MCMA-2006 MILAGRO Science Team Meetings

INE Briefing- July 19, 2005

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CAMPAÑA MILAGRO

Megacity Initiative: 
Local and Global Research Observations

Briefing Meeting 
July 18, 2005
Instituto Nacional de Ecología
Mexico City, Mexico

MILAGRO (MIRAGE-Mex/MCMA-2006/MAX-Mex) & INTEX-B 
Operation Planning Meeting/Site Visits

Monday 16 January – Tuesday 17 January 2006, Mexico City
Wednesday 18 January, Veracruz

Monday, 16 January

08:00 -8:30 Arrival to IMP Auditorio Bruno Mascanzoni (Building No.3), check in

08:30-9:00 Welcome/ Opening Remarks  (Nicolas Rodriguez, Leonora Rojas)

Introductory Remarks (Luisa Molina)

09:00-10:10 Campaign Status Update
09:00                        MCMA-2006 (Luisa Molina, Beatriz Cardenas, Telma Castro)            
09:20                        MIRAGE-Mex (Sasha Madronich)
09:35                        MAX-Mex (Jeff Gaffney)
09:50                        INTEX-B (Bruce Doddridge)

10:10-11:35 Working Group Status Update
10:10                        Forecasting and modeling (Errnesto Caetano)
10:25                        Aircraft Operations (Sasha Madronich)
10:40                        Field Catalog (Jose Meitin)
10:50                        Data policy/formats/archive (Sasha Madronich)
11:05                        Logistics (Juan Carlos Arredondo)
11:25                        Education and outreach (Dara Salcedo)

11:35-12:00            Break

12:00-13:30 Overview of Surface Measurement Sites
12:00                        T0 (Gustavo Sosa)
12:15                        T1 (Sasha Madronich)
12:30                        T2 (Nancy Marley)
12:45                        Mobile Units (Ana Patricia Martinez)            
13:00                        ARI Mobile Lab (Timothy Onasch)
13:15                        Other measurements (Gerardo Ruiz-Suarez, Bo Galle)

13:30-14:45 Lunch

14:45-16:00 Parallel Working Groups on Surface Measurements  
(Discuss pending logistical requirements, coordinate measurement plans)
Urban sites (including mobile units, mobile labs, flux tower, other measurements)
(Discussion leaders:  Gustavo Sosa & Luisa Molina)

T1& T2  (Discussion leaders:  Sasha Madronich and Jeff Gaffney)

16:30-18:00 Plenary Session:
Shipping/Receiving information (Rafael Ramos, Omar Martell)
Working Group reports and discussion 
Action items

Tuesday, 17 January

08:00 – 17:00 Tour T0, T1, T2 

21:00 Travel to Veracruz


Wednesday, 18 January

08:00 – 10:00 Travel to Xalapa

10:00 – 11:30 Meeting with Veracruz investigators and local officials (Centro de Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa)

12:00 Return to Veracruz

13:00 Meeting with the Governor of Veracruz (MILAGRO delegation)

21:00:                          Return to Mexico City

Thursday, 19 January

11:00 Meeting with Mayor of the Federal District (MILAGRO delegation)