COST1207 | FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT EUBREWNET OPEN CONGRESS

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT

COST ACTION ES1207 EUBREWNET OPEN CONGRESS /14^th WMO-GAW BREWER USERS GROUP MEETING
EUBREWNET & WMO GAW BREWER OPERATOR COURSE
State Meteorological Agency of Spain, Tenerife, Spain- 24^th – 28^th March 2014 –

This is the first announcement for the EUBREWNET training school and Brewer Ozone Spectrophotometer open congress in conjunction with the 14th Biennial WMO-GAW Brewer Users Group Meeting. The event is a joint collaboration of EUBREWNET (COST Action ES1207) and WMO-GAW. The event will be hosted by the State Meteorological Agency of Spain (AEMET) in Tenerife 24-28 of March 2014 with the collaboration of the Spanish Oceanographic Institute.

The training school and congress will focus on operational, scientific and technical issues of the Brewer instrument. The Brewer Ozone Spectrophotometer is widely used throughout the world for ground based total ozone column measurements and can also provide solar spectral UV, Aerosol Optical Depth, NO2 and SO2 data, plus ozone vertical profiles from Umkehr measurements. The aim of EUBREWNET is to establish a coherent network of Brewer Spectrophotometer monitoring stations throughout Europe and to collaborate with other regional networks in order to harmonise operations and develop approaches, practices and protocols to achieve consistency in quality control, quality assurance and coordinated operations.

The week begins with the training course which is mainly practical and will cover the topics of basic operation of the brewer instrument and data reduction. Financial support for students may be available from COST Action ES1207 (COST countries only) or from WMO (developing countries). After the course an open meeting has been organised including scientific discussions of the EUBREWNET working groups: Calibration and Characterization (WG1), Algorithms and data analysis (WG2), Data protocols (WG3) and Networking (WG4). As usual, you are strongly encouraged to submit oral or poster presentations either within the EUBREWNET focus or otherwise. Meeting participants are invited to register their interest and presentations (congress registration form) before the 28^th of February.

For those wishing to attend the training school, please complete the school registration form before 8^th of January, being sure to indicate if you wish to apply for a support grant. You will be informed before the 1^st of February if your grant is approved. In addition for WMO support for students from developing countries, please also contact to your WMO permanent representative.

Registration, accommodation and travel information are available at the EUBREWNET web page (http://eubrewnet.aemet.es). We would appreciate it if you could distribute this notice to any of your colleagues who may be interested and who may not have received the notice via email.

Best Regards

John Rimmer, Alberto Redondas & Tom McElroy

Tentative Schedule

	Monday 24-03-2014	Tuesday 25-03-2014	Wednesday 26-03-2014	Thursday 27-03-2014	Friday 28-03-2014
09:00-10:30	School S1	School S5	School S7	CongressO3 Session (I)	CongressAir Quality(I)
11:00-12:30	School S2	School S6	School S8	CongressO3 Session (II)	CongressAir Quality(II)
14:30-16:00	School S3	CongressWMO Session I	Izaña visit	CongressUV Session (I)	Excursion (TBC)
16:30-18:00	School S4	CongressWMO Session II	COST ES1207MC meeting	CongressUV Session (II)

Open Congress

Coordination: John Rimmer

The sessions of the open congress are on focused on scientific & technical discussions about the Brewer instrument, the congress start with an Session dedicated to WMO with the updates form the ozone SAG, database (WOUDC) and calibration facilities complememented with ozone station reports. the next sessions are dedicated to the brewer observations of Ozone , Ultraviolet and Air quality organized as the EUBREWNET working groups: Calibration and Characterization (WG1), Algorithms and data analysis (WG2) , Data protocols (WG3) and Networking (WG4).

