Academician V.G. Bondur to participate in an International Meeting in Croatia, 30 April – 3 May 2011

 

On 30 April – 3 May 2011, the International Workshop “Integration of Geospheres in Earth Systems: Modern Queries to Environmental Physics, Modelling, Monitoring & Education” will take place in Dubrovnik, Croatia.

 

Within the framework of this Workshop, the Russian delegation headed by Academician V.G. Bondur, Director General of the Scientific Centre for Aerospace Monitoring “AEROCOSMOS”, will present results of work on the assessment of air pollution in megacities based on aerospace and ground-based monitoring data. These results were obtained during the implementation of the Russian project MEGAPOLIS, which is a partner project to the European project MEGAPOLI. The MEGAPOLIS project is being carried out within the framework of the Federal Target Program “Research and Development in Priority Areas for the Development of the Russian Scientific and Technological Complex for 2007–2013”. The customer of the project is the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.

 

 

PROGRAMME OF THE INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP (ENGLISH TRANSLATION FROM RUSSIAN)

 

International Workshop “Integration of Geospheres in Earth Systems: Modern Queries to Environmental Physics, Modelling, Monitoring & Education”  

30 April – 3 May 2011, Dubrovnik, Croatia

 

Organising Committee

 

- Professor Alexander A. Baklanov, Deputy Director of the Danish Centre for Strategic Research in Energy, Environment and Health / Danish Meteorological Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark

 

- Professor Valery G. Bondur, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Director General of the Scientific Centre for Aerospace Monitoring “AEROCOSMOS”, Moscow, Russia

 

- Professor Branko Grisogono, University of Zagreb, Croatia

 

- Professor Zvjezdana Benčetić-Klaić, Director of the Andrija Mohorovičić Geophysical Institute, University of Zagreb, Croatia (Chair of the Organising Committee)

 

- Professor Sergey S. Zilitinkevich, Science Director, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Helsinki / Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland

 

The Workshop was organised as an extended meeting on four developing projects:

 

- PBL-PMES “Atmospheric Planetary Boundary Layers — Physics, Modelling and their Role in Earth Systems” (FP7 Specific Programme IDEAS, ERC Advanced Grant No. 227915, 2009–2013, coordinator S.S. Zilitinkevich)  

  http://pbl-pmes.fmi.fi/

 

- MEGAPOLI “Megacities: Emissions, urban, regional and Global Atmospheric POLlution and climate effects, and Integrated tools for assessment and mitigation” (FP7-ENV-2007.1.1.2.1 project 212520, 2008–2011, coordinator A.A. Baklanov)  

  http://megapoli.info

 

- MEGAPOLIS “Integrated technologies for the assessment of air pollution in megacities on regional and global scales based on aerospace and ground-based monitoring for the reduction of negative consequences of anthropogenic impacts” (Russian project, 2009–2011, Scientific Supervisor V.G. Bondur)  

  http://www.geogr.msu.ru/news/news_detail.php?ID=2288

 

- QUALIMET “Development of a Qualification Framework in Meteorology” (EU TEMPUS project No. 159352, 2010–2013, coordinator S.S. Zilitinkevich)  

  http://qualimet.net/

 

The workshop programme included:

 

- Thematic presentations reflecting the current status of the above projects, future perspectives, exchange and dissemination of achievements, coordination of interrelated developments, and dialogue with stakeholders.

 

- Three thematic sessions in the form of free and special presentations:

 

    - (i) European Research Council project PBL-PMES: current advances in the theory of geophysical turbulence and parameterisation of atmospheric boundary layers as geosphere-coupling components in weather forecasting, air quality and climate models – joint efforts of project developers and external collaborators.

 

    - (ii) Partner projects MEGAPOLI – MEGAPOLIS: observations, monitoring and integrated modelling of the urban environment, accounting for physico-chemical interactions and local feedbacks, and using modern space-based remote sensing technologies.

 

    - (iii) TEMPUS project QUALIMET: current requirements in education and training in the fields of environmental protection (in particular, meteorology) with regard to the threatening impact of human activity on nature and climate, recent technical advances, and the improvement of the overall standard of higher education.

