Clouds, through their influence on radiative transfer, help determine Earth’s energy budget and its susceptibility to perturbations. Clouds and their associated precipitation influence the dynamics of circulation systems, especially in the tropics. Increasingly cloud radiative effects are recognized as an additional mechanism for organizing circulation systems. UCP2019, as part of the Grand Science Challenge on Clouds, Circulation and Climate Sensitivity and the German National Project High-Resolution Clouds and Precipitation for Climate Prediction (HD(CP)²) will bring together leading scientists from the observational and modeling communities working on these topics to present their latest findings, and coordinate future activities to advance understanding of the role of clouds and precipitation in the climate system.
The conference is centered around five focus topics:
1. Looking toward global storm-resolving climate simulations
2. Insights from clouds and precipitation from recent and planned field studies
3. Technical advances for simulating, computing and observing clouds and precipitation
4. Coupling of aerosols, clouds and precipitation to circulations systems or the environment
5. Progress in understanding and representing unresolved processes in storm-resolving simulations
43rd Scientific Assembly of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) and Associated Events
“COSPAR 2020”
Host Organization: Australian Academy of Science
Scientific Program Chair: Prof. Iver Cairns, University of Sydney, School of Physics
Abstract Deadline: mid-February 2020
Topics:
Approximately 125 meetings covering the fields of COSPAR Scientific Commissions (SC) and Panels:
– SC A: The Earth’s Surface, Meteorology and Climate
– SC B: The Earth-Moon System, Planets, and Small Bodies of the Solar System
– SC C: The Upper Atmospheres of the Earth and Planets Including Reference Atmospheres
– SC D: Space Plasmas in the Solar System, Including Planetary Magnetospheres
– SC E: Research in Astrophysics from Space
– SC F: Life Sciences as Related to Space
– SC G: Materials Sciences in Space
– SC H: Fundamental Physics in Space
– Panel on Satellite Dynamics (PSD)
– Panel on Scientific Ballooning (PSB)
– Panel on Potentially Environmentally Detrimental Activities in Space (PEDAS)
– Panel on Radiation Belt Environment Modelling (PRBEM)
– Panel on Space Weather (PSW)
– Panel on Planetary Protection (PPP)
– Panel on Capacity Building (PCB)
– Panel on Education (PE)
– Panel on Exploration (PEX)
– Panel on Interstellar Research (PIR)
– Special events: interdisciplinary lectures, round table, etc.
Selected papers published in Advances in Space Research and Life Sciences in Space Research, fully refereed journals with no deadlines open to all submissions in relevant fields.
4th Symposium of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR):
Small Satellites for Sustainable Science and Development “COSPAR 2019”
Host Organization: The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Scientific Program Chair: Professor Morris Podolak, Tel Aviv University, Dept. of Geosciences
Abstract Deadline: 15 April 2019
Topics:
– Satellite and nanosatellite observations of ground and underground soil
– Ground water, seas, and oceans
– Atmosphere and ionosphere
– Magnetosphere
– Solar system objects (planets, asteroids, interplanetary space)
– Extrasolar planets and the interstellar medium
– The Milky Way and intergalactic space
– Education for space engineering
– Space sciences
Selected papers published in Advances in Space Research and Life Sciences in Space Research, fully refereed journals with no deadlines open to all submissions in relevant fields.
