The 2018 iCACGP/IGAC Early Career Short Course is for a select group of 40 promising early career atmospheric scientists from across the globe. The course aims to foster professional friendship and collaboration among the future leaders of atmospheric chemistry research.
This is an intensive three-day short course with content varying from communication skill development to exploring the science-policy landscape. The main goal of the short course is to foster friendship and collaboration among the future leaders of atmospheric chemistry research.
Although Monsoon Asia is one of the current “frontiers” for atmospheric chemistry, the region is not well connected to the international science community. Corresponding to emerging environmental issues including severe air pollution, the atmospheric chemistry community in Monsoon Asia is rapidly growing at both national and international levels, and policymakers need scientific evidence and support. However, there is large asymmetry between countries.
Established in 2018, the Southern Hemisphere working group was founded in order to:
- Provide a forum for scientists to discuss particular challenges in understanding the Southern Hemisphere atmosphere &
- To foster stronger collaborations between Southern Hemisphere research groups.
Current Activities:
JOIN the GEIA Network: Send your name, email, affiliation and country to Paulette Middleton GEIA Network Manager at paulette@panoramapathways.net
Increasingly, the chemistry and dynamics of the stratosphere and troposphere are being studied and modeled as a single entity in global models. As evidence, in support of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment Report (IPCC AR5), several groups performed simulations in the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5) using global models with interactive chemistry spanning the surface through the stratosphere and above.
With the view that improving the understanding of atmospheric science in Africa would have large impacts on key societal issues for the continent (e.g. air quality, human health, agriculture, climate change), the African Group on Atmospheric Sciences (ANGA) working group has been established. ANGA, which means “atmosphere” in Kiswahili, proposes to focus on uniting atmospheric expertise across Africa and fostering the next generation of atmospheric scientists.
Wet and dry deposition of chemical species to the earth’s surface plays an essential role in controlling the concentration of gases and aerosols in the troposphere. The chemical composition of atmospheric deposition provides important information on many interacting physical and chemical mechanisms in the atmosphere such as emission sources, atmospheric dynamics and transport, atmospheric removal processes, and nutrient cycling in ecosystems.
Regional trend analysis of surface ozone observations from monitoring networks in eastern North America, Europe and East Asia. Chang K-L, Petropavlovskikh I, Cooper OR, Schultz MG, Wang T. Elem Sci Anth. 2017;5:50. DOI: 10.1525/elementa.243.
Historic global biomass burning emissions based on merging satellite observations with proxies and fire models (1750–2015). van Marle, M., Kloster, S., Magi, B., Marlon, J., Daniau, A., Field, R., Arneth, A., Forrest, M., Hantson, S., Kehrwald, N., Knorr, W., Lasslop, G., Li, F., Mangeon, S., Yue, C., Kaiser, J., and van der Werf, G. (2017). Geosci. Model Dev., 10:3329–3357.