of economically delivering payloads and researchers is coming on line beginning in 2010. These vehicles will revolutionize space access by providing frequent, low-cost access to space and the capability to carry research and education crew members. They will also carry experiments for technology demonstrations, for scientist in-the-loop research, and for educational/public outreach demonstrations.
Fields including atmospheric science, solar physics, microgravity science, planetary science, space life science, space physics, and education and public outreach (EPO) stand to benefit from these vehicles.
      NSRC2010 will provide a forum to learn about the research and EPO capabilities of these new systems, their experiments, and EPO integration processes. NSRC2010 will also provide input on vehicle design requirements for science and education.
      The conference aims to bring together researchers from government, industry, and academia. The objectives of the NSRC2010, therefore, are: to educate a broad array of research communities to the opportunities that the new wave of human suborbital vehicles offer for research and education missions (REM); to hear from this broad array of researchers what their questions, feedback, and ideas are for REM applications and REM user requirements; and to demonstrate strong interest by working researchers and education/public outreach representatives to NASA, the National Institute of Health (NIH), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the National Science Foundation (NSF), industry, and other potential funding entities for REM applications.
      The 2.5-day conference will include invited and contributed talks scheduled into three parallel sessions for different fields. The meeting will also include keynote addresses, a press conference, and public talks to the local community in Boulder.
      Please visit our Web site (http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/nsrc2010/documents/nsrcagenda.pdf ) for a preliminary agenda.
      Researchers in the fields appropriate to the purpose and scope of this conference are invited to submit abstracts for oral presentation only. Poster and print-only presentations are not options.
      To appear in the program, all invited or contributed abstracts must be submitted electronically to the Lunar and Planetary Institute via the electronic submission form http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/abstract_submission/?mtg=286 by 5:00 P.M. U.S. Central Time on Thursday, 12 November 2009. Abstracts should be limited to one page, including graphics, tables, and references, and MUST be submitted in PDF format. Please submit early to allow for possible technical problems or delays in transmission.
      The program and abstracts will be available in electronic format and accessible via the meeting website by 28 December 2009. These files will be in PDF format. Authors should check the online program to find out when their abstract has been scheduled.
      For additional information, please contact: Michael E. Summers, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA (E-mail: msummers@gmu.edu; Tel: (703) 993-3971; Fax: (703) 993-1269). (12/09)

Announcement

Fifth International Symposium on Computational Wind Engineering (CWE2010), 23–27 May 2010, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
     The Fifth International Symposium on Computational Wind Engineering (CWE2010) will be held 23–27 May 2010 in Chapel Hill North Carolina. The International Association for Wind Engineering co-convenes this Computational Wind Engineering (CWE) symposium every four years in rotation with one of its three global regional organizations. The American Association for Wind Engineering will co-convene the 2010 event. The American Meteorological Society Committees on Meteorological Aspects of Air Pollution and Boundary Layers and Turbulence are collaborating on meteorological aspects of the symposium. Announcements, submission instructions, program, registration, hotel accommodations, and general related information are posted on the symposium website (www.cwe2010.org).
      Posters as well as oral presentations on all computational wind engineering topics are invited. "Wind engineering is best defined as the rational treatment of interactions between wind in the atmospheric boundary layer and man and his works on the surface of Earth." - Dr. Jack Cermak. CWE2010 will provide a platform for discussing and exchanging the latest information associated with the application of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations to wind engineering problems and the tremendous advances in CFD technology in the past several years. Each international symposium on CWE reflects the significant scientific advances in the rapidly developing computational wind engineering sciences linked to advances in high performance computing hardware and software. CWE does not necessarily mean CFD, but can include various techniques using computers. Presentations with critical full-scale data and wind tunnel data needed to support advancing CWE are also invited.      Please submit your abstract electronically via the symposium website (www.cwe2010.org) by 1 October 2009. Full papers (including supporting electronic applications) must be submitted electronically by 1 March 2010 in order to be included on the symposium USB flash drive.
      The theme and a special topic session for CWE2010 are entitled “CWE applications for homeland/societal security including natural and human-caused hazards and disasters.” Additional special topic sessions entitled “Development, validation, and application of atmospheric boundary layer models and turbulence models for CWE” and “Coupling Computational Wind Engineering and Mesoscale Meteorological Models” are being planned in collaboration with the AMS Committees on Meteorological Aspects of Air Pollution and Boundary Layers and Turbulence. There are many emerging issues for computational wind engineering, not only in wind hazard mitigation, but also in natural/cross ventilation and wind energy phenomena to preserve natural resources and to realize a sustainable society. Presentations on detailed simulations of wind, pollutant dispersion, and extreme meteorological phenomena should be of sufficiently fine scale to resolve complex terrain, roadways, and/or built objects. Presentations on hurricanes, tornadoes, downdrafts and other meteorological phenomena should include their interaction with resolved built environments.
      For further information please contact the symposium chairperson Alan Huber, Institute for the Environment, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599-6116 (email: chairman@cwe2010.org or alan.huber@unc.edu ). (6/09)

