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Ozone profiles in the high-latitude stratosphere and lower mesosphere measured by the Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer(ILAS)-II: Comparison with other satellite sensors and ozonesondes. Journal of Geophysical Research, 2006 (Ref: 12431)
Authors:
Sugita T.Nakajima H.Yokota T.Kanzawa H.Gernandt H.Herber A.von der Gathen P.König-Langlo G.Sato K.Dorokhov V.Yushkov V.A.Murayama Y.Yamamori M.Godin-Beekmann S.Goutail F.Roscoe H.K.Deshler T.Yela M.Taalas P.Kyrö E.Oltmans S.J.Johnson B.J.Allaart M.Litynska Z.Klekociuk A.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

A solar occultation sensor, the Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer (ILAS)-II, measured 5890 vertical profiles of ozone concentrations in the stratosphere and lower … mesosphere and of other species from January to October 2003. The measurement latitude … coverage was 54–71°N and 64–88°S…

Cosmic ray induced radiation dose during jet aircraft flight. Abstracts of the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Astronomical Society of Australia, Canberra, July 2-6 2006, 2006 (Ref: 12468)
Authors:
Duldig M.
Category 3: Abstract

A circum-Antarctic survey of the abundance and size characteristics of near-coastal population of icebergs. Abstracts of the SCAR Open Science Conference, Hobart, 12-14 July 2006., 2006 (Ref: 12497)
Authors:
Young N.W.Brando A.Morffew M.
Category 3: Abstract

A survey of the size characteristics of the population of icebergs around the whole of the … Antarctic coastline was carried out using synthetic aperture radar images. A total of 36…

In situ lubricant degradation in Antarctic marine sediments. 1. Short-term changes. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 2006 (Ref: 12280)
Authors:
Thompson B.A.W.Davies N.W.Goldsworthy P.M.Riddle M.J.Snape I.Stark J.S.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Snow accumulation rates on Law Dome, East Antarctica from ice core measurements. Abstracts of the SCAR Open Science Conference, Hobart, 12-14 July 2006., 2006 (Ref: 12504)
Authors:
Morgan V.I.van Ommen T.D.
Category 3: Abstract

Snow accumulation rates at the summit of Law Dome are examined on three different … timescales. For the full record covering the last ~ 90,000 years accumulation rate is … determined as an output of the model used for ice core dating.

Effects of UVBR on biogenic sulphur in Antarctic coastal waters. PhD Thesis, Southern Cross University, 2006 (Ref: 12514)
Authors:
Vance T.
Category 3: Thesis, higher degree

DMSP, DMS and urea as short-term indicators of the physiological stress response of Acropora intermedia to elevated nutrients and temperature. PhD Thesis, Southern Cross University, 2006 (Ref: 12513)
Authors:
Fischer E.
Category 3: Thesis, higher degree

Forcing of clouds and climate by the global electric circuit. Abstracts of the SCAR Open Science Conference, Hobart, 12-14 July 2006., 2006 (Ref: 12482)
Authors:
Tinsley B.A.Zhou L.Burns G.
Category 3: Poster

Planetary wave and gravity wave influence on the occurrence of polar stratospheric clouds seen from an East Antarctic station. Abstracts of the SCAR Open Science Conference, Hobart, 12-14 July 2006., 2006 (Ref: 12479)
Authors:
Innis J.L.Klekociuk A.R.Stark J.C.
Category 3: Poster

Four years of Rayleigh lidar and supporting radiosonde balloon data are used to study the … influence of wave activity on Polar Stratospheric Clouds (PSC) from an Eastern Antarctic … coastal site.

A comparison of Antarctic ground based hydroxyl rotational temperatures with recent satellite observations. Abstracts of the SCAR Open Science Conference, Hobart, 12-14 July 2006., 2006 (Ref: 12475)
Authors:
French W.J.R.Klekociuk A.R.Lowe R.P.Burns G.B.
Category 3: Poster

An 11 year climatology (1995-2005) of mesopause region temperatures over Davis station, Antarctica (68°S, 78°E) has been derived from hydroxyl rotational spectra measured using a … scanning spectrometer.