 

- General discussion to promote cooperation and exchange of ideas within (and beyond) the framework of the project consortium.

 

The workshop was held at Hotel Argosy (see http://www.valamar.com/argosy-hotel-dubrovnik).  

 

Contact persons:  

 

Dijana Mijanović: Email Dijana@DubrovnikTravel.com, Tel. +385 20 313 556, +385 91 313 5508, Fax +385 20 313 550  

 

Svyatoslav Tyuryakov: Email Svyatoslav.Tyuryakov@fmi.fi, Tel. +358 50 592 4667, Fax +358 9 1929 4103

 

 

PROGRAMME

 

30 April 2011 – Arrival, accommodation at Hotel Argosy

Meeting of TEMPUS-159352 Working Group “Medical Meteorology” (Argosy, 17:00)

 

1 May 2011 – Opening and Session 1

 

Opening: Welcome address and introductions

 

Session 1: Integration of Geospheres into the Climate System

 

PBL-PMES “Atmospheric Planetary Boundary Layers — Physics, Modelling and their Role in Earth Systems” (FP7 Specific Programme IDEAS, ERC Advanced Grant No. 227915, 2009–2013, coordinator S.S. Zilitinkevich)  

http://pbl-pmes.fmi.fi/

 

1. General project presentation  

   S.S. Zilitinkevich: Turbulence and atmospheric planetary boundary layers as coupling tools in the climate system

2. Presentations of current activities  
3. Elperin, N. Kleeorin, I. Rogachevskii, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel: Turbulence closure problem  
4. Esau, Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Centre, Norway: Self-organisation of the Ekman boundary layer turbulence  
5. Sofiev, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland: Atmospheric planetary boundary layers in air quality modelling

 

3. Invited talks  

   R.I. Nigmatulin, Institute of Oceanology RAS / Moscow State University, Russia: Global climate problems  

   V.M. Kotlyakov, Institute of Geography RAS, Russia: Climate change and Earth’s glaciation

 

4. Free communications, general discussion, conclusions

 

Dinner

 

2 May 2011 – Session 2: Urban Environment and Climate

 

MEGAPOLI “Megacities: Emissions, urban, regional and Global Atmospheric POLlution and climate effects, and Integrated tools for assessment and mitigation” (FP7-ENV-2007.1.1.2.1 project 212520, 2008–2011, coordinator A.A. Baklanov)  

http://megapoli.info

 

MEGAPOLIS “Integrated technologies for the assessment of air pollution in megacities on regional and global scales based on aerospace and ground-based monitoring for the reduction of negative consequences of anthropogenic impacts” (Russian national project, 2009–2011, Scientific Supervisor V.G. Bondur, AEROCOSMOS)  

http://www.geogr.msu.ru/news/news_detail.php?ID=2288

 

1. General presentations of the partner projects

   V.G. Bondur: Project MEGAPOLIS  

   A.A. Baklanov: Project MEGAPOLI

 

2. Presentations of current activities of consortium members

   N.S. Kasimov, Faculty of Geography, Moscow State University, Russia: A portrait of urban Russia  

1. Finardi, ARIANET, Italy: MEGAPOLI – European-scale and high-resolution Po Valley simulations and comparison with surface measurements and MODIS aerosol optical depth  
2. Bashmakova, University of Helsinki, Finland: Integral eco-indices for the operational assessment of negative consequences of anthropogenic impacts (collaborative research with MEGAPOLI end users)  
3. Bornstein, San José State University, USA: MEGAPOLI in the USA  
4. Klaic, University of Zagreb, Croatia: Pollution of atmospheric planetary boundary layers: an overview of studies carried out at the Andrija Mohorovičić Geophysical Institute

 

3. Invited talks  

   V.P. Dymnikov, Institute of Numerical Mathematics RAS / Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia: Climate and climate change modelling  

   S.S. Grigoryan, Institute of Mechanics, Moscow State University, Russia: Analytical theory of hurricanes  

