1st General Assembly of the "Integrated greenhouse gas monitoring system for Germany (ITMS)"

Start: Oct 17, 2023 10:00 AM (Local Time Germany)
End: Oct 20, 2023 02:30 PM
Location: Deutscher Wetterdienst, Strahlenbergerstraße 13, 63067 Offenbach am Main
Host: ITMS Coordination Group
Contact: andrea.kaiser-weiss@dwd.de

The development of the BMBF-funded integrated greenhouse gas monitoring system for Germany, "Integriertes Treibhausgas-Monitoringsystem für Deutschland" (ITMS), will enable the operational monitoring of the sources and sinks of the three most important long-lived greenhouse gases CO2, CH4, N2O. To do so, the greenhouse gas monitoring system combines independent atmospheric concentration measurements with atmospheric transport models and available emission information.

Registration for ITMS First General Assembly 2023

Draft agenda ITMS First General Assembly 17.-20. Oct., Offenbach

Hotels in Offenbach and surroundings (only in German language)

How to find us: location map and directions to DWD Headquarters in Offenbach (PDF, 666KB, Accessibility / accessible)

Since December 1, 2021, and August 1, 2022, the BMBF has been funding research projects concerning core components of this monitoring system, specifically:

Atmospheric Modelling
Atmospheric Observations
Modelling of Sources and Sinks

This 1st General Assembly brings together all funded partners of the collaborative ITMS research project to discuss its recent progress. The main objectives of this meeting are:

To discuss scientific findings, cooperation, and exchange based on presentations from the funded partners regarding their contributions
To analyze and enhance synergies between existing and planned national and international research programs
To share information about the project's benchmarking, planning, and communication

Besides the partners already involved, the invitation to this general assembly is also aimed at anyone interested in contributing to and using ITMS results.

The ITMS Coordination Group is looking forward to meeting you at the 1st ITMS General Assembly at the DWD in Offenbach am Main.

Christoph Gerbig, Max-Planck-Institut für Biogeochemie, Jena, Germany
Andrea Kaiser-Weiss and Christian Plass-Dülmer, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Offenbach, Germany
Heinrich Bovensmann, Universität Bremen, Fachbereich 1, Institut für Umweltphysik, Bremen, Germany
Ralf Kiese und Clemens Scheer, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung - Atmosphärische Umweltforschung (IMK-IFU), Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Andreas Fix, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany

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