Climate Dynamics and Modeling
Thank you all for a great Ice cloud workshop 2025!
Following the positive feedback and great energy from the 2024 edition, high cloud aficionados returned to our institute for a two-day workshop on April 24-25, just ahead of the EGU General Assembly. Clearly, there was still plenty left to discuss from last year; this time, we welcomed around 50 researchers from across Europe to dive into the most pressing questions in ice cloud research.
The workshop opened with a series of scene-setting talks that spanned a wide range of topics: from fundamental questions on cloud formation to challenges in modeling and satellite observation. The session on contrail avoidance as a potential climate mitigation strategy sparked particularly lively discussion. With growing interest from the aviation industry in rerouting flights to avoid persistent contrails, participants debated whether current scientific understanding of cirrus clouds and their modeling is sufficient to support such measures. The consensus: not quite yet.
Of course, the workshop wasn’t all clouds and data. Evening gatherings and informal coffee break chats offered just as much inspiration and connection. Given the continued enthusiasm and engagement, we will be back with another edition in 2026! Let us know if you would like us to keep you posted on our plans if you haven’t joined us in past years, and watch out for the first workshop announcement in Autumn.
Agenda for workshop 2025 (all timing in CEST)
Fischer Bräu Brewery: location (Wednesday evening)
Heuriger Hengl-Haselbrunner: location (Thursday evening)
Badeschiff: location (Friday evening)
Location:
University of Vienna, Department of Meteorology and Geophysics, building UZAII. Beware! This is not the main building of the university. UZAII is located near the Spittelau U6 underground station.
The talks will be held in the room 2B201, which is on the ground floor (referred to as second floor), staircase B. This is further south (right from) from the main entrance to the UZAII building.
Group work will take place in the Department of Meteorology and Geophysics UZAII, 5th floor, staircase G.
Organizers:
- Blaž Gasparini (University of Vienna)
- Aiko Voigt (University of Vienna)
- Martina Krämer (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and Forschungszentrum Jülich)
- Odran Sourdeval (University of Lille)
- Peter Spichtinger (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz)
Contact: blaz.gasparini – AT – univie.ac.at
Workshop 2024 outcomes
Summary slides of final discussion on group work: slides
