Fostering collaborative, interdisciplinary research on Arctic air pollution and its interactions with the Earth system and human societies
The goals of the new AMIGO (Analysis of eMIssions usinG Observations) project of IGAC is to organize the international scientific community around a synthesis of research using observations-based analysis techniques that aim to better quantify emissions. The synthesis will consider chemically active compounds and greenhouse gases and will evaluate the consistency of their inferred emissions. AMIGO will assess the ability of different analysis techniques to provide consistent quantification of the emissions of multiple species across a range of spatial and temporal scales.
Overarching Objective:
Develop and implement a global air pollution monitoring, analysis, and prediction system for air quality with downscaling capability in regions of the world affected by high levels of atmospheric pollutants, in particular Asia, Latin America, and Africa.
Description:
Manish Naja is a senior scientist and vice-chair of Solar Physics and Atmospheric Science group at ARIES, Nainital. He pursued his doctoral research work at PRL, Ahmedabad and has worked as a postdoctoral scientist at FRCGC, JAMSTEC, Yokohama and NIES, Tsukuba, before joining ARIES. His major research interest has been in the observations of the trace gases using surface based, ship-borne and balloon-borne instruments. He has been involved in INDOEX (Indian Ocean Experiment), GOSAT (Greenhouse Gases Observing SATellite), GVAX (Ganges Valley Aerosol Experiment) programs.