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on wind and turbulence profiles and qualitative aspects of the atmospheric layering,
dynamic aspects of boundary layer meteorology had been in the focus of these meet-
ings. This field is still important, and with the growing demand for wind energy as
a renewable energy source, it has found a new challenging subject for further devel-
opments. Specifically, lasers for remote wind sensing are developing rapidly. But
with the steadily increasing possibility to measure temperature and aerosol profiles
with electromagnetic and optical remote-sensing techniques, thermodynamic and
air pollution aspects are growingly added to the agenda of the ISARS conferences.
A.3 The Series of Conferences
After the inaugurational meeting in Calgary, the symposium has been held in Rome
(1983), Paris (1985), Canberra (1988), New Delhi (1990), Athens (1992), Boulder
(1994), Moscow (1996), Vienna (1998), Auckland (2000), Rome (2002), Cambridge
(2004), Garmisch-Partenkirchen (2006, the first time with the new name), and in
Risø near Roskilde (2008). The latest conference took place in Paris at the end of
June 2010 and the next one is scheduled for 2012. Thus, this conference series now
runs successfully for nearly 30 years.
A review on the first ten conferences has been provided by Singal (2000). The
11th conference in 2002 was hosted by the Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and
Climate (ISAC) of the Italian National Research Council (CNR) and took place
in Rome, Italy, on June 24-28, 2002. The organisation was run by Stephania
Argentini and Giangiuseppe Mastrantonio. In 2004, Philip Anderson from the
British Antarctic Survey and Sabine von Hünerbein and Stuart Bradley from Salford
University prepared and performed the 12th ISARS conference in the perfect old
and dignified surroundings of Claire College in Cambridge, UK.
The 13th ISARS conference in 2006 was organised by Stefan Emeis from the
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research - Department on Atmospheric
Environmental Research - of the then Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, situated in
Garmisch-Partenkirchen. This Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe is now part of the
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology since October 2009. About 65 participants from
14 countries came to the 13th meeting. In four different sessions, 46 oral and about
25 poster presentations were given. The four sessions dealt with the theory of
atmospheric and oceanic boundary layer remote sensing, with new remote-sensing
techniques apart from the sodar technology (i.e. optical and electro-magnetic
remote-sensing techniques), with applications of boundary layer remote sensing,
and with the comparison of remote-sensing information with model results. The
session on applications included a special part devoted to wind energy issues. The
decision taken in Cambridge 2 years before proved to be a success. Nearly one
quarter of the presentations dealt with optical and electromagnetic remote sensing.
So, very modern developments of boundary layer remote-sensing techniques were
discussed in this meeting. The number of participants was about 15% higher com-
pared to the preceding ISARS symposium. The conference was partly sponsored by
the German Meteorological Society and by the company METEK. The European
Meteorological Society supported the meeting, and a Young Scientist Travel Award
was given to a young Russian participant, Rostislav Kouznetsov.
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