Welcome

BACKGROUND

The CALIPSO International Symposium on Spaceborne Lidar will highlight the value of spaceborne lidars and their synergy with other observations (e.g., A-Train satellite constellation or geostationary satellites) for understanding processes that influence climate, weather, air quality and other benefits to society. The symposium will focus on the understanding of aerosols and clouds’ properties and impacts. Emphasis is on accomplishments enabled by such missions as CALIPSO, ICESAT, and AEOLUS, as well as the new opportunities offered by EarthCare, AOS and other future missions.

We delve into the questions “How have spaceborne aerosol/cloud lidar observations advanced our understanding of climate, weather and air quality ? How have these measurements aided society’s near term needs (e.g., weather and air quality forecasting)?” As 2024 sees the transition from the 17 year CALIPSO  mission and the scheduled launch of EarthCare later in this spring, this workshop offers an opportunity to reflect on what has been learned and what questions and capabilities the next generation of spaceborne lidars can help answer.

SyMPOSIUM FORMAT

The symposium will be held 4-6 June 2024 (end at noon on the last day), in an in-person mode, with oral presentations and poster sessions.

SyMPOSIUM OUTCOME

Following the symposium, the presentations will be made available to participants and other interested parties.

Requirement for oral/poster presentations:
Copies of presentations (oral and poster) and utilized data need to be publicly available.

SyMPOSIUM REGISTRATION FEES

The participation will be free of charge (thanks to the support from CNES and NASA) but every attendee must be registered before May 20, 2024. No on-site registrations will be accepted.

SyMPOSIUM language

The language of the symposium will be English.

SyMPOSIUM cOMMITTEES

 

Scientific Committee   Adrien DESCHAMPS, CNES, FRANCE Cyrille FLAMANT, Laboratoire Atmosphères, Observations Spatiales CNRS, FRANCE  Vincent NOEL, Laboratoire d’Aérologie CNRS, FRANCE Charles R. TREPTE, NASA, USA Tyler THORSEN, NASA, USA Jeffrey S. REID, US Naval Research Laboratory, USA

Organizing Committee   Adrien DESCHAMPS, CNES, FRANCE                                                      Steven HOSFORD, CNES, FRANCE Laure YECHES, CNES, FRANCE zz zz