Mohorovičić Geophysical Institute (AMGI), Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia, marks its 150th anniversary. The anniversary will be celebrated at a one-day international scientific meeting. The main goal of the meeting is to integrate efforts of geophysicists in various disciplines targeting to solve some of the recent societal issues. The meeting will consist of several invited lectures given by international experts in the field of geophysics and of poster sessions. Both, the invited lectures and the poster sessions will be organized in the following sections:

1. Air-sea interactions and climate change (air-sea turbulent interface and the transfer of heat, water and momentum, as well as the feedback of the sea on the atmosphere; separation of trends from multidecadal variability; downscaling of hindcasts and forecasts from the global to the regional scale; tele-connections;  climatic scenarios).

2. Geophysical hazards: earthquakes, floods and extreme weather events (all aspects of seismic hazard estimation and mitigation of seismic risk – hazard mapping, microzonation, legislation issues, antiseismic design of buildings, etc.; tsunamis; floods and analyses of meteorological, oceanographic and hydrological conditions favorable for flood occurrences; extreme weather events such as droughts, heat waves,  cold spells, deep convection, extreme precipitation, extreme thunderstorms etc.).

3. Air, water and soil pollution (experimental investigations of air, precipitation, water and soil pollution; modeling of diffusion and advection of pollutants in the atmosphere and the ocean; coupling of chemical, meteorological and oceanographic models aiming to predict pollution levels in the atmosphere and seas; analyses of meteorological, hidrological and/or oceanographic conditions favoring the occurrence  of air, water, sea and/or soil  pollution episodes; the role of the air, water and/or soil pollution in human health; the role of pollution in the climate change).

4. Geophysics and traffic security (forecasts of mesoscale convective systems and their necessity in the air-traffic security; detailed windstorm prediction; icing; hailstorms; fog; winds and wind waves, coupled meteorological-oceanographic models for wave predictions; resolution and verification of coupled air-sea models in the coastal seas).

5. Application of geophysical research in the energy issues  (seasonal forecasts of prolonged rain or dry seasons; measurement, theory and modeling of available wind energy; optimal solar-energy resources in the near future; geo-thermal energy in Central Europe;  wind waves and tides in energy production).

6. Agroclimatological scenarios (micro-agroclimatological analyses; current rapid agroclimatic changes; future agroclimatic projections and scenarios).
   

During the meeting, a monograph devoted to the 150th anniversary of the Geophysical Institute will be presented.

We invite all participants interested in presenting a poster to send the abstract (up to 250 words), poster title, names and addresses of authors to AMGI.150@gfz.hr by 30 September 2011.

Scientific Committee_____________________________________________

Prof. Marijan Herak (Chair), AMGI, Fac. Sci., Uni. Zg., Zagreb

Prof. Zvjezdana Bencetić Klaić, AMGI, Fac. Sci., Uni. Zg., Zagreb

Ivica Čačić, M. Sc., Meteorological and Hydrological Service of Croatia, Zagreb

Prof. Branko Grisogono, AMGI, Fac. Sci., Uni. Zg., Zagreb

Dr. Zvonko Gržetić, Hydrographic Institute of the Republic of Croatia, Split

Prof. Ivan Gušić, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Zagreb

Prof. Amir Hamzić, Fac. Sci., Uni. Zg, Zagreb

Prof. Davorka Herak, AMGI, Fac. Sci., Uni. Zg., Zagreb

Prof. Ivona Marasović Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Split

Prof. Mirko Orlić, AMGI, Fac. Sci., Uni. Zg., Zagreb

Organizing Committee__________________________________________

Prof. Zvjezdana Bencetić Klaić (Chair), AMGI, Fac. Sci., Uni. Zg., Zagreb

Karmen Babić, AMGI, Fac. Sci., Uni. Zg., Zagreb

Iva Dasović, AMGI, Fac. Sci., Uni. Zg., Zagreb

Dr. Amela Jeričević, Meteorological and Hydrological Service of Croatia & Croatian Meteorological Society

Dr. Nenad Leder, Hydrographic Institute of the Republic of Croatia, Split

Dr. Antun Marki,  AMGI, Fac. Sci., Uni. Zg., Zagreb

Dr. Snježana Markušić, Ass. Prof., AMGI, Fac. Sci., Uni. Zg., Zagreb

Iva Međugorac, AMGI, Fac. Sci., Uni. Zg., Zagreb

Dr. Miroslava Pasarić, AMGI, Fac. Sci., Uni. Zg., Zagreb

Dr. Maja Telišman Prtenjak, Ass. Prof., AMGI, Fac. Sci., Uni. Zg., Zagreb

Josip Stipčević, AMGI, Fac. Sci., Uni. Zg., Zagreb

Dr. Ivica Vilibić, Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Split

Iva Vrkić, AMGI, Fac. Sci., Uni. Zg., Zagreb