1 / 4

The International Polar Year 2007-2008 ( ipy/)

The International Polar Year 2007-2008 ( http://www.ipy.org/). An international program of coordinated, interdisciplinary scientific research and observations in the Earth's polar regions. To explore new scientific frontiers To deepen our understanding of polar processes

rodney
Download Presentation

The International Polar Year 2007-2008 ( ipy/)

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. The International Polar Year 2007-2008(http://www.ipy.org/) An international program of coordinated, interdisciplinary scientific research and observations in the Earth's polar regions • To explore new scientific frontiers • To deepen our understanding of polar processes • To increase our ability to detect changes • To attract the next generation of polar scientists

  2. First International Polar Year (1882-1883) Second International Polar Year (1932-1933) The International Geophysical Year (1957-58) Third International Polar Year (2007-2008) Secretariat is functioning IPY Committee has asked for Expressions of Intent Accepted activities will be endorsed by the IPY as the“official”IPY program Funding has to be sought nationally IPY History & Organization

  3. Expression of IntentInter-continental Transport and Chemical Transformation of pollutants over the Arctic region (ITCT-Arctic)A. Stohl (NR), K. Law (FR), H. Singh (US), H. Schlager (GR), C. Reeves (UK), M. Fromm (US) , B. Belan (RS) • Long-range transport of gases and aerosols in & out of the Arctic region; impact on chemistry & climate • Two integrated campaigns: winter/spring 2007/8 and summer 2008 • Summer campaign will focus on boreal forest fires influences to the Arctic • Winter/spring campaign will target arctic haze & anthropogenic pollution from Eurasia • Investigative tools: Aircrafts, satellites, surface networks, lagrangian balloons, models

  4. What Next? • IPY will respond to the EOI by end of March; possibly request a fuller proposal by June 30 • A joint IGAC/SPARC task initiative covering IPY • Planning Workshop at NILU on May 23/24 • White paper • Development of interest & resources from institutions in several countries

More Related