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Department
of Environmental Sciences
University
of Virginia
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Polar Sunrise
Following the polar sunrise,
ozone in the Arctic boundary layter abruptly disappears. Part of
our current research is to understand the influence of surface
depostion processes on ozone removal in the Arctic. We employ tethered
balloons, sonic anemometers, and trace gas analzyers to study ozone
fluxes over the Arctic ocean and land. We are also collaborating with
colleagues to decipher the contribution of vertical turbulent transport
on the recovery of ozone in the Arctic boundary layer following
depletion events. This research is being done at Alert, Nunavut, Canada
which is a place about 380 km south of the North Pole.
We recently participated in the ALERT
2000
project. During spring 2003, we also carried a field project to
investigate the turbulence characteristics of the lower 300 m of the
Arctic boundary layer. There are plans to return to the Arctic
during the spring in 2006 and 2007. The
research outlined here is being supported by the Office of Polar
Programs, National Science
Foundation.
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