Fifth Study Conference on BALTEX
Fifth Study Conference on BALTEX Kultuurivara Kuressaare, Saaremaa, Estonia 4 - 8 June 2007 Conference Proceedings Editor: Hans-Jörg Isemer Jointly organized by Estonian Maritime Academy Marine Systems Institute at Tallinn University of Technology Estonian Meteorological and Hydrological Institute GKSS Research Centre Geesthacht GmbH Conference Committee Franz Berger, German Weather Service, Germany Jüri Elken, Marine Systems Institute at Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia Hans-Jörg Isemer, GKSS Research Centre Geesthacht, Germany Daniela Jacob, Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorology, Germany Sirje Keevallik, Estonian Maritime Academy, Estonia Friedrich Köster, Danish Institute for Fisheries Research, Denmark Joakim Langner, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Sweden (Chair) Walter Leal, TuTech Innovation GmbH, Germany Andreas Lehmann, Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences, Germany Juha-Markku Leppänen, HELCOM, Finland Anders Omstedt, Göteborg University, Sweden Jozef Pacyna, Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Norway Jan Piechura, Institute of Oceanology PAS, Poland Dan Rosbjerg, Technical University of Denmark Markku Rummukainen, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Sweden Bernd Schneider, Baltic Sea Research Institute Warnemünde, Germany Benjamin Smith, Lund University, Sweden Timo Vihma, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland Hans von Storch, GKSS Research Centre Geesthacht, Germany Ilppo Vuorinen, University of Turku, Finland Preface The science and implementation plans for BALTEX Phase II (2003-2012) are in place since 2004 and 2006, respectively. Therefore, the 5th Study Conference on BALTEX is a first possibility to review how these research plans have been adopted and implemented by the research communities at national and international levels. About 2/3 of the more than 120 papers presented at the Conference contribute to meeting the new objectives of BALTEX Phase II, which are related to climate and climate variability research, water management issues, and air and water quality studies.
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