Technical Report 14-11 Overview of Danish Contributions to Monitoring of SLCPs in the Arctic

• Main Authors: Korsholm, Ulrik Smith, Krogh Andersen, Katrine, Christensen, Tina, Jepsen, Nis, Larsen, Niels, Massling, Andreas, Nielsen, Ingeborg Elbæk, Skov, Henrik, Sørensen, Jens Havskov, Sørensen, Lise Lotte
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Arctic; Greenland; Tromsø; Arctic Council; black carbon; Climate change; Ice Sheet; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://pure.au.dk/portal/en/publications/556a8344-486f-4edf-a40f-353b73cda39e; http://www.dmi.dk/fileadmin/user_upload/Rapporter/TR/2014/tr14-11.pdf

In the Tromsø Declaration (2009) the Arctic Council noted the role that shorter-lived climate forcers such as black carbon, methane and tropospheric ozone precursors may play in Arctic climate change, and recognized that reductions of emissions have the potential to slow the rate of Arctic snow, sea ice and ice sheet melting in the near-term. Short lived climate pollutants/forcers (SLCPs) have in recent year become an area of attention, and several international initiatives and studies have underlined the potential climate and health benefits of reducing emissions of SLCPs. Whereas reductions in anthropogenic sources of SLCPs warrant action within and outside of the Arctic region effects of such actions need to be monitored in the Arctic as to measure the effectiveness of mitigation at lower latitudes and as to support the development of our understanding of the role that the SLCPs play in Arctic climate change including a better understanding of trends, temporal and spatial distribution, transport mechanisms, atmospheric processes, chemical interactions, etc. The monitoring of SLCPs in the Kingdoms arctic region (Greenland) is carried out by different institutions and for different purposes. In 2013 the Danish Environmental Protection Agency and the Danish Energy Agency decided to get an overview of the ongoing monitoring and research related activities on SLCPs in Greenland. Therefore, DEA has granted support from the Danish Corporation Program for Climate to the Danish Meteorological Institute to arrange a workshop for Danish institutions involved in SLCP monitoring. The purpose of the workshop was to create an overview of the monitoring activities and produce recommendations on a future Danish SLCP monitoring network in Greenland. The presentations from the workshop are summarized here while the recommendations are concluding the report. The workshop and the report has been supported by the DANCEA programme (climate) administered by the Danish Energy Agency (DEA). This report and its recommendations do not ...