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SUMMARY:NIPR Atmospheric Science Activities in the Antarctic and Arctic - 
 Takashi Yamanouchi\, Project Professor of National Institute of Polar Rese
 arch (NIPR)
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CONTACT:Dr. Pranab Deb
DESCRIPTION:A brief introduction is made for the 60 years of the Antarctic
  and Arctic activities in the atmospheric science and climate research in 
 Japan.  Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE) was started in 1956 
 related to IGY\, and Syowa Station (69°S\, 40° E) was opened on Ongul Is
 land in 29 January 1957. Since then\, scientific activities have been cont
 inued including 4 years close of the Station.  Many activities were conduc
 ted during these years\, rocket observations of aurora\, meteorite finding
 s in Yamato Mountains area\, discovery of ozone hole and 3000 m deep ice c
 oring back to 720 thousand years and so on.  National Institute of Polar R
 esearch (NIPR) was established in 1973\, as an inter-university research i
 nstitute and also responsible in graduate education as a Department of Pol
 ar Science in the Graduate University for Advanced Studies.\nAtmospheric s
 cience is one of the main topics of JARE and NIPR\, together with operatio
 nal meteorology started in JARE-1.  Research observations started in JARE-
 7\, 1966\, for ozone\, radiation\, katabatic wind\, snow crystals\, aeroso
 ls\, cloud and sea ice\, material cycle and atmospheric circulation\, dyna
 mics and so on.  Among these activities\, I was mostly interested in surfa
 ce radiation budget\, cloud observation from satellite (NOAA/AVHRR) and ea
 rth radiation budget by satellite.  Now\, a new Program of the Antarctic S
 yowa MST/IS radar (PANSY) composed of 1000 antennas is ongoing to search 3
 -D winds in the troposphere and middle atmosphere.\nArctic research became
  active in 1990s\, NIPR established research station in Ny-Alesund\, Svalb
 ard.  Several atmospheric observations have been continued since then\, an
 d airborne atmospheric observations were conducted with the cooperation of
  AWI (ASTAR 2000\, AAMP02\, ASTAR 04).  A new all-Japan\, multi-diciplinar
 y research under Green Network of Excellence Program (GRENE)\, Arctic Clim
 ate Change Research Project (Fy2011-2015) is ongoing.\n
LOCATION:British Antarctic Survey\, Room 307
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