Kick-off meeting

Meeting logistics

When: Wednesday 21 January 2025

Time: 09:00 -13:00 hrs

Where: Lumen building (https://www.wur.nl/en/location/lumen-building-100)

Room Gaia 1, Wageningen University (Bus stop: Campus/Atlas)

Droevendaalsesteeg 3

6706 GN Wageningen

Online: MS Teams meeting link

Purpose: Official start of the NWO/NSO-program INFLAMES, inform stakeholders, energize participants and interested 3rd parties.

 

09:15 PROJECT INTRODUCTION

09:15-09:30 Welcome + overview INFLAMES-project and team – Folkert Boersma (WUR): scientific vision, research questions, milestones; WP and deliverable responsibilities, community engagement

09:30-09:40 Plans/tools for INFLAMES Air Quality research (WP2): LOTOS-Euros – Nick Schutgens (VU) + Martijn Schaap (TNO)

09:40-09:50 Plans/tools for INFLAMES Climate Change research (WP3 + WP4): SpexONE, ECHAM-HAM and PPE’s – Otto Hasekamp (SRON) and Martin de Graaf (KNMI)

09:50-10:00 Plans/tools for INFLAMES human dimension research (WP6) – Marloes Penning de Vries (U Twente)

10:00-10:10 Planning/tools for INFLAMES ecosystem research (WP5) – Peter van Bodegom (U Leiden) and Gerbrand Koren (UU)

10:10-10:25 Discussion

 

10:45 SCIENCE TALKS

Chair – Marloes Penning de Vries (10 minute presentations + 2 minutes for questions)

10:45-10:57 Fire emission estimates with TROPOMI – Dimitra Kollia (WUR)

10:57-11:09 What INFLAMES should learn from ESA Sense4Fire – Jos de Laat (KNMI)

11:09-11:21 Observations of smoke aerosols and heating rates from EarthCARE, TROPOMI, and SPEXOne - Annabel Chantry (KNMI)

11:21-11:33 MicroHH fire plume modelling with MicroHH – Chiel van Heerwaarden (WUR)

11:33-11:45 Ozone production and brown carbon in fire plumes – Colette Heald (ETH)

11:45-11:57 What NIPV could learn from INFLAMES – Jelmer Dam (NIPV)

11:57-12:09 Climate impacts from North American boreal forest fires - Sander Veraverbeke (VU Amsterdam)

12:09-12:21 What everyone should know about GFED-5 – Guido van der Werf (WUR)

 

Third-party events

Researchers from INFLAMES will also participate in the following meetings: