Summer school 2023

LIDARS : From Fundamentals to Geophysics and Industrial Applications

OHP, Observatoire de Haute Provence, France, June 11- 16 2023

The Summer School “LIDARS: From Fundamentals to Geophysics and Industrial Applications” is dedicated to Master students, PhD students, young researchers and engineers who want to acquire theoretical and technical know-how on Lidar systems from experts in the Lidar community.

The 5-days program will first cover fundamentals of laser-matter interaction in the atmosphere. Lidar methods for remote sensing will then be presented as well as related applications for climate, air quality, atmospheric dynamics, transports, aeronautics… Special highlight will be placed on Lidar inversion protocols and on critical lidar components such as lasers and detectors. The hot topics of space lidars and lidar networks will close this Lidar week.

The Summer School will take place at Observatoire de Haute Provence (OHP), one of the largest worldwide observatories for atmospheric sciences. Participants will have the opportunity to visit the Lidar facilities of OHP and to perform additional practical work to study “open-box” LIDAR instruments.
Look forward to welcoming you from 11 to 16 June 2023 at OHP!

Lecturers

Nicolas Cézard, ONERA/DOTA, Université de Toulouse
Sandrine Galtier, Institut Lumière Matière (ILM), CNRS, Université de Lyon
Alain Miffre, Institut Lumière Matière (ILM), CNRS, Université de Lyon
Serge Meimon, ONERA/DOTA, Université Paris-Saclay, Palaiseau
Fabien Gibert, Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (LMD), CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau
Romain Ceolato, ONERA/DOTA, Université de Toulouse
Alain Dabas, Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques (Météo-France/CNRS), Toulouse
Philippe Keckhut, LATMOS/IPSL, UVSQ Université Paris-Saclay, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Guyancourt
Laurent Lombard, ONERA/DOTA, Université Paris-Saclay, Palaiseau
Patrick Feneyrou, Thales Research & Technology France, Palaiseau
Dimitri Edouart, Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (LMD), Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau
Irène Xueref-Remy, Observatoire de Haute-Provence, OSU Pytheas, Saint-Michel-l'Observatoire
Hélène Chepfer, Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (LMD), Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau
Philippe Goloub, Laboratoire d'Optique Amosphérique (LOA), Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, Villeneuve d'Ascq
Hervé Delbarre, Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie Atmosphériques (LPCA), Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale, Dunkerque
Guillaume Koehl, Institut National de l’information Géographique (IGN), Paris
Philippe-Jean Hébert, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), Toulouse

Scientific program

The lectures will be presented in French.

Content: 22h oral courses + 6 hours practical work + OHP visit.

J1: Fundamentals of laser-matter interaction
J2 : Lidar measurement methods
J3: Critical lidar components (emitter/receiver) + OHP visit + practical works
J4: Applications of Lidars for research (climate, air quality, aeronautics, transports…)
J5: Lidars networks and space Lidars. School debrief

Language: orals will be given in French, texts and visual supports will be in English
Accommodation: all participants will be hosted at OHP. No booking needed!

Two poster sessions are planned during the school during which the participants can present their scientific activities.

Téléchargement du programme final des cours - version du 11 juin 2023

The school is limited to 25 participants

Registration fees excl. taxes

Master Student/ PhD/PostDoc : 750€
Permanent position in the academic sector : 950€
Permanent position in the private sector : 1 400€

Important Dates

First submission campaign : until march 1, 2023 (Closed)
The second submission campaign will be opened to fill a withdrawal.

Deadline for application : 1 march, 2023
Answer to candidates by 31 march 2023

Registration campaign : from March 31th to mai 11th 2023

- Arrival: Sunday, June 11th 2023.
- Departure: Friday, June 16th 2023.

Practical information

Accomodations:

All participants will be hosted at OHP: No booking needed.
Students will be offered double rooms.
Accommodation are included in the registration fees.

Transports:

The school starts on Sunday June 11th,
Participants have to arrive at OHP on Sunday afternoon, June 11th. A shuttle from Aix-TGV railway station to OHP will leave Sunday around 16h. The school ends on Friday, June 16th at noon. The shuttle back to Aix-TGV will leave from OHP Friday around 14h.

Catering:

All meals from diner of Sunday June 11th, to lunch of Friday, June 16th are included in the registration fees.

Summer school 2023

LIDARS : From Fundamentals to Geophysics and Industrial Applications

Lecturers

Scientific program