Education&Training - ACAS Summer School

(Registrations closed on January 10th 2008)

The 2nd EUFAR Summer School (ACAS) dealt with Airborne Cloud and Aerosol Science. It was organized by KNMI (Koninklijk Netherlands Meteorological Institute) from April 17th to April 25th 2008 and was based at Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Objectives:

The main scope was to provide a comprehensive overview to PhD students on airborne measurement techniques, data analysis and specifics of airborne measurements of aerosol and cloud properties. The lectures focused not only on scientific issues and data analysis, but also on the design of airborne experiments, including technical and safety constraints. The lectures were accompanied by a visit of the FAAM BAe146 research aircraft (3 days). Three flights of 2h20min were performed with the students on board.

Lectures/Timetable:

Lectures were planned from Thursday, April 17th to Monday, April 21st.

Timetable

Thursday 17th:

• Andrew HEYMSFIELD (UCAR):
  • The physics of how snow forms in the atmosphere
  • Instruments used to collect microphysical data from airborne systems (aircraft, balloons)
• Hugh COE (UNIMAN)
  • Aerosol chemistry
  • Aerosol chemistry and airborne applications (AMS)

Friday 18th:

• Kevin NOONE (IGBP):
  • Airborne measurements in atmospheric (aerosol/cloud) science
  • CVI
• Andreas PETZOLD (DLR):
  • Aerosol optical properties

Saturday 19th:

• Markus HERMANN (IFT):
  • Aerosol sampling - inlets
  • CARIBIC, JRA pod
• Excursion to the CESAR Observatory (Cabauw Experimental Site for Atmospheric Research): Cabauw site presentation

Sunday 20th:

• Andreas MINIKIN (DLR):
  • Aerosol microphysics
• Jean-Louis BRENGUIER (Météo-France):
  • Measurements of Aerosol Particles
  • Perturbed clouds in a changing climate
  • FAST-FSSP

Monday 21st:

• Stephen DEVERAU (FAAM):
  • FAAM presentation
  • FAAM engineering

Field measurement activities: from Tuesday 22nd to Thursday 23rd

• Phil BROWN (Metoffice)
  • Flight planning – introduction
  • Flight planning - mission objectives, goals and risk assessment
• Flight preparation / Flight debriefing with the FAAM crew

The three flights of 2h20min each with students on board (6 students per flight) were performed on April 22nd, 23rd and 24th in the morning.

Students Scientific reports

• Report Group 1: T.Hamburger, K.Ardon, D.Perez, B.Aouizerats, H.Macintyre, L.Belegante

Flight B358 22/04/08, 08:32-10:59 UTC

• Report Group 2: W.Frey, K.Markakis, M.Blackett, C.Chou, B.Takacs, A.Calvo

Flight B359 23/04/08, 08:21-10:45 UTC

• Report Group 3: A.Cazorla, A.Weigelt, D.Santos, E.Carstea, J.Rangognio, S.Melchionna

Flight B360 24/04/08, 08:30-10:50 UTC

Travel and subsistence expenses:

Travel and subsistence expenses were 100% supported by EUFAR (travel to summer school location, transfers, accommodation in double rooms, meals, etc).

• Hotel rooms are already booked by the EUFAR Office in Hotel De Biltsche Hoek
  • Address:
  Hotel De Biltsche Hoek
  De Holle Bilt 1
  3732 HM De Bilt
  • Email: biltschehoek@valk.com
  • Website: http://www.valk.com/
  • Phone: +31 (0)30 220 58 11
  • Fax: +31 (0)30 220 28 12
• Rooming List
• Unless previously agreed, all travel tickets should be booked by the EUFAR Office. This is to avoid complicated procedures for later reimbursement.

Aircraft tickets must be booked, as far as practical, at least 2 months before the departure date in order to get the most favourable rate. All travels must be made at the economical rate.

Participants: