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PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP #1
16 – 17 ΜΑΥ 2018 | NICOSIA, CYPRUS

“MEDITERRANEAN & MIDDLE EAST AIR POLLUTION IN A CHANGING CLIMATE”

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Conveners
Jos LELIEVELD Michel JARRAUD
Director, Max Plank Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany Secretary General Emeritus, World Meteorological Organization

Thematic Areas
1 Atmospheric Dust
2 Air Quality (sources, trends)
3 Greenhouse Gases & Remote Sensing Observations
4 Health Impacts (vector borne disease, etc)
5 Atmosphere & Climate Modelling & Prediction
6 New Instrumentation and Research Infrastructure
7 International Networks and Regional initiatives
8 Education and Training Opportunities

Wednesday 16th May 2018
08:00-09:00 | Registration & Welcome coffee
 

09:00-10:30 | Opening Session – Mediterranean & Middle East air pollution in a changing climate

09:00-09:20 | Opening – M. Jarraud, Former Secretary General WMO
09:20-09:50 | Context and Objectives – J. Sciare, Director EEWRC, The Cyprus Institute, Cyprus
09:50-10:30 | Keynote talk – J. Lelieveld, “Health impacts of ambient air pollution”

 
COFFEE BREAK (30 min)   “Pentadaktylos” Restaurant
 

11:00-12:40 | Session#1 – Air pollution sources

11:00-11:20 | N. Mihalopoulos, “Sources of aerosols in the Mediterranean”
11:20-11:40 | H. Harder, “AQABA, measurements of trace gases, dust and aerosols in the Mediterranean and Arabian Basin, overview and first results of a ship born campaign”
11:40-12:00 | J. Kushta, “Elemental carbon contribution to climate in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East”
12:00-12:20 | I. Stavroulas, “One-year study of sources, seasonal variability and geographical origin of submicron organic aerosol from high resolution measurements in Athens, Greece”
12:20-12:40 | S. Coehlo, “Identification and analysis of particulate matter source contributions to the air quality in mainland Portugal”

 
LUNCH BREAK (1h20 min) “Pentadaktylos” Restaurant
 

14:00-15:40 | Session#2 – Climate Change & Air pollution Modelling, Trends and Prediction

14:00-14:20 | P. Hadjinicolaou, “Differential 20th and 21st century warming around the Mediterranean and the MENA region”
14:20-14:40 | G. Zittis, “Observed rainfall trends and precipitation uncertainty in the vicinity of the Mediterranean, Middle East and North Africa”
14:40-15:00 | K. Constantinidou, “Uncertainty of modelled climate over the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region due to land surface schemes”
15:00-15:20 | C. Pain, “Proposed new generation atmospheric models for the Mediterranean and the Middle East”
15:20-15:40 | F. Fang, “Multiscale Adaptive Mesh Atmospheric/Air Pollution Predictive Modelling and Applications”

 
COFFEE BREAK (30 min) “Pentadaktylos” Restaurant

16:10-17:50 | Session#3 – Climate change & Air pollution Impacts

16:10-16:30 | A. Borbon, “Urban atmospheric pollution within TRANSEMED: from emission evaluation to health impact assessment in the Eastern Mediterranean”
16:30-16:50 | S. Achilleos, “Climate change adaptation in Eastern Mediterranean: Desert Dust Storms and the EU LIFE project MEDEA”
16:50-17:10 | B. Herut, “Climate change in the Levantine basin – observational signals”
17:10-17:30 | S. Uddin, “Effect of Climate Change on Marine Ecosystems in Gulf: An example of likely change in calcification among corals”
17:30-17:50 | S. Rafael, “Impact of resilience measures on air pollutants dispersion in Porto’s urban area”

 

Thursday 17th May 2018
08:00-09:00 | Registration & Welcome coffee
 

09:00-10:30 | Session#4 – Atmospheric Monitoring & Composition

09:00-09:30 | M. Kulmala, “Global SMEAR (Stations for Measuring Earth Surface – Atmosphere Relations)”
09:30-09:50 | P. Ricaud, “The GLAM airborne campaign across the Mediterranean”
09:50-10:10 | L. Dada, “New particle formation: from semi-clean to very polluted environments”
10:10-10:30 | R. Baalbaki, “Chemical composition of newly formed particles at Agia Maria forest station, Cyprus”

 
COFFEE BREAK (30 min)   “Pentadaktylos” Restaurant
 

11:00-12:20 | Session#5 – Atmospheric Dust

11:00-11:20 | F. Howari, “Dust storms in the Arabian Gulf”
11:20-11:40 | Y. Rudich, “Ice nucleation properties of mineral dust particles in the Eastern Mediterranean”
11:40-12:00 | M. Pikridas, “Change of the dust transport patterns in the East Mediterranean affect the coarse mode levels in Cyprus”
12:00-12:20 | H. Panahifar, “Investigating source and trend of atmospheric dust and urban pollution in central part of Iran plateau using a depolarized lidar, in situ recordings and satellite data”

 
LUNCH BREAK (1h20 min) “Pentadaktylos” Restaurant
 

13:40-15:10 | Session#6 – Greenhouse Gases & Remote Sensing Observations

13:40-14:10 | P. Ciais, “How to spend a greenhouse gas budget without legating large negative emissions to future generations”
14:10-14:30 | M. Vrekoussis, “Remote Sensing of tropospheric pollution from space”
14:30-14:50 | T. Maggos, “GHGs and AQ measurements over European cities using aerial and ground platforms as part of the ICARUS air pollution and climate change mitigation strategy”
14:50-15:10 | F. Aboubi, “How can ground based Doppler Lidar systems can help modeling and forecasting Air Quality?”

 
COFFEE BREAK (30 min) “Pentadaktylos” Restaurant

15:40-17:40 | Session#7 – International Networks & Regional Initiatives

15:40-16:10 | F. Dulac, “The Chemistry-Aerosol Mediterranean Experiment (ChArMEx, 2010-2020)”
16:10-16:30 | H. Lappalainen, “The Pan-Eurasian Experiment (PEEX) Program”
16:30-16:50 | M. Lange, “Future Earth MENA”
16:50-17:20 | Scientific Workshop Concluding Remarks, J. Sciare

17:30-20:00 | Poster session + cocktail “Pentadaktylos” Restaurant

 

PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP #2, ORGANISED BY AGRICYGEN
17 ΜΑΥ 2018 | NICOSIA, CYPRUS

“AGRICULTURE AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY IN A CHANGING CLIMATE”

 

 

 

AGRICYGEN receives funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme Under Grant Agreement No 763700

The latest workshop program is available to download, click here to save it to your device as a PDF. (Last update: 11 May)
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Conveners
Polycarpos POLYCARPOU Kerstin NEUMANN

Invited Talks (Confirmed Speakers)
Talk Speaker Affiliation
1 Dr. Georgia Hadjipavlou Agricultural Research Officer A’, Agricultural Research Institute
2 Dr. Dionysia Fasoula Agricultural Research Officer A’, Agricultural Research Institute
3 Dr. Kerstin Neumann Post-doctoral fellow, The Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Germany
4 Dr. Carole Moreno-Romieux Senior Researcher, L’Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Toulouse, France
5 Dr. Pauline Aad Assistant Professor, Notre Dame University – Louaize, Lebanon
6 Dr. Marinos Markou Chief Agricultural Research Officer, Agricultural Research Institute
7 Dr. Panayiotis Dalias Agricultural Research Officer A’, Agricultural Research Institute
8 Dr. Laurent Philippot Director of Research, L’Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Dijon, France