2007
Year 2007
Presentations at International Conferences/Workshops/Seminars
Borsche, M., B. Pirscher, U. Foelsche, and G. Kirchengast (poster)
Comparison of CHAMP radio occultation climatologies of the UTLS to operational ECMWF analyses and forecasts,
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2007, San Francisco, CA, USA, December 2007
Foelsche, U., B. Pirscher, M. Borsche, G. Kirchengast, and C. Rocken (poster)
Global Climatologies Based on Radio Occultation Data: A Potential Source for Climate Benchmarks
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2007, San Francisco, CA, USA, December 2007
Steiner, A.K.
Klimamonitoring und Atmosphärenanalyse mittels Radio-Okkultation: Aktuelle Forschung am Wegener Zentrum
2. Österr. Meteorologentag, Wien, Austria, November 2007
Kirchengast, G., S. Schweitzer, F. Ladstädter, and U. Foelsche (invited)
Profiling greenhouse gases, isotopes, wind and thermodynamic variables by MW radio+IR laser occultation: the ACCURATE concept
Future Missions and New Technologies Workshop, Boulder, USA, October 2007
Pirscher, B., U. Foelsche, M. Borsche, G. Kirchengast
Diurnal Sampling Utilizing Formosat-3/COSMIC Data
Second FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC Data Users Workshop, Boulder, USA, October 2007
Foelsche, U., M. Borsche, B. Pirscher, G. Kirchengast, and C. Rocken
Climatologies of the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere using radio occultation data from Formosat-3/COSMIC and CHAMP
Second FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC Data Users Workshop, Boulder, USA, October 2007
Borsche, M., G. Kirchengast., U. Foelsche
Monitoring the Tropical Tropopause with Radio Occultation Data
3rd International Workshop on Occultations for Probing Atmosphere and Climate (OPAC-3), Graz, Austria, September 2007
Foelsche, U., B. Pirscher, M. Borsche, G. Kirchengast, and J. Wickert (invited)
Climate Monitoring based on Radio Occultation Data: From CHAMP to FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC
3rd International Workshop on Occultations for Probing Atmosphere and Climate (OPAC-3), Graz, Austria, September 2007
Kirchengast, G., S. Schweitzer, and F. Ladstädter (invited keynote)
ACCURATE – Observing Greenhouse Gases, Isotopes, Wind, and Thermodynamic Variables by Combined MW Radio and IR Laser Occultation
3rd International Workshop on Occultations for Probing Atmosphere and Climate (OPAC-3), Graz, Austria, September 2007
Lackner, B. C., A. K. Steiner, F. Ladstädter, G. Kirchengast
Trend Indicators of Atmospheric Climate Change Based on GCM Scenarios and Reanalyses
3rd International Workshop on Occultations for Probing Atmosphere and Climate (OPAC-3), Graz, Austria, September 2007
Ladstädter, F., A. K. Steiner, B. C. Lackner, G. Kirchengast, P. Muigg, J. Kehrer, and H. Doleisch (poster)
SimVis: An Interactive Visual Field Exploration Tool Applied to Climate Research
3rd International Workshop on Occultations for Probing Atmosphere and Climate (OPAC-3), Graz, Austria, September 2007
Pirscher, B., U. Foelsche, G. Kirchengast
Local Time Sampling with Formosat-3/COSMIC
3rd International Workshop on Occultations for Probing Atmosphere and Climate (OPAC-3), Graz, Austria, September 2007
Steiner, A. K., G. Kirchengast, M. Borsche, and U. Foelsche (invited)
A multi-year comparison of lower stratospheric temperatures from CHAMP radio occultation data with MSU/AMSU records
3rd International Workshop on Occultations for Probing Atmosphere and Climate (OPAC-3), Graz, Austria, September 2007
Steiner, A. K. (invited)
Climate change monitoring and atmospheric change analysis by radio occultation,
United Nations/Austria/European Space Agency Symposium on “Space Tools and Solutions for Monitoring the Atmosphere in Support of Sustainable Development”, Graz, Austria, September 2007
Lackner, B. C., A. K. Steiner, F. Ladstädter, G. Kirchengast (poster)
Trend Indicators of Atmospheric Climate Change Based on Global Climate Model Scenarios
10th International Meeting on Statistical Climatology (IMSC), Beijing, China, August 2007
Wickert, J., G. Beyerle, U. Foelsche, S. Heise, A. Helm, N. Jakowski, C. Mayer, G. Michalak, M. Rothacher, T. Schmidt, D. Svehla, B. Tapley, and C. Viehweg (invited)
GPS radio occultation with CHAMP and GRACE: Overview and recent results
1st International Workshop on Atmosphere Occultation and Precision Orbit Determination, Jeju, Korea, May 2007.