WMO Session:

WMO /SAG/ WOUDC
Central Calibration facilities
Station Reports

COST Sessions:

Ozone / Umkehr
Ultraviolet
Air quality observations (AOD,NO2,SO2)

Training Scholl during the last inter comparison at Huelva 2013

Training School

The course is mainly practical, the objective is that the operator can process and evaluate his own data set and send it regularly to WOUDC database. All participants are requested to bring to the course one year of observations, one-year “raw brewer files” are mandatory (Bfiles, UVfiles and Average files) and will be required before the start of the course.

Session		Theory	Practice
1	Brewer operation	Instrument setup, Control Software setup & Basic maintenance.	Leveling, Sitting internal lamps check and replacement
2	Ozone measurements	Measurement principle. Basic data evaluation, WOUDC.	O3brewer software setup and operation
3	UV Measurements	Measurement principle, calibration, basic evaluation.	UVbrewer software setup and operation for each station.
4	Station measurement program	Instrument schedule guidelines: Ozone, UV,Umkehr.	Build a schedule for every participant station.
5	Ozone Measurements II	Advanced data processing, calibration and corrections. ZS sky chart, special measurements..	BFilePro software setup and operation.
6	UV measurement II	Advanced data processing. (H. Slaper, spectral/broadband comparison).	SHICRIVM software. UV QA/QC.
7	Ozone Measurements III	Ground Base /Satellite comparison. WOUDC. Iberonesia database.	WOUDC data sent.
8	Umkehr /AOD/NO2.	Umkehr measurement and data processing.	Software setup.

Location of the event

The Course will be held at the facilities Oceanographic Institute (IEO) placed in the harbor area of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, there is a frequent bus connection between the city center and the IEO with the 910 bus line (Darsena Pesquera). The IEO is at walking distance from the San Andres village and the Teresitas Beach , where you can find shops and restaurants.

Click on the map for a google map route

Time table of the bus can be found here

Main entrance of the IEO

Main entrance of the Oceanographic institute, a 2 minutes walk from the bus stop

Accommodations

ACCOMMODATION IN TENERIFE

BOOKING CODE: When booking please give this code in first instance so they can apply the discounted rate below




LOCATION	*CONGRESS/SCHOOL OFFER*	*BOOKING CODE*

HOTEL COLÓN RAMBLA	Double room for single use & breakfast: 45 Euros	CODE: AEMET
http://www.hotel-colonrambla.com/	Double room & breakfast: 49 Euros	reservas@colonrambla.com
	Lunch or dinner 9.50 Euros per person

HOTEL PELINOR	Double Standard room & breakfast: 51.04	CODE: AGENCIA DE METEOROLOGIA
http://www.hotelpelinor.com/	Double Superior room & breakfast: 52.97	direccion@hotelpelinor.com
	Lunch or dinner 12Euros per person

HOTEL PLAZA	Double room & breakfast: 55.88 Euros
http://www.adonisresorts.com/hotel-adonis-plaza/	Single room & breakfast: 47.63 Euros


HOTEL PRÍNCIPE PAZ	Double room for single use & breakfast: 48 Euros	CODE: AEMET
http://www.hotelprincipepaz.com/	Double room & breakfast: 58.50 Euros	jefe_recepcion@hotelprincipepaz.com
	Lunch or dinner 12.75 Euros per person

HOTEL TABURIENTE	Single room & breakfast: 66.6 Euros (Monday to Friday)	CODE: AGENCIA DE METEOROLOGIA
http://www.hoteltaburiente.com	Single room & breakfast: 53.1 Euros (Weekend)	reservas@hoteltaburiente.com
	Single room & breakfast & lunch or dinner: 81 Euros (Monday to Friday)
	Single room & breakfast & lunch or dinner: 67.5 Euros (Weekend)
	Double room & breakfast: 81.9 Euros (Monday to Friday)
	Double room & breakfast: 64.8 Euros (Weekend)
	Double room & breakfast & lunch or dinner: 110.7 Euros (Monday to Friday)
	Double room & breakfast & lunch or dinner: 93.6 Euros (Weekend)