Oral Scientific Publications

Year 2008

Presentations at International Conferences/Workshops/Seminars

Kirchengast, G., and S. Schweitzer (oral)
Joint profiling of greenhouse gases, isotopes, thermodynamic variables, and wind from space by combined microwave and IR laser occultation: the ACCURATE concept
AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, December 2008.

Steiner, A.K., G. Kirchengast, B.C. Lackner, B. Pirscher, M. Borsche, and U. Foelsche (oral)
Detection of Tropical Temperature Change Based on GPS Radio Occultation within 1995 to 2008
AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, December 2008.

Kirchengast, G., A.K. Steiner, U. Foelsche, B.C. Lackner, B. Pirscher, and M. Borsche (invited)
Climate Signal Detection with GPS Radio Occultation Measurements
ECMWF GRAS-SAF Workshop on Applications of GPS Radio Occultation Measurements, ECMWF, Reading, U.K., June 2008.

Schweitzer, S., G. Kirchengast, and F. Ladstädter (poster)
The ACCURATE Mission and the new Infrared Laser Occultation Technique: Measuring Principle, Capabilities, and Performance Simulation Results
EGU General Assembly 2008, Vienna, Austria, April 2008.

Borsche, M., B. Pirscher, U. Foelsche, and G. Kirchengast (poster)
CHAMP Climatologies retrieved with High-Altitude Initialization by ECMWF Forecasts for the Creation of a continuous Climate Record
EGU General Assembly 2008, Vienna, Austria, April 2008.

Kirchengast, G., S. Binder, T. Kabas, A. Leuprecht, and C. Bichler (oral)
WegenerNet: A new climate station network in Eastern Styria/Austria for monitoring weather and climate at 1 km-scale resolution
EGU General Assembly 2008, Vienna, Austria, April 2008.

Kirchengast, G., and ARSCliSys Research Group (invited)
On the Impact of External Assumptions and Potential Aliasing by Water Vapor Changes in GPS Radio Occultation Profiles and derived Climate Time Series
Workshop on the Applications of GPS Radio Occultation to Climate, UCAR, Boulder, CO, USA, March 2008.

Selected Further Presentations
(at Meetings of Int'l Bodies, Universities, Public Symposia, etc.) 

Kabas, T., und G. Kirchengast (invited)
Einführung in das WegenerNet Klimastationsnetz – ein internationales Pionierexperiment
LehrerInnenfortbildung – Päd.Hochschulseminar 160L009, Graz,Austria, October 2008.

Kirchengast, G. (invited)
Der Klimawandel – Aktueller Wissensstand auf Basis des IPCC 2007 Weltklimaberichts sowie Vorstellung des Wegener Zentrums
LehrerInnenfortbildung – Päd.Hochschulseminar 160L009, Graz,Austria, October 2008.

Kirchengast, G., and S. Schweitzer (invited)
Joint atmoshperic profiling of thermodynamic Variables, Greenhouse Gases, Isotopes, and Wind from Space: The Occultation Mission Concept ACCURATE
Vortrag bei "Seminare über Mikrowellenphysik und Umweltdiagnostik", Universität Bern, Bern, Schweiz, April 2008.

B. Pirscher, B.C. Lackner, I. Thaler, M. Pock, U. Foelsche, A.K. Steiner, S. Schweitzer, and G. Kirchengast (invited)
Inital Validation of GRAS Occultation Data from MetOp and Setup of Regional Climate Monitoring including the IPCC Land and Ocean Regions
EOPSCLIM Final Presentation Meeting, FFG-ALR, Vienna, Austria, March 2008.

Kirchengast, G., S. Schweitzer, B. Pirscher, M. Pock, F. Ladstaedter, M. Borsche, U. Foelsche, and J. Fritzer (invited)
Advancement of real GPS RO data processing and of ACCURATE IR Laser Occultation Capabilities
EOPSCLIM Final Presentation Meeting, FFG-ALR, Vienna, Austria, March 2008.

Kirchengast, G., EOPSClim Team, and ARSCliSys Research Group (invited)
Wegener Center Atmoshperic Remote Sensing and Climate System (ARSCliSys) Group: Occultation Acitivities & EOPSCLIM
EOPSCLIM Final Presentation Meeting, FFG-ALR, Vienna, Austria, March 2008.

Kirchengast, G. (invited keynote)
Herausforderung Klimaschutz
Enquete Klimaschutz des Landtages Steiermark, Graz, Austria, February 2008.