2008

Presentations at International Conferences/Workshops/Seminars

Kirchengast, G., and S. Schweitzer (oral)
Joint profiling of greenhouse gases, isotopes, thermodynamic variables, and wind from space by combined microwave and IR laser occultation: the ACCURATE concept
AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, December 2008

Lackner, B.C., A.K. Steiner, G.C. Hegerl, and G. Kirchengast (poster)
Detection of Climate Change by Means of Radio Occultation Climatologies
AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, December 2008

Steiner, A.K., G. Kirchengast, B.C. Lackner, B. Pirscher, M. Borsche, and U. Foelsche (oral)
Detection of Tropical Temperature Change Based on GPS Radio Occultation within 1995 to 2008
AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, December 2008

Foelsche, U.,and R. Warnant (invited)
Mitigation of Ionospheric Effects on GNSS -Final Report of WP 3.2: Mitigation Techniques 4th Workshop
9th Management Committee Meeting of the COST 296 Action Mitigation of Ionospheric Effects on Radio Systems (MIERS), Rome, Italy, October 7-11, presentation in October 2008

Foelsche, U., B. Pirscher, M. Borsche, A.K. Steiner, G. Kirchengast, C. Rocken (invited),
Testing the Consistency of Radio Occultation Climatologies Obtained from Different Satellites
Formosat-3/COSMIC Annual Science Meeting (in conjunction with the 4th Asian Space Conference),
Taipei, Taiwan, October 1-3, presentation on October 2, 2008

Borsche, M., U. Foelsche, B. Pirscher, and G. Kirchengast (oral)
A Seven Year Tropical Tropopause Climatology as Derived from Multisatellite RO Measurements Compared
to ECMWF Analyses and NCEP Reanalyses
Formosat-3/COSMIC Annual Science Meeting (in conjunction with the 4th Asian Space Conference),
Taipei, Taiwan, October 1-3, presentation on October 1, 2008

Pirscher B., U. Foelsche, M. Borsche, and G. Kirchengast (oral)
Atmospheric Diurnal Tides of Temperature in the Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere Using
Radio Occultation Data from Formosat-3/COSMIC
Formosat-3/COSMIC Annual Science Meeting (in conjunction with the 4th Asian Space Conference),
Taipei, Taiwan, October 1-3, presentation on October 2, 2008

Steiner, A.K., G. Kirchengast, B.C. Lackner, B. Pirscher, M. Borsche, and U. Foelsche (oral),
Atmospheric Climate Change Detection based on the GPS Radio Occultation Record Within 1995 to 2007
5th IAGA/ICMA/CAWSES Workshop ‘Long-term Trends and Changes in the Atmosphere’, St. Petersburg, Russia, September 9–12, presentation on September 10, 2008

Foelsche, U., B. Pirscher, M. Borsche, A.K. Steiner, G. Kirchengast, C. Rocken (oral),
Global climatologies of the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere based on radio occultation data: A new database for trend studies
5th IAGA/ICMA/CAWSES Workshop ‘Long-term Trends and Changes in the Atmosphere’, St. Petersburg, Russia, September 9–12, presentation on September 10, 2008

Borsche, M., U. Foelsche, B. Pirscher, and G. Kirchengast (poster)
GPS Radio Occultation Climatologies Retrieved with High-Altitude Initialization by ECMWF Forecasts for the Creation of a Continous Climate Record
SPARC, General Assembly 2008, Bologna, Italy, August 31 to September 5, presentation on September 2, 2008

Borsche, M., U. Foelsche , B. Pirscher, and G. Kirchengast (poster)
Seven Years of Tropical Tropopause Climatologies from CHAMP RO Measurements Compared to ECMWF and NCEP Analyses and Other RO Missions
SPARC, General Assembly 2008, Bologna, Italy, August 31 to September 5, presentation on September 5, 2008

Kirchengast, G., A.K. Steiner, U. Foelsche, B.C. Lackner, B. Pirscher, and M. Borsche (invited)
Climate Signal Detection with GPS Radio Occultation Measurements
ECMWF GRAS-SAF Workshop on Applications of GPS Radio Occultation Measurements, ECMWF, Reading, U.K., June 2008

Borsche, M., B. Pirscher, U. Foelsche, and G. Kirchengast (poster)
CHAMP Climatologies retrieved with High-Altitude Initialization by ECMWF Forecasts for the Creation of a continuous Climate Record
European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2008, Vienna, Austria, April 2008

