National Institute of Polar ResearchActivity in Ny-Ålesund

41st NySMAC6-7 Nov 2014Goa, India

Masaki UchidaNational Institute of Polar Research

　 In the period from April to October 2014　 9 projects (26 Japanese scientists) were carried out in Ny-Ålesund. 389 man-day

Atmospheric science 3442 Greenhouse gas observation at Ny-Ålesund 6420 Observational study on effects of Arctic Haze on ice cloud formation 6440 Observational study on effects of Arctic Haze on cloud formation 6443 A preliminary study for ground validation of EarthCARE products at the polar sites 6522 95GHz Doppler cloud radar observation in Ny-Ålesund 6545 Cloud physics measurement at Mt. Zeppelin

Terrestrial Biology 3156 Response of high Arctic tundra ecosystem to climate change 3958 Climate warming effects on moss pathogenic soilborne pathogens 5973 Small scale vegetation monitoring in Ny-Ålesund

Guests have come to our weather station (Sutuphallet) in last February

From November 2014 – (Schedule of this winter)

1. Atmospheric science

2 researchers, 8-12 November 3442 Greenhouse gas observation at Ny-Ålesund 10027 In-situ measurements of the atmospheric greenhouse gases at Ny-Ålesund

　　 1 researcher, 10-14 November 6443 A preliminary study for ground validation of EarthCARE products at the polar sites　　　　 1 researcher, 22-29 December 6420 Observational study on effects of Arctic Haze on ice cloud formation

1 researcher, 5-23 January 6955 Observational study on the volatility of aerosol in the arctic winter upper troposphere and lower stratosphere

2. Upper atmospheric science 4 researchers, 14-17 November 10084 C-REX Sounding Rocket Mission This project will photograph from several locations on Svalbard the wind-driven motion of tracer clouds deployed from a sounding rocket into the upper atmosphere at 150 to 400 km altitude above the Greenland Sea. The objective is to understand why the upper atmosphere has a persistent density enhancement in this region.

ASSW2015 Toyama, Japan

April 23-30, 2015

IASC’s 25th anniversary celebration

ASSW2015LOC NIPR, Tokyo, Japan

ASSW2015　 Program（ Tentative　 as of Sep. 11, 2014)

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Open Meeting Open or closed Morning Session: 09.00-12.30Afternoon Session: 14.00-17.30Coffee Breaks: 10.30-11.00 and 15.30-16.00Lunch: 12.30-14.00

ASSW2015　 Program（ Tentative　 as of Sep. 11, 2014)

ISAR-4 / ICARP IIIApril 27(Monday) April 28(Tuesday) April 29(Wednesday) April 30(Thursday)

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ISAR-4 / ICARP III Morning Session: 09.00-12.30Plenary Session Afternoon Session: 14.00-17.30Poster Session Coffee Breaks: 10.30-11.00 and 15.30-16.00

Lunch: 12.30-14.00

　 Earth CARE: Earth Clouds, Aerosols, and Radiation Explorer

EarthCARE is an earth observation satellite that Japan and Europe have been jointly developing. Using its four sensors (Cloud Profiling Radar, Backscatter Lidar, Multi-Spectral Imager and Broadband Radiometer), clouds and aerosols (small particles like dust and dirt that exist in the earth's atmosphere) will be observed on a global scale to improve the accuracy of climate change predictions.

With the EarthCARE mission, observations will be carried out on the distribution of cloud particles and aerosols in a vertical direction and so on. Ny-Ålesund is one of the important observation sites.

The satellite will be launched at the end of this year. 　　

　

ToyamaTokyo

Where is Toyama?

AccessFrom Tokyo 1 hr from Haneda by airplane 2 hrs by Shinkansen (Bullet train)From Seoul 2 hrs by airplane (Tue, Fri, Sun)From Shanghai 2.5 hrs by airplane (Tue, Sat)From Taipei 3.5 hrs by airplane (Mon, Thu, Fri, Sun)

VenueToyama International Conference Center15min walk from Toyama Station5min by Tram

Touristic spots

World Heritage 　 - Ainokura "Gassho" (thatched gable roof)-style House Community

Snow-wall along the Tateyama/Kurobe Alpine Route

And many others.

4th International Symposium on the Arctic Research (ISAR-4)

• A part of ASSW2015 science symposium (Chairs:Atsuko Sugimoto, Volker Rachold)• Now discussing on: -Direction and subtitle of ISAR-4 -Programming sub-committee: Chair: Rikie Suzuki, Vice-hair: Seung-Il Nam

Members: Session conveners -Sessions: General and Special(Draft)

General sessions >Atmospheric science

>Ocean and sea ice>Hydrology, permafrost and snow cover>Ice sheets, glaciers and ice cores>Terrestrial ecosystem>Marine ecosystem>Geomorphology and geology*>Geospace*>Integrated modeling studies>Social and human*

Special sessions will be solicited.

AccessFrom Tokyo 1 hr from Haneda by airplane 2 hrs by Shinkansen (Bullet train)From Seoul 2 hrs by airplane (Tue, Fri, Sun)From Shanghai 2.5 hrs by airplane (Tue, Sat)From Taipei 3.5 hrs by airplane (Mon, Thu, Fri, Sun)

Toyama , Located at the center of Honshu island, was a long time famous for a transportation hub of Japan Sea shipping route, and product of Japanese medicine in the Samurai era.

Now Toyama is famous for medicine, biotechnology, IT-related industries, and tourism. Population 422,000

Toyama Bay to North- delicious sea foods , rich in fishery products,

Tateyama mtns. to East- many places to visit

Toyama International Conference Center, 　 15min. 　 walk 　 from 　 Toyama 　 JR Station　　　 5min. 　 by 　 Tram

• Main hall with 825 seats• 5 multi-purpose halls, with

more than 100 seats• 2 other small meeting

rooms available for meeting with 10-20 persons.

