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Jack Dibb's trip to Summit, Greenland
March-May
2004
Who is
Jack Dibb?
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Jack with
Rollo
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Education:
1981 B.S. in
Geology University of Puget Sound
1983 M.A.
in Geology SUNY, Binghamton
1988 Ph.D.
in Geology SUNY, Binghamton
- Jack
has been a research Scientist/Associate Professor at UNH/EOS since
1988.
- He
specializes in atmospheric chemistry and the chemistry of air-snow exchange
What is Jack going to do at Summit?
Jack is going to the Greenland ice sheet at Summit in mid March to early May 2004 to measure reactive chemicals in and just
above the surface snow at a time when the frozen landscape begins to emerge
from months of perpetual darkness.
Jack will lead a team of 12 other researchers from Georgia Tech,
UC Irvine, UC Davis, the University of Arizona, the National Center
for Atmospheric Research, the Cold Regions Research and Engineering
Laboratory, and NASA.
While Jack has been going to the scientific research facility at
Summit annually since 1989, with funding from the National Science Foundation,
this is the first time a large contingent of researchers will operate
in such extreme conditions in an effort to make measurements at the site.
For full Press Release see HERE
In mid-March
the average daytime temperature will be minus 45 degrees Celsius (-49
F)
- For current temperature, wind chill and webcam
see HERE
We plan to post updates on Jack's progress here
while he's up at Summit so check back often!
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