Lasers and Optics in Atmospheric Remote Sensing WORKSHOP
WORKSHOP PROGRAMME
09 SEptember-laser safety course
| 14:00 - 17:00 | Laser Safety Course Dr. Aletta Karsten |
| 18:00 - 20:00 | Braai (for outside participants) |
| Venue : H-Block, Braai area, Westville |
10 September 2015 - Workshop Day 1
| 08:00 - 08:30 | Registration Miss Lulu Raxangana Breakfast (for outside participants) |
| 08:45 - 09:00 | Introduction to the worshop Prof. Sivakumar Venkataraman |
| 09:00 - 09:45 | Atmospheric Remote Sensing - Basics Prof. Sivakumar Venkataraman |
| 09:45 - 10:30 | LiDAR for atmospheric observations Prof. Hassan Bencherif |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | TEA BREAK |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | LiDAR as a measurement tool S.A's first LiDAR system - Dr. Aletta Karsten |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | CSIR-NLC mobile LiDAR Mr Lerato Shikwambana |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Durban LiDAR Dr Nkanyiso Mbatha |
| 12:30 - 13:00 | UKZNv3-D Portable LiDAR Prof. Sivakumar Venkataraman |
| 13:30 - 14:00 | LUNCH BREAK |
| 14:00 - 14:45 | CDTA- ALGERIA LIDAR? Dr. Mohammed Traiche |
| 14:45 - 15:30 | Laser based optical communications in free space - Dr. Yaseera Ismail and Miss Sharmini Pillay |
| 15:30 - 15:45 | TEA BREAK |
| 15:45 - 16:30 | Group-1 : Visit to UKZN LIDAR system - Mr Jerremiah Ogunniyui and Prof Siva |
| 15:45 - 16:30 | Group-2 : Visit to Laser based optical communication lab– Dr. Yaseera Ismail and Miss Sharmini Pillay |
| 16:30 - 17:15 | Group-2 : Visit to UKZN LIDAR system - Mr Jerremiah Ogunniyui and Prof Siva |
| 16:30 - 17:15 | Group-1 : Visit to Laser based optical Communication lab - Dr Yaseera Ismail and Miss Sharmini Pillay |
| 17:30 - 19:00 | Braai - H Block Braai area |
11 September 2015 - Workshop Day 2
| 08:30 - 09:00 | Breakfast (outside participants) |
| 09:00 -09:45 | Atmospheric aerosol retrieval using Sun - Photometer -Dr. Adesina Joseph |
| 09:45 - 10:30 | Solar Radiometry - Miss Paulene Govender |
| 10:30- 11:00 | TEA BREAK |
| 11:00 - 11:45 | Group-1 : Visit to UKZN Sun Photometer system - Dr. Adesina Joseph & Priyanka Singh |
| 11:00 - 11:45 | Group-2 : Visit to Solar Radiometry - Miss Pulene Govender and Mr Jerremiah Ogunniyui |
| 11:45 - 12:30 | Group-2 : Visit to UKZN Sun Photometer system - Dr. Adesina Joseph and Priyanka Singh |
| 11:45- 12:30 | Group-1 : Visit to Solar Radiometry - Miss Paulene Govender and Mr Jerremiah Ogunniyui |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | LUNCH BREAK |
| 13:30 - 15:30 | Lecture on Light and Light based Technologies - Prof Jon Rash , Prof Francesco Petruccione, Prof Thomas Konrad and Mr Solomon Uiriri |
| 15:30- 15:45 | TEA BREAK CLOSURE |