IRC Business Meeting Bremen, Germany 22 July 2010

IRC Business Meeting Agenda 1.Welcome 2.Approval of Agenda 3.President’s Report - Remembrances - Treasurer’s Report - Web site Update ( - maintained by Paul Przyborski, Webmaster -Recent IRC Activities (Publications, Meetings) -IRS Proposals: Ground Rules, Analysis 4.Presentation of IRS 2012 Bid Proposals (i)Berlin (Fischer, Macke, Orphal) followed by Questions and Comments (ii)Vallodolid (Cachorro-Revilla) followed by Questions and Comments (iii)Comments from past IRC Presidents 5.Vote on IRS 2012 venue 6.Working Group/Rapporteur Presentations - 3DRTMarshak- ASA (file only) - CIRCMarshak - GEB (file only) - ITWGLarar- BSRN (file only) - CRKinne (informal) 7.Proposed new Working Groups- UV Groebner - ARTM Mayer 8.Next IRC Business Meeting – IUGG 2011 (28 Jun – 7 Jul), Melbourne, Australia - IRC-sponsored/co-sponsored sessions at IUGG 2011 (Melbourne) 9.Other business In keeping with eco-friendly best practices, this meeting will be PAPER-FREE

President’s Report - Remembrances - Treasurer’s Report - Web site Update ( - maintained by Paulwww.irc-iamas.org Przyborski, Webmaster - Recent IRC Activities (Publications, Meetings) - IRS Proposals: Ground Rules, Analysis

In Remembrance Jack Eddy Joanne Simpson Stephen H. Schneider Hal Woolf

Treasurer’s Report IRC Fund Dollar Account Date DescriptionsIncomeSpendingBalanceRemarks Transfer from U. Tokyo$17, Local expenses (transfer fee etc) $500.00$16, Converted to KRW and deposited in a separate acct From IRS2008$10, $26, IRC BM expenses (Montreal) $744.81$26, To Carol, NASA Federal Credit Union BAMS article publication fee $1,250.00$24, To Hans Volkert, Dresdner Bank Total $27,483.29$2,494.81$24, Account balance is approximately US$25K, of which US$10K was raised by IRS2008, held in C publications. IRC requests continued support from IAMAS at a similar level as in the previous 4-year term. This support is needed to enable IRC to continue to widen participation.

Web site Update

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- Recent IRC Activities Publications (IAMAS) Radiation and Ozone, Catalysts for Advancing International Atmospheric Science Programs for over Half a Century, by G. Ohring, R. D. Bojkov, H.–J. Bolle, R. D. Hudson, and H. Volkert Recent Meetings The Eleventh Biennial HITRAN Conference (united with the 10 th ASA Conference), June 2010, Cambridge, Massachusetts AMS Joint 13 th Conference on Cloud Physics and 13 th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation, 28 June-2 July 2010, Portland, Oregon Upcoming: 3 rd APRS, Seoul, August 2010

-Ground rules for IRS proposal selection: Presentation by each team - Highlight any changes from written submission Discussion with Q’s from anyone present One (1) questioner at a time has the floor One (1) vote per each voting member; voting members from the proposing countries are recused from voting Ten (10) total votes or more constitute a quorum No votes unless there is no quorum at the business meeting Simple majority rules (i.e. Integer part of N/2 + 1, or more)

4.Presentation of IRS 2012 Bid Proposals (i)Berlin (Fischer, Macke, Orphal) - Questions and Comments (ii)Valladolid (Cachorro-Revilla) - Questions and Comments (iii)Comments from Past IRC Presidents 5.Vote on IRS 2012 Venue

6.Working Group/Rapporteur Presentations - 3DRTMarshak3DRT - CIRCMarshakCIRC - ITWGLararITWG - CRKinne(informally) - ASA(on file)ASA - GEB(on file)GEB - BSRN(on file)BSRN

7.Solicitation of proposed new Working Groups (1) UV Groebner and Blumthaler Propose change in status from Rapporteur to Working Group (2) ARTMAdvanced Radiative Transfer tools for new satellite missions Mayer and Emde

8.Next IRC Business Meeting – Concurrent with IUGG 2011 (28 Jun – 7 Jul) Melbourne, Australia - IRC-sponsored/co-sponsored sessions at IUGG 2011 (Melbourne): M01 - Solar UV Radiation – Blumthaler, Groebner M03 - Aerosol-Cloud-Precipitation Radiation Interactions – Feingold, Koren, Stephens M08 - The Impact of Solar Variability on the Earth – Langematz, Schmutz M09 - Three-dimensional Radiative Transfer in the Atmosphere – Marshak Detailed information on the sessions can be found at: 9.Other Business