Professor
Dwayne Heard
http://www.chem.leeds.ac.uk/Atmospheric/Field/fage/fage.html
Chemistry of the Antarctic Boundary Layer and the Interface with Snow (CHABLIS)
CHABLIS is a major and unprecedented initiative to explore atmospheric chemistry of the Antarctic boundary layer ( ABL).
Key Goals are:
1. to explore the chemistry of the ABL through a year-round study (2004-5) of chemical climatology culminating in an intensive summer campaign (Jan-Feb 2005) to measure a comprehensive suite of radicals and other trace species;
2. to test numerical models of the pristine atmosphere under extreme conditions;
3. to extend significantly our ability to interpret ice core data by improving understanding of both the present-day atmosphere and transfer functions.
Fieldwork will be carried out at the new Clean Air Sector Laboratory at Halley station. The team from UK universities and the British Antarctic Survey will bring to the project a suite of state-of-the-art instruments and models and a track record of successfully running major campaigns together in remote locations.
Other personnel:-
- Dr. William J. Bloss, Dept of Chemistry
- Ms. Katie Read, Dept of Chemistry, is a postgraduate research student
- Dr. Andrea Jackson, School of Earth & Environment, is co-PI on the CHABLIS project
- Ms. Sarah Walker, School of Earth & Environment, is a postgraduate research student
Other institutions involved with CHABLIS are:
University of York, Imperial College London, UEA, University of Bristol, BAS (co-ordinators, PI is Anna Jones)