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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>We would like to call your attention to session <b>AS-03</b> at the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS 2016) conference on recent advances in studies of the airglow emissions, to be held July 31 – August 5, 2016 in Beijing. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>A session dedicated to the study of the <b>Airglow Emissions on Earth and Terrestrial Planets</b> (Mars and Venus). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Presentations which deal with the details of the morphology, temporal variability, photochemistry and the nature of its response to dynamical disturbances are invited. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>This includes presentations on ground and satellite observations, model simulations, as well as new observation techniques and theoretical research that can help advance our knowledge of the excited hydroxyl layer parameters, formation and relaxation on Earth, Mars and Venus. This session is intended to support discussion and collaboration on the understanding of this airglow emission and possible differences in its formation on different planets. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The abstract submission deadline is February 19, 2016.</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>For more information, please see the AOGS 2015 webpage at: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2016">http://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2016</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Michael Grygalashvyly <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>AOGS 2016: July 31 – August 5, 2016 in Beijing. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>AS-03<b>: Airglow Layers on Earth and Terrestrial Planets</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Conveners: Michael Grygalashvyly (Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP), Germany), William Ward (University of New Brunswick, Canada), Prof. Patrick Espy (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway), Dr. P K Rajesh (National Central University, Taiwan), Orhan SEN (Istanbul Technical University (ITU) Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Turkey)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt'>Airglow Layers on Earth and Terrestrial Planets<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt'>The observations of O2(exc.), O(exc.), Na(exc.) and OH* airglow emissions is a tool extensively used to infer temperatures in MLT (mesosphere – lower thermosphere) and information about dynamical processes, such as gravity waves, planetary waves, and tides. The airglow measurements are used to determine O, O3, and H which are very difficult to measure by other methods, and, in perspective, can be used to retrieve the water vapor. A number of investigations are focused on temperature trends. Recently, airglow emissions were detected on Mars and Venus that give rise new abilities.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt'>Notwithstanding large application, less attention was devoted to parameters of the airglow layers such as thickness, altitude, and concentration. Concerning the airglow layers a number of questions arise. How do the altitudes, intensities, concentrations of the layers change? Which variations in temperature corresponds to the layers variations? How do the variations dependent on chemistry, dynamics and Solar activity? What is the relative behavior of the layers? What are the dependences between the heights and emissions intensities (concentrations)? These and other questions can be asked in the framework of seasonal-latitudinal, short-term, and long-term variability. The questions on formation-relaxation processes of the airglow layers are represent an additional field of interest.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt'>A session will be dedicated to O2(exc.), O(exc.), Na(exc.) and OH* airglow emissions in the atmospheres of the Earth and Terrestrial planets. Presentations which deal with the details of the formation-relaxation processes, morphology, temporal variability, photochemistry and the nature of its response to dynamical disturbances will be collected, including ground based and satellite observations, model simulations, as well as new observation techniques and theoretical research that can help advance our knowledge of the airglow layers parameters, formation and relaxation. This session is intended to support discussion and collaboration on the understanding of airglow emissions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE'>============================================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE'>Dr. M. Grygalashvyly<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE'>Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE'>Schloss-Str. 6<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE'>18225 Kuehlungsborn<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE'>Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE'>Phone: --49-38293-68370<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE'>Fax: --49-38293-6850<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE'>Email: gryga@iap-kborn.de<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE'>url: www.iap-kborn.de<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE'>============================================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>