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National Center for Atmospheric Research Atmospheric Chemistry Division

National Center for Atmospheric Research Atmospheric Chemistry Division. ACD Science Planning. Past, present and future Daniel McKenna NSF onsite panel review 24-26 Oct. 2001. Overview. Strategic Plan 1998-2002 Strengths Accomplishments Leverage of Core Funding Future plans Themes

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  1. National Center for Atmospheric Research Atmospheric Chemistry Division ACD Science Planning. Past, present and future Daniel McKenna NSF onsite panel review 24-26 Oct. 2001 ACD Science Planning: Past, Present and Future

  2. Overview • Strategic Plan 1998-2002 • Strengths • Accomplishments • Leverage of Core Funding • Future plans • Themes • Relationship to previous Plan • Relationship to other Areas • NCAR Strategic Plan • NSF Geosciences • International Activities • IGBP-IGAC • WCRP-SPARC ACD Science Planning: Past, Present and Future

  3. ACD Mission Scientific To understand the composition of the atmosphere, the processes that modify and control atmospheric composition, and how they may change in time due to natural and human inducedchanges. Societal To provide relevant, reliable, accessible, unbiased, and timely information on atmospheric chemistry to government and society Community To act as an intellectual resource and enabler to the wider atmospheric sciences community. Education To play a significant role in the training of the next generation of atmospheric scientists Science Plan. Participation in Assessments. WMO Ozone, IPCC Field Campaigns, Workshops, Intercomparisons, Community Models, and Instruments. Provide a range of training opportunities for young scientists ACD Science Planning: Past, Present and Future

  4. Science Planning Chronology • Previous NSF Review 1995/1996 • Troposphere, Middle Atmosphere and Climate • ACD retreats 1996,1997 • Strategic Plan developed • ACD1998-2002 Strategic Plan Published 1998 • 6 key issues • Implementation 1998-2002 • Many accomplishments. • New Science Planning Activity 2001-2002 • 5 themes • Publish New Plan for 2002-2005 2002 ACD Science Planning: Past, Present and Future

  5. ACD Strategic Plan 1998-2002:Key Issues Aerosol Global Tropospheric Chemistry Atmospheric Trace Gases Tropospheric Photooxidants Biogeochemical Cycles Chemistry Climate Interactions Chemistry-Climate Interactions Middle Atmosphere Research Stratospheric Ozone and UV-B ACD Science Planning: Past, Present and Future

  6. Strategic Plan • Strengths • Science Plan • Goals & Themes • Priority Setting • Advisory Board • Interdivisional Collaboration • STERAO, WACCM, HANK, MOZART, MIRAGE, BGSI UT/LS • Community Service • Workshops • Field Campaigns • Intercomparisons • Community Models & Instrumentation • Societal Contribution • Participation in Assessments • International & National Agenda Setting • Education & Outreach • Visitor Programs • Post Docs and Students • SOARS ACD Science Planning: Past, Present and Future

  7. Division Strengths • Instrumentation • In situ, remote & community ACD Science Planning: Past, Present and Future

  8. HO2, HO2+RO2CIMS HO, H2SO4, MSA, DMSO CIMS HO, H2SO4, MSA, HNO3CIMS NOx, NOy, O3CL PAN, PPN, MPAN, GC-ECD PiBN, APAN Alcohols & Carbonyls GC-MS Fast Isoprene Sensor CL Fast Dimethyl Sulfide (DMS) CL CO, N2O TDL Formaldehyde TDL Multiple: CFCs, HCFC, Whole Air HFC, CH4, C2-C5 alkanes, Sampler C1-C2 chlorocarbons, halons, (WAS, methyl halides, Br,Cl-methanes, GCMS) alkyl nitrates Total Actinic Flux Radiometers Actinic Flux Scanning Spectroradiometers Trace Gas Tethered Balloon Air Sampling Package Trace Gas Cartridge Sampler FLUXTRON Plant Chamber Multiple FTIR: N2O, NO, NO2,HNO3, CO, O3, CFC-11, CFC-12, HCl, HF,HCN, COS, SO2, CH4, C2H6 Instrumentation ACD Science Planning: Past, Present and Future