Announcement

10th National Severe Weather Workshop, 4–6 March 2010, Norman, OK
      A gathering of emergency managers, weather enthusiasts, teachers, students, meteorologists, and broadcasters will present and discuss "A Decade of Sharing Information about Weather Emergencies, Communications, and Response ". Topic areas that will be covered during the next National Severe Weather Workshop in Norman include: Hazardous weather mitigation strategies; Continuity of operations (business and government sectors); Forecast verification measures and meanings; Event alerting technologies and issues; National Weather Service products, services, and outreach; Latest in severe storm research and modeling; Weather radar updates and technology; Relating uncertainty and confidence information to decision makers; EF-Scale tornado rating updates and new tools for damage surveys; and Vendor - Weather Technology Expo.
      Information, registration, and vendor details will be available at the National Severe Weather Workshop Website: http://www.norman.noaa.gov/nsww/ (12/09)

Call for Papers

2010 Light and Color Conference, 16–20 June 2010, St. Mary’s City, MD
      The 10th International Conference on Light and Color in Nature will be held 16–20 June 2010 at the St. Mary's College of Maryland campus in St. Mary's City, Maryland.
      The organizing committee for the conference is soliciting abstracts for talks at the conference. The topics addressed at the meeting include, but are not limited to, the following: rainbows; ice crystal halos; glories; coronas; iridescence; sky color; atmospheric visibility; refraction effects; contrast phenomena; noctilucent clouds; optics of lightning; auroras; colors created by absorption and scattering in water and air; color and light in water and on water surfaces; iridescence and colors in biology and geology; atmospheric optics in history and archaeology; and computational techniques for calculating and rendering optical effects in the atmosphere and landscape.
      Please submit a title and an abstract for your talk via email to Charles Adler (Chair, organizing committee), cladler@smcm.edu, by Friday, 19 March 2010 for inclusion in the conference. The committee will review all abstracts and notify authors of their acceptance. The size limit for the abstract is two pages (double spaced) including figures and images. File formats accepted are plain text, pdf, doc, and docx.
      In conjunction with the conference, the St. Mary's College Boyden Art Gallery will be having a show of atmospheric optics photographs (broadly interpreted); photographs or other images of any of the optical phenomena listed above can be submitted to the conference. The art show will run from June–September, 2010; all atmospheric optics artwork submitted will be included in the show in one of two forms: 1) A jury panel will select the best or most interesting pieces for printing and display in the Gallery; 2) All other submissions will be displayed via a projector cycling images on a wall in the Gallery. Up to 10 submissions can be made via 72 DPI JPEG images with an 800 pixel width attached to an email to cladler@smcm.edu or via a CD disk mailed to the Boyden Gallery (address below). Please identify each work with a title, date, location, photographer, and a brief description of the image. The date for digital submissions is 30 November 2009. Information concerning the printing of images selected by the jury will be sent out at a later date.
      Submit CD's to: Boyden Art Gallery, St. Mary's College, 18952 E. Fisher Rd., St. Mary's City, MD 20686 (USA) (12/09)

Call for Papers

Urban Environmental Pollution, Overcoming Obstacles to Sustainability and Quality of Life, 20–23 June 2010, Boston, MA
      UEP 2010 is organized and sponsored by Elsevier and the journal Environmental Pollution and will provide a forum for knowledge exchange and discussion regarding the latest information about the unique nature of urban environments, assessment of urban environmental pollutants and their effects, and measures that can be taken to overcome obstacles to sustainability, ecological integrity and life quality.
      Abstracts for oral and poster presentation are invited by 1 February 2010 on the following topics: Nature of urban environments; Air pollutants, heat islands, climate change; Soil and water pollution, storm water retention; and Ecology, biodiversity, invasive species.
For additional information, please reference the meeting Web site at: www.uep2010.com. (11/09)

