photooxidants, particles, and haze across the arctic and north atlantic: transport observations and...
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Photooxidants, Particles, and Haze
across the Arctic and North Atlantic:
Transport Observations and Models12-15 June 2001
Sponsored by• U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency• Environment Canada
• UN/ECE European Monitoring and Evaluation Program (EMEP)
• Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP)
In coordination with
Hosted by• CIESIN
• The Center for International Earth Science Information Network
• www.ciesin.columbia.edu• A NASA Data Center
– Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu)
• US Global Change Research Information Office
• The World Data Center for Human Interactions in the Environment
• Part of the Columbia Earth Institute
CIESIN is …
CIESIN develops information tools
concerning …• International Environmental
Agreements• Global change research• Population-environment interactions• Remote sensing • Stratospheric ozone depletion• Environmental Security• Sustainability
CIESIN has a special interest in
environmental models• Scenarios
– IPCC Special Report on Emission Scenarios Open Process
• Climate Models – Model Visualization and Analysis (IMAGE,
ICAM, MINICAM)– Agricultural Impacts (GISS)
• Gridded socioeconomic data– Gridded Population of the World data set
• Facilitate interaction • Foster openness, discovery,
priority-setting• Disseminate presentation
materials, key findings• Provide a pleasant environment
for carrying out challenging tasks
CIESIN’s goals this week