  9. Community Instrumentation & Support Frequently Requested Composition Measurements • Ozone, CO, CO2,H2O • NSF Deployments • ACE Asia • INDOEX • DYCOMS II • EPIC • Enhancement of Biogeoscience Capabilities • Support with Specialist Instrumentation • Radiometers for PROPHET • HNO3 Mass Spectrometer (Cal. Tech.) • VOC Cal. Facility • EPA Grant, 2000 ACD Science Planning: Past, Present and Future

  10. Division Strengths • Instrumentation • In situ, remote & community • Field Campaigns • Airborne and ground based ACD Science Planning: Past, Present and Future

  11. Successful NSF core fundingActivities • NOMHICE 1994-2000 • EXPRESSO 1996 • STERAO 1996 • ISCAT 1998, 2000 • TOPSE 2000 • PROPHET 2000, 2001 • WACCM 1999- • IPMMI 1998-2001 • MOZART (also significant external funds) ACD Science Planning: Past, Present and Future

  12. Gunther et al. ACD Science Planning: Past, Present and Future

  13. TOPSE Atlas &TOPSE Team ACD Science Planning: Past, Present and Future

  14. PROPHET Shetter et al. ACD Science Planning: Past, Present and Future

  15. Successful non-NSF fundedActivities • TOTE/VOTE(1995/1996) • SONEX(1997) • PSE (1998) • SOS(1999) • ACCENT (1999) • PEM-TROPICS B (1999) • SUCCESS(1999) • SOLVE(2000) • TRACE-P (2001) • TexAQS (2000) UARS Analysis NDSC MOPITT NARSTO (1996-2000) LBA SAFARI Ameriflux ACD Science Planning: Past, Present and Future

  16. MOPITT MOPITT Aug. 22-27 2000 Continental total CO column. Elevated levels over Montana Terra Detection of Montana Fires MODIS Aug. 23 2000 True-color image of smoke & burn scars over Montana. Fire pixels from 3.75 µm channel(Rong Rong Li) J.F Lamarque ACD Science Planning: Past, Present and Future

  17. Gunther et al. ACD Science Planning: Past, Present and Future

  18. Division Strengths • Instrumentation • In situ, remote & community • Field Campaigns • Airborne and ground based • Laboratory & Chamber Studies • Gas Phase, Heterogeneous & Plant Chamber Studies ACD Science Planning: Past, Present and Future

  19. Lab. Capabilities • Techniques • FTIR/Photoreactor • 220K-Ambient • Flash Photolysis / TDL • UV Absorption Spectrometry • SICIMS methods • Proton Transfer MS • Flow Tubes • Nucleation, Uptake, Solubility • Flow Tube/MS Organic Studies • Visitors (1998-2001) • Junior Faculty 4 • Paulson, Rudich, Longfellow, Bilde • Post Docs 4/ 3 ASP • Students 6 • Intradivision Collaboration • Kinetic Data of New Species • PTRMS for Field Studies • Prep. & Cal. of Standards • Evaluation of MOZART & HANK Chemical Schemes ACD Science Planning: Past, Present and Future

  20. Critical Cluster Analysis Hanson & Eisele ACD Science Planning: Past, Present and Future

  21. Division Strengths • Instrumentation • In situ, remote & community • Field Campaigns • Airborne and ground based • Laboratory & Chamber Studies • Gas Phase, Heterogeneous & Plant Chamber Studies • Community Models • Global, regional and process ACD Science Planning: Past, Present and Future

  22. Community Models ACD based efforts • TUV, Master Mechanism • GLOBEIS • SOCRATES • IMAGES • WACCM (ACD, CGD, HAO) • HANK (ACD, MMM) Community Based Efforts • MOZART (ACD, CGD) • WRF-Chem. (ACD, MMM) • Future Earth System Transport and Climate Models (ESTM & ESM). (ACD, CGD) ACD Science Planning: Past, Present and Future

  23. MOZART-3, Preliminary ResultsUsing WACCM Meteorological Fields Kinnison et al. ACD Science Planning: Past, Present and Future

  24. Division Strengths • Instrumentation • In situ, remote & community • Field Campaigns • Airborne and ground based • Laboratory & Chamber Studies • Gas Phase, Heterogeneous & Plant Chamber Studies • Community Models • Global, regional and process • Intercomparisons • NOMHICE, IPMMI • Critical Mass of Expertise and Capabilities • Nucleus for field campaigns ACD Science Planning: Past, Present and Future

