Location: KIT Karlsruhe
Date & time: 14.09.2010, 12:00 to 15.09.2010, 12:00
Organizers: Prof. Thomas Leisner (KIT) & Dr. Markus Eritt (KIT) email: markus.eritt@kit.edu
The workshop gathers leading experts in the field of microphysics and chemistry in the mesopause region (~90km height). Main goal is to identify currently open questions and hot topics of mesospheric processes that can be answered with simulation chamber experiments. Experimental feasibility and the relevance for the scientific community are going to be discussed. Observations at the molecular and atomic level at mesospheric heights are experimentally extremely difficult. Investigations in simulation chambers under mesospheric ambient conditions can overcome this obstacle. In our workshop we plan to discuss future projects concerning the heterogeneous chemistry in the formation of noctilucent clouds and microphysical causes for the associated large radar echos (PMSE). Furthermore catalytic processes on the surface of mesospheric nanoparticles and possible experiments will be addressed.
Prof. Thomas Leisner KIT IMK-AAF Prof. Markus Rapp IAP Kühlungsborn Dr. Ben Murray University of Leeds Dr. Steffen Lossow KIT IMK-ASF Dr. Maya Garcia-Comas University of Granada Dr. Miriam Sinnhuber KIT IMK-ASF Dr. Gabrielle Stiller KIT IMK-ASF Dr. Jan Meinen KIT IMK-AAF Dr. Markus Eritt KIT IMK-AAF
The workshop gathered leading experts in the field of microphysics and chemistry in the mesopause region. Currently open questions and hot topics of mesospheric processes that can be answered with simulation chamber experiments were identified and addressed in six overview talks. Experimental feasibility and the relevance for the scientific community were discussed also based on a lab tour to the atmospheric nano-science facility of KIT. Future collaborations were defined and will lead to joint project proposals.
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