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Update - CREATE 2012

NSERC's CREATE Training Program in Arctic Atmospheric Science has announced new opportunities for 2012 graduate and undergraduate programs. Click HERE for more information.

PEARL in the News

Researchers Jim Drummond and Kim Strong discuss the role of Canada's Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory (PEARL) near Eureka, Canada in the detection and understanding of 2011's record-sized Arctic ozone hole. Click here for the full article in the Montreal Gazette.

Cherski in the News

To learn about the role that Cherski plays in permafrost studies, click here to see NBC's Jim Maceda report on a trip to visit Sergei and Nikita Zimov at the station.

2011 Arctic Report Card

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

The 2011 update of the web-based Arctic Report Card is now available:

http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/reportcard/

Responding to Change

International Study of Arctic Change (ISAC), in partnership with the School of Policy Studies at Queen’s University, announces:

Responding to Arctic Environmental Change Workshop: Translating Our Growing Understanding into a Research Agenda for Action

Jan 30, 2012 - Feb 1, 2012

Click here for more info.

Workshop Announcement

Workshop on Polar Simulations with the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model.

November 2 and 3, 2011

Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio USA

There is no registration fee. You are invited to attend! For more details or to register online: http://polarmet.osu.edu/workshops/pwrf_2011/

New UNIS Course

The Arctic Atmospheric Boundary Layer and Local Climate Processes

Objective: After the course, the student will have an understanding of physical processes typical for the Arctic atmospheric boundary layer, how the Arctic boundary layer differs from that at lower latitudes; the challenges of taking meteorological measurements and a basic understanding of how numerical models in the Arctic work.

Registration Deadline: 15.Oct.2011

For more information about the course and how to apply, see http://www.unis.no

Black Carbon

Is black carbon contributing to the warming of the Arctic? Click here to read about an international study currently taking place in the Arctic to investigate the role of black carbon in Arctic warming.

CREATE Summer School

CREATE Summer School addressing the broad theme of Arctic Atmospheric Science, will be offered from July 11 to 15, 2011 in Alliston, Ontario. Details are HERE.

CANDAC Outreach Update

In March/April 2011, CANDAC launched a new outreach project called Student-Researchers Atmospheric Collaboration at Qarmartalik School in Resolute Bay, Nunavut and Pickering College in Newmarket, Ontario. HERE