The 5th International SKYNET Workshop (ISW) was held at New Delhi, India during 13 to 15 February 2019, which was hosted by the India Meteorological Department (IMD). AIOFM send a team to attended this workshop.

The Workshop aims to bring together the scientists associated with International SKYNET network and other observational sites working on aerosol optical & radiative properties, solar radiation, Short-Lived Climate Forcers (SLCF) and the products provided by the network for various applications.
In the meeting, Prof. WANG Yingjian gave a report titled “The advanced development of lidar techniques in AIOFM, CAS”, in which the latest lidar detection technique in advance was introduced.

And Prof. LIU Dong gave a report titled “The synergic observation of aerosol and cloud by lidar and radar”, in which he described the space and ground based synergic results in details.

Then Dr. WANG Zhenzhu gave a lead talk titled “The optical and microphysical properties of aerosol and cloud in SKYNET Hefei site”, in which the analysis of long-term aerosol, cloud and their optical and radiative properties collected at Hefei were summarized.

During the workshop, the team have the unique opportunity to enrich the knowledge and share the thoughts with leaders in the fields of academic research and societal applications.

After the meeting, Prof. LIU dong, as a core member joined in a routing discussion organized by the International SKYNET Committee, when the sensor development, calibration, and future plan for SKYNET were discussed. And the next International SKYNET Workshop will be held at Japan in the Autumn of 2020.