[Bolincentret-at-su.se] Fwd: Global Atmosphere Watch Newsletter, September 2015

[Leonard Barrie]

Dear Colleagues
The GAW programme is the International programme for coordination of
observations research related to the chemistry of the atmosphere.  It is
operated by the World Meterological Organization on behalf of all
countries.   Note The 18th WMO/IAEA Meeting on Carbon Dioxide, Other
Greenhouse Gases, and Related Measurement Techniques (GGMT-2015) was held
on September 13-17, 2015 at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La
Jolla, California. This was hosted by Ralf Keeling a former Bert Bolin
Climate Lecturer and his colleagues at Scripps. This group is responsible
for the world reference standards for Greenhouse Gases and measurement
protocols. GAW also deals with stratospheric ozone and UV , aerosols,
reactive gases (CO, SO2, O3, Nitrogen Oxides , VOCs) , precipitation
chemistry
Leonard Barrie
Research Director,  Bolin Centre for Climate Research
Professor for Climate and Atmospheric Science
Department of Geological Sciences
Stockholm University
106 91 Stockholm
Sweden
leonard.barrie at geo.su.se
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The Antarctic Ozone Hole <#150234e0fe4c07d5_ozonehole>
Recent meetings <#150234e0fe4c07d5_Recent+meetings>
Upcoming meetings
Recent Reports <#150234e0fe4c07d5_upcoming_meetings> and Bulletins
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  The Antarctic Ozone Hole The Antarctic ozone hole is an annually
recurring phenomenon. Its size and depth depends to a large extent on the
meteorological conditions since the atmosphere still contains more than
enough halogen reservoir gases to destroy all the ozone in a certain height
range (typically 15-20 km altitude) if they are converted to active
chlorine and bromine. The 2015 ozone hole started relatively late in August
but then increased quickly in size during the first two weeks of September.
By the beginning of October, the 2015 ozone hole area is larger than in any
year after 2008.
Ozonesonde measurements at some Antarctic sites show total destruction of
ozone at an altitude of around 16 km.  Ozone hole area based on data from
GOME-2  (SCIAMACHY in the past). The plot is up to date as of 1 October.
Calculation and plotting is done at the Royal Netherlands Meteorological
Institute. The grey dots represent the forecast for the next five days.
See http://www.temis.nl
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for more details. Ozone soundings carried out at Belgrano and at the South
Pole. Between 15 and 17km altitude essentially all the ozone is depleted.
More details about ozone hole observations in Antarctica is found in the
WMO Antarctic Ozone Bulletins (see lower down
<#150234e0fe4c07d5_Recent+Reports> in this Newsletter). The two profiles
shown here will appear in the next Bulletin, which is planned for 9
October. Recent Meetings   Workshop on Future Directions of GAW Data
Management  Experts with a common interest in atmospheric composition
monitoring and services for climate, chemical weather and health were
invited to a joint WMO-MeteoSwiss 2-day meeting on 10-11 August 2015 at
MeteoSwiss, Zürich.  The purpose of the workshop was to scope out a vision
for how to manage atmospheric composition observations from GAW and related
networks and data archives, to review the  organisational structure needed
to best support atmospheric composition data management as well as service
delivery, and to guide the update and/or development of Terms of Reference
for GAW World Data Centres and other data centres that are to be affiliated
with GAW. A meeting report will be made available in the coming weeks.
  Second meeting of the Task Team on Observational Requirements GAW’s Task
Team on Observational Requirements and invited experts met at the
MeteoSwiss headquarters in Zurich on 12-13 August in order to further
develop a list of atmospheric composition and related parameters required
to support application areas, including: forecasting of atmospheric
composition, monitoring of atmospheric composition, and provision of
atmospheric composition information for applications in urban and other
populated areas.  The team also identified observational requirements for a
set of priority variables that cut across the above three application
areas. Finalised observational requirements will be used to critically
review GAW observing capabilities as a component of WMO’s Global Integrated
Observing System.  The output will be used to develop application-specific
Statements of Guidance for WMO Members in order to guide the future
evolution of the GAW observing system.
More information on the work of this Task Team can be found in GAW Report #
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Participants at the 10-11 August meeting at MeteoSwiss in Zurich. 4th
International GAW Workshop, Jakarta In the last eight years, BMKG has held
three workshops related to GAW activities. This year, BMKG conducted the
4th International GAW Workshop on 18-19 August 2015 in Jakarta. The
workshop provided a scientific forum to discuss the national and
international roles of the GAW stations; to foster knowledge transfer and
information exchange especially on measurement methods, data collecting and
analysis, calibration system capacity; and to improve
international cooperation and knowledge exchange between the air quality
community in Indonesia and institutes in other countries making similar
measurements.

