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The main generators of the atmospheric electric field SCAR/IASC IPY Open Science Conference, St. Petersburg, Russia, July 8-11, 2008, 2008 (Ref: 13463)
Authors:
Frank-Kamenetsky A.V.Troshichev O.A.Burns G.B.
Category 3: Abstract

The atmospheric electric field Ez measured at the Antarctic Plateau station of Vostok made it possible to estimate … the role of the main generators in formation the global electric circuit. In the polar region during the periods with good … weather conditions the classical diurnal curve…

Glaciers of the sub-Antarctic and their recent change SCAR/IASC IPY Open Science Conference, St. Petersburg, Russia, July 8-11 2008. Abstract Volume, S1.4/P06, 2008 (Ref: 13461)
Authors:
Donoghue S.L.Allison I.
Category 3: Abstract

The temeperate glaciers of the sub-Antarctic islands are located on a cold, wet, maritime environments making them … valuable climatic indicators for the Southern Ocean. The changes in the glacier fronts on Heard, Kerguelen, Crozet, Marion, Bouvetoya, South Gerogia…

Ice sheet mass balance and sea level SCAR/IASC IPY Open Science Conference, St. Petersburg, Russia, July 8-11 2008. Abstract Volume, keynote presentation K008, 2008 (Ref: 13460)
Authors:
Allison I.Alley R.B.Fricker H.A.Thomas R.H.Warner R.
Category 3: Abstract

Because of the vast reservoirs of water mass held in the great ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland, determining the … role that they play in global sea level has long been a major challenge of polar science. But until recent advances in … measurement technology…

Antarctic meteor observations using the Davis MST and meteor radars Advances in Space Research, 2008 (Ref: 13468)
Authors:
Holdsworth D.A.Murphy D.J.Reid I.M.Morris R.J.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Atmospheric circuit influences on ground-level pressure in the Antarctic and Arctic Journal of Geophysical Research, 2008 (Ref: 13465)
Authors:
Burns G.B.Tinsley B.A.French W.J.R.Troshichev O.A.Frank-Kamenetsky A.V.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Pressure variations at 11 Antarctic sites and 7 Arctic sites have been examined and … show significant correlations with a daily proxy for the output of the meteorological … generators of the global atmospheric circuit.

Sensitivity of the present-day climate to freshwater forcing associated with Antarctic sea-ice loss Journal of Climate, 2008 (Ref: 13444)
Authors:
Aitken C.M.England M.H.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

The role played by Southern Hemisphere sea-ice in global climate is explored using an … Earth system climate model of intermediate complexity.

Space weather forecasting -a multi directional telescope for detection of high energy cosmic rays - muons - Southern Space Observatory - Brazil 37th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Montreal, Canada, 13-20 July 2008, 2008 (Ref: 13454)
Authors:
Schuch N.J.Dal Lago A.Echer E.Munakata K.Bieber J.W.Da Silva M.Duldig M.L.Evenson P.Fujii Z.Gonzalez Alarcon W.D.Kato C.Kemmerich N.Kummer F.D.Kuwabara T.Sabbah I.Silveira M.V.D.Stekel T.R.C.Braga C.R.Chilingarian A.Hippler R.Humble J.E.
Category 3: Conference paper

A multi-directional telescope for detection of high-energy galactic cosmic rays (GCRs) - muons … was installed in 2001, through an international cooperation between Brazil, Japan and USA, and … operated since then at the Southern Space Observatory - SSO/CRS/INPE - MCT, (29S, 53W)…

A calibration neutron monitor: Energy response and instrumental temperature sensitivity Journal of Geophysical Research, 2008 (Ref: 13467)
Authors:
Krüger H.Moraal H.Bieber J.W.Clem J.M.Evenson P.A.Pyle K.R.Duldig M.L.Humble J.E.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Neutron monitors are integral detectors of secondary cosmic rays. Since each of them … has its own detection efficiency, energy spectra cannot readily be derived from their … observations. To circumvent this problem…

An improved model for relativistic solar proton acceleration applied to the 2005 January 20 and earlier events The Astrophysical Journal, 2008 (Ref: 13466)
Authors:
Bombardieri D.J.Duldig M.L.Humble J.E.Michael K.J.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

This paper presents results on modeling the ground-level response of the higher energy protons for the 2005 … January 20 ground-level enhancement (GLE). This event, known as GLE 69, produced the highest intensity of relativistic … solar particles since the famous event on 1956 February 23.

Mark recapture analysis of Pygmy Blue Whales from Perth Canyon, Western Australia 2000-2005 IWC Scientific Committee; SC/60/SH16, 2008 (Ref: 13451)
Authors:
Jenner C.Jenner M.Burton C.Sturrock V.Salgado Kent C.Morrice M.Attard C.Moller L.Double M.C.
Category 2: International meeting papers

Between January and April over six consecutive years (2000 to 2005) photographs of the … dorsal fin and lateral bodies of pygmy blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda) were … collected at the Perth Canyon, Western Australia.

Blocking primers to enhance PCR amplification of rare sequences in mixed samples - a case study on prey DNA in Antarctic krill stomachs Frontiers in Zoology, 2008 (Ref: 13453)
Authors:
Vestheim H.Jarman S.N.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Identification of DNA sequence diversity is a powerful means for assessing the … species present in environmental samples.

