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Article Published on the Use of Satellite Measurements to Quantify Background Ozone Production: A
manuscript entitled "Impacts of background ozone production on Houston
and Dallas, Texas, air quality during the Second Texas Air Quality
Study field mission", has been published in the Journal of Geophysical
Research (2009, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D00F09,
doi:10.1029/2008JD011337). This study demonstrates how global chemical
data assimilation systems, combined with Lagrangian trajectory
techniques, can be used to quantify the impacts of background ozone
production on the Houston and Dallas metropolitan areas. Coauthors are
R. Bradley Pierce (NOAA/NESDIS), Jassim Al-Saadi (NASA/LaRC), Chieko
Kittaka (NASA/LaRC), Todd Schaack (UW/SSEC), Allen Lenzen (UW /SSEC),
Kevin Bowman (NASA/JPL), Jim Szykman (US/EPA), Amber Soja (NASA/LaRC),
Tom Ryerson, (NOAA/ESRL), Anne M. Thompson (PSU), Pawan Bhartia
(NASA/GSFC), Gary A. Morris (Valparaiso University) (R.B. Pierce,
E/RA2, 608-890-1892, brad.pierce@noaa.gov)
Article Published on Quantifying the effects of Clouds on Photolysis Frequencies: A
manuscript entitled "Sensitivity of photolysis frequencies and key
tropospheric oxidants in a global model to cloud vertical distributions
and optical properties" has been published in the Journal of
Geophysical Research (2009, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D10305,
doi:10.1029/2008JD011503). This study shows that direct radiative
impact of clouds on global tropospheric chemistry is more sensitive to
cloud vertical distribution than to the magnitude of the cloud optical
depths. Coauthors are Liu, H., J. H. Crawford, D. B. Considine, S.
Platnick, P. M. Norris, B. N. Duncan, R. B. Pierce, G. Chen, and R. M.
Yantosca. (R.B. Pierce, E/RA2, 608-890-1892, brad.pierce@noaa.gov)
Arctic Council Cryosphere Project Integration Team Meeting: A meeting of the Arctic Council's "Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic" (SWIPA) project Integration Team was held in Lund, Sweden, at Lund University. It was sponsored by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency. The SWIPA project was established as a follow-up to the 2004 Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA). Its goal is to assess current scientific information on changes in the Arctic cryosphere, which may have implications for both the Arctic and the earth as a whole. The SWIPA report will be published in 2011. Jeff Key is one of two U.S. co-leads on the sea ice component of SWIPA. The SWIPA Integration Team includes all the component leads and some representatives of the Arctic Council. The U.S. will chair the Arctic Council in 2015. (J. Key, E/RA2, 608-263-2605, jkey@ssec.wisc.edu)
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Manuscript on the Potential Benefits of an Advanced Geostationary Sounder Accepted: A manuscript titled "High spectral and temporal resolution infrared measurements from geostationary orbit" has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology-Atmospheres. The authors are T. Schmit, J. Li, S. A. Ackerman and J. J. Gurka. This paper summarizes the potential benefits of an advanced geostationary sounder with respect to nowcasting, numerical weather prediction and other application areas. (T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291, tim.j.schmit@noaa.gov, J. Li, CIMSS, 608-262-3755)VISITORS:
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