First Announcement and Call for Papers

The Fourth International Conference on Urban Air Quality – Measurement, Modelling and Management
25-28 March 2003
Carolinum University, Prague, Czech Republic

Organised by the Institute of Physics, the Carolinum University, and the University of Hertfordshire in collaboration with SATURN and COST715. Supported by AWMA and IUAPPA.

Introduction
This conference is the fourth in a series which began with the highly successful meeting at the University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom in July 1996 followed by the equally successful second conference, held at the Technical University of Madrid, March 1999. The third conference, held in Loutraki, Greece, saw higher number of participants and presentations. The overall aim of this meeting is to provide a forum for scientists, engineers and decision and policy makers to meet and discuss the latest developments in urban air quality. It is hoped that this series of conferences will encourage international collaboration between researchers with the purpose of collectively advancing the frontiers of this challenging and exciting field. In light of this, the organisers welcome the participation of COST 715 and SATURN which represent important international frameworks for urban air pollution research.

Venue
Carolinum University, Prague, Czech Republic

Social Programme
A range of social activities will be organised to complement the conference. Further details will be announced in the Registration Document.

Conference topics
The topics of the conference will include:

* Urban meteorology
* Measurement and monitoring of urban air pollutants on local and urban scales
* Sampling techniques and instrumentation
* Transformation and dispersion processes
* Emission models and inventories
* Source apportionment studies
* Local and Urban scale modelling
* Early warning systems and forecast modelling
* Roadside air quality modelling including street canyons
* Wind tunnel and physical modelling studies
* Modelling evaluation and sensitivity studies
* Use of remote sensing and satellite data assimilation for urban air quality
* Personal exposure and environmental and health impact of urban air pollution
* Urban air quality management systems (AQMS) and decision support  systems (DSS)
* Urban air quality databases, information systems and data archiving

Abstract Submission
Abstracts of 300 words (no figures) should be submitted by Monday 9 September 2002 using one of the following methods:

E-Mail:	Instructions and an abstract template can be obtained by sending a blank e-mail to confs@ioppublishing.com with  ‘UAQ2003 instructions' as the subject. 

FTP:		Instructions and an abstract template can be obtained by downloading the file 'UAQ tem' from 	
		ftp.ioppublishing.com/outgoing/conferences/submissions/UAQ/ 

If your abstract is accepted you will be requested to submit an extended abstract with figures and tables by Friday 6 December 2002. This abstract will be reproduced in the Conference proceedings that will be made available to each participant at the start at the conference.

Publication of Proceedings
Selected full papers will be requested from all authors by Monday 5 May 2003. The papers that are successful in the review process will be published in a major international journal. Instructions on preparation and submission of papers will be distributed during the conference.

Travel Bursaries
There are a limited number of travel bursaries and if you are interested please contact Jasmina Bolfek-Radovani.  

Timescales
Monday 9 September 2002 	Receipt of 300 word abstract
October 2002			Notification of Acceptance
Friday 6 December 2002		Receipt of extended abstract

Please note that these deadlines will be adhered to strictly.

Conference Organising Committee
Dr Ranjeet S Sokhi, Chair, University of Hertfordshire 
Dr Josef Brechler, Carolinum University 
Professor Nicolas Moussiopolos, SATURN
Professor Bernard Fisher, COST715
Jasmina Bolfek-Radovani, Conference Secretariat, Institute of Physics

International Scientific and Advisory Committee
Dr Ranjeet S Sokhi, Chair
(University of Hertfordshire, UK)
Dr John G Bartzis
(NCSR DEMOKRITOS, Greece)
Dr Ruwim Berkowicz
(NERI, Denmark)
Professor Carlos Borrego
(University of Aveiro, Portugal)
Dr Trond Bohler
(NILU, Norway)
Professor Eugene Genikhovich
(Main Geophysical Observatory, Russia)
Dr Norbert Gonzalez-Flesca
(INERIS, France)
Professor Steven R Hanna
(George Mason University, USA)
Professor Mark Z Jacobson
(University of Stanford, USA)
Dr Jaakko Kukkonen		
(FMI, Finland)
Dr Don McKay
(Meteorological Service of Canada)
Dr Doug R Middleton
(Meteorological Office, UK)
Professor Nicolas Moussiopoulos
(Aristotle University Thessaloniki, 
Greece)
Professor Michael Schatzmann
(University of Hamburg, Germany)
Professor Sjaak Slanina
(ECN, Netherlands)
Professor Roberto San Jose
(Technical University of Madrid, 
Spain)
Dr Andreas Skouloudis
(JRC, Ispra)

Enquiries and Information
Professor Ranjeet S Sokhi, Conference Chairman
Atmospheric Science Research Group (ASRG)
Department of Environmental Sciences
University of Hertfordshire, College Lane
Hatfield AL10 9AB
Tel: +44 (0)1707 284520
Fax: +44 (0)1707 285258
Email: r.s.sokhi@herts.ac.uk

Dr Josef Brechler
Dept. of Meteorology and Env. Protection
Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Charles University, Prague
V Holesovickach 2, 180 00 Prague 8
the Czech Republic
Tel: (+420 2) 2191 2549
Fax: (+420 2) 2191 2533
Email : josef.brechler@mff.cuni.cz

Jasmina Bolfek-Radovani (Conference Secretariat)
Conference Department, The Institute of Physics
76 Portland Place, London, W1N 3DH
Tel: +44 (0)20 7470 4800
Fax: +44 (0)20 7470 4900
Email:jasmina.bolfek-radovani@iop.org

For  further information please email the reply slip below to  jasmina.bolfek-radovani@iop.org.
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