Version 1.1, 2003-08-20

Draft Agenda COST 723
WG1 Meeting 1, Common Session WG1 + MC

Place: University of Bern, CH
Date : October 6-7, 2003
Time: October 6, 14:00 - 17:30
October 7, 9:00 - 12:30 ; 13:30 - 17:00

Monday, October 6, 2003

14:00  1. Welcome Buehler
14:05 2. Approval of agenda all
14:10 3. Comments on the minutes of the 1st MC all
14:15 4. Organizational matters concerning transition period and new management under the ESF Nejedlik
14:45 5. Overview of activities done
5.1. Overall and WG1 Buehler
5.2. WG2 Lahoz
5.3. WG3 Legras
15:00 6. WG1 Activities and Contributions (short presentations on data sets and scientific activities, with emphasis on ideas and suggestions for joint activities in WG1)
6.1. Radiosonde
6.1.1. Radiosonde humidity measurement errors and new possibilities of their correction and validation as applied at Lindenberg upper air station Leiterer
15:10 6.1.2. UTLS water vapor measurements by balloon-borne sensors Damski / Kyro / Kivi
15:20 6.1.3. Homogenization of water vapor data from RS-80 and RS-90 radiosondes Jaczewski / Brzoska
15:30 Coffee break
16:00 6.1.4. Temperature and relative humidity over Sofia from balloon soundings Kolev
16:10 6.1.5. Ozone & radiosonde data available at Uccle De Backer / Schets
16:20 6.1.6. Reference humidity profiles from a combination of different measurement techniques at a dedicated station Feist / Gerber
16:30 6.1.7. Discussion of ideas for radiosonde related COST723 activities all
17:30 Close
19:00 Joint dinner

Tuesday, October 7, 2003

09:00  Agenda item 6 continued...
6.2. Aircraft
6.2.1. MOZAIC-data, particularly the use of water vapor data for UTLS-studies and the urgent need for integrated data sets of ground-based, airborne and satellite observations of humidity Smit
09:10 6.2.2. MARSCHALS Carly or Cortesi
09:20 6.2.3. Discussion of ideas for aircraft related COST723 activities all
10:00 Coffee break
10:30 6.3. Satellite
6.3.1. AMSU-B humidity data Buehler
10:40 6.3.2. Odin LS water vapor and water vapor isotopes Urban
10:50 6.3.3. Other Odin data Eriksson
11:00 6.3.4. 1-year intercomparison between Umkehr ozone and GOME ozone profiles Zanis
11:10 6.3.5. Availability of UTLS relevant MIPAS data Milz
11:20 6.3.6. Availability of UTLS relevant SCIAMACHY data Eichmann
11:30 6.3.7. Temperature profiles for the UTLS region from GPS radio occultation measurements with CHAMP Schmidt
11:40 6.3.8. Discussion of ideas for satellite related COST723 activities all
12:30 Lunch break
13:30 7. Related activities in other WGs (short presentations of contributions, with emphasis on ideas and suggestions for joint activities in COST723)
7.1. ASSET (Assimilation of Envisat data): Assimilation of water vapor and ozone in the UTLS Lahoz
13:40 7.2. Discussion of ideas for common COST723 activities all
14:00 Coffee break
14:30 8. Report on SPARC Scientific Steering Group meeting Ryabinin
14:40 9. Opening Workshop preparation
9.1. Draft program outline Buehler
9.2. Discussion of draft program outline all
9.3. Distribution of work / action items for workshop preparation all
15:30 10. Ideas for other activities
10.1. COST723 UTLS summer school? Lahoz
15:45 11. Administrative matters
11.1. Action status Nejedlik
11.2. Budget planing 2004 Nejedlik
11.3. Short Term Scientific Missions (STSMs) Nejedlik
11.4. Request for new members Nejedlik
11.5. Publications Buehler
11.6. Time and place of next meeting all
16:45 12. AOB Buehler
17:00 13. Close Buehler