1. Schrimpf, European Commission, Belgium: Prospects for EU–Russia collaborative research

 

4. Free communications, general discussion, conclusions

 

 3 May 2011 – Session 3: Modern Problems and the Future of Environmental Education

 

QualiMet “Development of a Qualification Framework in Meteorology” (EU TEMPUS project No. 159352, 2010–2013, coordinator S.S. Zilitinkevich)  

http://qualimet.net/

 

1. General project presentation  

   A.V. Belotserkovsky, Tver State University, Russia: Project QualiMet – motivation and prospects

 

2. Presentations of current activities of consortium members  

   N.V. Bagrov, Tavrida National University, Ukraine  

   A.A. Baklanov, University of Copenhagen, Denmark  

1. Gassanov, International Centre of Moscow State University, Switzerland  
2. Costigliola, European Medical Association, Belgium  

   V.A. Ivanov, Black Sea Branch of Moscow State University / Marine Hydrophysical Institute, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine  

   L.N. Karlin, Russian State Hydrometeorological University, Russia  

   N.S. Kasimov, Faculty of Geography, Moscow State University, Russia  

1. Mammarella, ENEA, Italy  
2. Rõõm, University of Tartu, Estonia  

   L.A. Savelyev, Russian State Hydrometeorological University, Russia  

   S.M. Stepanenko, Odessa State Environmental University, Ukraine  

   S.S. Zilitinkevich, University of Helsinki, Finland

 

3. Invited talk  

   V.I. Starostenko and O. Legostaeva, Institute of Geophysics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine: Seismic phenomena in the Chernobyl area – a contribution to “geosphere coupling”

 

4. General discussion:** Problems and future of environmental education

 

 4 May 2011 – Departure

 

 

List of Workshop Participants

 

- K. Babic, PhD student, Dept of Geophysics, University of Zagreb, Croatia

- Prof. N.V. Bagrov, Academician NAS, Rector of Tavrida State University, Simferopol, Ukraine, vitaly.fiodorov@gmail.com

- Prof. A.A. Baklanov, Danish Meteorological Institute / Copenhagen University, Denmark, alb@dmi.dk

- Dr. I.Kh. Bashmakova, University of Helsinki, Finland, Iryna.Bashmakova@helsinki.fi

- Prof. A.V. Belotserkovsky, Rector of Tver State University, Russia, a.belotserkovsky@tversu.ru

- Prof. V.G. Bondur, Academician RAS, Director General of AEROCOSMOS, Moscow, Russia, vgbondur@aerocosmos.info

- Prof. R. Bornstein, San José State University, USA, pblmodel@hotmail.com

- Prof. V. Costigliola, President of European Medical Association, Brussels, Belgium, vincenzo@emanet.org

- T. Daniel-Bek, Russian State Hydrometeorological University, St Petersburg, Russia, rector@rshu.ru

- Prof. G. Djolov, University of Pretoria, South Africa, george.djolov@up.ac.za

- Prof. V.P. Dymnikov, Academician RAS, Institute of Numerical Mathematics RAS / Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow, Russia, dymnikov@inm.ras.ru

- Prof. T. Elperin, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel, elperin@bgu.ac.il

- Dr. L. Enger, Enger KM-Konsult AB, Uppsala, Sweden, leif@enger.se

- Dr. I.N. Esau, Director of Research, Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Centre, Bergen, Norway, igore@nersc.no

- Dr. S. Finardi, ARIANET, Milan, Italy, s.finardi@aria-net.it

- Prof. T.I. Gassanov, President of International Centre of Moscow State University, Geneva, Switzerland, t.gassanov@uni-lomonosov.ch

- Prof. Y. Gorlizki, University of Manchester, United Kingdom

- Dr. G. Grandoni, ENEA, Rome, Italy, Giovanni.Grandoni@casaccia.enea.it

- Prof. S.S. Grigoryan, Academician RAS, Moscow State University, Russia, grigor@imec.msu.ru

