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Chemical equator paper grabs worldwide attention.

Atmospheric Chemical Transport Model of the Chemical Equator during ACTIVE. Produced by Glenn Carver, Cambridge University. Colours indicate the carbon monoxide concentrations on 30 January 2006. Essentially Red – polluted air and blue clean air.
Atmospheric Chemical Transport Model of the Chemical Equator during ACTIVE. Produced by Glenn Carver, Cambridge University. Colours indicate the carbon monoxide concentrations on 30 January 2006. Essentially Red – polluted air and blue clean air.

A publication resulting from the Manchester led ACTIVE project carried out in Darwin, Australia during 2005/6 has attracted significant attention on online news outlets around the world. The publication itself was authored by Dr Jacqueline Hamilton of the University of York and focused on flights made with the NERC ARSF Dornier aircraft which measured the boundary between northern and southern hemisphere air, which is of significance for understanding global transport of pollutants.

The news release issued by the University of York detailing the research can be found here, while citation details for the paper which is still in press are as follows:

Hamilton, J. F., G. Allen, N. M. Watson, J. D. Lee, J. E. Saxton, A. C. Lewis, G. Vaughan, K. N. Bower, M. Flynn, J. Crosier, G. D. Carver, N. R. P. Harris, R. J. Parker, J. Remedios, and N. Richards (2008), Observations of an Atmospheric Chemical Equator and its Implications for the Tropical Warm Pool Region, J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2008JD009940, in press.

As of 30th September 2008 the article had been covered on over 50 sites including:

Fox News

Science Daily

Discovery Channel

NewScientist

ABC

 

The ACTIVE and TWP-ICE projects also featured in the ABC 'documentary' - Thunderheads which was filmed while the project was being undertaken in Darwin, Australia.