  25. Division Strengths • Instrumentation • In situ, remote & community • Community Models • Global, regional and process • Field Campaigns • Airborne and ground based • Intercomparisons • NOMHICE, IPMMI, • Laboratory & Chamber Studies • Gas Phase, Heterogeneous & Plant Chamber Studies • Critical Mass of Expertise and Capabilities • Nucleus for field campaigns Strong Links to Other Divisions ACD Science Planning: Past, Present and Future

  26. Interdivisional Collaboration • Advanced Study Program(ASP): • Geophysical Turbulence • Post Docs and Affiliate Scientist • Atmospheric Technology Division(ATD): • Community Instrumentation • Instrument Development • Aircraft Payloads C130 • Deployments • Climate & Global Dynamics Division(CGD): • Aerosol Parameterizations • Radiative Transfer • Atmospheric Transport Schemes (MOZART) • Environmental & Societal Impacts Group(ESIG): • Societal Impact of Air Chemistry • Impact of Society on Air Composition • High Altitude Observatory(HAO): • Middle Atmosphere Modeling • Radiative Transfer • WACCM • Mesoscale & Microscale Meteorology(MMM): • Mesoscale Chemical Modeling • Field Campaigns • Scientific Computing Division(SCD): • Numerical Simulation ACD Science Planning: Past, Present and Future

  27. Division Strengths • Instrumentation • In situ, remote & community • Community Models • Global, regional and process • Field Campaigns • Airborne and ground based • Intercomparisons • NOMHICE, IPMMI, • Laboratory & Chamber Studies • Gas Phase, Heterogeneous & Plant Chamber Studies • Critical Mass of Expertise and Capabilities • Nucleus for field campaigns • Strong Links to Other Divisions Strong Links to the University Community ACD Science Planning: Past, Present and Future

  28. US-University Collaborators • Miami • Michigan • Central Michigan • Western Michigan • Minnesota • MIT • Montana • New Hampshire • New Mexico • North Carolina • North Dakota • Ohio • Pennsylvania • Philadelphia • Purdue • Princeton • Christopher Newport • CU-Denver • CU-Boulder • Cal. Tech. • Drexel • Georgia Tech. • Hawaii • Harvard • Iowa State • Illinois, Urbana • Johns Hopkins • Maryland • Maryland Baltimore County • Redlands • Rhode Island • Rutgers • SUNY • Texas Technical • Texas Austin • UC-Irvine • UC-Berkeley • Virginia • Washington • Washington State • Wisconsin ACD Science Planning: Past, Present and Future

  29. Non-US University Collaborators • Toronto • York • Guelph • Sao Paulo • Buenos Aires • Copenhagen • Utrecht • Leuven • Paris 6 • Provence • Blaise Pascal • Savoie • Nagoya • Thessalonik • Sheffield • Lancaster • Leicester • Oxford • Aberystwyth • Cambridge • East Anglia • Tsing-Hua • National Taiwan • Beijing • Munich • FU Berlin • Bremen ACD Science Planning: Past, Present and Future

  30. Leverage of NSF funds External funding for activity aligned with NSF/ NCAR/ Division Goals • Access to platforms at minimal cost to NSF • DC-8 • P3(2) • ER-2 • WB-57 • Terra(MOPITT) • Aura(HIRDLS) • Development of division capabilities • Airborne • Mass Spectrometers • H2CO TDL • PAN • Multi Spectral Radiometers • Fast GC-MS for Carbonyls & Alcohols • MOZART Development • Lab. TDL • Ultra fine Aerosol Composition ACD Science Planning: Past, Present and Future

  31. Status of new Science Plan. Quo Vadis? Stage 1: February 2001. Formation of core team to develop framework science plan. Core Team Membership: Atlas, Eisele, Garcia, Guenther, Madronich, McKenna, Randel, Ridley. Outcome: Identification of Framework Themes & definition of leadership for thematic working groups. ACD Science Planning: Past, Present and Future

