Mesoscale processes in the stratosphere
9 November 1998 - 9 November 1998
Germany
A European workshop on mesoscale processes in the stratosphere will be held in Tölz, Germany, from 9 to 11 November 1998. The workshop will be jointly organised within the framework of the EU's Environment and Climate research programme and the POLECAT project of the German Ministry for Education, Science, Research and Technology.
Discussions during the event will focus on the effect of mesoscale processes in the stratosphere on stratospheric chemistry and microphysics. This is an area which has not received much scientific attention and therefore remains highly uncertain. However, several mesoscale processes have global implications, such as the effect of gravity waves on the formation of polar stratospheric clouds and the rate of chlorine activation and ozone destruction, and are therefore of considerable importance.
The workshop will encompass all mesoscale and sub-grid processes in the stratosphere and troposphere which have an influence on stratospheric particle microphysics and chemistry. Examples of the topics to be covered in detail include:
- Remote and in situ observations of gravity wave cooling in the stratosphere induced by orography, jet streams and tropospheric convection;
- Modelling studies of stratospheric gravity waves, including generation mechanisms, global distribution, and propagation into the stratosphere;
- Observations and modelling of stratospheric sub-grid chemical features and small scale mixing processes;
- Future campaigns or initiatives and in particular, current and future activities within the European THESEO project for the Third European Stratospheric Experiment on Ozone.
For further information, please contact:
Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie
Ken Carslaw
Postfach 3060
D-55020 Mainz
Tel. +49-6131-305333; Fax +49-6131-305328
E-mail: carslaw@mpch-mainz.mpg.de
URL: http://www.mpch-mainz.mpg.de/~weers/nwg/workshop.html(opens in new window)
Discussions during the event will focus on the effect of mesoscale processes in the stratosphere on stratospheric chemistry and microphysics. This is an area which has not received much scientific attention and therefore remains highly uncertain. However, several mesoscale processes have global implications, such as the effect of gravity waves on the formation of polar stratospheric clouds and the rate of chlorine activation and ozone destruction, and are therefore of considerable importance.
The workshop will encompass all mesoscale and sub-grid processes in the stratosphere and troposphere which have an influence on stratospheric particle microphysics and chemistry. Examples of the topics to be covered in detail include:
- Remote and in situ observations of gravity wave cooling in the stratosphere induced by orography, jet streams and tropospheric convection;
- Modelling studies of stratospheric gravity waves, including generation mechanisms, global distribution, and propagation into the stratosphere;
- Observations and modelling of stratospheric sub-grid chemical features and small scale mixing processes;
- Future campaigns or initiatives and in particular, current and future activities within the European THESEO project for the Third European Stratospheric Experiment on Ozone.
For further information, please contact:
Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie
Ken Carslaw
Postfach 3060
D-55020 Mainz
Tel. +49-6131-305333; Fax +49-6131-305328
E-mail: carslaw@mpch-mainz.mpg.de
URL: http://www.mpch-mainz.mpg.de/~weers/nwg/workshop.html(opens in new window)