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The 5th International Atmospheric Limb Conference and Workshop, Helsinki, November 16 - 19, 2009 John burrows on behalf of the limb working group Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany SPARC scientific steering group meeting October 26 – 30, 2009
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The 5th International Atmospheric Limb Conference and Workshop, Helsinki, November 16 - 19, 2009 John burrows on behalf of the limb working group Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany SPARC scientific steering group meeting October 26 – 30, 2009 Kyoto, Japan
Past and future limb workshops • 1st International limb scattering workshop: Bremen April 2003 • 2nd International limb workshop: Stockholm October 2004 • 3rd International limb workshop: Montreal April 2006 • 4th International limb workshop: Virginia Beach October 2007 • 5th International Limb conferende Helsinki November 2009 • Topics covered: • Limb measurements: Emission (IR, microwave), occultation (solar, lunar, stellar), scattering • Instruments: GOMOS, MIPAS, SCIAMACHY, OSIRIS, SMR, SAGE, SABER, ACE, MLS, HIRDLS, AIM/SOFIE • New instruments: OMPS, ALTIUS, PREMIER, JEM -SMILES, ... • Data and modelling: Mesosphere and above, stratosphere, UTLS and troposphere • Retrieval algorithms and data assimilation • Radiative transfer and spectroscopy
5th limb workshop/conference in Helsinki • 50 abstracts received • Attendees from 11 countries • workshop report will be written for the next SPARC newsletter