  32. May-October,2001 development • Megacity Impacts on Regional and Global Environment. MIRaGE • Cantrell, Flocke,Madronich • Reactive Carbon Research Initiative. • Atlas, Eisele, Guenther • Biosphere-Chemistry-Climate Interactions. • Hess, Kinnison, Smith • Lower Stratosphere/Upper Troposphere. • Randel, Ridley, Schauffler • Clouds: Transporters & Transformers • Barth, Tie, Weinheimer ACD Science Planning: Past, Present and Future

  33. ACD Strategic Plan 1998-2002:Key Issues Aerosol Global Tropospheric Chemistry Atmospheric Trace Gases Tropospheric Photooxidants Biogeochemical Cycles Chemistry Climate Interactions Chemistry-Climate Interactions Middle Atmosphere Research Stratospheric Ozone and UV-B ACD Science Planning: Past, Present and Future

  34. ACD New Strategic Plans Clouds : Transporters & Transformers Aerosol Atmospheric Trace Gases Tropospheric Chemistry MIRAGE Tropospheric Photooxidants Reactive Carbon Biogeochemical Cycles Biosphere-Chemistry Climate Interactions Biosphere-Chemistry-Climate Interactions Chemistry-Climate Interactions Middle Atmosphere Research Lower Stratosphere/Upper Troposphere Stratospheric Ozone and UV-B Previous Future ACD Science Planning: Past, Present and Future

  35. Integrating Interdisciplinary Scientific Initiatives Integrating Chemistry Climate Connections A Biogeo-sciences Initiative Advancing the Science of Weather and Climate Impact Assessment Understanding Sun-Earth Connections and Planetary Atmospheres Water Cycle Across scales Advancing Weather and Climate Research and Prediction Applying the Benefits of the IT Revolution Across Research and Education A Knowledge Environment for the Geosciences Enhanced Capabilities for Data Management and Sharing A Common Modeling Infrastructure for Earth System Science A “World-Class Web” Presence for the Web Funda-mental Issues in geo-Turbulence Advancing Tools and Methods Data Assimilation Initiative Remote Sensing Initiative A Geographic Information Systems Initiative Integrating Models A First-Generation Earth System Model A Whole-Atmosphere Community Climate Model Proposed New Facilities Initiatives An Atmospheric Observing System Supercomputing for the ESM Era Integrating Research and Education Please refer to the E&O Strategic Plan Relation to NCAR Strategic Plan Themes Projects Main Connections Secondary Connections Significant Developments ACD Science Planning: Past, Present and Future

  36. Interdivisional Collaboration • ESIG: • Societal Impact of Air Chemistry • Impact of society on air composition • MIRAGE • HAO: • Middle Atmosphere Modeling • Radiative Transfer • WACCM • MMM: • Regional Chemical Modeling • WRF-Chem. • SCD • Numerical Simulation • ARCS • ASP: • Geophysical Turbulence • Post Docs and Affiliate Scientists • Wildfire Initiative • ATD: • Community Instruments • Aircraft Payloads C130, HIAPER • Deployments • CGD: • Earth System Modeling • Biogeochemistry • Aerosol Parameterizations • Radiative Transfer • Transport Schemes ACD Science Planning: Past, Present and Future

  37. Relationship to NCAR Divisions and other Organizations ACD Science Planning: Past, Present and Future

  38. NSF GPRA Strategic Plan FY 2001-2006  People, Tools, Ideas • ‘Develop Intellectual Capital’ • ‘...enhance individual and collective capacity to perform…’ • ‘Identify and support “unmet opportunities”…’ • ‘...the people and tools are available to do the work, but a greater NSF investment now will have a very large future payoff…’ • Models • Field studies • Workshops • Training • MIRAGE (C130) • Reactive Carbon (C130) • ESTM (ARCS) • UT/LS Initiative (HIAPER) • Clouds:T&T (HIAPER,C130) ACD Science Planning: Past, Present and Future

  39. ‘Additional investments may revolutionize our ability to understand and predict nonlinear geophysical systems, such as climate changes and their impacts on the environment... ‘ Recruiting new talent, inviting scientists in allied fields to “look across the fence,” training new investigators to work in new areas will produce better results. Biogeosciences Initiative. Earth System Transport Models Biosphere-Chemistry- Climate Interactions Scientist I Appointments Collaboration with other Disciplines NSF GPRA Strategic Plan FY 2001-2006  ACD Science Planning: Past, Present and Future