Main hall that accommodates 825 persons

2 Conference rooms

ASSW2015• Main Organizers

IASC and related partners• Co-Organizers

Science Council of Japan• Local Organizing Group

NIPR, JCAR, MEXT, IARC, JAMSTEC, JAXA• Supported by

Toyama prefecture, Toyama city, and ……• LOCChair: K. Shiraishi, Director of NIPRvice-chairs: A. Sugimoto(HU), T.Ohata(JAMSTEC),

H.Enomoto(NIPR), members: H. Tanaka(U. Tsukuba), M. Ishikawa(Hokaido U.), M.Uchida (NIPR), Y.Kodama(NIPR), T. Sueyoshi (JAMSTEC), H. Takakura (Tohoku U.), M Hori(JAXA)

ASSW2015 　 Whole Program(tentative)date am/pm Main Hall Room201 Room202 Room203 Room204

Apr. 23(Thu.)am

SHWG TWG MWG FARO　 Council IASC Council

pm ISIRA AWG　 IASC Atmosphere WG

Apr. 24(Fri.)am

AWG CWG APECS PAG EPBCWG IASC Cryosphere WG

pm MWG IASC Marine WG

Apr. 25(Sat.)am

Council　

APECS　

NySMACSHWG IASC Social ＆　 Human WG

pm 　 　 TWG IASC Terrestrial WG

Apr. 26(Sun.)am

Public lecture

　 　 　 　 APECS Association of Polar Early Career Scientists

pm 　 　 　 　 FARO Forum of Arctic Research Operators

Apr. 27(Mon.)am

ICARPⅢEPB European Polar Board

pm PAG Pacific Arctic Group

Apr. 28(Tue. )am ICARPⅢ IPA International Permafrost Association

pm ISAR-4 NySMAC Ny-Ålesund Science Managers Committee

Apr. 29(Wed.)am ICARPⅢ IASSA International Arctic Social Sciences Association

pm ISAR-4 ISIRA International Science Initiative in the Russian Arctic

Apr. 30(Thu.)am

ISAR-4ICARP International Conference on Arctic Research Planning

pm ISAR International Symposium on the Arctic Research

ICARPIII

IASC’s 25th anniversary celebrationThe preparation is on-going.

No information yet on:

Schedule (Draft) 　 as of April.2, 2014

ASSW2015LOC ISAR-4 ICARPIII／ IASC

Feb. 2014 Feb. 14 , 2nd LOC meeting Feb. 14 1st ISAR-4 LWG meeting

Mar. 2014

Apr. 2014

1st　 circular openCall for Session starts

May 2014

Jun. 2014 Jun. 30 Call for Session closes

Jul. 2014 Website

Aug. 2014

Sep. 2014 Beginning : 2nd　 circular open ASSW2015 registration starts

Middle : 2nd　 circular open Abstract collection starts

Oct. 2014

Nov. 2014 Middle: Abstract collection ends

Dec. 2014 Middle. Abstract acceptance notice

Jan. 2015

Feb. 2015 Middle: Early Bird ends Middle: Program open

Mar. 2015 Middle: Registration closes

Apr. 2015ASSW2015 （ Apr. 23-30)Toyama, Japan

ASSW2014(Apr. 5-11) HelsinkiApr. 6 Apr. 6 Apr. 8Meeting w/IASC sec. ISAR-4SSC meeting Common day-ICARPIII

First Observations with FALCON-A at Ny-Ålesund 　　　

　 2013. Sep.16, 14:30-16:30 UTTAKANO T., KAWAMURA Y., YANAGA K. (Chiba Univ.), SHIOBARA M. (NIPR)

Funded by Green Network of Excellence (GRENE ) program

Cirrocumuli 15:14 UT

Two 1m antennas of FALCON-A

Container of FALCON-A

Characteristics of FALCON-A-------------------------------------- Frequency 95GHz (W-band) Sensitivities -20 ～ -30 dBZ (at 5 km) Resolution 10 ～ 70 m Time Resolution 1 ～ 60 sec Doppler Meas. ±3.2 m/s Scanning ±10°(1 dim.) -------------------------------------

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Strengthening of cloud observation

1. New cloud radar (FALCON-A) has been installed in September

2. Fog monitor has been installed at Zeppelin mountain

3. Setting up cloud particle observation with AWI

Why are Arctic radiosonde data important ?

Northern Sea RouteArctic cyclones frequently pass→ high waves, strong winds, icing etc.

disturbing the ship navigations

Improving the predictability of numerical weather preditions => more radiosonde data are useful expanding the Arctic observing network evaluating the data impact by data assimilation proposing a future observing network

Icing on Mirai’s anemometer

Data sparse area

Additional soundings at a ship and land stations

Mirai(JAMSTEC)

Ny-Ålesund(AWI)

Cape Bolshevik (AARI)

Ny-Ålesund: 6 sondes/day (11-24 September)Mirai: 8 sondes/day (31 August – 4 October)Cape Bolshevik: 2 sondes/day Barrow: 4 sondes/dayAlert & Eureka: 4 sondes/day

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Alert&Eureka(Env. Canada)

Terrestrial biology

Automatic weather station has been installed at Stuphallet in July

Air temperatureMoistureWind speedWind directionAir pressureRainPARRadiationBelowground temperatureWater tableOxidation-reduction potential

Placing CO2 probes in soil to monitor CO2 concentration in soil and to estimate soil CO2 efflux. - We are asking AWI about the possibility to install them near AWI monitoring site (Leirhaugen).