Borsche M., G. Kirchengast, A.K. Steiner, and U. Foelsche (poster)
Estimation of the Sampling Error of a CHAMP Radio Occultation Temperature Climatology based on an Empirical Approach using ECMWF Analyses
European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2007, Vienna, Austria, April 2007.
Foelsche, U., M. Borsche, B. Pirscher, A.K. Steiner, J. Wickert, and G. Kirchengast
Climate Monitoring with CHAMP and FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC Radio Occultation Data (oral)
European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2007, Vienna, Austria, April 2007.
Lackner B.C., B. Pirscher, A.K. Steiner, and G. Kirchengast (poster)
Comparison of Principal Component Analysis and Factor Analysis in Climate Research
European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2007, Vienna, Austria, April 2007.
Pirscher B., U. Foelsche, B.C. Lackner, and G. Kirchengast (poster)
Local Time Influence in Radio Occultation Climatologies
European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2007, Vienna, Austria, April 2007.
Schweitzer, S., and G. Kirchengast (poster)
ACCURATE: Simultaneous Observation of Atmospheric Profiles of Greenhouse Gases, Isotopes, Wind, and Thermodynamic Variables from Space
European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2007, Vienna, Austria, April 2007.
Steiner, A.K., G. Kirchengast, M. Borsche, and U. Foelsche
A Comparison of Lower Stratospheric Temperatures from the 2001-2006 CHAMP Radio Occultation and MSU/ASMU Climate Records (oral)
European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2007, Vienna, Austria, April 2007.
Steiner, A. K., G. Kirchengast, M. Borsche, U. Foelsche, and T. Schöngassner (poster)
A multi-year comparison of lower stratospheric temperatures from CHAMP radio occultation data with MSU/AMSU records WGNE/PCMDI Workshop on Systematic Errors in Climate and NWP Models, San Francisco, USA, February 2007.
Selected Further Presentations
(at Meetings of Int'l Bodies, Universities, Public Symposia, etc.)
Kirchengast, G. (invited)
Der globale Klimawandel und regionale Energienutzung - Quo Vadis Alpe Adria Bio-Region?
11. Alpe Adria Biosymposium 2007, Gleisdorf, Austria, November 2007
Kirchengast, G., M. Schwaerz, M. Pock, A. Leuprecht, and EPS/MetOp RAO Project Partners (invited)
WegCenter EPS/MetOp Research Announcement of Opportunity (RAO) Projects and MULTICLIM: Introduction
MULTICLIM Final Presentation Meeting, FFG-ALR, Vienna, Austria, November 2007
M. Schwaerz, M. Pock, B. Pirscher, and G. Kirchengast (invited)
Validation of IASI Retrieval Processing and Preparation of Climatology Processing
MULTICLIM Final Presentation Meeting, FFG-ALR, Vienna, Austria, November 2007
Kirchengast, G., and Wegener Center ARSCliSys Research Group (invited)
Past, on-going, and planned Occultation Acitivities of the Wegener Center/University of Graz
Coordination Meeting ESA-FFG/ALR-WegC. WegCenter Occultation Acitivities, ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands, October 2007
Kirchengast, G. (invited)
Klimaforschung am Wegener Zentrum Graz: Aktuelle Schwerpunkte in der Klimamodellierung und -analyse
VRVis - Zentrum für Virtual Reality und Visualisierung Forschungs-gmbH, Vienna, Austria, October 2007
Kirchengast, G. (invited)
Der weltweite Klimawandel
Urania Vortrag, Graz, Austria, October 2007
Kirchengast, G., U. Foelsche, A.K. Steiner, A. Gobiet, M. Borsche, B. Pirscher, B.C. Lackner, and J. Fritzer (invited)
GPS Radio Occultation Based Climate Studies, 22nd GRAS-SAG Meeting, EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany, September 2007
Foelsche, U., M. Borsche, B. Pirscher, and G. Kirchengast (invited)
Climate Monitoring with FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC Radio Occultation Data: Initial Results and Future Plans
COSMIC Seminar, Boulder, CO, USA, August 2007
Foelsche, U. (invited)
Erdbeben, Tsunamis, Vulkanausbrüche – Vom Leben auf einem gefährlichen Planeten
Universitätslehrgang Krisen- und Katastrophenmanagement, Graz, Austria, June 2007.
