Session Announcement and Call for Abstracts
CANDAC, PEARL, and Atmospheric Measurements in the Canadian High Arctic
Arctic Change 2008
Quebec City, Canada
9-12 December 2008
Abstract Submission Deadline: Friday, 26 September 2008
To submit an abstract for this session, please go to:
http://www.arctic-change2008.com/index.php?url=13010
For further information, please contact the session conveners:
Kimberly Strong
Email: strong [at] atmosp.physics.utoronto.ca
And:
William Ward
Email: wward [at] unb.ca
The organizers of session T22 "CANDAC, PEARL, and Atmospheric
Measurements in the Canadian High Arctic" announce a call for abstracts.
The session is being convened at the Arctic Change 2008 Conference, to
be held 9-12 December 2008, in Quebec City, Canada.
The Canadian Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Change (CANDAC)
brings together researchers and resources dedicated to addressing the
issues of air quality, climate change, and ozone depletion over Canada
(see http://www.candac.ca). The initial focus of activities has been the
revitalization of measurements in the Canadian High Arctic. Towards this
goal, CANDAC has established the Polar Environment Atmospheric Research
Laboratory (PEARL) at Eureka, Nunavut (80N, 86W), 1100 km from the North
Pole. The PEARL complex now consists of three facilities: the main PEARL
observatory situated 610 m above sea level and 15 km from Environment
Canada's Eureka weather station; the Zero-altitude PEARL Auxiliary
Laboratory (PAL) located next to the weather station at sea level; and
the Surface and Atmospheric Flux, Irradiance and Radiation Extension
(SAFIRE) located in undisturbed terrain about 5 km from the weather
station. More than 20 instruments are permanently installed, including
radars, lidars, spectrometers, interferometers and radiometers, with
other instruments on site on a campaign basis.
PEARL is a unique national and international resource that is used for a
variety of atmospheric research programs, including several for
International Polar Year (IPY). Research at PEARL is divided into four
major themes: Arctic Tropospheric Transport and Air Quality, The Arctic
Radiative Environment: Impacts of Clouds, Aerosols, and "Diamond Dust,"
Arctic Middle Atmospheric Chemistry, and Waves and Coupling Processes.
In addition to these four themes, PEARL instrumentation is used
extensively for satellite validation and has a protocol for monitoring
sudden atmospheric events at high latitudes. This session invites
contributions regarding atmospheric research at PEARL, including
instrumentation, measurements, data analysis, modeling studies, and
scientific findings. Contributions describing related atmospheric
studies at other High Arctic observatories are also welcome.
To submit an abstract for this session, please go to:
http://www.arctic-change2008.com/index.php?url=13010
The abstract submission deadline is Friday, 26 September 2008.
For further information, please follow the link for session T22 at:
http://www.arctic-change2008.com/index.php?url=11120
Or contact the session conveners:
Kimberly Strong, Department of Physics
University of Toronto,
Email: strong [at] atmosp.physics.utoronto.ca
And:
William Ward, Department of Physics
University of New Brunswick,
Email: wward [at] unb.ca