Thematic Network for Ultraviolet Measurements
EU Contract No SMT4-CT97-7510 (DG 12 - EGAA)
Third six-monthly report
June 1999
Contents
1. GENERAL
2. PROGRESS
2.1 Third Workshop
2.2 WWW-Pages
2.3 Newsletter
2.4 Training Courses
2.5 New Participants
2.6 Presentations on the activities of the Network
3. MILESTONES
The Thematic Network for Ultraviolet Measurements started its operation on 15th of November 1997. This is the third six-monthly report of the Network, describing its progress during period 15/11/1998-14/06/1999. In general, the Network is proceeding well in schedule.
The third workshop of the Network will be arranged at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in Teddington, UK, on September 8 - 10, 1999.
The programme for the workshop is ready. The workshop will include five invited talks, meetings and presentations of the working groups, a poster session, an equipment exhibition, and visits to the laboratories of NPL.
The programme for the workshop was published in the March issue of UVNEWS with a call for registration. The deadline for the registration was 11/06/99.
The WWW-pages of the Network have been opened and announced public in March, 1999. The pages may be found in the address: http://metrology.hut.fi/uvnet/.
During the reporting period, a lot of effort was put to the pages. The visual appearance of the pages has been renewed completely. The contents have been updated regularly as the Network progresses.
The second Newsletter (UVNEWS) of the Network was issued in March 1999 (a copy enclosed). The second UVNEWS included reports and extended abstracts of the second workshop and announced the third workshop. Also preliminary programme for the training course was published.
UVNEWS has appeared to be surprisingly popular. The circulation now exceeds 150. Organisations are using the news-section regularly to promote their research.
The first training course will be arranged at NPL in Teddington, on September 6-8, 1999. The training course is combined with the third workshop of the Network.
NPL has finalised the programme for the training course. The lecturers and topics of the lectures are presented in Table 1.
NPL has prepared a leaflet on the course, which will be mailed shortly through the national contact persons of the Network.
Laboratoire National d’Essais (LNE, France) has been officially approved as a regular participant in the Network. No other participants are considered at the moment.
The Network continues to create interest. The number of persons involved in the mailing lists of the Network presently exceeds 150. New countries involved include Canada, Russia and Saint Lucia.
On June 3, Dr. Antonio Corrons (Instituto de Fisica Aplicada, Spain) gave a presentation on the activities of the Network in Desde el Quinto Programa Marco hacia la Competitividad. Seminario sobre Medidas y Ensayos.
Table 1. Topics and lecturers in the training course.
|
|
Topic |
Lecturer |
|
1 |
Introduction: UV Measurement: Concepts and Definitions |
Prof. O. Soares |
|
2 |
UV Detectors |
Dr. A. Sperling |
|
3 |
UV Sources |
A. Bouman |
|
4 |
UV Materials |
Prof. W. Heering |
|
5 |
UV Broad Band Measurement and Dosimetry |
Dr. P. Rettberg |
|
6 |
UV Spectroradiometric Measurement |
Dr. M. Blumthaler |
|
7 |
Treatment of Uncertainty in UV Measurement |
Dr. Bill Hartree |
|
8 |
High Power UV Measurement |
Prof. W. Heering |
|
9 |
Calibration techniques and traceability |
Dr. K. Leszczynski |
|
10 |
Measurement of Solar UV |
Dr. M. Blumthaler |
|
11 |
UV Measurements: Health and Biological Applications |
Dr. P. Rettberg |
|
12 |
New developments in UV measurement |
Dr. N. Harrison |
|
Title of action |
Estimated time (Elapsed months from the beginning) |
Date of completion |
|
Start of the contract |
0 |
Nov 15, 1997 |
|
Invitations for the first workshop |
1 |
Dec 1997 |
|
Agenda for the first workshop |
3 |
Feb 1998 |
|
Workshop I |
4 |
March 2-3, 1998 |
|
First report and delivery of the detailed workplan to Commission |
6 |
May 1998 |
|
Newsletter No. 1 |
10 |
Sep 1998 |
|
Workshop II |
11 |
Nov 9-11,1998 |
|
First annual report to Commission |
12 |
Jan 1999 |
|
Network WWW pages opened |
14 |
March 4, 1999 |
|
Newsletter No. 2 |
16 |
March 31,1999 |
|
Second report to Commission |
18 |
June 15,1999 |
|
Newsletter No. 3 |
20 |
|
|
Training course No. 1 |
23 |
|
|
Workshop III |
23 |
|
|
Second annual report to Commission |
24 |
|
|
Newsletter No. 4 |
26 |
|
|
Training course No. 2 |
|
|
|
Third report to Commission |
30 |
|
|
Newsletter No. 5 |
34 |
|
|
Workshop IV |
35 |
|
|
Final report to Commission |
36 |
|
Signed in Espoo, June 15, 1999
Erkki Ikonen
Co-ordinator of the Network