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Stratospheric Sulfur and its Role in Climate

Stratospheric Sulfur and its Role in Climate. Workshop 28 - 30th October 2013. Thanks to. Ray Wang & GT for hosting us Tom Becher for support (SSiRC web-page) Kendra Nolley for on-site support SPARC & WCRP for travel support. Organization. Ice-breaker: TODAY 6:15 pm

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Stratospheric Sulfur and its Role in Climate

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  1. Stratospheric Sulfur and its Role in Climate Workshop 28 - 30th October 2013

  2. Thanks to • Ray Wang & GT for hosting us • Tom Becher for support (SSiRC web-page) • Kendra Nolley for on-site support • SPARC & WCRP for travel support

  3. Organization • Ice-breaker: TODAY 6:15 pm • Continental breakfast each day (from 7:00 to 10 a.m.) @ conference center • Lunch on your own - a list of local restaurants is available in program • Please see Larry or Stefanie to upload talks • Wireless password: 29DFN (GTVisitor)

  4. What is SSiRC? • SSiRC is a new activity in the second phase of SPARC (Stratosphere-Troposphere Processes and their role in Climate) • Was established and endorsed by the SPARC SSG in 2012. • The present workshop is the first large meeting. ww.sparc-ssirc.org

  5. Motivation • Stratospheric aerosol can have a strong effect on surface climate • Processes which maintain the stratospheric aerosol layer are not well understood • It is clear that some crucial sulfur-bearing species are not well measured at the tropopause into the stratosphere

  6. What are the key goals of SSiRC? Scientific goals • Improve understanding of the processes that sustain the stratospheric aerosol layer and their variability and long term changes. • TTL Processes • Processes that distribute aerosol in the stratosphere • Impact of volcanoes on the Earth System • Increase our ability to assess the effects of large volcanic eruptions and climate engineering schemes.

  7. What are the key goals of SSiRC? Programmatic goals • Provide an umbrella for various individual activities at several places. • Encourage & support new instrumentation & measurements of sulfur containing compounds. • Initiate new model/data intercomparisons. • Facilitate the development of sulfur-aerosol chemistry module for climate models

  8. Breakout Groups Tuesday afternoon (16:30 - 18:00) • Satellite and airborne field campaign discussions (Room 222) - Marc von Hobe • Model intercomparison (Room 330) - Claudia Timmreck

  9. Plenary Discussions Monday afternoon (16:45-18:00) • Markus Rex/Terry Deshler: Google X Project Loon Wednesday afternoon (16:15-17:30) • Larry Thomason/Tom Peter: Years after ASAP • Ross: ATTREX, CONTRAST and CAST • Markus: StratoClim • Summary of breakout-group discussions

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