21 March 2023
Science for Society

Ambition
The Atmospheric Science Conference (ASC) 2022-23 programme will bring together atmospheric scientists from across the UK, for a series of three meetings with the overarching theme of ‘Atmospheric Science for Society’.
The ASC aims to provide a format where people from across the atmospheric science community can reconnect, present their work, discuss ideas, and identify the collective relevance of their science to society.
Agenda
Morning Keynote Plenary
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Meeting ID: 927 9057 1764
09.30am GMT
Conference Welcome
Jenny Rourke, Head of Real Time Services and System Operations Division, EUMETSAT
Keynote Session: Science for Society
Chair: Prof Stephen Mobbs, Executive Director, NCAS
09.35am GMT
Distributed Air Quality Measurements using Low Cost Sensors in West Yorkshire
Dr Jim McQuaid , Associate Professor of Atmospheric Composition, University of Leeds
10.00am GMT
Towards a Global Heat Health Early Warning System
Chloe Brimicombe, Post-Doctoral Researcher, Wegner Center, University of Graz, Austria
10.25am GMT
Communicating Climate Science : Misinformation, storytelling and creativity
Peter Stott, Science Fellow in Attribution, Met Office and Professor in Detection and Attribution University of Exeter
10.50am GMT
End of Keynote Session
10.50am - 11.20am - Refreshment Break
Breakout Sessions
11.20am - 12.40pm GMT
Modelling
Chair: Vikki Thompson
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Meeting ID: 997 0793 4426
Dr Graham Mann, Lecturer, University of Leeds
11.40am
Using JULES to Model the Congo Peatlands
Dr Peter Anthony Cook, Research Scientist, Global Systems Institute, Department of Geography, University of Exeter
12.00pm
Understanding Uncertainties in Radar Rainfall Estimation: A radar error model
Dr Amy Charlotte Green, Research Associate, Newcastle University
12.20pm
Dr Beatriz Fernández-Duque, Post-Doctoral Researcher, Laboratory of Functional Ecology and Global Change (ECOFUN), Forest Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia (CTFC), Spain
Tropical
Chair: Beena Balan Sarojini
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Meeting ID: 937 8744 9434
11.20am
Impacts of Biases in the Tropical Atlantic in Seasonal Forecast System GloSea5
Tamara Collier, Scientist, Met Office
11.40am
Tropical Cyclone Landfalls in Yangtze River Delta and Its Relationship with ENSO
Lai Xu, Johns Hopkins University
12.00pm
Dr Anu Gupta, Special Researcher, Tokyo Metropolitan University
Lunch Break - 12.40pm - 13.40pm
Breakout Sessions
13.40pm - 15.20pm GMT
Weather, Art & Music
Chair: Paul Williams
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Meeting ID: 959 4668 4368
13.40pm
Musical Messages – Creating a Bespoke Climate Story for the Outer Hebrides
Dr James Pope, Senior Climate Scientist, Met Office
14.00pm
Weather and Geology in Dutch Landscape Painting
Franz Ossing, Head media and communications, ret, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
14.20pm
Dr Helene Muri, Research Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
14.40pm
Karen Aplin, Professor of Space Science and Technology, Bristol University
15.00pm
Stanley Gedzelman, Professor Emeritus of Atmospheric Sciences, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, City College of New York
Impacts
Chair: Dr Helen Macintyre
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Meeting ID: 913 8409 8793
13.40pm
Air Pollution in the United Kingdom
Dimitra Gkouzouli, Project Lead, Six Degrees Edinburgh
Lærke Salhauge-Rasmussen, Researcher/ Research Assistant, Six Degrees Edinburgh/ Heriot-Watt University
Fenja Kroos, Researcher, Six Degrees Edinburgh,
Laura McRedmond,
Otto-Emil Jutila
14.00pm
Dr Victoria L. Boult, NERC Knowledge Exchange Fellow, University of Reading; NCAS
14.20pm
How do we ‘see’ Meteotsunami Water Waves in Atmospheric Data?
Clare Lewis, PhD Student, University of Reading & Plymouth Marine Laboratory
14.40pm
Samuel Anees-Hill, PhD Student, Centre for Environmental Health and Sustainability, University of Leicester
Refreshment Break - 15.20pm - 15.50pm
17.10pm - Close of Conference
Afternoon Keynote Plenary
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Meeting ID: 999 2195 4576
15.50pm GMT
Keynote Session: Science for Society
Chair: Prof Liz Bentley, CEO, Royal Meteorological Society
15.50pm GMT
Real-Time Catastrophe Risk Modeling: The Challenges of Quantifying the Impact of Hurricane Ian
James Cosgrove, Senior Catastrophe Modeler, Moody’s RMS
16.15pm GMT
Monthly Weather Review at 150 Years: Its History, Impact, and Legacy
Prof. David M. Schultz, Professor of Synoptic Meteorology, and Director, Centre for Crisis Studies and Mitigation, University of Manchester
16.40pm GMT
The Importance of Socio-Meteorology
Helen Roberts, Socio-Meteorologist, Met Office
17.05pm GMT
Closing Remarks
