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A meeting of the leads of the various PCPI Initiatives was held from 9 – 10 September in Reading, UK, hosted by Ted Shepherd. Contact Ted for details.

Dates: 9 – 11 September 2015
Location: Meteorology Building, room 1L43, University of Reading, UK

The report emanating from the meeting is available here.

Agenda

The agenda of the meeting can be found here.

Participants

Name	Affiliation, Country
Bitz, Cecilia	University of Washington, USA
Bromwich, Dave	Ohio State University, USA
Day, Jonny	University of Reading, UK (tentative)
Fyfe, John	Environment Canada, Canada
Gille, Sarah	Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA (remotely)
Goose, Hugues	Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Hawkins, Ed	University of Reading, UK
Jochum, Markus	University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Jones, Julie	University of Sheffield, UK
Kay, Jennifer	National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA
Marshall, Gareth	British Antarctic Survey, UK
Pithan, Felix	University of Reading, UK (tentative)
Raphael, Marilyn	University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Svensson, Gunilla	Stockholm University, Sweden
Shepherd, Ted	University of Reading, UK
Renwick, Jim	Victoria University, New Zealand (remotely)

Accomodation

14 Bed and Breakfast rooms have been booked at the Cedars Hotel Facility on campus for three nights from the 9th to the 11th September 2015. The cost of this accommodation is £83.95, including breakfast or £77 without the full breakfast (there is a cafe nearby where one can obtain coffee, pastries, yogurt, etc. for those who don’t want a full breakfast). The rooms can be booked by calling the hotel at +44 (0)118 378 8906 and quoting the booking reference 58186. The contact person is Louise Rapley (l.p.rapley@reading.ac.uk). You will be asked to pay for this at booking time (with a credit / debit card) and to give your full name and email address. A confirmation will be sent to you directly.

The hotel is a about a 10-minute walk from the meeting venue.

[Map of Reading and the University]

[Map of the University Campus]

Getting to Reading

The University of Reading is in a prime location in the South-East of England and has excellent transport links. Reading’s railway station has high speed links to and from London Paddington, as well as regular services to and from other cities around the UK. There are direct services to and from both London Heathrow and London Gatwick Airports. The University is close to the M4 motorway allowing easy access by car.

By Air

From London Heathrow (LHR)

You should take the RailAir coach to Reading. Coaches run frequently (every 30 minutes) and the journey to Reading station takes about 1 hour. A single ticket costs £16 (May 2015) and should be purchased from the National Express sales desk at Heathrow Central Bus Station or in advance via the RailAir website.

Coaches leave from Stands 6 to 15a at the Central Bus Station (except for Terminal 5 where they leave from Stand 9). Please check before boarding. RailAir bus stops are located within the Central Bus Station and are sign posted. For further information please call +44 (0) 1189 579425.

For latest prices and timetables, see the RailAir website.

Directions from Terminals 1-4 to the Central Bus Station, and to the Terminal 5 Bus and Coach Station are listed below:

Terminal 1

From International arrivals follow signs for the Underground and Central Bus Station. From UK and Ireland follow signs for the Underground and Terminals 2 and 3, which direct you towards the lifts. You will then see the signs for the Underground and Central Bus Station. Use the lifts to reach the basement level.

Terminal 2

Leave the building through the doorway immediately in front of the exit from customs and follow signs for Underground and buses, which direct you towards the below-surface travelator. Alternatively, you may prefer to use the street-level access by exiting the terminal building through the revolving doors on the ground floor.

Terminal 3

Follow signs for the Underground and Central Bus Station, taking the ramp or stairs to access the below-surface subway link.

Terminal 4

Use the FREE Heathrow Express shuttle service. Travel in the carriages at the rear of the train and alight at Terminals 1, 2 and 3. Follow signs for Terminals 2 and 3 but as soon as you see signs for buses and underground follow these instead. Alternatively, you can use bus routes 482 and 490 from Terminal 4 to Terminal 5, which run up to 8 times an hour and are free to use (make sure the bus is heading towards Terminal 5 before you board).

Terminal 5

Follow signs for local buses upon leaving arrivals. If you do not already have a ticket these can be purchased from the National Express sales desk which is located inside the terminal building (turn left out of arrivals) opposite Costa Coffee. You will find Stand 9 by exiting the terminal building opposite the National Express sales desk.’

From London Gatwick (LGW)

Direct trains run to Reading from Gatwick Airport every hour and take about 1hr 15 minutes. A single ticket costs around £15 and can be purchased at the station in Gatwick airport.

By Rail

Reading is a mainline train station and is easily accessible from most other places around the UK. There are direct trains from a number of major cities as well as a large number of routes through London. If you are travelling from or via London the best (and quickest) route to take is from London’s Paddington station.