  40. Objectives: Fostering discovery and understanding of the factors that define and influence the Earth’s environmental and planetary processes. Expanding understanding and predictability of the complex, interactive processes that: determine variability in the past, present and future states of planet Earth; control the origin and current status of the forms of life on the planet; and affect the interdependencies of society and planetary processes. Providing the resulting scientific information in forms useful to society. NSF GEOSCIENCES BEYOND 2000 Understanding and Predicting Earth'sEnvironment and Habitability ACD Science Planning: Past, Present and Future

  41. Objectives: Fostering discovery and understanding of the factors that define and influence the Earth’s environmental and planetary processes. Expanding understanding and predictability of the complex, interactive processes that: determine variability in the past, present and future states of planet Earth; control the origin and current status of the forms of life on the planet; and affect the interdependencies of society and planetary processes. Providing the resulting scientific information in forms useful to society. NSF GEOSCIENCES BEYOND 2000 Understanding and Predicting Earth'sEnvironment and Habitability Field Observations of basic processes Photochemical Processes Snow Chemistry Biogenic Fluxes Biomass Burning Stratosphere-Troposphere Exchange  Model studies, MOZART, WACCM, ESM Joint Studies with ESIG, MIRAGE WMO and IPCC assessments, Peer reviewed publications, ACD Textbook, Seminars ACD Science Planning: Past, Present and Future

  42. NSF GEOSCIENCES BEYOND 2000 Fundamental Areas: •  planetary structure  •  planetary energetics  •  planetary ecology  •  planetary metabolism.  ACD Science Planning: Past, Present and Future

  43. Relationship to WCRP SPARC* Initiatives • Stratospheric Indicators of Climate Change • Participation in all areas by Bill Randel • stratospheric temperature trends • understanding ozone trends • stratospheric and upper tropospheric water vapor • Andrew Gettelman chapter chairman for WV report. • Stratospheric Processes and their relation to Climate. • gravity wave processes • UTLS processes    • SOLVE, UT/LS Initiative , HIAPER     • Penetration of UV radiation into the lower  stratosphere and troposphere • TUV • Modelling Stratospheric Effects on Climate • Intercomparison of stratospheric models • WACCM, MOZART-3 • Stratospheric reference climatology • Chairman: Bill Randel • Stratospheric data assimilation • HIRDLS *John Gille is ex-officio member of SPARC (representing COSPAR) ACD Science Planning: Past, Present and Future

  44. Future IGAC Themes Ideas developed at the IGAC conference in Italy and the IGAC Integration and Synthesis Meeting in Aspen.  To be discussed at a January 2002 meeting in Stockholm • Atmospheric chemistry-climate interactions • MOZART, ESTM, CCSM, WACCM • Developing a global measurement strategy…..; integrating remote & in situ measurements and models. • MOPITT+Assim., MOZART, WRF-Chem., Reactive Carbon Research Initiative, MIRAGE • Intercontinental Transport and Chemical Transformation (ITCT) • MIRAGE, Reactive Carbon Research Initiative, MOZART, ESTM • Multiphase atmospheric chemistry/ Aerosol-cloud interactions • Lab. Studies, Clouds:T&T, MIRAGE, Reactive Carbon Research Initiative • Stratosphere-troposphere interactions. • UT/LS Initiative, WACCM • Trace gas budgets and exchange with biosphere/ocean/land • Biogeoscience, Reactive Carbon, MIRAGE ACD Science Planning: Past, Present and Future

  45. Overview of talks • Tropospheric Chemistry • TOPSE: Tropospheric Ozone Production About the Spring Equinox • HANK: ACD’s Regional Chemistry-Transport Model • ACD Contributions to the NASA TRACE-P Campaign • MIRAGE: Megacity Impacts on the Regional And Global Environment • Reactive Carbon Research Initiative • MOPITT: The MOPITT Experiment on Terra • Middle Atmosphere Research • HIRDLS: The High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder • UT/LS Research Initiative • WACCM: Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model • Biosphere-Chemistry-Climate • Biosphere-Atmosphere Trace Gas Exchange • The Biogeoscience and Wildfire Initiatives • MOZART and future global tropospheric modeling in ACD. ACD Science Planning: Past, Present and Future

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