2nd General Assembly of the "Integrated Greenhouse Gas Monitoring System for Germany (ITMS)"

Start: Sep 24, 2024 10:00 AM (Local Time Germany)
End: Sep 26, 2024 05:30 PM
Location: FTU Aula, KIT Campus Nord, Karlsruhe
Host: ITMS Coordination Group
Contact: Roland.Ruhnke@kit.edu

The development of the BMBF-funded integrated greenhouse gas monitoring system for Germany, "Integriertes Treibhausgas-Monitoringsystem für Deutschland" (ITMS), will enable the operational monitoring of the sources and sinks of the three most important long-lived greenhouse gases CO2, CH4, N2O. To do so, the greenhouse gas monitoring system combines independent atmospheric concentration measurements with atmospheric transport models and available emission information.

Registration for ITMS 2nd General Assembly 2024 (by Sept 9, 2024)

The ITMS GA-2024 Space contains the Agenda with all contributions, the dinner locations, directions, and other logistic information. A regular visit is worthwhile, as the content is updated regularly.

Since December 2021, the BMBF has been funding research projects concerning core components of this monitoring system, specifically:

Atmospheric Modelling
Atmospheric Observations
Modelling of Sources and Sinks

This 2nd General Assembly brings together all funded partners of the collaborative ITMS research project to discuss its recent progress. The main objectives of this meeting are:

To discuss scientific findings, cooperation, and exchange based on presentations from the funded partners regarding their contributions
To analyze and enhance synergies between existing and planned national and international research programs
To share information about the project's benchmarking, planning, and communication

Besides the partners already involved, the invitation to this general assembly is also aimed at anyone interested in contributing to and using ITMS results.

The ITMS Coordination Group is looking forward to meeting you at the 2nd ITMS General Assembly at the FTU Aula, KIT Campus Nord in Karlsruhe.

In case of questions, do not hesitate to contact us.

Christoph Gerbig, Max-Planck-Institut für Biogeochemie, Jena, Germany
Andrea Kaiser-Weiss and Christian Plass-Dülmer, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Offenbach, Germany
Heinrich Bovensmann, Universität Bremen, Fachbereich 1, Institut für Umweltphysik, Bremen, Germany
Ralf Kiese und Clemens Scheer, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung - Atmosphärische Umweltforschung (IMK-IFU), Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Andreas Fix, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany