Third International Workshop on Grainau, near Zugspitze, Germany |
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The Goal Topics of Interest Format A tour of the Environmental Research Station "Schneefernerhaus", located in 2650 m ASL at the close-by Mt. Zugspitze, will be conducted during the meeting. It will comprise a demonstration of the ground based snow, water vapor, liquid water, temperature and aerosol measurement facilities, which are available for ground validation. Attendees are invited to demonstrate their own ground measurement systems where practical to transport or satellite–based measurements when overpasses are available. Assistance will be given to those interested in transporting their instruments up to and back down the research station if they wish to participate. The workshop will be convened the morning of Wednesday, March 30, 2011 and end on the afternoon of Saturday, April 2, 2011. A registration fee of $300 will be charged. The workshop will be held at the Hotel am Badersee in Grainau, where a set of 50 rooms has been blocked for the conference. Single rooms are available at Euro 82,- per night. The workshop is sponsored by the International Precipitation Working Group (IPWG), the GEWEX Radiation Panel (GRP), by NASA's CloudSat Mission, and by NASA's Precipitation Measurement Missions (PMM) Program on behalf of the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission. Program Committee |