| Time (IST) | Session | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 13:00 - 17:00 IST | Registration and Badge Collection | Meghdoot Auditorium Lobby |
| 17:30 – 19:00 IST | Ice-Breaker | Venue --- |
| Time (IST) | Session | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:30 – 10:30 IST | Inauguration Ceremony | Meghdoot Auditorium Lobby | |
| 10:35 – 11:00 IST |
Invited Guest Lecture - Kerstin Klemm (Invited Speaker) — ≤20 min incl. Q&A |
Meghdoot Auditorium (Details of this is mentioned at end) | |
| 11:00 – 11:30 IST | Tea Break | Meghdoot Auditorium Lounge | |
| 11:30 – 12:15 | SESSION 1: "Fog and Dew Physics — Keynote Lecture" | ||
| 12:15 – 12:25 | O-01 Yue-chao Jiang Foehn-Driven Stratus-to-Fog Transition Under Northerly Winds off the West Coast Ocean University of China, China |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 12:25 – 12:35 | O-02 Suryadev Pratap Singh High-Resolution Modelling of Radiative-Microphysical Interactions in fog using a One-Dimensional Turbulence Model Michigan Technological University, United States of America |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 12:35 – 12:45 | O-03 Yue Li El Niño Intensified Fog Formation in the Namib Desert Indiana University Indianapolis, United States |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 12:45 – 12:55 | O-04 Caleb Samuel Miller Electric Charge on Fog Droplets in the WRF Weather Model University of Reading, United Kingdom |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 12:55 – 13:55 | Lunch Break | Dining Area | |
| 13:55 – 14:05 | O-05 Anoop P Urban-Induced Vertical Reorganization of Radiation Fog over the Indo-Gangetic Plain: Evidence from Ground-Based Profiling and Large-Eddy Simulations IITM, India |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 14:05 – 14:15 | O-06 Priyangshu Choudhury Vertical Turbulence Asymmetry in a Winter Fog Event over New Delhi: Evidence from WiFEX and WRF–LES IITM, India |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 14:15 – 14:25 | O-07 Avishek Ray Impact of aerosol hygroscopicity on fog formation over IGP IITM, India |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 14:25 – 14:35 | O-38 Genki Katata Contribution of local-scale air pollution to surface solar radiation dimming: Evidence from long-term visual observations in Japan The Canon Institute for Global Studies, Japan |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 14:35 – 15:05 | SESSION 2: "Chemistry of Fog and Dew — Keynote Lecture" | ||
| 15:05 – 15:15 | O-08 Ricardo H M Godoi Amazonian canopy fogs act as dynamic biogeochemical reactors and microbial refuges Federal University of Paraná, Brazil |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 15:15 – 15:25 | O-09 Kévin Berland Gas–Liquid Partitioning and Interfacial Processes in Cloud and Fog Droplets: Insights from Field Measurements and Modelling LaMP (France), France |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 15:25 – 15:35 | O-10 Rachana Kunal Pradhan WiFEX_ walk into the warm fog over Indo Gangetic plain region UIUC, USA |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 15:35 – 15:45 | O-11 Chaitrali Shinde Characteristics of fog droplet residuals and interstitial aerosols: Insights from GCVI-coupled HTDMA, AMS, and CCN measurements IITM Pune, India |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 15:45 – 15:55 | O-12 Constanza Vargas Vásquez Event-based variability in the chemical composition of fog water in the Atacama Desert, Chile Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Chile |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 15:55 – 16:05 | O-13 Akash Vispute Winter Fog as a Selective Chemical Processor of Urban Aerosol over Delhi, India Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 16:05 – 16:15 | O-14 Kehui Huang Same Flow, Intermittent Fog: Three Coupled Mechanisms of Southwesterly Sea Fog along the Zhejiang Coast Wenzhou Meteorological Bureau, China |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 16:15 – 16:25 | Tea Break | Meghdoot Auditorium Lounge | |
| 16:25 – 18:10 | Poster Session I (25 Posters) | Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| Time (IST) | Session | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:30 – 10:00 | SESSION 3: Fog and Dew Collection as a Water Resource — Keynote Lecture | ||
