Session Announcement and Call for Abstracts
Cooperative Studies Incorporating Measurements from Land-Based
Atmospheric Arctic Observatories
American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting
15-19 December 2008, San Francisco, California
Abstract submission deadline: 10 September 2008
For session information, please go to:
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/?content=search&show=detail&sessid=635
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http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/
Or contact:
Lisa Darby
Phone: 303-497-5219
Email: Lisa.Darby [at] noaa.gov
Papers are invited for Session A35: Cooperative Studies Incorporating
Measurements from Land-Based Atmospheric Arctic Observatories.
Session Description:
The main mission of the International Arctic Systems for Observing the
Atmosphere (IASOA) is coordination of atmospheric data collection and
observatories. The effort supports the International Polar Year (IPY,
www.ipy.org), but is intended to establish a continuing network
consortium into the foreseeable future. Data of interest to the IASOA
consortium include measurements of standard meteorology, greenhouse
gases, atmospheric radiation, clouds, pollutants, chemistry, aerosols,
and surface energy balances. IASOA is responsive to growing evidence
that the earth system may be approaching environmentally critical
thresholds within decadal time scales. The information from IASOA will
not only enhance scientific understanding but will also support
decisions by the global community regarding climate change mitigation
and adaptation strategies.
The IASOA IPY project invites papers on Arctic atmospheric research.
Project coordinators are particularly interested in receiving papers
comparing measurements from two or more of the IASOA observatories:
Abisko (Sweden); Alert and Eureka (Canada); Barrow (USA); Cherskii and
Tiksi (Russia); Ny-Alesund (Norway); Pallas and Sodankyla (Finland), and
Summit (Greenland). Papers addressing Arctic climate change attribution
(why things are changing), not just trends (how things are changing),
are particularly desirable. Results from recent IPY Arctic experiments,
analyses of long-term measurements, and satellite or model assessments
using IASOA measurements are encouraged.
For abstract submission procedures and instructions, please go to:
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/?content=program
For session information, please go to:
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/?content=search&show=detail&sessid=635
Or contact:
Lisa Darby
Phone: 303-497-5219
Email: Lisa.Darby [at] noaa.gov