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Arctic Ozone Loss 2011

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NASA SEAC4RS Mission Targets How Pollution, Storms And Climate Mix

06.06.2013
NASA's science aircraft will take to the skies over the southern United States this summer to investigate how air pollution and natural emissions affect atmospheric composition and climate.
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NASA Announces Winners of Student 'Reel Science Communications' Video Contest

05.06.2013
NASA has selected the winners of NASA's educational "REEL Science Communications" video contest.
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NASA Pinpoints Causes of 2011 Arctic Ozone Hole

03.11.2013
A combination of extreme cold temperatures, man-made chemicals and a stagnant atmosphere were behind what became known as the Arctic ozone hole of 2011, a new NASA study finds.
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Airborne Mission Climbs to Stratospheric Height for Better Climate Science

01.16.2013
Today, NASA will deploy the first experimental flight of a multi-year airborne science campaign.
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Reviewing Goddard's 2012 Highlights

12.28.2012
If NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center were to write a holiday letter, there would be no shortage of highlights to share. Gathered here are just a few of the shining moments from the Goddard 'household' in 2012.
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Laboratory News

SENEX 2013

06.07.2013
Glenn Wolfe and Thomas Hanisco are participating in the SENEX campaign. The ISAF instrument will be measuring in situ formaldehyde on the NOAA P3 out of Smyrna, TN in June and July. The science goal is to investigate the formation mechanism of organic aerosol over the southeastern US.

Ozone Poster Wins International Design Award

05.10.2013
Congratulations to Ginger Butcher, Edward Celarier, and Eric Nash for their work on the poster, "The Ozone Hole: Over 30 Years of NASA Observations” that won a 2013 Communicator Award for Excellence in Print and Design announced by the International Academy of the Visual Arts. With over 6000 entries received in 2013 from the US and around the world, the Communicator Awards is the largest and most competitive awards program honoring the creative excellence for communications professionals. The poster employs stunning infographic format to highlight NASA's ozone hole observations between 1979 to 2012 from a variety of NASA missions including Aura and Suomi NPP.

Douglass Selected for Nordberg Prize

04.05.2013
Anne Douglass has been selected as the recipient for the 2013 William Nordberg Memorial Award for Earth Science. The Nordberg Award is GSFC's highest award in the area of Earth science. The prize is for Anne's many years of leadership of satellite missions studying atmospheric composition, and her pioneering work in using measurements to test models
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Overview

The Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory studies the ozone layer, a responsibility the Clean Air Act assigns to NASA. In addition, there is increasing concern about the global aspects of tropospheric pollution, and the coupling between chemical composition and climate.

One of the Laboratory's principal missions is to understand the behavior of stratospheric ozone and trace gases that influence ozone. Ozone and trace gases such as methane, nitrous oxide, and the chlorofluorocarbons profoundly influence Earth's habitability.

The Laboratory also studies the processes that control the composition of Earth's troposphere, the impact of human activity on global atmospheric pollution, and the impact of climate change on future concentrations of stratospheric ozone and tropospheric gases.

Contact Us

Jose Rodriguez
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jose.m.rodriguez@nasa.gov

General inquiries about the scientific programs at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center may be directed to the Center Public Affairs office at 1.301.286.8955.

                                                                                                                                                                                        
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