Emerging Observation Needs in Atmospheric Chemistry Workshop

Workshop Schedule

Monday, June 16 9am to 5pm

Tuesday, June 17 9am to 5pm

Wednesday, June 18 9am to 2pm

Networking event: Monday, June 16 5pm to 7pm

Workshop Venue

UCAR Center Green (CG1) Auditorium
3080 Center Green Dr.
Boulder, CO 80301

Workshop Objective

This workshop will serve to initiate a direct dialogue between all participants, to inform each other of current scientific activities, to discuss future observational needs and to develop plans for future research and collaborations.

Workshop Themes

• Current and future status (5 yr) of Lower Atmosphere Observational Facilities (LAOF) - aircraft: 
  NCAR GV and C130, and the Wyoming King Air
• Current and future status (5 yr) of laboratory Community Instrument Facilities (CIF):
  Storm Peak Laboratory (SPL) (University of Utah), Pi Convection-Cloud Chamber (Michigan Tech University), Ice Nucleation Code Stage freezing assay (NC State CS) (North Carolina State)
  What are the emerging needs for CIF?
• Lower Atmosphere Observational Facilities - Airborne Instrumentation: 
  Gas phase and aerosol measurements and instrumentation including inlets 
  Current status – are requestable instruments meeting the present community needs? 
  Future Status – what new facility provided instrumentation will be needed to 1) provide basic support for community airborne field programs; and 2) answer outstanding questions in atmospheric chemistry?
• University led instrumentation purchases and developments
• Custom developments and partnerships with private industry
• Emerging new certification requirements and paths forward to meet these
• Holistic considerations of community wide assets 

• Further themes are to 1) Improve communication and knowledge about atmospheric chemistry research activities being conducted by PIs and scientists supported by the NSF-Atmospheric Chemistry Program (ATC) and at NSF supported facilities; 2) Encourage new and continued collaboration between ATC-supported PIs and scientists at NSF supported facilities.

   

Steering Committee

Co-chairs

Eric Apel (NCAR)
Becky Alexander (UW)
Joel Thornton (UW)

Members

Brown (NOAA)
Allen Goldstein (UC Berkeley)
Steve Wofsy (Harvard)
Kristie Boering (UC Berkeley)
Ron Cohen (UC Berkeley)
Armin Sorroshian (Arizona)
Patrick Veres (NSF NCAR)
Kelley Barsanti (NSF NCAR)
Sam Hall (NSF NCAR)

Contact Information

If you have questions, please contact Keri Dawn Solner.