| 10:10 – 10:20 | O-16 Delalande-Le Mouellic Isotopic characterisation of cloud water and its contribution to hydrological recharge in a tropical montane cloud forest (La Réunion Island): first insights from the REVHisit project University of La Reunion, La Reunion |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 10:20 – 10:30 | O-17 Pablo Osses Fog-Collecting Mesh with Thermal Properties for Enhanced Fog Water Harvesting Pontificia Universidad catolica de Chile, Chile |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 10:30 – 10:40 | O-18 Camilo del Río Fog water collection along the Chilean coast: Geographic-climatic drivers, ecological significance and potential as a water resource Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 10:40 – 10:50 | O-19 Rory Price Modelling Fog Enhancement of Carbon Assimilation via Foliar Water Uptake Portland State University, United States |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 10:50 – 11:00 | O-20 Virginia Carter From Fog to Fork: Exploring Consumer Willingness to Purchase Fog-Water-Grown Vegetables in the Atacama Desert Universidad Mayor, Chile |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 11:00 – 11:10 | O-20 Virginia Carter Modelling fog harvesting across time, space and landscapes: the AMARU models´ principle, validation and applications Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 11:10 – 11:25 | Tea Break | Meghdoot Auditorium Lounge | |
| 11:25 – 11:55 | SESSION 4: Fog and Dew Field Campaigns — Keynote Lecture | ||
| 11:55 – 12:05 | O-22 Anas Ibnu Basheer Quantification of aerosol-induced radiative perturbations and their influence on non-radiative fluxes during wintertime fog events; Insights from a field campaign in Patiala, Northwest Indo-Gangetic plain Space Physics Laboratory, India |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 12:05 – 12:15 | O-23 Jan Cermak AeroFog: Aerosol–fog interactions, chemistry, and biogeochemical impacts in the Namib Desert: Insights from in-situ and satellite observations Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 12:15 – 12:25 | O-24 Klaus Keim Vera Life-cycle analysis of fog types in the Inn Valley, Austria Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Deutschland |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 12:25 – 12:35 | O-25 Pablo Osses Fog Water Collection Dynamics in the Dhofar Uplands, Oman: Station Performance, Meteorological Controls, Satellite Cloud Characterization, and Vegetation Response During the 2025 Khareef Season Pontificia Universidad catolica de Chile, Chile |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 12:35 – 12:45 | O-26 Onur Durmus Freezing Fog Microphysics and Visibility Parameterization over Complex Terrain Based on CFACT Field Campaign Observations University of Turkish Aeronautical Association, Türkiye |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 12:45 – 13:45 | Lunch Break (incl. IFDA Board Lunch Meeting) | Dining Area | |
| 13:45 – 14:15 | SESSION 5: Ecosystem Interaction with Fog and Dew — Keynote Lecture | ||
| 14:15 – 14:25 | O-27 Lixin Wang The underappreciated roles of fog and dew on vegetation and biocrusts Indiana University Indianapolis, USA |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 14:25 – 14:35 | O-28 Mengyun Sun Dew formation is associated with higher ecosystem productivity across diverse ecosystems Indiana University, Indianapolis, United States |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 14:35 – 14:45 | O-29 Magdalena Fuentealba Atmospheric water as driver of carbon and nitrogen dynamics in the hyperarid coastal Atacama Desert Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 14:45 – 14:55 | O-30 Md Abu Mushtaque Investigation of Atmospheric Microbial Community Present in Fog Droplets over the Indo-Gangetic Plain in India Bose Institute, India |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 16:15 – 16:25 | Tea Break | Meghdoot Auditorium Lounge | |
| Time (IST) | Location | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 08:00 – 18:00 | Full-day Excursion and Networking Activities | ||
| Time (IST) | Session | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:30 – 10:00 | SESSION 6: Fog and Dew Measurement and Monitoring — Keynote Lecture | ||
