VIII Joint International Symposium "Atmospheric and Ocean Optics, Atmospheric physics"

June 25-29, 2001, Irkutsk, Russia

First Announcement

Symposium Co-Chairmen - Academician Gelii A. Zherebtsov, Prof. Gennadii G. Matvienko
Symposium Organizing Committee Co-Chaimenr: Prof. Victor A. Banakh, Prof. Vladimir V. Koshelev.

Scientific Program

Atmospheric and Ocean Optics
  • Molecular Spectroscopy and Atmospheric Radiative Processes
  • Optical Radiation Propagation in the Atmosphere and Ocean. Nonlinear Optics. Adaptive Optics
  • Remote Active and Passive Sounding of the Atmosphere and Ocean. Lidars. Image Transfer and Interpretation
Atmospheric Physics
  • Physical Processes and Phenomena in the Earth's Thermosphere and Ionosphere
  • Structure and Dynamics of the Middle Atmosphere
  • Dynamics of the Atmosphere and Climate of the Asian Region
Workshop on the atmospheric physical chemistry

Working languages of the Symposium are English and Russian.

Invited lectures and oral and poster presentations are scheduled during the Symposium.

Sessions will be held at the Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics SB RAS and Limnological Institute SB RAS.

Travel to the Lake Baikal for 1-2 days including a visit to Baikal Astrophysics Observatory, Baikal Museum, and Deep-water Neutrino Telescope is planned.

The abstracts will be published before the Symposium. Post-Symposium proceedings will be published by SPIE (The International Society for Optical Engineering).

Call for papers, information on the Symposium sessions, registration and accommodation of participants, additional excursions, social program, and preliminary topics of invited lectures will be presented in the Second Announcement in September, 2000. The Organizing Committee invites you and colleagues from your Institute to take part in the Symposium.

If you plan to attend VIII Joint International Symposium "Atmospheric and Ocean Optics. Atmospheric Physics", please, inform the Organizing Committee before September 1, 2000. Please, contact the Symposium Scientific Secretary Olga V. Tikhomirova and send your messages to the address of Organizing Committee:

Institute of Atmospheric Optics SB RAS,
Akademicheskii av., 1, 634055, Tomsk, Russia
E-mail: tovsym@iao.ru
Phone: 7-3822-25-99-56
Fax: 7-3822-25-90-86