4–8 Jul 2022, Thessaloniki, Greece
Website: https://www.irs2022.org/
Registration now open!
Updates on the International Radiation Commission (IRC) and the SCOSTEP PRESTO Program
IRS 2022 will provide a comprehensive international forum for presenting and discussing recent research achievements and technological developments on atmospheric radiation and related topics covering a wide spectrum of topics. Internationally recognized senior scientists, young scientists, and students will have a unique opportunity to discuss hot scientific issues, exchange new ideas and establish far-reaching collaborations. Furthermore, companies involved in radiation instruments will have the opportunity to present their latest technological achievements and disseminate in over 400 participants their applications and products. Over 550 authors submitted over 600 abstracts to the original IRS 2020. The abstract submission process for IRS 2022 was reopened to allow authors to change their abstracts. Of course, we welcome new participants as well. Please see https://www.irs2022.org for additional updates.
Submission of Abstracts has been extended to 17 January 2022. Please look for details at the symposium’s website: https://www.irs2022.org/how-to-submit-an abstract/. Please note that all abstracts submitted to IRS2020 must be submitted again.
Registration will open starting on 1 September 2021 at: https://www.irs2022.org/how-to-register/.
The IRC annual business meeting was conducted on 10 August 2020, and held remotely via Zoom. The highlights of the meeting included the election of the new IRC Officers: Peter Pilewskie (University of Colorado, USA), President; Manfred Wendisch (University of Leipzig, Germany), Vice President; and Hajime Okamoto (Kyushu University, Japan), Secretary. The officers are serving four-year terms that commenced in January 2021. In November 2020, 11 new commissioners were selected to replace the 11 commissioners who completed their second four-year term.
In addition to his duties as IRC President, Peter Pilewskie is also the IAMAS liaison to the Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics (SCOSTEP: https://scostep.org/). Of particular interest to IAMAS is a new SCOSTEP-sponsored four-year science program called Predictability of the Solar-Terrestrial Coupling (PRESTO: https://scostep.org/presto-science-program/). PRESTO seeks to improve the predictability of energy flow in the integrated Sun-Earth system on times scales from a few hours to centuries through promoting international collaborative efforts. The PRESTO program is subdivided into three Pillars. Pillar 3 on Solar Activity and its Influence On Climate is topic that should draw considerable interest from IAMAS members including those in the IRC. With PRESTO and its emphasis on Sun-Climate connections we expect that there will be considerable synergy between SCOSTEP and several of the commissions with IAMAS.
Related to these activities is the SCOSTEP 15th Quadrennial Solar-Terrestrial Physics Symposium (STP-15) to be held 21-25 February 2022 in Alibag, India. A dedicated session on PRESTO Pillar 3 will address the following questions:
- How will future solar activity vary over different timescales and what are the physical reasons for the variations?
- How will the solar forcing on the Earth system evolve in the future?
- What is the role of the coupling between atmospheric regions in the realization of the long- and short-term solar influence on the Earth system and how are those responses affected by increasing green-house gases?
We hope for strong IAMAS participation at the symposium!