Antarctic Tropospheric Chemistry Investigation (ANTCI) 2003 overview

Authors

Fred Eisele, NCAR
D D. Davis, Georgia Institute of Technology
D Helmig, University of Colorado Boulder
S J. Oltmans, NOAA
William Neff, NOAA
L Gregory Huey, Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus
D Tanner, Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus
Gao Chen, NASAFollow
J H. Crawford, Georgia Institute of TechnologyFollow
Richard Arimoto, New Mexico State University - Carlsbad
Martin Buhr, Air Quality Design, Inc.
Lee Mauldin, NCAR
Manuel Hutterli, University of Arizona
Jack E. Dibb, University of New HampshireFollow
D R. Blake, University of California, Irvine
Steve Brooks, NOAA
Bryan Johnson, NOAAFollow
J M. Roberts, NOAA
Yuhang Wang, Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus
David Tan, Georgia Institute of Technology - Main CampusFollow
F Flocke, National Center for Atmospheric Research

Abstract

The Antarctic Tropospheric Chemistry Investigation (ANTCI) was carried out from late November to December 2003 with both extended ground-based and tethered balloon studies at Amundsen Scott Station, South Pole. ANTCI 2003 was the first of two Antarctic field studies with the primary goal of further exploring the active photochemistry of the South Pole region that was first identified in the previous Investigation of Sulfur Chemistry in the Antarctic Troposphere (ISCAT) program. Since ISCAT was fully ground-based, ANTCI 2003 goals included expanding chemical studies both vertically upward to investigate mixing and horizontally to better understand large-scale plateau NO_xproduction and transport. Thus, in addition to ground-based experiments at South Pole, Twin Otter aircraft sampling took place out to hundreds of kilometers in several directions from the South Pole. These were designed to specifically address the issue of how representative past South Pole chemical measurements are of the surrounding high plateau region. The Twin Otter was also used to make transects along the coast both north and south of McMurdo Station. The present paper summarizes the overall setting and results of this investigation and highlights the many new findings that were obtained.

Department

Earth Sciences, Earth Systems Research Center

Publication Date

4-2008

Journal Title

Atmospheric Environment

Publisher

Elsevier

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.04.013

Document Type

Article

Recommended Citation

Fred Eisele, Douglas D. Davis, Detlev Helmig, Samuel J. Oltmans, William Neff, Greg Huey, David Tanner, Gao Chen, Jim Crawford, Richard Arimoto, Martin Buhr, Lee Mauldin, Manuel Hutterli, Jack Dibb, D. Blake, Steven B. Brooks, Bryan Johnson, James M. Roberts, Yuhang Wang, David Tan, Frank Flocke, Antarctic Tropospheric Chemistry Investigation (ANTCI) 2003 overview, Atmospheric Environment, Volume 42, Issue 12, April 2008, Pages 2749-2761, ISSN 1352-2310, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.04.013.

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