ACTRIS/PROBE Microwave radiometer workshop 20220902 104409 14 participants (scientists, operators, manufacturers) from 6 different countries met at the Research Centre Jülich (Germany) from 31 August to 2 September 2022 for a workshop on the operation of ground-based microwave radiometers. The workshop was organized by the University of Cologne as well as the PROBE Cost action. The University of Cologne has a long experience (>15 years) of ground-based microwave radiometry and...

PROBE stakeholder event upcoming! Are you interested in fog alerts (i.e. transport applications, including airports, roads etc). air quality, environmental protection agencies, renewable energy and urban environments? Then maybe this event is for you! We welcome anyone using (or planning to use) ABL profile measurements and advanced products to join the in-person meeting! The event will be in person, at the University of Évora, Évora, Portugal, on the 6th October 2022, 9-13 WEST, and some...

PHYSMOD 2022: a workshop on physical modelling of flow and dispersion! Dear Probers, check out this workshop on physical modelling of flow and dispersion phenomena. The deadline for the abstract submission is the 15th May 2022. All the info in the flyer here below!

1st ACTRIS Science Conference - Call for abstract and registration are open! The conference will be held in conjunction with the ACTRIS course on atmospheric observations and will be organised jointly by the Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR) at the University of Helsinki, Atmosphere and Climate Competence Center (ACCC) at the University of Helsinki and the ACTRIS Interim Head Office.  Find attached information on the upcoming 1st ACTRIS Science Conference 11-13 May...

First WG2 aerosol subgroup-ALC retrievals: impressions The first meeting  of the WG2 subgroup on aerosol and ALC retrievals took place on the 15th December 2021. The meeting was structured as follows: 5 minutes: Introduction & welcome (Joelle Buxmann) 15 minutes: Update on E-PROFILE ALC retrieval activities (Rolf Rüfenacht and Augustin Mortier) 10 minutes: Aerosol retrievals within Alicenet. (Henri Diemoz) 10 minutes: SCC and ALC activities of ACTRIS-CARS (Ina Mattis) 10 minutes:...

PROBE AT EGU 2022: submit your abstract! Hey have you heard the new? PROBE promotes a session dedicated to atmospheric boundary layer profiling at the upcoming EGU conference in Vienna, 3-8 April 2022. We would like to promote recent advances in profiling the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) using ground-based remote sensing and instrument networks. Why all this? to facilitate knowledge exchange between all actors concerned with ABL profiling.We aim at highlighting new developments in measurement...

The What, How and Why of Scientific Publishing for Early Career Researchers Hello ECIs!!!! this new is particularly of interest for you! Next week on Thursday a interesting virtual seminar alongside some excellent panelists will take place: The What, How and Why of Scientific Publishing for Early Career Researchers PROBE is inviting you to join RMetS and Wiley for this webinar specifically designed to answer your biggest questions as an early career researcher. Across four talks, our...

Upcoming events from the wind lidar energy community!! The IEA Wind Task 32 on wind lidar for wind energy applications (see www.iea-wind.org/task32) has a couple of events over the next months that might be interesting. Check them out here below! general meeting IEA Wind Task 32 Some tickets can be made available even if it is fully booked link event : register here webinar on the AWAKEN project ...

ELC2021 poster submission open until Oct 22: don't miss the chance! At ELC2021 there will be a session this year that is of special interest for PROBE: "Challenges – Atmospheric Boundary Layer and low altitude profiling". Let's make it a chance for a nice forum among PROBE members! The abstact submission for late posters at the ELC2021 is open until October 22 (more info on the website www.elc2021.iista.es and on ELC2021 twitter account). Still wondering about it? there is also the possibility...

Impressions from the first workshop on complex terrains The first PROBE workshop on atmospheric boundary layer profiling in complex topography was held online on 23rd September 2021 and brought together more than 50 scientists from over 20 countries. The three first talks gave a brief overview of the cost action PROBE, previous studies on ABL in complex topography and the plans for ABL profiling in the upcoming TEAMx field campaign. Short summaries of research interests and current projects...

First workshop on ABL measurements in complex topography photo credits: Corrado Cometto Interested in the ABL in complex terrain setting? WG1 of the EU COST action PROBE is inviting you to join the firstworkshop addressing ABL measurements in this specific environment. Are you involved in conducting observations? Or are you interested in respective data, e.g. for purposes of model evaluation? – all are welcome! The goal of this first meeting is to get to know each other, to have an overview...

Sixth training school on Convective and Volcanic Clouds (CVC) detecting, monitoring and modeling If you are interested in volcanic clouds, or get immediately fascinated by convective white clouds growing higher and higher, maybe there's a training school for you! Virtual meeting 6-18 September 2021 All info and flyer training school website The training school is supported and organized by researchers of the Università di Padova,...

European Lidar conference: call for abstracts ! Share your latest research on lidar technology, products and applications and the challenges of ABL profiling! Abstract submission deadline is 31 May 2021   WEBSITE

Land-Atmosphere interaction workshop: Save the date! Wondering how ABL profile information can support research of land-atmosphere interactions? Let’s find out at the upcoming interactive workshop organised by the AmeriFlux network in support of the  “Year of Water Fluxes” (https://ameriflux.lbl.gov/year-of-water-fluxes/). In collaboration with community representation from the U.S. Department of Energy's Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility and Atmospheric System Research...

13-18 September 2021: WMO DA/Reanalysis Symposium.. interested? Hiho! are you interested in reviewing the latest findings in data assimilation and reanalysis? some examples of the topics that will be touched are ensemble techniques and covariances, process studies, handling of systematic errors, diagnostics and verification, emerging AI and Machine learning techniques, open science and collaborative platforms. The event is organized by Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) at ECMWF’s new location...

Save the Date! Upcoming ACTRIS workshop! Hi All! today we would like to advertise this upcoming workshop organized by ACTRIS, thanks to Giulia Saponaro who let us know :) ACTRIS in collaboration with our partners at the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East Climate and Atmosphere Research Center (EMME-CARE, emme-care.cyi.ac.cy) is organizing a virtual workshop on Innovation in Atmospheric Sciences on Tuesday the 18th of May. The call for abstracts and participant registration to the workshop...