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This page lists all of the archive news stories from 2006, These articles have been archived from our old website and are downloadable in pdf format.


January 2006 NCAS Centre for Global Atmospheric Modelling (CGAM)
Read about progress in the icon High Resolution Global Environmental Modelling (HiGEM) project (77.21 kB) - report now available
January 2006 CGAM Director, Prof Julia Slingo, appointed onto the Scientific Advisory Committee for the The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)
January 2006 FAAM BAe 146 aircraft now operating out of Niger as part of African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses (AMMA) programme. Go to FAAM Bulletin Board
January 2006 icon FAAM - BAe-146 aircraft samples smoke from Hemel Hempstead oil depot fire (72.31 kB)
Febuary 2006 Images from the EUMETSAT Meteosat Second Generation (MSG1) satellite now archived at the BADC
Febuary 2006 CGAM and Institute Pierre Simon Laplace, Paris (IPSL) - 5 year research collaboration on climate science formalised
Febuary 2006 CGAM director, Professor Julia Slingo, heads Royal Society delegation to UK/India workshop: "Regional climate change: variability and impacts"

Febuary 2006 CGAM final report for Met Office on "Tropical Variability in Atmosphere-only and Coupled Versions of the Unified Model" now available
Febuary 2006 CGAM announcement: ERA-40 Atlas now available on the web

Febuary 2006

NCAS Composition Programme: Announcing the Funding and Development of a New Atmospheric Monitoring Station icon in Cape Verde Islands And a new Cape Verde Observatory website! (198.45 kB) 

Febuary 2006

icon Another One Bites the Dust! (127.03 kB) The DODO Campaign (Dust Outflow and Deposition to the Ocean) Draws to a Close 

Febuary 2006 Invitation to comment - Defra Consultation on draft AQEG report: - "Air quality and climate change: a UK perspective
Febuary 2006 Director of DIAC, Professor Mike Pilling, reappointed as Chair of Defra Air Quality Expert Group

Febuary 2006

NCAS Atmospheric Chemistry Modelling Support Unit (ACMSU) - New Research findings discussed in Nature journal:icon Atmospheric chemistry: Biogenic bromine (108.07 kB)

April 2006 Africa plays host to Atmospheric Research Aircraft - read the article in icon Air News (3.9 MB), Africa's leading aviation journal
April 2006 Read about UWERN's Urban Meteorology programme
April 2006 Visit London's Science Museum and see "Scientists Chase Saharan Sand Storms at Sea"
April 2006 Dr Ed Hawkins (CGAM) presents research findings at the House of Commons - How Might the Atlantic Ocean affect the Future Climate of the UK? - see the photos
April 2006 Dr Andrew Challinor (CGAM) invited to present research at The Royal Society's " Celebrating British Science" event
April 2006 University of Reading awarded the Queen's Anniversty Prize for excellence in meteorology and climate. CGAM makes significant contribution to climate element of submission
June 2006

UK Atmospheric Research Aircraft takes part in US Experiments - icon The T-REX Campaign (165.48 kB)

June 2006

icon NCAS Achievements (106.47 kB) (organisational and individual centres) - highlights from April '05 to April '06. Read all about them!

June 2006

NCAS Achievements -"icon Climate Science for the 21st Century (153.74 kB)"

June 2006

NCAS Achievements -"icon The Convective Storm Initiation Project (CSIP) (75.39 kB)"

June 2006

NCAS Achievements icon New estimates of the melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet suggest a higher warming threshold (73.21 kB)

June 2006

NCAS Achievements - "icon DIAC in the Antarctic (99.16 kB) - the CHABLIS Project: Chemistry of the Antarctic Boundary Layer and the Interface with Snow”

June 2006

The ICEPIC campaign - "icon ICE and Precipitation Initiation in Cumulus (71.2 kB)"

June 2006

NCAS Achievements -"icon NCAS response to Buncefield Oil Depot Fire (159.85 kB)" Revised version

June 2006

FAAM - Flying the Flag for Science! icon The BAe-146 Research Aircraft Celebrates its 1000th Hour of Science Flying (172.63 kB)

June 2006

icon Early-Warning System for West African Rainy Season (1.06 MB) - UK scientists fly out to join massive international campaign to measure the weather in Africa. The AMMA 2006 Campaign begins!

October 2006

NERC Centres for Atmospheric Science is officially renamed: icon The National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS) is Launched! (408.13 kB)

October 2006

icon NCAS Scientists Input Expertise to the Stern Review (212.43 kB)

November 2006

Joint Press Release: icon Wheat, Peanuts and Rice Under Threat from Climate Change (146.94 kB)

November 2006

Knowledge Transfer - icon NCAS Successfully Bids for Knowledge Transfer Funds (80.19 kB)

November 2006

Knowledge Transfer - Atmospheric Aerosols Research: icon Communicating with our Stakeholders (287.46 kB)

November 2006

Knowledge Transfer: Modelling Air Quality and Meteorology in Urban Areas
icon NCAS-Weather Forms Partnership with Computer-Aided Engineering Business, CD-adapco (395.12 kB).