Seabird bycatch mitigation and blue-dyed bait: A spectral and experimental assessment Biological Conservation, 2008 (Ref: 13450)
Authors:
Cocking L.J.Double M.C.Milburn P.J.Brando V.E.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

The application of blue-dye to fishing baits is a seabird bycatch mitigation technique used … in some pelagic longline fisheries that is thought to make the baits less visible and hence … less attractive to seabirds. We tested this assumption in two ways. First…

Risk of Baleen Whale Hearing Loss from Seismic Surveys: Preliminary Results from Simulations Accounting for Uncertainty and Individual Variation 2008 IWC-Scientific Committee, 2008 (Ref: 13432)
Authors:
Gedamke J.Frydman S.Gales N.
Category 2: International meeting papers

Airgun ‘shots’ from seismic surveys are powerful enough to be heard across ocean basins. At … close range, though, there is extraordinarily little understanding of the potential for these intense … sounds to cause temporary or permanent hearing threshold shifts (TTS/PTS) in marine … mammals.

The SCAR Antarctic Biodiversity Database of terrestrial and limnetic data SCAR Conference, St Petersburg, Russia July 2008, 2008 (Ref: 13445)
Authors:
Watts D.
Category 3: Abstract

The Antarctic Biodiversity Database developed and hosted by the Australian Antarctic Data Centre (AADC), holds data and information on Antarctic and subantarctic flora and fauna in support of the SCAR Life Sciences programme Evolution and Biodiversity in the Antarctic (EBA).

10Be Concentrations in Antarctic Snow Following the 29 Oct 2003 and 20 Jan 2005 Solar Cosmic Ray Events Astronomical Society of Australia 2008 Annual Scientific Meeting, University of Western Australia, Perth, 6-10 July 2008, 2008 (Ref: 13439)
Authors:
Duldig M.L.Pedro J.B.Smith A.M.Klekociuk A.R.Simon K.J.Curran M.A.J.van Ommen T.D.Fink D.A.Morgan V.I.Galton-Fenzi B.K.
Category 3: Poster

Modelled 10Be production by solar cosmic ray (SCR) events is compared with measured 10Be concentrations … in a Law Dome snow pit record. The snow pit record spans 2.7 years, providing a quasi-monthly 10Be … sampling resolution which overlaps with the SCR events of 29 Oct 2003 and 20 Jan 2005.

Recent solar production of relativistic protons Astronomical Society of Australia 2008 Annual Scientific Meeting, University of Western Australia, Perth, 6-10 July, 2008, 2008 (Ref: 13440)
Authors:
Duldig M.L.Bombardieri D.J.Humble J.E.Michael K.J.
Category 3: Abstract

Krill - effort increase being carefully monitored Fishing News International, 2008 (Ref: 13428)
Authors:
Nicol S.
Category 3: Article

The ecology of Antarctic meiofaunal communities: spatial variation and human impacts SCAR/IASC IPY Open Science Conference: Polar Research - Arctic and Antarctic Perspectives in the International Polar Year, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2008 (Ref: 13423)
Authors:
Mohammad M.Stark J.S.
Category 3: Conference paper

Trophic ecology of Antarctic nearshore marine ecosystems (Casey Station) with relation to climate change and local impacts AMSA/NZMSS 2008 Joint conference: Human impacts and functioning ecosystems, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2008 (Ref: 13420)
Authors:
Gillies C.L.Stark J.S.Smith S.D.A.
Category 3: Conference paper

Antarctic spring total ozone and tropopause zonal asymmetry Geophysical Research Abstracts, 2008 (Ref: 13427)
Authors:
Milinevsky G.Evtushevsky O.Grytsai A.Klekociuk A.
Category 3: Abstract

Seismic anisotrophy of East Antarctica from shear-wave splitting: Spatially varying contributions from lithospheric structural fabric and mantle flow? Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2008 (Ref: 13397)
Authors:
Reading A.M.Heintz M.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Seismic anisotropy is investigated across the previously unstudied region of central East Antarctica including new coastal locations and remote, temporary stations far inland.

Crustal architecture of the oblique-slip conjugate margins of George V Land and southeast Australia Antarctica: A Keystone in a Changing World - Online Proceedings of the 10th ISAES, USGS Open-File Report 2007-1047, 2008 (Ref: 13395)
Authors:
Stagg H.M.J.Reading A.M.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

A conceptual, lithospheric-scale cross-section of the conjugate, oblique-slip margins of George V Land, East … Antarctica, and southeast Australia (Otway Basin) has been constructed based on the integration of seismic and sample … data.

Drift effects and the cosmic ray density gradient in a solar rotation period: first observation with the Global Muon Detector Network (GMDN) The Astrophysical Journal, 2008 (Ref: 13404)
Authors:
Okazaki Y.Fushishita A.Narumi T.Kato C.Yasue S.Kuwabara T.Bieber J.W.Evenson P.Da Silva M.R.Dal Lago A.Schuch N.J.Fujii Z.Duldig M.L.Humble J.E.Sabbah I.Kota J.Munakata K.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

We present for the first time hourly variations of the spatial density gradient of 50 GeV cosmic rays within a sample … solar rotation period in 2006. By inversely solving the diffusive flux equation, including the drift…

Short-period planetary waves in the Antarctic middle atmosphere Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 2008 (Ref: 13403)
Authors:
Baumgaertner A.J.G.McDonald A.J.Hibbens R.E.Fritts D.C.Murphy D.J.Vincent R.A.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Planetary waves with periods between two and four days in the middle atmosphere over … Antarctica are characterized using one year of data from the medium-frequency spaced … antenna (MFSA) radars at Scott Base, Rothera, and Davis. In order to investigate the origin … of the observed waves…

Impact of solar proton events on noctilucent clouds and polar mesospheric summer echoes 1st international HEPPA Workshop 2008, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland, May 28-31, 2008, 2008 (Ref: 13409)
Authors:
von Savigny C.Robert C.Rahpoe N.Burrows J.P.Morris R.DeLand M.
Category 3: Verbal presentation

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