GENERAL INFORMATION Accommodations The conference participants will be staying at the Aldemar: Knossos Royal Village (A' class), which is located in Hersonissos, 25 km from the airport. Breakfast Breakfast will be served at your hotel during the hours scheduled in this program. Conference Venue The Aldemar: Knossos Royal Village Conference Center is located at the hotel. Oral Presentations An LCD projector and an overhead projector will be available for the oral presentations. Speakers are asked to bring their USB flash drive or CD to the conference reception desk at least 30 minutes prior to the session. The allocated time for all presentations, unless otherwise indicated, includes five minutes Q&A. Posters Posters should be mounted Monday 7:45 AM, June 2, on the designated boards and dismounted at the end of the meeting. The dimensions of the boards are 90W x 150H cm. Adhesive tape for mounting the posters on the boards will be available at the poster area. Internet Internet will be available for participants during the meeting hours free of charge. Welcome Reception and Gala Dinner Badges are required for admission. Tour to Knossos and Museum Buses for the island tour will be leaving from the hotel on Wednesday, June 4 at 2:30 p.m. Accompanying persons will also be picked up at the hotel front lobby at that time. Badges are required for participation. Lunches Lunches will be served at the indicated times to all registered participants and registered accompanying persons in the hotel. Badges are required for admission. All Aegean Conferences events are non-smoking.
Sunday, June 1
5:00 - 8:00 PM			Open Registration
8:00 PM			Welcome Reception/Dinner
Monday, June 2
8:15 AM			Welcome and Opening Remarks
Session I General Review
8:30 AM		1	Integrated methodology for aerosol characterization M Kafatos and V Amiridis
9:00 AM		2	Mineral dust distributions and trends over the global oceans JM Prospero
9:30 AM		3	Climate relevant properties of aerosols above the Eastern Mediterranean N Mihalopoulos
10:00 AM		4	A link between aerosols and the climate in Asia T Nakajima, M Mukai, D Goto, K Suzuki, and T Iguchi
10:30 AM		5	The WMO sand and dust storm warning and assessment system SDS-WAS: A global research and applications partnership L Barrie and S Nickovic
11:00 AM			Coffee Break & Poster Session
Session II Middle East/North Africa
12:00 PM		6	On the effects of pollution on precipitation in Israel Z Levin
12:30 PM		7	Saharan dust and anthropogenic aerosols – regional characteristics G Kallos, M Astitha, C Spyrou, S Solomos, J Kushta, E Mavromatidis, and C Mitsakou
1:00 PM		8	Aerosol loadings over eastern mediterranean and the contribution of Saharan dust E Gerasopoulos, N Kalivitis, G Kouvarakis, R Hillamo, and N Mihalopoulos
1:30 PM		9	African dust influence on air quality in Spain X Querol, A Alastuey, J Pey, N Perez, A Cristobal, M Pallares, A Gonzalez, S Jimenez, S Alonso, E Cuevase, and J de la Rosa
2:00 PM		10	LIDAR and sunphotometric measurements of aerosol optical properties over Thessaloniki, Greece V Amiridis, S Kazadzis, D Balis, A Bais, and C Zerefos
2:30 PM		11	An assessment of transboundary movement of pollutants to and from Africa and their policy implications A Singh
3:00 PM			Lunch
8:00 PM			Dinner at a Local Greek Tavern
		The bus for the tavern will depart from the hotel at 7:30 PM
Tuesday, June 3
Session III Asian Monsoon
8:00 AM		12	Sensitivity of aerosol plumes on winter monsoon over South Asia TN Krishnamurti, A Chakraborty, A Martin, WK Lau, Y Sud, and G Walker
8:30 AM		13	From deserts to monsoons: aerosol impacts on Regional and global water cycle WK Lau
9:00 AM		14	Multi-scale forcing and formation of desert and monsoon G Wu
9:30 AM		15	Can heavy aerosol loading affect the Asian monsoon system? Clues being sought from EAST-AIRE and AMF field campaigns in China Z Li
