Report to the International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Project

Technical Report · Fri Apr 21 04:00:00 EDT 2017

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1362299· OSTI ID:1362299

Reisdorf, Jill ^[1]; Wiedinmyer, Christine ^[2]

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1. University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR/CPAESS), Boulder, CO (United States); IGAC International Project Office, University of Colorado/CIRES, Boulder, CO, USA
2. National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR/ACOM), Boulder, CO (United States)

IGAC’s mission is to facilitate atmospheric chemistry research towards a sustainable world. This is achieved through IGAC’s three focal activities: fostering community, building capacity, and providing leadership. A key component to achieving IGAC’s mission is its developing early career program. These scientists join an international network early in their career that puts the cogs in motion to further facilitate atmospheric chemistry research at an international level for years to come. IGAC’s Science Conference is a primary mechanism for IGAC to build cooperation and disseminate scientific information across its international community. The first IGAC Science Conference was held in 1993 in Eilat, Israel. Since then, IGAC has successfully held fourteen science conferences, consistently becoming a biennial conference starting in 2002. The biennial IGAC Science Conference is regarded as THE international conference on atmospheric chemistry and participation in the conference is typically in the range of 350-650 participants. Since 2004, IGAC has included an Early Career Scientists Program as part of the conference to foster the next generation of scientists. IGAC believes, and has seen, that by allowing scientists to form an international network of colleagues early in their career that future international collaborations in atmospheric chemistry are enhanced. The 2016 IGAC Science Conference Early Career Program consisted of numerous events throughout the week giving these scientists the opportunity to not only create a community amongst themselves, but to also engage and build relationships with senior scientists. In order to support the Early Career Scientists Program, IGAC sought funding from international, regional and local organizations to provide Travel Grants to the conference based on an assessment of both need and merit. This conference summary reports on outcomes of the 2016 IGAC Science Conference and the Early Career Program, which included early career travel grants funded by this DOE grant.

• Research Organization: University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR/CPAESS), Boulder, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER) (SC-23)
• DOE Contract Number: SC0016041
• OSTI ID: 1362299
• Report Number(s): DOE--IGAC2016-SC0016041
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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