This year's workshop was targeted towards station managers and department
leads in atmospheric chemistry in the tropical regions. Researchers from
other regions were welcome to participate in order to
facilitate information and experience exchange.

Keynote Speakers were:
1. Dr. Andi Eka Sakya, M.Eng (Director General of BMKG and Permanent
Representative of Indonesia with WMO)
2. Dr. Oksana Tarasova (Chief of The Atmospheric Environment
Research Division, WMO) Participants at the 4th International GAW Workshop,
18-19 August, Jakarta, Indonesia. 7th IWAQFR Workshop, College Park,
Maryland

The 7th  International Workshop on Air Quality Forecasting Research
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(IWAQFR)
was organised on September 1 - 3, 2015 at the NOAA Center for Weather and
Climate Prediction, College Park, MD, USA. The goal of the Workshop was to
provide a venue for the discussion of science issues and advancements
related to air quality forecasting. Workshop objectives included improving
operational air quality forecasts, promoting collaborations among air
quality forecasting researchers and practitioners, and nurturing an
international air quality forecasting community. A working meeting of the
GURME SAG was also organized after the workshop.

Web-link: http://www.arl.noaa.gov/IWAQFR_home2015.php
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18th GGMT Meeting, La Jolla, California

The *18th WMO/IAEA Meeting on Carbon Dioxide, Other Greenhouse Gases, and
Related Measurement Techniques (GGMT-2015) was* held on *September 13-17,
2015* at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography
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in La Jolla, California. This was the 40th anniversary of the first GGMT
meeting (then called "CO₂ Experts Meeting") which was also held at Scripps.
The discussions were focused on measurements of key atmospheric greenhouse
gases and tracers, their isotopes, assessment of new techniques of
standardisation, quality assurance, and data products. The discussed
topics have broadened from problems and challenges in the field of precise
measurements of atmospheric trace gases to data utilisation, integrated
products and observational network design. There were two new topics
discussed at the meeting, namely greenhouse gas measurements in urban
environments and measurements of dissolved greenhouse gases and related
ocean tracers. During the meeting the WMO Recommendations
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for the measurement, calibration and data management of atmospheric
greenhouse gases and related tracers were updated, with the final report to
be produced in the beginning of 2016. More information about this meeting
can be found here: http://ggmt-2015.com/
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In 2015 the GGMT Meeting celebrated its 40th anniversary at Scripps.  The
First CO2 experts meeting was hosted by C. D. Keeling at Scripps in
1975. Upcoming
meetings


   - 9th International Acid Rain Conference.  The theme of Acid Rain 2015
   is: "Successes Achieved and Challenges Ahead". More information is found
   here: http://acidrain2015.org/
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   - Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol, Dubai, 1-5 November
   2015. More information can be found here
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  Recent Reports and Bulletins WMO Antarctic Ozone Bulletins The first two
of the 2015 series of WMO Antarctic Ozone Bulletins have been published.
They can be found here:
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Ozone
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Ozone
Bulletin no. 2, 2015 GAW Reports The most recent GAW Reports are:
GAW 222
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- Analytical Methods for Atmospheric SF6 Using Gas Chromatography with
micro Electron Capture Detector (GC-μECD), KMA Technical Note CCMD 2015-3,
47 pp. September 2015

GAW 221
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- Report of the First Meeting of the WMO GAW Task Team on Observational
Requirements and Satelitte Measurements (TT-ObsReq) as regards Atmospheric
Composition and Related Physical Parameters (Geneva, Switzerland, 10-13
November 2014), 22 pp. July 2015


GAW 220
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- Report of the Second Session of the CAS Environmental Pollution and
Atmospheric Chemistry Scientific Steering Committee (EPAC SSC), Geneva,
Switzerland, 18-20 February 2015, 54 pp. June 2015


GAW 219
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- Izaña Atmospheric Research Center Activity Report 2012-2014, 157 pp. June
2015


GAW 218
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- Absorption Cross-Sections of Ozone (ACSO) Status Report, June 2015, 47
pp. June 2015


GAW 217
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- System of Air Quality Forecasting and Research (SAFAR - India), 60 pp.
June 2015

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