Presenter

Affiliation

Presentation

Time alloted

Wednesday 9.30 - 10.30:

Registration and Opening Remarks

Andy Pitman

Macquarie University

The ARC Network for Earth System Science

Stephen Schwartz

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Aerosols Down Under: A North American's Musings

Wednesday 11 - 1:

Particle Formation

Zoran Ristovski                        

QUT

1. Atmospheric Research at the International Laboratory for Air Quality and Health

2. Investigation of the mechanisms of marine nanoparticle formation - in chase of Iodine.

40 min

Dennys Angove

CSIRO Energy Technology

Lucas Heights

Investigation of secondary organic aerosol formation in the CSIRO Indoor Smog Chamber

20 min

Dimitri Gramotnev

QUT

Combustion nanoparticle aerosols: Mechanisms of evolution and modelling.

30 min

Melita Keywood

CSIRO Atmos Res

Aerosol Research at CSIRO Atmospheric Research

30 min

Wednesday 2 - 3.40:

Dust

Grant McTainsh

Griffith Uni

Overview of Griffith Dust Group

40 min

Richard Greene

Australian National Uni

Indications of local sources of dust in NSW

20 min

Susan Campbell

CSIRO EOC

Duststorms: Origins in Central Australia.

20 min

Stephen Cattle

Sydney Uni

Aeolian dust materials:their influence on pedological development and landscape processes in the Murray-Darling Basin.

20 min

Wednesday  4.10- 5.20:

Other Aerosols

Ross Mitchell

CSIRO EOC

Impact of the smoke plume from the Canberra firestorm: A role for aerosol in weather forecasting.

20 min

Howard Bridgman

Uni Newcastle

Open cut mining particulates

20 min

Nathan Bindoff

Uni Tasmania

Using digital libraries for Earth System Science

30 min

Wednesday 6.30:

Dinner at a local restaurant

Thursday 9.10 - 10.50:

Measurements and Analysis Techniques

Jorg Hacker

Flinders Uni/ARA

Aerosol measurement from aircraft and related capabilities at ARA/Flinders

20 min

Wolfgang Junkermans

Research Centre, Karlsruhe

Aerosols in the planetary boundary layer: investigations of budget and radiative properties using small environmental research aircraft.

 20 min

David Cohen

ANSTO

Aerosol fingerprinting and characterisation in the Asian region

15 min

Olga Hawas

ANSTO

Fine particle measurements in Australian capital cities

15 min

Ed Stelcer

ANSTO

Can Australian cities meet the new proposed NEPM fine particle standards

15 min

Hugh Malfroy

Malfroy Environmental Strategies Pty Ltd

Modelling secondary particle formation from NSW power stations

20 min

Thursday 11.20 - 1:

Optical Properties

Bruce Forgan

BoM

Bureau optical depth network

20 min

Stephen Wilson

Uni of Wollongong

Aerosol optical depth and bushfires.

20 min

Frank Mills

ANU CRES

UV properties of Australian aerosols.

10 min

Helen Power

Uni of Otago - Geography

1. Spatial and temporal variability of aerosols across North America

2. Aerosol monitoring in Otago, New Zealand

30 min

Brendon McAtee and

Mark Broomhall

Dept Land Information, WA

Curtin University

Operational MODIS aerosol retrieval and validation at DLI

20 min

Thursday 2- 3.20:

Health / Environment

Sue Reed

UWS - Environment and Agriculture

Exposure to dust & bioaerosols in animal handling

20 min

Maria Hall

Dept. Health & Ageing

Overview of work of Division

20 min

Martin Cope

CSIRO Atmos Res

An overview of current and future directions in urban and regional scale aerosol modelling at CSIRO.

20 min

Stephen Thomas

Pacific Air & Environment

Overview of PAE activities

20 min

Richard Stuetz

UNSW - Civil & Environmental Eng.

Overview + Project

20 min

Thursday 3.50 - 5.10:

Climate and Radiative Effects

Keith Bigg

Aerosols and Climate Change

30 min

Leon Rotstayn

CSIRO Atmos Res

Global modelling of the direct and indirect effects of aerosols.

20 min

Gail Box

UNSW - Physics

Overview of Atmospheric Physics Group

30 min

Thursday 6pm:

Public Lecture

Stephen Schwartz

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Radiative Forcing of Climate Change by Aerosols: Why this is so important and how well it needs to be known.

Friday 9.30 - 12.30:

Roundtable Discussions

Opening Remarks - Steve Schwartz

ARC Linkage - James Walsh UNSW Research Office