A public database of Antarctic atmospheric electricity measurements: A data system for the International Polar Year. Abstracts of the SCAR Open Science Conference, Hobart, 12-14 July 2006., 2006 (Ref: 12474)
Authors:
Bering III E.A.Nemec B.J.Bering IV E.A.Reddell B.D.Burns G.B.Troschichev O.A.Frank-Kamenetsky A.V.
Category 3: Poster

For over a century, atmospheric electricity data has been collected from all over the world, as well as from space. For the last thirty years, Antarctica has been the observatory site of … choice for atmospheric electricity studies.

The atmospheric electric circuit: Its relation to and influence on weather and climate. Abstracts of the SCAR Open Science Conference, Hobart, 12-14 July 2006., 2006 (Ref: 12473)
Authors:
Burns G.B.Tinsley B.A.Troschichev O.A.Bering E.A.Frank-Kamenetsky A.V.Jarvis M.J.
Category 3: Poster

The dominant generator of the atmospheric electric circuit is meteorological activity in the … form of thunderstorms and electrified clouds, while the flow of the current within the circuit is … principally controlled by atmospheric ionisation by cosmic rays.

ICESTAR: Vertical coupling of the atmosphere over Antarctica via atmospheric tides. Abstract Volume of the SCAR Open Science Conference, Hobart 12-14 July 2006, 2006 (Ref: 12470)
Authors:
Palo S.E.Iimura H.Murphy D.Vincent R.A.Riggin D.Fritts D.Tsutsumi M.Aso T.McDonald A.Baumgartner A.Mitchell N.
Category 3: Poster

The atmospheric tides are a dominant and persistent feature of the mesosphere and lowerthermosphere … region of the atmosphere which spans from 80 to 120km above the Earth’s … surface. The tides…

ICESTAR: Simultaneous Antarctic observations of polar mesospheric clouds and polar mesosphere summer echoes. Abstracts of the SCAR Open Science Conference, Hobart, 12-14 July 2006., 2006 (Ref: 12478)
Authors:
Klekociuk A.R.Morris R.J.Innis J.L.
Category 3: Abstract

Polar Mesospheric Clouds (PMCs) and Polar Mesospheric Summer Echoes (PMSE) were … simultaneously observed during the 2005-2006 austral summer above Davis, Antarctica … (latitude 68.6°S). This is the first time such observations have been obtained from the … southern hemisphere.

Growth and size of the Antarctic ozone hole: The influence of solar illumination and polar stratospheric clouds. Abstracts of the SCAR Open Science Conference, Hobart, 12-14 July 2006., 2006 (Ref: 12477)
Authors:
Klekociuk A.R.
Category 3: Abstract

During early August 2005, the size of the Antarctic ozone hole, as measured by the area … enclosing the 220 Dobson Unit contour of the total ozone column, grew more rapidly than … previously observed for that time of year. Using global ozone and meteorological data…

Wave energy transfer to the polar atmosphere from the outer magnetosphere - first observed in Antarctica. Abstracts of the SCAR Open Science Conference, Hobart, 12-14 July 2006., 2006 (Ref: 12476)
Authors:
Neudegg D.A.Underwood M.J.Fraser B.J.Menk F.W.Morris R.J.Burns G.B.
Category 3: Abstract

A mechanism where reconnection between the Solar Interplanetary Magnetic Field and the … Geomagnetic field, deposits energy in the polar atmosphere was first observed in Antarctica. The propagation and attenuation of plasma waves occurs in the polar ionospheric waveguide … at 300km altitude…

Temperature and dynamics of the mesosphere during the first complete season of PMSE observations above Davis, Antarctica. Abstracts of the SCAR Open Science Conference, Hobart, 12-14 July 2006., 2006 (Ref: 12472)
Authors:
Morris R.J.Holdsworth D.A.Klekociuk A.R.Murphy D.J.Vincent R.A.
Category 3: Abstract

