ACPC

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ACPC

• Markku Kulmala
• University of Helsinki
• Department of Physical Sciences

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Atmospheric Brown Cloud (Pollution)
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MODIS 3.5.2006 0929 http//www.sat.dundee.ac.uk/
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ACPC

• Formation and growth of aerosol particles
• Formation and growth of cloud droplets
• Formation and growth of rain droplets
• More or less ???
• From nm to mm to global climate and hydrological
  cycle

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Approaches how to answer our research questions

• experimental
• laboratory
• field (continuous and campaigns)
• development of novel instrumental techniques
• theoretical
• basic theories
• simulations
• model development
• From molecular to global scale
• Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Meteorology

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Ambition
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SMEAR II-station (boreal forest, country side)
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Continuous Measurements 11 years
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Some aims

• Science/Nature Paper
• also other scientific papers
• Science policy paper
• for funding acencies
• EU, NSF, Japan, China, Canada, Brazil, etc

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Schedule

• Reports from WGs
• preliminary by Wednesday
• final by 26.10
• to Andi, Markku and Anni
• Science/Nature paper (lead Andi and/or Markku)
• First draft by 7.12, deliver to ISSI team
• Comments from ISSI team to us by 20.12
• We write the final version and distribute it to
  ISSI team latest 14.1. for final comments
• submission 21.1. by Markku or Andi

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Science policy paper (lead Andi and/or Markku)

• for next finance calls and for science policy use
• first version based on reports and white paper
• Distribution to ACPC planning group by 20.12
• comments from ACPC planning group to us by 14.1.
  2008
• final round during next planning group meeting
• Next planning group meeting at ISSI
  (International Space Science Institute) in Bern,
  Jan 2008?