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Irish Met Society 2010 Events

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  • 30-12-2009 9:53pm
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    Some of you may be interested in the following events that the Irish Met Society has planned for 2010. All events are free and open to the public:

    (includes a weather/climate day-conference with talks by Gerald Fleming and John Gibbons; a trip to Valentia Observatory which will include a tour of the facility and a lecture by Evelyn Cusack)

    January 21st 2010
    Lecture by Professor Colin O'Dowd, School of Phyiscs NUI Galway
    "Mace Head: Atmospheric Composition & Climate Research"
    http://www.macehead.org/
    Venue: Trinity College Dublin, Botany Lecture Theatre


    February 11th 2010
    Lecture by Rodrigo Caballero, UCD
    http://mathsci.ucd.ie/met/index.php
    Venue: Trinity College Dublin, Botany Lecture Theatre


    March 4th 2010
    Lecture by Tony Maguire, Dublin City Council
    "Dublin Coastal Flood Forecasting and Monitoring System"
    www.floodresiliencity.eu/
    Venue: Trinity College Dublin, Botany Lecture Theatre

    Saturday March 27th 2010 Weather & Climate Conference (register on www.irishmetsociety.org)

    Lectures:
    Gerald Fleming (Met Éireann) - "Decisions, Decisions, Decisions - Weather in the Real World"
    John Gibbons (Irish Times) - "Denial or Despair: towards effectively communicating Climate Change"
    Capt. James Brady (Irish Air Corps Pilot) - "Weather & Aviation"
    Dr Pat Goodman (DIT) - "Weather & Health"
    Gillian Whelan (UCC) - "Contrails and Climate Change"
    Séamus Walsh (Met Éireann) - "Climate Change Indicators for Ireland"
    Venue: National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin 9.

    9-10th October 2010
    Weekend trip to Valentia Observatory, Cahirciveen Co. Kerry to mark to 150th anniversary of the first weather observations there.

    Lectures:
    Evelyn Cusack – “Irish Weather”
    Keith Lambkin – “From the heights of weather balloons to the depths of earthquakes and everything in between”
    Mike Crean – “History of Valentia Observatory”
    Tours:
    A tour of the observatory including viewing a weather balloon launch, seismology equipment, ozone monitoring, phenology, geomagnetism. A tour to Valentia Island to see the site where the first weather observations were made and also to see the dinosaur footprints.


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