Considerable debate is ongoing as to whether there is a temperature difference between the … northern and southern hemisphere polar mesopause regions of the atmosphere. In part this … debate has been fuelled by the reported lack of southern hemisphere Polar Mesosphere … Summer Echoes (PMSE)…

Cosmic ray muon telescopes: Physics with space weather applications. Abstracts of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society 3rd Annual General Meeting, Singapore, 10-14 July 2006, 2006 (Ref: 12467)
Authors:
Jansen F.Duldig M.Munakata K.Hippler R.
Category 3: Abstract

This talk will describe the cosmic ray physics behind different cosmic ray muon telescopes, such as Hobart Scintillator Telescope, Nagoya Scintillator Telescope, Matsumoto and Mawson … Proportional Counter,MuSTAnG and SanMartinho ScintillatorTelescopes.

Ground Level Enhancements - the global modelling approach. Abstracts of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society 3rd Annual General Meeting, Singapore, 10-14 July 2006, 2006 (Ref: 12466)
Authors:
Duldig M.
Category 3: Abstract

Ground Level Enhancements (GLEs) arise when protons are accelerated to relativistic energies … at the sun, invariably associated with X-class flares, and the protons propagate to Earth and … produce statistically significant increase in ground based cosmic ray detectors.

Australian space weather activities and plans. Abstracts of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society 3rd Annual General Meeting, Singapore, 10-14 July 2006, 2006 (Ref: 12465)
Authors:
Duldig M.Cairns I.
Category 3: Abstract

A review of the present Australian activity in SpaceWeather research and forecasting is presented … together with a summary of the Australian SpaceWeather Plan to 2010 and beyond. Australian … researchers are in the process of developing a decadal plan for all solar-terrestrial research…

Storm induced geomagnetic cut-off variations: How big are they and do they really matter? Abstracts of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society 3rd Annual General Meeting, Singapore, 10-14 July 2006, 2006 (Ref: 12464)
Authors:
Duldig M.Humble J.
Category 3: Abstract

It is well known that Geomagnetic Storms change the geomagnetic field configuration, thus … changing the local geomagnetic cut-off. The effect of such changes on cosmic ray induced … charged particle fluxes at aircraft altitudes is investigated.

Ice Sheets Polar Remote Sensing, 2006 (Ref: 12518)
Authors:
Massom R.Lubin D.
Category 5: Book series

Surface wind field over the Antarctic ice sheet mapped from satellite thermal infrared images. Abstracts of the SCAR Open Science Conference, Hobart, 12-14 July 2006., 2006 (Ref: 12500)
Authors:
Young N.W.Anderson J.G.
Category 3: Poster

Thermal infrared images of the cloud-free surface of the Antarctic ice sheet exhibit subtle … stream-like features that can be traced over hundreds of kilometres. The stream features are … superimposed on other features in the temperature field related to the surface topography of … the ice sheet.

Forecasting iceberg trajectories using an iceberg model. Abstracts of the SCAR Open Science Conference, Hobart, 12-14 July 2006., 2006 (Ref: 12499)
Authors:
Matthews D.E.Bindoff N.Young N.W.
Category 3: Poster

We present results of modelling iceberg tracks around East Antarctica, using the observed … long-term tracks of massive icebergs as reference data.

East Antarctic ice shelves: Status quo or decline? Abstracts of the SCAR Open Science Conference, Hobart, 12-14 July 2006., 2006 (Ref: 12498)
Authors:
Young N.W.Gibson J.A.E.
Category 3: Poster

The collapse of the Larsen A and B and other ice shelves fringing the Antarctic Peninsula … coastline raises questions about the status of ice shelves in other parts of the continent. Are … the large ice shelves along the East Antarctic coast also in danger of permanent collapse…

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