ICAE Fall 2003 News Letter
CONFERENCES
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2003 AGU FALL MEETING
The 2003 AGU Fall Meeting, sponsored by the American Geophysical Union,
is held 8 - 12 December 2003 in San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
For detailed information, contact:
AGU Meetings Department,
2000 Florida Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20009 USA;
Phone: +1-202-462-6900
Fax: +1-202-328-0566
E-mail: meetinginfo @ agu.org
Web Site: www.agu.org/meetings
For the session in Atmospheric and Space Electricity :
Dennis J. Boccippio,
NASA MSFC, 804 Wells Ave., Huntsville, AL 35801, USA;
Tel: +1-256-539-8406
E-mail: Dennis.Boccippio @ nasa.gov
For the program of the of the session Atmospheric and Space Electricity
see on the Web site www.agu.org/meetings.
EUROPEAN GEOSCIENCES UNION (EGU) 1ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The first general assembly of the EGU will be held in Nice (France) from
26 to 30 April 2004. The Sponsors are EGU and AGU.
Contact:
EGU Office,
Max-Planck-Str. 13, 37191 Katlenburg-Lindau, GERMANY ;
Phone: +49-5556-1440
Fax: +49-5556-4709
E-mail: egu @ copernicus.org
Web Site: www.copernicus.org/EGU/EGU.html
Abstract Deadline: 11 January 2004
A session in Solar and Terrestrial Sciences : ST6 Solar and heliospheric
influence on the Earth's weather and climate (co-sponsored by CL). Convener:
Füllekrug, M.
6th IWPL (INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP on PHYSICS of LIGHTNING)
The 6th IWPL will be held in Saint-Anne, Guadeloupe, France on 3-9 May,
2004. The deadline for reception of abstracts is January 15, 2004.
The sessions of this workshop will be:
- Atmospheric Electricity and Thunderstorm Electrification
- Lightning Phenomenology and Meteorology
- Lightning Discharge
- Lightning Detection and Protection
- Lightning and Human beings (this session will be held at Pointe à
Pitre University)
For Information :
APERI, Att. Gérard Berger,
28, Résidence La Vallée, 91120 PALAISEAU, France.
Gérard BERGER
Fax : +33.1.69.85 17 99
e-mail : gerard.berger@lpgp.u-psud.fr
Nicolas FLORET
Fax : +33.1.47.78.45.95
e-mail : nicolasfloret@wanadoo.fr
2004 COSPAR
The 35th COSPAR SCIENTIFIC ASSEMBLY will be held in Paris, France, (18
- 25 JULY 2004), with a Symposium (C2.4) on Atmospheric Electrodynamics
and Climate Change probably on either 19 or 20 July 2004. Professor Michael
J Rycroft is MSO of this Symposium.
Some details of the theme of the meeting are given on page 25 of the August
2003 COSPAR Information Bulletin, Number 157, or on
http://www.copernicus.org/COSPAR/COSPAR.html
The deadline for abstracts is 15 February 2004.
ICLP'2004
The 27th International Conference on Lightning Protection will be held
in Avignon (France) on 13-16 September, 2004. This Conference is organized
by Société de l'Electricité, de l'Electronique et
des Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication (SEE) and Ecole
Centrale de Lyon (CEGELY).
Conference Office Address :
ICLP'2004, SEE,
17 rue Hamelin, F 75783 PARIS Cédex 16.
Tel: 33(0) 1 56 90 37 05
Fax: 33(0) 1 56 90 37 08
E-mail: iclp2004 @ see.asso.fr
Wel site: http://www.iclp2004.org
Abstract submission deadline: 1st September 2003.
Topics of the Conference:
- Lightning discharge
- Lightning occurrence characteristics
- Lightning electromagnetic impulse (LEMP) and lightning-induced effects
- Lightning attachment
- Lightning downconductors and earthing
- Lightning protection of power systems
- Lightning protection and electronic systems
- Lightning deleterious effects
- Practical and specific lightning protection problems
- Lightning protection and lightning testing standards
CONFERENCE ON SEVERE LOCAL STORMS
The 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms will be held on 4-8 October
2004 in Hyannis, Massachussets.
The deadline for Abstract submission is on 17 May 2004.
The deadline for manuscript submission is on 9 August 2004.
The Preregistration deadline is on 5 September 2004.
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