| 10:00 – 10:10 | O-32 Prabhdeep Singh Multi-Parameter Atmospheric Thresholds and Their Decadal Evolution for Fog Formation at IGI Airport India Meteorological Department, India |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 10:10 – 10:20 | O-33 Narendra Reddy Nelli Microphysical and Electrical Characteristics of Fog in the United Arab Emirates Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 10:20 – 10:30 | O-34 Roshan Banbariya Image-Based Fog Detection in the Indo-Gangetic Plains Using Outdoor Imagery Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 10:30 – 10:40 | O-35 Nurit Agam Should we include NRWIs in aridity calculations? Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 10:40 – 10:50 | O-36 Brajesh Kumar Kanaujiya Multi-Horizon RVR Forecasting at IGI Airport, New Delhi IMD, India |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 10:40 – 10:50 | O-36 Brajesh Kumar Kanaujiya Multi-Horizon RVR Forecasting at IGI Airport, New Delhi IMD, India |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 10:50 – 11:05 | Tea Break | Meghdoot Auditorium Lounge | |
| 11:05 – 11:15 | O-37 Han Tseng Defining fog presence for cloud water interception estimation University of Hawaii at Manoa, United States |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 11:15 – 11:25 | O-39 Utkarsh Kumar Identification of the Most Severe Frost Month, Intensity, and Time of Advent at Hawalbagh Farm, Almora, Uttarakhand ICAR-VPKAS Almora Uttarakhand, India |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 11:25 – 11:35 | O-40 David James Delene Surface Measurement of the Fog Droplet Spectrum at a Continental Site using the Cloud Droplet Probe (CDP) University of North Dakota, United States |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 11:35 – 11:45 | O-41 Kurt James Hibert UAS Fog Operations and Measurements at a Continental Site Weather Modification International, United States of America |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 11:45 – 11:55 | O-42 Diego Eduardo Rivera Moraga Disentangling Non-Rainfall Water Inputs in a Coastal Fog Oasis of the Atacama Desert: Event-Scale Quantification of Fog, Dew, and Vapor Adsorption Contributions to Soil Surface Moisture Centro UC Desierto de Atacama, Chile |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 11:45 – 11:55 | O-42 Diego Eduardo Rivera Moraga Disentangling Non-Rainfall Water Inputs in a Coastal Fog Oasis of the Atacama Desert: Event-Scale Quantification of Fog, Dew, and Vapor Adsorption Contributions to Soil Surface Moisture Centro UC Desierto de Atacama, Chile |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 11:55 – 12:55 | Lunch Break | Meghdoot Auditorium Lounge | |
| 12:55 – 01:05 | O-43 Nadezda Zikova Comparison of cloud droplet spectra measurements in low stratiform clouds ICPF, Czech Republic |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 01:05 – 01:15 | O-44 Geeta Agnihotri Study of cloud base height using Ceilometer and MODIS observations over KIAL Bangalore during foggy days IMD, India |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 01:15 – 01:25 | O-45 Sanskruti Sanjay Yadav AI-Enabled Microclimate Monitoring and Atmospheric Water Harvesting Using Fog and Dew Sensors Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil College of Engineering, Satara, India |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 01:25 – 01:35 | O-46 Manjiri Himmat Mane Night-Time Fog Detection Using Low-Light Image Enhancement and Deep Learning KBPCOE, Satara, India |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 01:25 – 01:35 | O-46 Manjiri Himmat Mane Night-Time Fog Detection Using Low-Light Image Enhancement and Deep Learning KBPCOE, Satara, India |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 13:35 – 14:05 | SESSION 7: Fog Impacts on Transportation, Renewable Energy, Communication and Health — Keynote Lecture | ||
| 14:05 – 14:15 | Tea Break | Meghdoot Auditorium Lounge | |
| 14:20 – 14:50 | SESSION 8: Studies of Ice Fog, Frost and Riming — Keynote Lecture | ||
| 15:00 – 16:50 | Poster Session III (24 Posters) |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 19:00 – 21:00 | Gala Dinner |
Venue Detials... | |
| Time (IST) | Session | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:30 – 10:00 | SESSION 9: Satellite Remote Sensing of Fog and Low Clouds — Keynote Lecture | ||
