A023
Aerosols, Clouds and Chemistry in Polar and Pristine Regions
Aerosols, Clouds and Chemistry in Polar and Pristine Regions
Session ID#: 78145
Session Description:
Processes and feedback mechanisms in polar and pristine regions, including mountainous regions such as the third pole, are poorly understood, but play key roles in rapid observed changes and the pre-industrial baselines used to understand the Earth's climate system. Changes in these regions propagate globally, impacting weather, ecosystems and geopolitics. Trace gases, aerosols, clouds, precipitation and ecosystem chemical cycling are influenced by atmospheric, snow/ice, oceanic and biosphere processes. Anthropogenic and natural emissions, as well as long-range transport and deposition of atmospheric constituents affect ecosystems, air quality/human health, and climate in these regions.
This session invites contributions on progress from field, modeling, and laboratory studies aiming to understand properties and processes related to atmospheric composition of polar and pristine regions. This can include studies on atmospheric aerosols, trace gases, transport, processing, aerosol-cloud interactions, snow-ice interactions, trace constituent recycling, ice-core proxy/natural background studies, deposition, as well as climatic, ecological and societal impacts.
Co-Organized:
- C - Cryosphere
Index Terms:
0305 Aerosols and particles [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
0738 Ice [CRYOSPHERE]
0793 Biogeochemistry [CRYOSPHERE]
3311 Clouds and aerosols [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
Primary Convener: Paul Zieger, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Conveners: Markus M Frey, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Christina Williamson, NOAA/CIRES, Boulder, United States and Kerri Pratt, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Department of Chemistry and Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Primary Liaison: Kerri Pratt, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Department of Chemistry and Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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