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International Relations | Nordic Cooperation | NMM2010
Nordic Meteorologists' Meeting
We cordially invite you to participate in the 27th Nordic Meteorologists' Meeting in Finland 7. - 11. June, 2010 in Helsinki
"Nordic Meteorologists' Meeting, a fifty years long tradition"
The deadline for registering to Nordic Meteorologists' Meeting has been moved from 15th March to 31st March.
Call for Papers: the authors of presentations (oral or poster) should submit a tentative title to the organizing committee by 31.03.2010. An abstract should be at the committees disposal by 30.04.2010.
For further information on payment of your conference fee will be found in the registration form. The conference fee should be paid to the bank account by April 30th, 2010.
Venue
The meeting will take place at the headquarters of the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) in Helsinki. The street address is Erik Palmenin aukio 1.
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Main topics for the conference
- Weather forecasting in all time scales, and warning service for weather related damage preparedness
- Weather service for the Arctic area
- Flood, sea level and wave forecasting
- Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)
- Case studies
- NWP/HIRLAM user forum
- Climate and climate change
- Past, present and future climate
- Arctic research, snow and ice
- Integrated Carbon Observation System, ICOS
- Regional and global air quality and impacts on cities
- Environmental and health impact resulting from air pollution
- Air quality and climate interactions.
- Developing a learning process
- The future role of the meteorologists in the weather forecasting process
- Verification
- Administers and students exchange programs
- Satellite and Radar Applications
- Examples of new products and tools
Other topics in meteorology are welcome as well. Some sessions will include invited lecturers.
Program
The program is still tentative and in a planning stage.
Monday 7th June:
- p.m: Registration will start/Opening/Sessions
- Evening: Get-together session at Dynamicum
Tuesday 8th June:
- a.m: Sessions
- p.m: Sessions
- Evening: Excursion to Vaisala Ltd
Wednesday 9th June:
- a.m: Sessions
- p.m/Evening: Excursion to Suomenlinna Sea Fortress
Thursday 10th June:
- a.m: Sessions
- p.m: Sessions
- Evening/night: Social dinner
Friday 11th June:
Presentations
Approximately 15-45 minutes including questions will be reserved for oral presentations. A conference volume of abstracts will be available at the beginning of the meeting.
Call for Papers: the authors of presentations (oral or poster) should submit a tentative title to the organizing committee by 31.03.2010. An abstract should be at the committees disposal by 30.04.2010. Please find a template (as a Word document) for the abstracts from here. In order to have a homogeneous abstracts, please follow the instructions given in the template. Thank you in advance for your help.
Information for poster presenters
The poster width should not extend more than 75 cm, the length is only limited by the size of our panels, which are 160 cm high.
Poster width: 75cm max. (or smaller)
Poster length: 120cm (recommend)
Materials for poster fixation will be provided at the meeting, thus you only need to bring the poster with you.
Conference fee
The conference fee including conference volume, coffee and snacks breaks, conference dinner and the excursion to Vaisala Ltd and Suomenlinna Sea Fortress.
Conference fee 150 EUR
Conference fee for students and pensioners 50 EUR
Conference dinner and excursions for accompanying person 60 EUR
For further information on payment of your conference fee will be found in the registration form. The conference fee should be paid to the bank account by April 30th, 2010.
Registration form
A registration form will be found from here. You are kindly asked to fill in this form. The deadline for registering has been moved from 15th March to 31st March (despite that what is written in the form).
Accommodation
A block of single and double rooms has been reserved for participants at certain hotels in Helsinki. Participants are asked to make their reservations directly to these certain hotels. A list of hotels will be found from here. Please use the booking code.
The European Meteorological Society (EMS) Young Scientist Travel Award
Two Young Scientist Travel Awards will be available for young scientists under 35 years of age on the first of January 2010 working and/or studying in a European country. For details see here.
NMM2010 organizing committee:
Antti Pelkonen1 (chair)
Marja Aarnio-Frisk1
Sami Haapanala2
Raino Heino1
Matti Heinonen1
Johannes Häkkinen2
Lea Leskinen1
Karita Lesojeff1 (secretary)
Marko Pitko1 (webmaster)
Minna Rantamäki1
Markku Seppänen1
Jouni Vainio1
1 Finnish Meteorological Institute, e-mail addresses:
2 University of Helsinki, Division of Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysics, e-mail addresses:
Please do not hesitate to contact the organizing committee if you have some questions about the conference, abstract submission or your journey to Helsinki.
For contacting the organizers: Antti.Pelkonen(at)fmi.fi
This page was last updated, 17.03.2010 and it will updated continuously
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