Kirchengast, G., S. Binder, T. Kabas, A. Leuprecht, and C. Bichler (oral)
WegenerNet: A new climate Station Network in Eastern Styria/Austria for monitoring Weather and Climate at 1 km-scale resolution
EGU General Assembly 2008, Vienna, Austria, April 2008

Schweitzer, S., G. Kirchengast, and F. Ladstädter (poster)
The ACCURATE Mission and the new Infrared Laser Occultation Technique: Measuring Principle, Capabilities, and Performance Simulation Results
European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2008, Vienna, Austria, April 2008

Lackner, B.C., A.K. Steiner, F. Ladstätter, G. Kirchengast (poster)
Assessing Climate Trend Indicators from Radio Occultation Based on Reanalyses and Global Climate Model Scenarios
Eruopean Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2008, Vienna, Austria, April 2008

Ladstädter, F., A. K. Steiner, B. C. Lackner, G. Kirchengast, P. Muigg, J. Kehrer, and H. Doleisch (poster)
Assessment of Climate Change Indicators with the Interactive Visual Field Exploration Tool SimVis
European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2008, Vienna, Austria, April 2008

Steiner, A.K., G. Kirchengast, B.C. Lackner, B. Pirscher, and U. Foelsche (invited)
Atmospheric Climate Change Detection based on GPS/Met and CHAMP Radio Occultation Records 1995 to 2007
European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2008, Vienna, Austria, April 2008

Foelsche, U., S. Healy, S. Leroy, C. Rocken, S. Sokolovskiy, M. Borsche, G. Kirchengast, and B. Kuo (oral)
Response to Question 6: Observed Refractivity vs. Retrieved Meteorological Profiles
Workshop on the Application of GPS Radio Occultation to Climate, Boulder, CO, USA
March 2008

Foelsche, U., B. Pirscher, G. Kirchengast, and C. Rocken (oral)
Response to Question 8: Impact of Observations Scattered Across Space and Time
Workshop on the Application of GPS Radio Occultation to Climate, Boulder, CO, USA
March 2008

Kirchengast, G., and ARSCliSys Research Group (invited)
On the Impact of External Assumptions and Potential Aliasing by Water Vapor Changes in GPS Radio Occultation Profiles and derived Climate Time Series
Workshop on the Applications of GPS Radio Occultation to Climate, UCAR, Boulder, CO, USA, March 2008

Rocken, C., S. Sokolovskiy, B. Schreiner, D. Hunt, B. Ho, B. Kuo, and U. Foelsche (invited)
Climate Monitoring with Radio Occultation Data: Systematic Error Sources
Workshop on the Application of GPS Radio Occultation to Climate, Boulder, CO, USA, March 2008

Sokolovskiy, S., C. Rocken, S., B. Schreiner, D. Hunt, B. Ho, B. Kuo, S. Syndergaard and U. Foelsche (invited)
Effects and magnitudes of some specific errors of GPS RO data and assumptions used in their processing (inversion biases in the stratosphere)
Workshop on the Application of GPS Radio Occultation to Climate, Boulder, CO, USA, March 2008

Selected Further Presentations
(at Meetings of Int'l Bodies, Universities, Public Symposia, etc.)

Foelsche, U. (invited)
Vom Wetterhäuschen zur Klimaforschung
Forschungspraktikum der der kirchlichen pädagogischen Hochschule und der Uni Graz, Graz, Austria, December 2008

Foelsche, U. (invited)
Wettermessung, Klimaforschung
Vortrag und Führung durch die Klimastation für Lehramtsstudierende der Physik, Graz, Austria, November 2008

Kabas, T.
Das WegenerNet – Messbetrieb und Neuigkeiten 2008
WegenerNet Informationsabend 2008, Feldbach, Austria, November 2008

Steiner, A.K., U. Foelsche, B.C. Lackner, F. Ladstädter, M. Borsche, B. Pirscher, A. Leuprecht, J. Fritzer, M. Pock, und G. Kirchengast (invited)
Klimamonitoring und Atmosphärenanalyse mittels Radio-Okkultation: Überblick und aktuelle Ergebnisse
Meteorologisch-Geophysikalisches Kolloquium, Universität Wien, Austria, November 2008

Kabas, T., und G. Kirchengast (invited)
Einführung in das WegenerNet Klimastationsnetz – ein internationales Pionierexperiment
LehrerInnenfortbildung – Päd.Hochschulseminar 160L009, Graz, Austria, October 2008

