Progress within theNy-Ålesund Atmosphere

Flagship Programme

Roland Neuber, Christina A. Pedersenand the programme contributors

NySMAC Meeting, 6 – 7 November 2014, Goa

Atmosphere FlagshipWorkshop 8-9 Oct. 2014

A workshop financed by SSF was held 8-9 October 2014 in Potsdam to provide a forum for organizing research work in the field and cooperation among contributing scientists, in particular for making joint analyses possible, which individual actors cannot provide alone.

Main Goals of the workshop:“Climate change in the Arctic:

How do we tackle the challenge?”

“Develop collaboration and joint research actions”, i.e.:• Plan for joint expeditions, observational periods,

campaigns• Develop cross-station field activities• Develop cross-station utilisation and analyses of

available data and ongoing measurements, plan joint publications

• List new observational needs• Provide timeline for future activities

Flagship topics as of Oct. 2014 (1):

• Boundary Layer Properties• Snow and atmosphere• Meteorology network and long-term data sets• Clouds, Humidity, Precipitation

Flagship topics as of Oct. 2014 (2)

• Aerosol Direct Effect (Clear Sky Closure Study)• Aerosol indirect effects• Regional Representativeness ,

including Satellite Validation• Long range transport and modelling activities• Comparison & analysis of duplicate

measurements (e.g. trace elements)

Atmosphere Flagship Workshopcontinued

Atmospheric Flagship Gap Analysis Workshop, Goa, 4 – 5 November

•Aim of the workshop

•Identify the Gaps in the Atmospheric Research at Ny-Alesund and find area of collaboration where India can contribute •The meeting heard the point of view of the modellers

• Some Areas where identified and contact points where identified

● Air – snow interaction● Aersols, Clouds and precipitation● Arctic Climate and Forecast Modelling• It is felt in the meeting that research in aersol

chemical charaterization not very active and stressed the need for giving an impetus to it

Future development of the flagship

Scientific committee

• Roland Neuber, Alfred-Wegener Institute• Christina A. Pedersen, Norwegian Polar institute• Vito Vitale, NRC • Ove Hermansen, Norwegian Institute for Air Research • Hans-Christian Hansson, Stockholm University• Masataka Shiobara , NIPR• Young Jun Yoon , KOPRI• Satheesan Karathazhiyath , NCAOR• Boris Ivanov, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute• Grzegorz Karasiński, Polish Academy of Sciences

Atmospheric flagship webpage

Will contain information about: - the flagship- Ongoing activities/campaigns/focus areas- Monitored parameters (with link to actual

dataset, data owner, frequency and period)- Publications

Mailing list to all flagship participants to spesific topics

Need of (annual) meeting arenas

• Apply to Svalbard Strategic Grant for an Atmospheric Symposium 2015. Will be an opportunity to present and develop collaborative work

• Can we manage to secure funding for an annual meeting? (workshop, symposium, meeting, targeted workshop, etc.)

• Follow up meetings connected to other events e.g. ECRA workshops, YOPP, MACC, IAGOS, ICOS, ACTRIS2

An initiative by NySMAC and SSF:

Science PlanKongsfjorden International Research Base (KIRB), Svalbard:

Develop Flagship programmes to define and organize

core scientific research

Flagship programs define core scientific foci for KIRB. All scientists active within KIRB are encouraged to focus on developing the science and outcome of the agreed flagships. Activities that are endorsed flagship activities will be prioritized when infrastructure or human resources limit activities

Marine flagship ”Kongsfjorden System”

Terrestrial Ecosystems flagship

Atmosphere research flagship

Glaciology research flagship

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® C. Hübner ® E. Ø. Kjartansson

Ny-Ålesund Flagship Programmes

Thank You !