Foelsche, U. (invited)
Die Klimastation Graz-Universität
LehrerInnenfortbildung, Graz, Austria, May 2007.
Kirchengast, G. (invited)
Der Klimawandel - aktueller Wissensstand auf Basis des IPCC 2007 Weltklimaberichts sowie Vorstellung des Wegener Zentrums
Lehrerinnenfortbildung, Graz, Austria, May 2007
Steiner, A.K. (invited)
Monitoring des Klimawandels mit Satellitenmethoden (GPS Atmosphärensondierung)
LehrerInnenfortbildung, Graz, Austria, May 2007.
Kirchengast, G. (invited)
Unsere Erde bekommt Fieber - der Klimawandel als globale Herausforderung und Chance des 21. Jahrhunderts
Vortrag und Podiumsdiskussion der Initiative "Gesunde Gemeinde Dobl" und des Vereins "Leben Lernen Wachsen (LeLeWa)", Dobl bei Graz, Austria, May 2007
Lackner, B.C. (invited)
Nachhaltigkeit: Produkte–Konsum–Lebensstile
Ringvorlesung „Global Studies“, Austria, April 2007.
Foelsche, U. (invited)
Zwischen Eiszeit und Treibhaus – Ursachen und Folgen des Klimawandels
Ringvorlesung „Global Studies“, Austria, March 2007.
Foelsche, U., and R. Warnant (invited)
Report on Work Package 3.2: Space based systems – Mitigation Techniques
5th Management Committee meeting of the COST 296 Action Mitigation of Ionospheric Effects on Radio Systems (MIERS), Rome, Italy, March 2007.
Kirchengast, G., J. Fritzer, J. Ramsauer, M. Schwaerz, M. Gorbunov, and the EGOPS5 Development Team (invited)
End-to-end Generic Occultation Performance Simulator EGOPS5: EGOPS5.2 Overview and Enhancements
ESA-ProdexCN1 Final Presentation Meeting, ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands, March 2007
Kirchengast, G., U. Foelsche, A.K. Steiner, A. Gobiet, M. Borsche, B. Pirscher, B.C. Lackner, and J. Fritzer (invited)
GPS Radio Occultation Based Climate Studies, supported by EGOPS
ESA-ProdexCN1 Final Presentation Meeting, ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands, March 2007
Kirchengast, G., M. Gorbunov, M. Schwaerz, S. Schweitzer, J. Ramsauer, and J. Fritzer (invited)
LEO-LEO Wave-optics and Differential Transmission Retrieval Studies with EGOPS5.2
ESA-ProdexCN1 Final Presentation Meeting, ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands, March 2007
Kirchengast, G. and S. Schweitzer (invited)
ACCURATE LIO Initial Assessment: Payload Characteristics, Requirements, Scientific Performance, Breadboarding
ACCURAID Final Presentation Meeting, FFG-ALR, Vienna, Austria, March 2007
Kirchengast, G., S. Schweitzer, and F. Ladstaedter (invited)
Introduction for the ACCURATE Mission and ACCURAID Project: Joint Profiling of GHGs, Isotopes, Wind, and Thermodynamic Variables from Space
ACCURAID Final Presentation Meeting, FFG-ALRS, Vienna, Austria, March 2007
Schwaerz, M., M. Pock, and G. Kirchengast
Advanced Revtrieval of Atmoshperic Profiles and SST from IASI Data
MULTICLIM Midterm Review Meeting, FFG-ALR, Vienna, Austria, March 2007
Schweitzer, S., G. Kirchengast, and F. Ladstädter
EGOPS Software Advancements for Simulation of LEO-LEO IR Laser Occultation (LIO) Measurements
ACCURAID Final Presentation Meeting, FFG-ALR, Vienna, Austria, March 2007
Kirchengast, G., S. Schweitzer, U. Foelsche, A.K. Steiner, B. Pirscher, M. Borsche, and A. Gobiet (invited)
Wegener Center – Recent Results from Occultation Research and Climate Studies
21st Meeting of the ESA/EUMETSAT GNSS Receiver for Atmospheric Sounding Science Advisory Group (GRAS-SAG), ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, NL, January 2007.