Ongoing Activities and Future Events

Activities within MAP

June 15, 1998
CIG meeting
Chamonix Mont Blanc, France

June 16, 1998
SSC, IGP and MAP-NWS Board meetings
Chamonix Mont Blanc, France

June 17-19, 1998
MAP Meeting '98
Chamonix Mont Blanc, France

October 15-16, 1998
RAPHAEL workshop
Munich, Germany

October 25-30, 1998
MAP SOP Planning Workshop "Challenges in Mountain Meteorology"
Monte Verita, Ascona, Switzerland,

The planning of the MAP SOP field phase - to take place in autumn 1999 - is already well underway. The purpose of the forthcoming MAP Monte Verita Workshop is to proceed with these planning activities. Particularly welcome are

At the time of the workshop, final decisions about the availability of many observing systems should be available. The purpose of the meeting will be to develop observational strategies best suited to address the MAP scientific objectives, to plan the operation and coordination of airborne and surface-based observing systems, and to draft the MAP SOP implementation plan.

For application and registration, please send your name and address, including e-mail, telephone, and fax numbers, to
Ms. Eva Choffat, Atmospheric Science ETH, Hönggerberg HPP, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland, e-mail: choffat@iac.umnw.ethz.ch.

The deadline for application is May 15. Limited financial support (covering board and accommodation) for a few Ph.D. students is also available and can be applied for. A second circular will be mailed in August. Attendance to the workshop might need to be limited by space considerations.

Future events related to MAP

August 3-7, 1998
AMS Conference on Mountain Meteorology
Flagstaff, AZ

September 14-18, 1998
ICAM '98: International Conference on Mountain Meteorology
Torino, Italy

September 24-25, 1998
SANW / SGM: Annual meeting of the Swiss Meteorological Society devoted to MAP
Airolo, Switzerland



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