- Prof. B. Grisogono, University of Zagreb, Croatia, bgrisog@gfz.hr

- Prof. V.A. Ivanov, Academician NAS, Director of Marine Hydrophysical Institute NAS; Deputy Director of the Black Sea Branch of Moscow State University, Sevastopol, Ukraine, vaivanov@inbox.ru

- G. Ivanova, Institute of Geological Sciences NAS, Sevastopol, Ukraine, vaivanov@inbox.ru

- Prof. O. Johannessen, Chair of the Board / Founder of Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Centre, Bergen, Norway, ola.johannessen@nersc.no

- Prof. L.N. Karlin, Rector of Russian State Hydrometeorological University, St Petersburg, Russia, rector@rshu.ru

- Prof. N.S. Kasimov, Academician RAS, Dean of the Faculty of Geography, Moscow State University, Russia, secretary@geogr.msu.ru

- Prof. V.P. Keondjian, President of GROUP ALLIANCE, Moscow, Russia, keondjian@alliance-gr.com

- Prof. Z. Klaic, Head of Dept of Geophysics, University of Zagreb, Croatia, zklaic@irb.hr

- Prof. N. Kleeorin, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel, nat@bgu.ac.il

- Prof. V.M. Kotlyakov, Academician RAS, Director of Institute of Geography RAS, Moscow, Russia, direct@igras.geonet.ru

- Prof. S. Larsen, Technical University of Denmark, Roskilde, Denmark, metsol@risoe.dk

- Dr. O. Legostaeva, Institute of Geophysics NAS, Kyiv, Ukraine, earth@igph.kiev.ua

- Prof. V.S. L’vov, Weizmann Institute of Advanced Studies, Rehovot, Israel, Victor.Lvov@weizmann.ac.il

- Dr. M.C. Mammarella, ENEA, Rome, Italy, mammarella@sede.enea.it

- Prof. F. Mesinger, University of Belgrade, Serbia / NOAA Environmental Modelling Centre, USA, fedor.mesinger@noaa.gov

- Prof. R.I. Nigmatulin, Academician RAS, Director of Institute of Oceanology RAS; Head of Department at Moscow State University, Russia, nigmar@ocean.ru

- Prof. A. Petrosyan, Space Research Institute RAS; Moscow State University, Russia, apetrosy@esoc1.bitnet

- E. Podgaiskiy, Russian State Hydrometeorological University, St Petersburg, Russia, podgaisky@rshu.ru

- Prof. I. Rogachevskii, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel, gary@bgu.ac.il

- Prof. R. Rõõm, University of Tartu, Estonia, rein.room@ut.ee

- Prof. L.A. Savelyev, Russian State Hydrometeorological University, St Petersburg, Russia, rector@rshu.ru

- Dr. W. Schrimpf, DG Research, EU Commission, Brussels, Belgium, Wolfram.Schrimpf@ec.europa.eu

- Dr. N. Serditova, Tver State University, Russia, a.belotserkovsky@tversu.ru

- Dr. M. Sofiev, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland, mikhail.sofiev@fmi.fi

- Dr. V. Sofieva, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland, Viktoria.Sofieva@fmi.fi

- Prof. V.I. Starostenko, Academician NAS, Director of Institute of Geophysics NAS, Kyiv, Ukraine, earth@igph.kiev.ua

- Prof. G. Stenchikov, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, georgiy.stenchikov@kaust.edu.sa

- Prof. S.M. Stepanenko, Rector of Odessa State Environmental University, Odesa, Ukraine, rector@ogmi.farlep.odessa.ua

- S. Tolz, BLUMBERG, United Kingdom

- S. Tyuryakov, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland, svyatoslav.tyuryakov@fmi.fi

- Prof. S.S. Zilitinkevich, Finnish Meteorological Institute / University of Helsinki, Finland; Institute of Atmospheric Physics / Russian State Hydrometeorological University, Moscow / St Petersburg, Russia, sergej.zilitinkevich@fmi.fi

- Prof. V.S. Zilitinkevich, University of Manchester, United Kingdom