10th 7-SEAS International Workshop of Technologies and Sciences on Transboundary Haze 2016

About 7-SEAS

Initiated in 2007, through a process with the US State Department and governments in Southeast Asia, NCAR Research Applications Laboratory, NASA AErosol RObotic NETwork (AERONET) program, and the Office of Naval Research international field offices, the 7 South East Asian Studies (7-SEAS) seeks to perform interdisciplinary research and develop a wide-ranging South East Asian scientific data network in the field of aerosol-meteorology and climate interaction in the region extending from Java through the Malay Peninsula and Southeast Asia to Taiwan.

In particular, 7-SEAS, a grass-root style program focuses on the following seven broad-based study topics:

1. Aerosol lifecycle and air quality;
2. Tropical meteorology;
3. Radiation and heat balance;
4. Clouds and precipitation;
5. Land processes and fire;
6. Physical and biological oceanography; and
7. Environmental characterization through satellite analyses, model predictions and verification.

About the workshop

We'll explore these studies in this participatory workshop which aims to:

• share experiences and experimental outcomes among academics and scientists;
• identify areas where future efforts should be focused;
• build support networks among participants.

Upon registration, participants will be asked if they'd like to make an oral and/or poster presentation, or participate only. This activity takes the form of a workshop rather than a scientific conference, with active discussion on the data, the nature of the Southeast Asian atmospheric environment and the planning for remote sensing, modelling and field research.

Guest speakers and roundtable guests

Dr. Jeffrey Reid, NRL
Prof. George Lin, National Central University
Dr. Brent Holben, NASA
Md Latifur Rahman Sarker, Universiti Tecknologi Malaysia
Dr. Tsay Si-Chee, NASA
Santo Salinas, National University of Singapore
Prof. Mohd Talib Latif, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Dr. Nofel Lagrosas, Manila Observatory
Dr. Simone Lolli, NASA
Kwan Kok Foo, Malaysia Meteorology Department (MMD)
Dr. Matthew Ashfold, UNMC
Prof. Jun Wang, University of Iowa
Prof. Andy Chan, UNMC
Dr. James Simpas, Manila Observatory
Dr. Lim Hwee San, USM
Dr. Nicky Lam, City University of Hong Kong
Prof. Edvin Aldrian, Agency for Assessment & Application of Tech. Indonesia
Dr. Helena Varkkey, Universiti Malaya
Jayaprakash Muralitharan, Ministry of National Resources and Environment
Ed Mat Rasul, YTL-SV Carbon
Dr. Judd Weldon, NASA