Name: AtmoHEAD 2026
Start: 2026-07-28T08:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-07-30T15:00:00+02:00
Location: Palacky University Olomouc

AtmoHEAD 2026

from Tuesday, 28 July 2026 (08:00) to Thursday, 30 July 2026 (15:00)

Monday, 27 July 2026
Tuesday, 28 July 2026

10:00 Registration
Registration
10:00 - 11:00
11:00 Laser-based tools
11:00 - 12:00
Contributions

11:00 19 years of aerosol measurements with the laser facilities of the Pierre Auger Observatory and the 2025 systems upgrade - Laura Valore (INFN Sezione di Napoli and University of Napoli Federico II)

11:30 Aerosol horizontal homogeneity studies with elastic lidars at the Pierre Auger Observatory - Roberto Mussa (INFN Torino)
12:00 Lunch

12:00 - 13:30
13:30 Laser-based tools
13:30 - 15:00
Contributions

13:30 First observations of the Atmospheric Lidar onboard of the EarthCARE satellite by the Pierre Auger Observatory - Thara Rubi Caba Pineda (KIT)

14:00 Raman Lidar Based Atmospheric Observations for High-Energy Astrophysics: the Pierre Auger Observatory and the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory. - Vincenzo Rizi (DSFC/UNIVAQ and INFN-LNGS)

14:30 Recent results from the Montpellier Raman Lidar - Georges Vasileiadis (CNRS/LUPM)
15:00 coffee berak

15:00 - 15:30
15:30 Laser-based tools
15:30 - 17:00
Contributions

15:30 Aerosol Profiling with the Pathfinder Barcelona Raman LIDAR: Development of a data processing software suite for the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory - Markus Gaug (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and CERES-IEEC)

16:00 Characterisation of a Condenser Lens for High-Efficiency Light Collection with Photomultiplier Tubes - Darko Kolar (Center for Astrophysics and Cosmology, University of Nova Gorica)

16:30 Monitoring of Vertical Aerosol Optical Depth (VAOD) for Astroparticle Experiments Using a Ceilometer - Vlastimil Jílek (Joint Laboratory of Optics)
18:00 Welcome Cocktail
Welcome Cocktail
18:00 - 21:00
Wednesday, 29 July 2026
09:00 Atmospheric Electricity
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 The Key Role of Extensive Air Showers with Particle Energies Above 10^15 eV in Lightning Initiation via Powerful Initial Breakdown Pulses (IBPs) - ALEXANDR KOSTINSKIY (Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences)

09:30 CRIT-Cosmic Ray Ionization of Thunderstorms PHITS based model for a cloud electrification model - Jakub Šlegl (Nuclear Physics Institute of the CAS)

10:00 One Year of Measurements with THUNDERMILL02 Electric Field Mills at High-Altitude Observatories and Mobile Deployments - Martin Kákona (Nuclear Physics Institute of the CAS)
10:30 coffee berak

10:30 - 11:00
11:00 Atmospheric Electricity
11:00 - 12:30
Contributions

11:00 Recent observations of Transient Luminous Events above Central Argentina from the Pierre Auger Observatory - Roberto Mussa (INFN Torino)

11:30 BOLT: Imaging Lightning and Terrestrial Gamma Flashes at the Pierre Auger Observatory - Eric-Teunis de Boone (Center for Particle Physics Siegen, University of Siegen, Germany)

12:00 : The Atmospheric Science of Mini-EUSO space experiment: results and perspectives - Mario Edoardo Bertaina
12:30 Lunch

12:30 - 14:00
14:00 Other tools
14:00 - 15:30
Contributions

14:00 All-sky infrared camera development for cloud monitoring - Petr Bořil (Palacky University Olomouc, Joint Laboratory of Optics, Czech republic)

14:30 Investigating variations seen in >20 years of atmospheric muon efficiency data from the H.E.S.S. Experiment - Doramas Jimeno Sanchez (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY)

15:00 Aerosol characterisation using wide field stellar photometry - Shefali Negi (FZU - Insititute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences)
15:30 coffee berak

15:30 - 16:00

16:00 Open discussion

16:00 - 17:00

18:00 Social Event
Social Event
18:00 - 22:00
Thursday, 30 July 2026
09:00 Influence of atmosphere on measurements of present and future CR and Gamma-Ray esperiments
09:00 - 11:00
Contributions

09:00 Air shower simulations in CORSIKA 8 - Radek Privara (Palacky University Olomouc)

09:30 Impact of Atmospheric Molecular Absorption and Realistic Cloud Conditions on CTAO-North Performance - Georgios Voutsinas (University of Geneva)

10:00 Gamma-Ray Observations of the BBH Merger Candidate S241125n with MAGIC and LST-1 under Variable Atmospheric Conditions - Mario Pecimotika (Department of Polytechnics, Dr. Franjo Tuđman Defense and Security University, Zagreb, Croatia)

10:30 Impact of Calima on Atmospheric Transmission and the Performance of the CTAO LST System at ORM, La Palma - Dario Hrupec (Department of Physics Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek)
11:00 coffee berak

11:00 - 11:30

11:30 Discussion and closing
Discussion and closing
11:30 - 13:00

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