Short-Abstract Review Results:

Each abstract was reviewed by several reviewers. The purpose of the review was to evaluate the contents of the abstracts, to allocate them according to thematic sessions and make a short list for oral and poster presentations. This process was finalised by 28th February 2007.

The basic criteria for selecting papers for oral presentation is whether they fit in with the philosophy of developing an improved modelling culture where modellers as well as regulators and users make effective use of each other’s experience.

This page presents a brief summary of the review process and the results.

Oral and poster presentations will be included in the Proceedings of the Conference with a 5-page long abstract.  In addition, authors of all abstracts will have the chance to submit their paper for a special issue of a scientific journal after the conference. See important dates below.  

Details of the review process:

Around 200 abstracts were submitted. Originally, 163 authors preferred their presentations to be Oral, 22 as Posters and 12 had expressed no preference.

Abstracts were sent to 22 reviewers. The number of reviews received for each abstract was between 5 and 12.

Each reviewer received abstracts sorted according to the presentation preference expressed by the authors. The reviewers were asked to comment on the quality of the abstract, its relevance to the conference, the suitability of the abstract to the sessions preferred by the authors, and to give a final mark from 1 to 5 indicating the overall quality in respect to the abstracts received.

Session change was carried if more than 2 reviewers recommended change of session according to the second/third preference from the authors and the recommendations from the reviewers. 

Abstracts with similar authors on subjects which were proposed for the same session were asked to merge their abstracts. 

The number of allowed Oral presentation was limited to around 80, according to the outline of the programme and consistent with HARMO 10. The abstracts with the best mark from all reviewers were considered as orals. The recommendations of the reviewers on ORL/PST presentation were also taken into account.

Where suitable, the remaining abstracts were allocated to poster sessions. A number of abstracts will be short-listed for oral presentation in case of cancellations.

Finally all main contact authors were informed via email by 28th February 2007, regarding their presentations. The abstracts for both oral and poster presentations will have the opportunity to submit their work for inclusion in the Conference Proceedings and for a special issue of a scientific journal after the Conference. See important dates below.

Statistics for each Conference Session:
 

SESSIONS	Abstracts by Authors 1st Preference	Abstracts After the Review Process	Oral (ORL) Presentations
Model evaluation and quality assurance - model validation, model intercomparisons, model uncertainties and model sensitivities	40	31	12
Air pollution management:environmental impact assessments, decision support systems, emergency planning	28	35	11
Regulatory models: country review	5	12	5
Experiences using models when implementing national or international directives	7	8	6
Short distance dispersion modelling	18	17	9
Meso-scale meteorology and air quality modelling	15	24	10
Urban scale and street canyon modelling: meteorology and air quality	29	34	14
Concentratration fluctuations and odour	11	11	5
Special sessions: COST 732, Airports	12	23	10
No session stipulated	32	-	-
TOTAL	197	195	82

Important Dates for Abstracts:

1. Abstracts were submitted by 10th December 2006.

2. Email Confirmation for acceptance of contributions sent to each author by 28th February, 2007.

3. The template for long-abstracts is now available for downloading.

4. Five-page extended abstracts for both oral and poster presentations should be submitted by 7th May 2007 for inclusion in the Conference Proceedings.