From 2001-12-12 to 2001-12-14

Venue: Royal Museum of Art and History
Brussels, Belgium

Summary:
The Second International Conference on Tropical Climatology, Meteorology and Hydrology TCMH-2001 is the successor of TCMH-1996 which was dedicated to the memory and the pioneering scientific work of the late Franz Bultot (1924-1995). The geographical study area of the conference has now been enlarged to all tropical areas of the Globe.

The objectives of the conference are:

- To advance our scientific understanding of the climate-related risks and to promote development based upon sustainable technology in tropical areas.

- To provide a platform for scientists from all continents dealing with the climate-related aspects of risk analysis and sustainable development in tropical areas.

- To foster sustainable and well-balanced co-operation between scientists from the tropical areas and from other parts of the World.

- To promote climatological, meteorological and hydrological data collection, processing and archiving in tropical areas with a view to abating climate-related risks.

Organizers: Royal Academy of Overseas Sciences and the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium
Contact Name: Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium
E-mail: TCMH-2001@oma.be
URL: http://www.meteo.oma.be/IRM-KMI/TCMH-2001/