Sandstorm over Cape Verde: 1 Jan 2007 (MODIS)                         Resulting dust on a car!   

 Summary of Workshop and Presentations-follow links for presentation content:-

Introduction

Chair Oscar Melicio

1.  Opening of the workshop:  Manuel Inocêncio Sousa,  Minister of Infrastructure, Transports and Sea, Cape Verde Islands

2.  Welcome address: Phil Newton, Deputy Director, Science & Innovation, Natural Environment Research Council

3. The significance of the Cape Verde Observatory for the INMG: Jose Pimenta Lima, INMG.

4. The role of the Cape Verde Observatory for the INDP:  Oscar Melicio, INDP.

5.  The significance of the Cape Verde Observatory for German institutions and programmes: Peter Herzig, Director, IFM-GEOMAR.

6. Aims of the workshop:  Lucy Carpenter, University of York.

Session 1.  Aerosols, dust, climate and marine productivity

 Chair Andreas Macke

 1. Atmospheric inputs of nutrients (N,P,Fe and Si) to the tropical Atlantic: Tim Jickells, UEA, UK.

 2. The influence of dust on chemistry and biology of oceanic surface waters:   Eric Achterberg, National Oceanography Centre, UK.

 3. Nitrogen fixation in tropical waters. Nutrition from the air?:  Julie LaRoche, IFM-Geomar, Germany

 4. Sediment trap studies in the tropics (dust, particles, carbon cycling):  Gerhard Fischer, Bremen, Germany.

 5.  Aerosol measurement program at the Tudor Hill Observatory on Bermuda: Representative for Bill Keene, Univ of Virginia, US.

   

Session 2.  Radiatively Active Gases: Atmosphere and Ocean

 Chair: Doug Wallace

1. Trends and distributions of long-lived greenhouse gases in the atmosphere: James H. Butler, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, US.

 2. Tropical Tropospheric Ozone:  Anne Thompson, Penn State University, US. (represented by Lucy Carpenter)  part 1
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 3.  Atmospheric potential oxygen: distribution, inversions and data needs:  Martin Heimann, MPI-Jena, Germany.

 4.  CO₂, O₂ and N₂O from tropical upwelling regions:  Arne Körtzinger, IFM-Geomar, Germany.

Session 3.  Related and contributing programmes

 
Chair Martin Heimann

1.  Euroceans and Eulerian Observatories:  Richard Lampitt, National Oceanography Centre, UK.

2. PIRATA (mooring arrays, ssts, air-sea flux of heat) and EGEE/AMMA programs:  Bernard Bourles, IRD, France.

3.  US SOLAS and ORION:  Wade McGillis, Lamont, US.

4.   Long-term support of long-term ocean time series: Tony Knap, Bermuda (20 mins – represented by Doug Wallace)

5.  GEOTRACES and paleo-studies:  Toni Eisenhauer, IFM-Geomar, Germany.

6.  AMMA and DODO:   Mathew Evans, University of Leeds, UK.

Session 4.  Cape Verde ocean/atmosphere monitoring programmes

 
Chair Mike Pilling. 

1.  Introduction to TENATSO and the ocean site: Doug Wallace, IFM-Geomar, Germany

2.   Reactive gas measurements at the Cape Verde Atmospheric Observatory: Lucy Carpenter, University of York, UK.

3.  Aerosol measurements at Cape Verde: Hartmut Hermann, IfT Leipzig, Germany.

4.  Long-term halogen measurements at Cape Verde: Ulrich Platt, University of Heidelberg, Germany.

5.  AERONET on Sal:  Katie Read, University of York, on behalf of Didier Tanre/Isabelle Chiapello, CNRS, France.

6. Marine biodiversity studies in Cape Verde waters. Reinhold Hanel (IFM-Geomar) and INDP collaborators.

Sonia Merino

Discussion Sessions

Sessions 1 &2 /  3 & 4 /  5 to run in parallel. 

1.                        Long term atmospheric monitoring in the tropics  (Key scientific questions/instrumental aspects/linkages with satellite data).
Chair Jim Butler. Rapporteur Gordon McFiggans.

2.                        Linkages and interactions between relevant atmospheric programmes (Cross-cuts/Information sharing/opportunities for visiting researchers etc.)
Chair Mike Pilling.  Rapporteur Hartmut Hermann.

3.                          Long term ocean monitoring in the tropics - key scientific questions/instrumental aspects/linkages with satellite data.
Chair TIM Jickells.  Raporteur Richard Lampitt.

4.                          Linkages and interactions between relevant marine programmes (Cross-cuts/Information sharing/opportunities for visiting researchers etc.)
Chair Bernard Boules. Rapporteur Reinhold Hanel.

5.                          Long term sustainability and training aspects.
Chair Doug Wallace. Rapporteur Oscar Melicio.