ISARS was founded in 1981 as the International Society of Acoustic Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere and Oceans. ISARS organizes a symposium every two years on Remote Sensing and Associated Techniques of the Atmosphere and Oceans, with a particular focus on the Boundary Layer.

In June 2010, the 15th International Symposium for the Advancement of Boundary Layer Remote Sensing (ISARS 2010) will be hosted by Institut Pierre Simon Laplace (IPSL), Université de Versailles Saint- Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ), and Ecole Polytechnique(X). The Symposium will focus on the following topics:

• I. Ground-based remote sensing measurement techniques and instruments

• II. Inversion, retrieval, analysis methods and observation strategies

• III. Process studies in the atmospheric boundary layer

• IV. Remote sensing data for modeling of boundary layer and surface processes

• V. Operational applications of boundary layer research

The symposium will be convened in plenary oral sessions, poster sessions in St Quentin-en-Yvelines and field seminars at the SIRTA observatory in Palaiseau, a French national atmospheric remote sensing observatory operated by Institut Pierre Simon Laplace. For each topic sollicitated speakers will provide introductory keynote addresses. Young scientists [i.e. master students, PhD students and 1st year post-doc (PhD + 1 year)] are encouraged to participate through grants.