Call for Papers

18th International Conference on the Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Air Pollution, 21–23 June 2010, Kos, Greece
      The 18th International Conference on the Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Air Pollution, sponsored by the Wessex Institute of Technology, will be held 21–23 June 2010 at the Kipriotis Panorama Hotel in Kos, Greece.
      Air Pollution is one of the most challenging problems facing the international community: it is widespread and growing in importance and has clear and known impacts on health and the environment. The human need for transport, manufactured goods and services brings with it impacts on the atmospheric environment at scales from the local to the global. The rate of development of the global economy brings new pressures and the willingness of governments to regulate air pollution is often balanced by concerns over the economic impact of such regulation. Science is the key to identifying the nature and scale of air pollution impacts and is essential in the formulation of policies for regulatory decision making. Continuous improvements in our knowledge of the fundamental science of air pollution and its application are necessary if we are to predict, assess and mitigate the air pollution implications to local, regional, national and international economic systems.
      The goal of this conference is to bring together researchers who are active in the study of air contaminants and to exchange information through the presentation and discussion of papers dealing with the wide variety of topics listed opposite. Case study papers are encouraged as well as papers of a more theoretical nature, dealing with advanced mathematical and computational methods.
      Papers are invited on the following topics and others falling within the scope of the meeting: air pollution modeling, air quality management, emission studies, monitoring and measuring, aerosols and particles, atmospheric chemistry, indoor air pollution, policy studies, climate change and air pollution, regional and global studies, exposure and health effects, rural pollution studies, air pollution effects on ecosystems, air pollution mitigation, and case studies.
Abstracts of no more than 300 words should be submitted as soon as possible. We strongly encourage the submission of abstracts online via the conference Web site: www.wessex.ac.uk/air2010.
      Abstracts should clearly state the purpose, results and conclusions of the work to be described in the final paper. Final acceptance will be based on the full-length paper, which if accepted for publication, must be presented at the conference. To be fair to all participants, each registered delegate will only be able to submit one paper.
Delegates attending Air Pollution 2010 will be invited to submit an expanded version of their paper for publication in the International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning, associated with the Wessex Institute of Technology.
      For more information please visit the conference Web site or contact Conference Secretariat Claire Shiell, Wessex Institute of Technology, Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst, Southampton, SO40 7AA, United Kingdom (tel: + 44 (0) 238 029 3223; fax: + 44 (0) 238 029 2853; e-mail: cshiell@wessex.ac.uk). (11/09)

Call for Papers

Fifth International Conference on Fog, Fog Collection and Dew, 25–30 July 2010, Münster, Germany
      The scope of this conference is to bring together people who are interested in any aspect of fog and dew. Both advanced scientific findings and fog collection projects will find a broad audience. Participants will include representatives from universities, the private sector, government and international agencies, and educational organizations.
      This conference series was started in 1998 in Vancouver, Canada, then visited St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada (2001), Cape Town, South Africa (2004), La Serena, Chile (2007) and will be a guest in Europe for the first time in 2010. The conference is a unique melting pot for scientists and applied users of fog and dew collection techniques from all continents. Many personal contacts arose from past conferences, and several issues of scientific publications as well.
      The city of Münster (approx. 275,000 inhabitants) in NW Germany received the LivCom Award 2004 of the most livable city in its size class, and the European Energy Award in Gold. It hosts a large university, and is neighbor of "Essen (on behalf of the Ruhr Area)", the European Capital of Culture 2010.
      Deadline for early bird abstracts is 1 December 2009, and for regular abstracts, 31 March 2010.
      If you would like to know more about this International event, please visit the web site http://www.fogconference.org/. (12/09)

Call for Papers

Sixth European Conference on Radar in Meteorology and Hydrology (ERAD2010), 6–10 September 2010, Sibiu, Romania
      The Sixth European Conference on Radar in meteorology and Hydrology will be held 6–10 September, in Sibiu, Romania. Preliminary programes, registration and general information will be posted on the conference site (www.ERAD2010.org). The general purpose of this conference is to promote exchanges between research and operational experts in the field of the meteorological and hydrological applications of weather radar in Europe. This edition continues the tradition of ERAD to encourage young researchers participation through rewards and prizes.
      Papers are invited on the following or similar topics: advances in meteorological radar technology and signal processing, radar polarimetry, X-band radars, satellite radar measurements and hydro-meteorological applications, airborne radar measurements and studies, radar networks and synergy with other observational systems; international data exchange, BALTRAD, OPERA, quality of radar data and products, microphysics of clouds and precipitation, quantitative precipitation estimation, hydrological studies employing radar, operational end-to-end processing systems and forecast demonstration activities, mesoscale meteorology and severe weather, nowcasting and assimilation in forecasting the next 6 hours, history of (European) radar, radar training projects.
      Short abstracts submission deadline is 1 March 2010 and extended abstracts deadline is 1 July 2010.
      For additional information please contact the program chairperson, Aurora Bell (e-mail: aurora.bell@meteoromania.ro) (12/09)

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