2nd Workshop on Atmospheric Monitoring

from Monday, 13 September 2010 (08:30) to Tuesday, 14 September 2010 (18:00)
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MEMORIAL UNION

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
13 Sep 2010
14 Sep 2010
AM
08:30
Introduction (until 09:30) (Old Madison 3rd Fl E)
08:30 Breakfast and Registration   (Old Madison 3rd Fl E)
09:00 Logistics and Overview - Segev BenZvi (University of Wisconsin--Madison)   (Old Madison 3rd Fl E)
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09:30
Astronomical Monitoring I (until 10:15) (Old Madison 3rd Fl E)
09:30 The Astronomical Flux Measurement Problem: Implications for Atmospheric Monitoring - Prof. Christopher Stubbs (Harvard University)   (Old Madison 3rd Fl E)
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10:15 --- Morning Break/Registration ---
10:45
Astronomical Monitoring II (until 12:15) (Old Madison 3rd Fl E)
10:45 Towards Poisson-Limited Photometric Precision from Ground-Based Telescopes - Peter Zimmer (University of New Mexico)   (Old Madison 3rd Fl E)
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11:15 The NIST Standard Stars Project: Sub-1% Absolute Stellar Photometry - John Woodward (NIST)   (Old Madison 3rd Fl E)
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11:45 General Discussion   (Old Madison 3rd Fl E)
08:30 --- Breakfast and Registration ---
09:00
Atmospheric Light Production (until 09:30) (Class of '24 - 4th Fl E)
09:00 The Atmosphere-Dependent Calculation of Air Fluorescence and its Implementation in the Reconstruction of Air Showers - Maria Monasor   (Class of '24 - 4th Fl E)
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09:30
Atmospheric Monitoring Programs I (until 10:20) (Class of '24 - 4th Fl E)
09:30 The Pierre Auger Atmospheric Monitoring program - Status and Future Plans - Lawrence Wiencke   (Class of '24 - 4th Fl E)
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10:00 Atmospheric Monitoring for the H.E.S.S. Experiment - Cameron Rulten   (Class of '24 - 4th Fl E)
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10:20 --- Morning Break ---
10:50
Atmospheric Monitoring Programs II (until 12:40) (Class of '24 - 4th Fl E)
10:50 Atmospheric Simulation Outcomes of The CTA Design Study - Sam Nolan   (Class of '24 - 4th Fl E)
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11:20 Development of a 1.8M Raman LIDAR for CTA - Alicia Lopez Oramas   (Class of '24 - 4th Fl E)
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11:50 The Rapid Atmospheric Monitoring Program for the Pierre Auger Observatory - Martin Will   (Class of '24 - 4th Fl E)
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12:20 Atmospheric Monitoring at the Auger North Site - David Starbuck   (Class of '24 - 4th Fl E)
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PM
12:15 --- Lunch ---
14:00
Atmospheric Profiles and Transmission (until 15:15) (Old Madison 3rd Fl E)
14:00 Atmospheric Temperature and Water Vapor Profiles, Transmittance Calculations, and Radiative Transfer - Ralf Bennartz (UW-Madison)   (Old Madison 3rd Fl E)
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14:45 Global Atmospheric Model Data for the Pierre Auger Observatory - Bianca Keilhauer (KIT)   (Old Madison 3rd Fl E)
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15:15 --- Afternoon Break/Registration ---
15:45
Lidar Techniques and Measurements (until 16:45) (Old Madison 3rd Fl E)
15:45 HSRL Lidar - E. Eloranta   (Old Madison 3rd Fl E)
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16:15 Mesospheric Lidar Studies from Cerro Pachon, Chile - Gary Swenson (U of Illinois - Champaign Urbana)   (Old Madison 3rd Fl E)
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16:45
Lidar Measurements in UV (until 17:45) (Old Madison 3rd Fl E)
16:45 Toward Comparison of RAMAN and HSRL LIDAR Technique for CTA-Type Atmospheric Monitoring - Emmanuel Fokitis (Nat Tech Athens)   (Old Madison 3rd Fl E)
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17:15 Present and Future Status of LIDAR systems of HESS and CTA - Georges Vasileiadis (LPTA/CNRS)   (Old Madison 3rd Fl E)
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19:30
Banquet (until 22:00) (Fresco)
12:40 --- Lunch on your own ---
14:00
Aerosol Properties (until 15:30) (Class of '24 - 4th Fl E)
14:00 Analysis of Data from the Central Laser Facility - Laura Valore   (Class of '24 - 4th Fl E)
14:30 First Aerosol Concentration Measurements at the Auger North Site - Maria Isabel Micheletti   (Class of '24 - 4th Fl E)
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15:00 Measurement of the Aerosol Phase Function by the Central Laser Facility at the Pierre Auger Observatory - Karim Louedec   (Class of '24 - 4th Fl E)
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15:30 --- Afternoon Break ---
16:00
Cloud Identification and Monitoring (until 17:00) (Class of '24 - 4th Fl E)
16:00 Identifying Clouds over the Pierre Auger Observatory using Satellite Data - Johana Chirinos   (Class of '24 - 4th Fl E)
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16:30 Development of an IR All-Sky Cloud Monitor for the LSST Site - Jacques Sebag   (Class of '24 - 4th Fl E)
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