| 10:00 – 10:10 | O-47 Sheetabh Gaurav Fog climatology over Europe using harmonized time series cross-calibrating two Meteosat generations Philipps University of Marburg, Germany |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 10:10 – 10:20 | O-48 Deepanshu Malik Resolving Fog Occurrence in the Central Namib Desert Through Integrated Satellite and Ground Observations Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 10:20 – 10:30 | O-49 Narendra Reddy Nelli Automated night-time fog detection and masking using machine learning from near real-time satellite observations Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 10:30 – 10:40 | O-50 Eva Pauli Fog and low stratus life cycle regimes in Europe: Linking synoptic conditions with surface and aerosol effects Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 10:40 – 10:50 | O-51 Zhang, Yuanzhen SST-BTD as a discriminant of nighttime sea fog/low stratus and clear skies: A case study over the China's coastal region Ocean University of China, China |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 11:00 – 11:10 | O-52 Zhan Gao Distribution Characteristics of Arctic Ocean Sea Fog Frequency Based on CALIPSO Ocean University of China, China |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 11:00 – 11:15 | Tea Break | Meghdoot Auditorium Lounge | |
| 11:15 – 11:45 | SESSION 10: Numerical Modelling and Forecasting of Fog and Dew — Keynote Lecture | ||
| 11:45 – 11:55 | O-53 Anie K Lal Evaluating WRF-Chem Performance for Simulating Dense Fog: A Case Study over Delhi NCR, India Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 11:55 – 12:05 | O-54 Sajan Shrestha Fog Prediction over the Complex Terrain of Nepal Himalayas National Atmospheric Resource and Environmental Research Laboratory, Nepal |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 12:05 – 12:15 | O-55 Bhishma Tyagi Deep Learning Based Short Term Fog Prediction Over Eastern India National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 12:15 – 12:25 | O-56 Avinash Nandkumar Parde Probabilistic Fog Forecasting in Cyprus: A Machine Learning Approach Leveraging High-Frequency GNSS Moisture Gradients Frederick Research Center, Cyprus |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 12:25 – 12:35 | O-57 Udaysankar S. Nair Multidecadal Trends in Orographic Cloud Formation over Tropical Montane Cloud Forests from Reanalysis Data The University of Alabama in Huntsville, United States |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 12:25 – 12:35 | O-58 Rajendra Kumar Characteristics of Indo-Gangetic Plains Fog Events and Development of a Hybrid based Fog Monitoring and Forecast System IMD, Regional Met Center Kolkata, India |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 12:35 – 13:45 | Lunch Break | Meghdoot Auditorium Lounge | |
| 13:45 – 13:55 | O-59 Aniruddha Prakash Kshirsagar Explainable Artificial Intelligence for Interpreting Meteorological Drivers of Winter Fog Formation over the Indo-Gangetic Plains, India Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil College of Engineering, Satara, India |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 13:55 – 14:05 | O-60 Georgios Priftis Numerical Modeling of Fog Water Deposition at Monteverde: Evaluation Using In Situ Observations University of Alabama in Huntsville, United States |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 14:05 – 14:15 | O-61 Panu Joona Petteri Maalampi Estimating the relative attenuating effects of hydrometeors and aerosols with a comprehensive visibility parametrization using reanalysis data Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 14:15 – 14:25 | O-62 Wenhan Xi Spatiotemporal Distribution Characteristics of Global Sea Fog over the Past Two Decades Based on ERA5 Reanalysis Data Ocean University of China, China |
Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 14:25 – 15:25 IST | IFDA General Meeting (incl. Election of New IFDA Board) | Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 14:25 – 15:25 IST | IFDA General Meeting (incl. Election of New IFDA Board) | Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 15:25 – 15:40 IST | Presentation of 2029 Conference Hosts | Meghdoot Auditorium | |
| 15:40 – 16:40 IST | Closing Ceremony | Meghdoot Auditorium | |