Atmosphere Research UKZN-Westville

Stratosphere- Troposphere Interactions and Change (STIC) Workshop

Venue: UKZN, Chemistry FSA Room, 1st Floor, H-Block
Westville Campus, University Road, Durban 4090

02 October 2017 - Workshop Programme

 

08:00 - 08:30 Arrival and Registration
08:30 - 09:00 Welcome and Introduction to the workshop- Prof. Hassan Bencherif and Dr. Nkanyiso Bongumusa Mbatha
09:00 - 09:45 Prof. Hassan Bencherif
09:45 - 10:30 Dr Nelson Begue
10:30 - 10:45 Tea Break - Outside the venue
10:45 - 11:30 Dr. Anne Rechou
11:30 - 12:15 Dr. Theirry Portafaix
12:15 - 13:00 Dr. Nkanyiso Bongumusa Mbatha
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 14:30 Prof. Sivakumar Venkataraman
14:30 - 15:00 Dr. Thando Ndarana
15:00 - 15:15 Tea Break - Outside the venue
15:15 - 16:30 Research Discussion and Way Foward

 

Atmospheric Remote Sensing Using Ground And Space Borne Techniques

Workshop Programme

Day 1 - Atmospheric studies (03 October 2017)

 

08:00 - 09:00 Arrival and Registration
09:00 - 09:30 Welcome and Introduction to the workshop
09:30 - 10:15 Introduction and Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere - prof. Sivakumar Venkataraman
10:15 - 11:00 Overview on fundamental physics in atmospheric remote sensing - Prof. Hassan Bencherif
11:00 - 11:15 Te Break - Outside the venue
11:15 - 12:00 Air pollution measurements over Durban - Dr. Barbara Lynn Duigan
12:00 - 12:45 Ground-based solar radiations Instrumentation - Miss. Paulene Govender
12:45 - 13:30 Lunch Break - 2nd Floor - Chemistry Staff Tea Room no. 02-005
13:30 - 14:00 Photo Session
14:00 - 14:45 Presentation by Campus France - Student Scholarship and travel opportunities to France
14:45 - 15:00 Tea Break - Outside the venue
15:00 - 15:45 Atmospheric Dynamics and its influence in Troposphere-Stratosphere region - Dr. Thando Ndarana
15:45 - 16:30 Atmospheric aerosol retrieval using Sun-Photometer - Miss. Priyanka Singh
16:30 - 17:15 Influence of stratosphere ozone in the troposphere of southern Africa: Wavelet Approach - Dr.Nkanyiso Bongumusa Mbatha