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Irish Met. Soc. Conference 2011
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"Ireland's Weather Past, Present and Future"
Irish Met Society Conference 2011

March 26th, NUI Maynooth, Co. Kildare


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Lectures

- Earth Vibrations: Earthquakes, Weather and the Earth’s ‘Hum’ by Professor Chris Bean, UCD.

- Balance in the Atmosphere by Professor Peter Lynch, UCD.

- Climate Change Adaptation - the Challenges for Ireland by Professor John Sweeney, Department of Geography, NUI Maynooth.

- A Day in the Life of a Weather Forecaster by Katie Howard, Met Office, Exeter.

- Climate Change by Duncan Stewart, TV presenter and architect.


Poster Presentations (we have now filled the poster quota and cannot take any more poster submissions)

(1) - "Key issues associated with the development of downscaled climate change scenarios: a case study from the north of Ireland." by Donal Mullen, School of Geography, Archaeology and Palaeoecology, Queen's University Belfast.

(2) - "Dynamical and statistical downscaling of ensemble forecasts for wind energy applications in Ireland" by Jennifer Courtney, UCD Meteorology and Climate Centre.

(3) -"Investigating the use of winter cover crops in Irish arable systems for nitrogen management and carbon sequestration" by Dru Marsh, School of Biology and Environmental Science, UCD.

(4) - "Potential Economic Impacts of Sea Level Rise on the Irish Coast" by Stephen Flood, ICARUS, Department of Geography, NUI Maynooth

(5) - "Tourism and Climate Change in Ireland" by Nichola Salmon, ICARUS, NUI Maynooth.

(6) -"A farm scale sustainable nutrient management decision support system for farmers in Ireland" by Marian Hennessy, Agricultural Science and Veterinary Medicine Programme.

(7) - "The Impact of Climate Change on the Construction Industry" by David Smyth, ICARUS, NUI Maynooth.

(8) - "Identification of physical indicators of coastal vulnerability to impacts of climate change and sea level rise in the Dublin area" by Silvia Caloca Casado, ICARUS, NUI Maynooth.

(9) - "Observations of vegetation seasonality in Ireland from Envisat MERIS" by Brian O'Connor, Dept. of Geography, UCC.

(10) - "Peat, pollen and climate: a look into Ireland’s hidden archives" by Peter Majkut, NUIG

(11) - "Water Resources and Climate Change in Ireland" by Julia Hall, ICARUS, NUI Maynooth

(12) - "Potential impacts of climate variables on the pollen season of birch (Betula spp.) in Ireland" by Hazel Proctor, Centre for the Environment, TCD.

(13) - "Modelling the impacts of future climate change on Irish farming" by Dr Mohamed Abdalla, TCD

(14) -"The effect of climate change on agricultural ecosystems" by Dr. Saul Otero, School of Biology and Environmental Science, UCD

(15) - "Does weather drive climate adaptation?" by Jackie S. McGloughlin, Department of Geography, NUI Maynooth

Entrance fee : €7.50

" When the atmosphere loses its state of equilibrium , its tries to return to this state, its this process that gives us the exciting phenomena of weather today." , By , me :)
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Just a reminder that this Thursday (10th Feb) the IMS are hosting a talk in trinity College on Irish Lighthouses. Sounds like an interesting talk.

http://www.irishmetsociety.org/programme/lighthouses
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Fergal (IWO)
February 8 2011, 11:22 PM
Just a reminder that this Thursday (10th Feb) the IMS are hosting a talk in trinity College on Irish Lighthouses. Sounds like an interesting talk.

http://www.irishmetsociety.org/programme/lighthouses
Sadly i have work on thursday :(
" When the atmosphere loses its state of equilibrium , its tries to return to this state, its this process that gives us the exciting phenomena of weather today." , By , me :)
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There are just a handfull of places left for anybody who wants to register.
http://weatheire.yolasite.com
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Did anybody else go to the talk on Thursday? I found it very interesting and informative.

Take a look at the CIL's website http://www.cil.ie for lots of information on the many lighthouses, buoys and other aids around our coast.
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So peoples... whos going to be at the conference???????
" When the atmosphere loses its state of equilibrium , its tries to return to this state, its this process that gives us the exciting phenomena of weather today." , By , me :)
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