Chemistry International
Vol. 22, No. 1
January 2000
Conference
Announcements
IUPAC
Workshop on Atmospheric Deposition and Impacts on Ecosystems with Particular
Reference to the Mideast
5-6 June 2000
Tel Aviv, Israel
> Second
Circular and Draft Program
- pdf file posted 16 March 2000
Atmospheric deposition of pollutants on fresh water
ecosystems is particularly relevant for regions and countries in the
arid zones, such as the Middle East including Israel. This short symposium,
sponsored by IUPAC, the Israel Ministry of Science, and the Israel Chemical
Society, is intended to bring together internationally recognized experts
in the field of atmospheric deposition with other scientists who are
working on this topic in Europe, the Middle East, and elsewhere, and
with members of the IUPAC Division of Environmental Chemistry (VI);
Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry (VI.2); and Commission on Soil and
Water Chemistry (VI.3). Points of discussion will include the following:
- cause-effect relationships between deposition and factors affecting
the conditions and the health of ecosystems
- monitoring and estimation tools to overcome interdisciplinary and
international transboundary problems
- interactions and synergisms between pollutants and predictive understanding
of integrated land/water systems
This one-day symposium will include three sessions
of 2.5 hours each, all starting with two tutorial overviews on wet and
dry deposition, followed by contributed presentations. Topics to be
covered include the following:
- fundamentals of dry deposition
- fundamentals of wet deposition
- atmospheric deposition over Europe
- atmospheric deposition over Israel
- Great Lakes atmospheric deposition studies
- Kineret Lake atmospheric deposition studies
- atmospheric deposition on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean
Sea
- atmospheric dust and cloud physics and chemistry
There will also be a panel discussion featuring representatives
of the Israeli Ministry of the Environment, the United States Environmental
Protection Agency, IMAP or IGBP, and EUROTRAC.
For additional information, contact Prof. Rene van
Grieken, Micro- and Trace Analysis Center, University of Antwerp (UIA),
B-2610 Antwerp, Belgium; E-mail: [email protected]; Tel.: +32 3
8202362 or +32 477 702165 (mobile); Fax: +32 3 8202376; Web site: http://inch.uia.ac.be/u/vgrieken/
or contact Dr. Yehuda Shevah, Tahal Consulting Eng. Ltd., 16th O. Box
11170, Tel Aviv, 61111, Israel; E-mail: [email protected];
Tel.: + 972 3 636 9615; Fax: +972 3 636 9754.