10:00 AM		16	Direct radiative forcing due to aerosols in Asia during March 2002 SU Park
10:30 AM		17	The impact of absorbing aerosols on the Indian summer monsoon in NCEP atmospheric general circulation model J Srinivasan
11:00 AM			Coffe Break & Poster Session
Session IV Satellite & Ground Observations
12:00 PM		18	Environmental research through remote sensing at NOA/ISARS IA Daglis and V Amiridis
12:30 PM		19	Long-term satellite observations of Asian dust storms: source, pathway, and interannual variability NC Hsu
1:00 PM		20	Ground-based network and supersite measurements for studying aerosol properties and aerosol-cloud interactions S-C Tsay and BN Holben
1:30 PM		21	Impact of dust and anthropogenic activities on the Himalayan snow cover RP Singh, AK Prasad, JS Kumar, R Gautam, W Mehdi, and M Kafatos
2:00 PM		22	From EV-K2-CNR-SHARE project to CEOP-HE initiative: an interdisciplinary approach to high altitude scientific issues G Tartari, E Manfredi, E Vuillemoz, and P Bonasoni
2:30 PM			Lunch
8:00 PM			Dinner at a Local Greek Tavern
		The bus for the tavern will depart from the hotel at 7:30 PM
Wednesday, June 4
Session V Physical Processes I
8:00 AM		23	Evolution of hydrologic modeling: meeting the requirements from flood forecasting to hydroclimate predictions S Sorooshian
8:30 AM		24	Asian SDS observation and operational forecasting in China XY Zhang, SL Gong, CH Zhou, HL Liu, YQ Wang, T Niu, YQ Yang, and Q Hou
9:00 AM		25	Climate change variability and ecosystem vulnerability in Korea MA Lee, WK Lee, Y Son, YS Cho, CC Song, and TM Kim
9:30 AM		26	New capabilities for monitoring desert dust using CALIPSO DM Winker and Z Liu
10:00 AM		27	Medical geology: dust exposure and potential health risks in the Middle East MB Lyles, HL Fredrickson, AJ Bednar, HB Fannin, D Griffin, and TM Sobecki
10:30 AM			Coffee Break & Poster Session
Session VI Physical Processeses II
11:30 AM		28	Climatic effects by aerosol on west african monsoon rainfall: satellite observations C Zhang, J Huang, and J Prospero
12:00 PM		29	Transport of aerosols: regional and global implications for climate, weather, and air quality M Chin, T Diehl, H Yu, H Bian, L Remer, and R Kahn
12:30 PM		30	Modeling the impact of absorbing aerosols on tropical precipitation C Wang
1:00 PM		31	Does the Madden-Julian oscillation influence aerosol variability? B Tian, DE Waliser, RA Kahn, Q Li, YL Yung, T Tyranowski, IV Geogdzhayev, MI Mishchenko, O Torres, and A Smirnov
1:30 PM			Lunch
2:30 PM			Tour to Knossos Archaeological site & Archaeological Museum of Heraklion
The bus for the tour will depart from the hotel at 2:30 PM
8:00 PM			Dinner at a local Greek Tavern
Thursday, June 5
Session VII Modeling & Analysis
8:30 AM		32	Regional modelling of Saharan Dust: forcing and feedback I Tegen, B Heinold, and K Schepanski
9:00 AM		33	Aerosol impacts on deep convective clouds WR Cotton
9:30 AM		34	High resolution Weather-Climate modeling S Schubert
10:00 AM		35	A Goddard multi-scale modeling system with unified physics WK Tao
10:30 AM		36	A climatological study of atlantic region tropical cyclone activities Z Boybeyi, Y Ezber, L Clemente, and M Kafatos
11:00 AM		37	Modeling the Semi-arid Sahel climate West African monsoon modeling and evaluation (WAMME) initiative and analyses of its first experiment Y Xue, WK Lau, KH Cook, D Rowell, A Boone, J Feng, F De Sales, P Dirmeyer, LM Druyan, M Fulakeza, Z Guo, SM Hagos, SS Ibrah, KM Kim, A Kitoh, A Konare, V Kumar, P Lonergan, N Mahowald, W Moufouma-Okia, P Pegion, A Fink, J Schemm, SD Schubert, A Sealy, W Thiaw, A Vintzileos, EK Vizy, S Williams, and M-LC Wu
11:30 AM		38	The influence of global hydroclimate on the predictability of changes in water resources T Koike
12:00 PM			Coffee Break
Group Panel Discussion Chair: Barrie & Wu
12:30 PM			L Barrie
			M Kafatos
			WK Lau
			Z Li
			SU Park
			S Sorooshian
			G Wu
