IO₃C QOS2016 side events

Under the auspices of WMO/GAW, NDACC and SHADOZ, a three day ozone sonde expert workshop will address: (1) outstanding instrumental and operational issues (2) progress made in O3S-DQA with the homogenisation of long term ozone sounding records (3) Preparation of design of JOSIE 2017/2018 experiments.

This training school is primarily intended for Brewer Ozone Spectrophotometer operators and managers. It will focus on set up and basic maintenance, data handling and submission, and diagnosing problems. The school is part of COST Action ES1207, supported by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology). For a detailed training programme, please contact the organiser.

As part of the Quadrennial Ozone Symposium 2016, we are offering a visit to the Auchencorth Moss GAW European Regional Station. The site is located approximately 18 km south of Edinburgh. Bus transfer is available from the QOS venue (EICC) to Auchencorth Moss and back.
The field site visit is free, but spaces are limited to 48, so participants have to register to secure a place. We will take registrations at a first-come basis, until 31 August 2016 here:

http://qos2016_field_visit.eventbrite.co.uk

Please note that outdoor clothing and shoes are required, as the field site is in a rural environment. Weather conditions may vary and in Scotland, even during the summer cold, windy conditions and rain have to be expected.

You can read a bit more about the site and the excursion here.

A side meeting is planned to follow the Quadrennial ozone symposium on September 9 and 10, 2016 (http://www.ozone-symposium-2016.org/home.html). The discussion will address the fundamental question "Whether the positive trend in ozone in the post-2000 period is statistically significant or not?" Among topics for discussion are uncertainties of ozone trend estimates, statistical tools, comparison between observation and model trend estimates, and next steps for the upcoming WMO ozone assessment of 2018. This meeting is a follow up of the 2011-2014 SPARC/IO3C/IGACO initiative (SI2N, http://igaco-o3.fmi.fi/VDO/)

After 90 Years of monitoring the ozone layer – what does the future hold for the ground based network of Dobson ozone spectrophotometers a world with expanding instrumentation and needs. There are multiple topics to consider.