SILAM school 2013

Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, 17-22.02.2013

Lectures

Fundamentals of dispersion modelling

Introduction to dispersion modelling (M.Sofiev)

Introduction to atmospheric flows (C.Wood)

Model dynamics (M.Sofiev, J.Vira)

· Forward and inverse simulations (M.Sofiev)

Outlook of the SILAM system (M.Sofiev)

Hands on SILAM: applications, implementation and 1^st run

Examples of applications: model setup and the outcome (J.Soares)

· footprints (M.Prank, R.Kouznetsov)

SILAM sources:

· anthropogenic (M.Sofiev, J.-P.Jalkanen)

· biogenic (V.Tarvainen)

· pollen (M.Prank)

· wild-land fires (M.Sofiev)

· emergency and volcanoes (J.Vira)

· sea salt (J.Soares)

· wind-blown dust (M.Sofiev)

Chemical and physical processes in SILAM

· Chemical transformations (M.Sofiev)

· Aerosol processes (M.Prank)

· Removal processes (R.Kouznetsov)

Utilization of observations

· calibration (M.Prank, M.Sofiev)

· evaluation (R.Kouznetsov)

· data assimilation (J.Vira)

Presentations of participants

M.Kolmonen-E-S.Kerner

M.Remennikova

O.Ritenberga

V.Rodinkova

O.Volkova

C.Wood