			X Zhang
2:15 PM			Closing Remarks
2:30 PM			Lunch
8:00 PM			Gala Dinner at Aldemar: Knossos Royal Village

Friday, June 6
7:30 AM		Breakfast
		Departures
POSTERS
Posters will remain on display for the entirety of the conference
	39		Establishment of a radiometric aerosol station for satellite validation at Athens, Greece V Amiridis, S Kazadzis, AF Bais, and IA Daglis
	40		Satellite aerosol product assessment for particulate matter air quality research P Gupta and SA Christopher
	41		Evaluation of satellite aerosol products over Saharan Desert P Gupta, E-S Yang, and SA Christopher
	42		Winter particulate pollution in central India S Gupta and KS Patel
	43		Aerosol loadings over Eastern Mediterranean and the contribution of Saharan dust N Kalivitis, G Kouvarakis, R Hillamo, and N Mihalopoulos
	44		Climatology of aerosol optical depth over Athens, Greece using ground-based (LIDAR, Multi-filter Radiometer) and satellite data (MODIS) P Kokkalis, E Gerasopoulos, V Amiridis, RE Mamouri, M Koukouli, S Kazadzis, and A Papayannis
	45		Change in the East Asia summer monsoon projected by at atmospheric global model with 20-km grid size S Kusunoki, R Mizuta, and M Matsueda
	46		LIDAR derived aerosol properties for fresh smoke over Athens RE Mamouri, A Papayannis, V Amiridis, D Müller, A Nenes, and G Tsaknakis
	47		CALIPSO and ground-based LIDAR correlative measurements over Athens: preliminary results RE Mamouri, A Papayannis, V Amiridis, and G Tsaknakis
	48		An example of teleconnection in the atmosphere of a desert planet: the 2001 planet – encircling dust storm on mars L Montabone, O Martinez-Alvarado, and SR Lewis
	49		Interannual variability of Saharan dust over the Atlantic Ocean K Nakamae and M Shiotani
	50		Intercomparison between MODIS aerosol optical depth over Cyprus and ground PM10 measurements for various synoptic patterns D Paronis, A Retalis, S Michaelides, F Tymvios, P Constantinides, and S Kleanthous
	51		Meteorological processes forcing saharan dust source activations Inferred from MSG observations of sub-Daily dust mobilisation K Schepanski, I Tegen, B Heinold, G Bönisch, and A Macke
	52		Effects of pre-monsoon desert dust aerosols on aerosol radiation forcing at a semi-arid station, delhi S Singh, T Bano, S Nath, and RS Tanwar
	53		Contrasting the 2007 and 2005 hurricane seasons D Sun, KM Lau, M Kafatos
	54		Dust, a global phenomenon: the need to enhance awareness among developing nations KHS Yang, E Smith, and AK Prasad
	55		Importance of spring cyclonic activities in East Asia on Asian dust storm and the Stratosphere-to-Troposphere transport TJ Yasunari, K Yamazaki, T Shiraiwa, and T Hondoh
	56		Interannual variation in the atmospheric branch of the hydrological cycle over the fertile crescent A Yatagai
	57		Isotopic composition of water vapor and concurrent meteorological conditions around the arid regions of China and the Tibetan Plateau A Yatagai, A Sugimoto, and M Nakawo
	58		Impact of East Asian summer monsoon on seasonal variations of aerosols over Eastern China L Zhang, H Liao, and J Li
	59		Climate-environment monsoon simulations with a high-resolution global model IS Kang
	60		LOG-Infinite divisibility of spatial rainfall and a hierarchical clustering model PK Kundu
	61		Possible impacts of Saharan dust on the frequency and intensity of the Atlantic Ocean tropical storms and hurricanes KM Kim and W KM Lau
	62		Deep convective cloud ensemble properties and aerosol influences Z Li and T Yuan
	63		Impact of desert dust radioactive forcing on Sahel precipitation: relative importance of dust compared to sea surface temperature variations, vegetation changes, and greenhouse gas warming M Yoshioka, N Mahowald, A Conley, W Collins, D Fillmore, C Zender, and D Coleman
	64		Investigation of major atmospheric contributors to the Black Cloud episodes over Cairo H El-Askary and M Kafatos