Kirchengast, G. (invited)
Der Klimawandel – Aktueller Wissensstand auf Basis des IPCC 2007 Weltklimaberichts sowie Vorstellung des Wegener Zentrums
LehrerInnenfortbildung – Päd.Hochschulseminar 160L009, Graz, Austria, October 2008

Foelsche, U. (invited)
Führung durch die Wetter- und Klimastation der Universität Graz
LehrerInnenfortbildung - PH Seminar 160L009, Graz, Austria, October, 2008

Steiner, A.K. (invited)
Monitoring des Klimawandels mit Satellitenmethoden (GPS Atmosphärensondierung)
LehrerInnenfortbildung – Päd.Hochschulseminar 160L009, Graz, Austria, October 2008

Schweitzer, S., G. Kirchengast, and F. Ladstädter (poster)
The ACCURATE Mission: Measuring Profiles of Greenhouse Gases, Isotopes and Thermodynamic Variables from Space
4th ESA EO Summer School on Earth System Monitoring and Modelling, Frascati, Italy, August 2008

Foelsche, U., B. Pirscher, M. Borsche, A.K. Steiner, G. Kirchengast, C. Rocken (invited),
Towards Accurate Monitoring of the Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere: Testing the Quality of Radio Occultation Climatologies
COSMIC Seminar, Boulder, CO, USA, July, 2008

Kirchengast, G., A.K. Steiner, U. Foelsche, B.C. Lackner, B. Pirscher, and M. Borsche (invited)
Climate Records from Radio Occultation: Accuracy, Uncertainty, Trend Detection
23rd GRAS-SAG Meeting, EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany, July 2008

Kirchengast, G., and ARSCliSys Research Group (invited)
Climate Utility and Validation Utility of GPS Radio Occultation Measurements...and the MMValRO Project
ESA Multi-Mission Validation by Radio Occultation (MMValRO) Project Kick-Off Meeting,, ESA/ESRIN, Frascati, June 2008

Kirchengast, G., and S. Schweitzer (invited)
Joint atmoshperic profiling of thermodynamic Variables, Greenhouse Gases, Isotopes, and Wind from Space: The Occultation Mission Concept ACCURATE
Vortrag bei "Seminare über Mikrowellenphysik und Umweltdiagnostik", Universität Bern, Bern, Schweiz, April 2008

Binder, S., T. Kabas, A. Leuprecht, C. Bichler, and G. Kirchengast (poster)
WegenerNet Klimastationsnetz Region Feldbach: ein Pionierexperiment
10. Österr Klimatag, Univ. f. Bodenkultur, Vienna, Austria, March 2008

Borsche, M., U. Foelsche, B. Pirscher, A. K. Steiner, C. Lackner, J. Fritzer, M. Pock, and G. Kirchengast (oral)
Radiookkultation für globale und regionale Klimabeobachtung der Atmosphäre: Ergebnisse des Wegener Zentrums Graz
10. Österr. Klimatag, Univ. f. Bodenkultur, Vienna, Austria, March 2008

Kirchengast, G., EOPSClim Team, and ARSCliSys Research Group (invited)
Wegener Center Atmoshperic Remote Sensing and Climate System (ARSCliSys) Group: Occultation Acitivities & EOPSCLIM
EOPSCLIM Final Presentation Meeting, FFG-ALR, Vienna, Austria, March 2008

Kirchengast, G., S. Schweitzer, B. Pirscher, M. Pock, F. Ladstaedter, M. Borsche, U. Foelsche, and J. Fritzer (invited)
Advancement of real GPS RO data processing and of ACCURATE IR Laser Occultation Capabilities
EOPSCLIM Final Presentation Meeting, FFG-ALR, Vienna, Austria, March 2008

B. Pirscher, B.C. Lackner, I. Thaler, M. Pock, U. Foelsche, A.K. Steiner, S. Schweitzer, and  G. Kirchengast (invited)
Inital Validation of GRAS Occultation Data from MetOp and Setup of Regional Climate Monitoring including the IPCC Land and Ocean Regions
EOPSCLIM final Presentation Meeting, FFG-ALR, Vienna, Austria, March 2008

Pirscher, B., U. Foelsche, M. Borsche, and G. Kirchengast (oral)
Globale Analyse des Temperatur-Tagesgangs in der oberen Troposphäre und unteren Stratosphäre mittels Radio-Okkultations-Daten
10. Österr. Klimatag, Univ. f. Bodenkultur, Vienna, Austria, March 2008

Kirchengast, G. (invited)
Herausforderung Klimaschutz
Enquete Klimaschutz des Landtages Steiermark, Graz, Austria, February 2008