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, July 28, 2026 (8:00 AM) to Thursday, July 30, 2026 (3:00 PM)

Monday, July 27, 2026
Tuesday, July 28, 2026

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

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

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
1:30 PM Laser-based tools
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Contributions

1:30 PM First observations of the Atmospheric Lidar onboard of the EarthCARE satellite by the Pierre Auger Observatory - Thara Rubi Caba Pineda (KIT)

2:00 PM 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)

2:30 PM Recent results from the Montpellier Raman Lidar - Georges Vasileiadis (CNRS/LUPM)
3:00 PM coffee break

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM Laser-based tools
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Contributions

3:30 PM 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)

4:00 PM Characterisation of a Condenser Lens for High-Efficiency Light Collection with Photomultiplier Tubes - Darko Kolar (Center for Astrophysics and Cosmology, University of Nova Gorica)

4:30 PM Monitoring of Vertical Aerosol Optical Depth (VAOD) for Astroparticle Experiments Using a Ceilometer - Vlastimil Jílek (Joint Laboratory of Optics)
6:00 PM Welcome Cocktail
Welcome Cocktail
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
9:00 AM Atmospheric Electricity
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM 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)

9:30 AM CRIT-Cosmic Ray Ionization of Thunderstorms PHITS based model for a cloud electrification model - Jakub Šlegl (Nuclear Physics Institute of the CAS)

10:00 AM 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 AM coffee break

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

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

11:30 AM 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 PM : The Atmospheric Science of Mini-EUSO space experiment: results and perspectives - Mario Edoardo Bertaina
12:30 PM Lunch

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM Other tools
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM All-sky infrared camera development for cloud monitoring - Petr Bořil (Palacky University Olomouc, Joint Laboratory of Optics, Czech republic)

2:30 PM 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)

3:00 PM Aerosol characterisation using wide field stellar photometry - Shefali Negi (FZU - Insititute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences)
3:30 PM coffee break

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

4:00 PM Open discussion

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

6:00 PM Social Event
Social Event
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Thursday, July 30, 2026
9:00 AM Influence of atmosphere on measurements of present and future CR and Gamma-Ray esperiments
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM Air shower simulations in CORSIKA 8 - Radek Privara (Palacky University Olomouc)

9:30 AM Impact of Atmospheric Molecular Absorption and Realistic Cloud Conditions on CTAO-North Performance - Georgios Voutsinas (University of Geneva)

10:00 AM 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 AM 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 AM coffee break

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

11:30 AM Discussion and closing
Discussion and closing
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

1:00 PM Lunch

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

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