Annual Conference
2019 Global Monitoring Annual Conference
NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL), Global Monitoring Division, will hold the 47th Global Monitoring Annual Conference on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 21rd and 22th, 2019, in Boulder, Colorado.
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GMD Team Member of the Quarter
Bryan Thomas, Station Chief at the Barrow Observatory, Alaska, was awarded the GMD Team Member of the Quarter Award in February 2019 in recognition for his time and effort running the Barrow Observatory single-handedly this past quarter, keeping GMD’s critical measurements going, supporting new Observatory design efforts, getting the solar albedo rack communications upgraded from a phone line to WiFi, repairing the bobcat, moving snow and coordinating heavy equipment, and hosting outreach and media events, all the while maintaining a positive attitude in the cold and dark winter months and during the recent shutdown. Congratulations, Bryan, and thank you for your extensive contributions to the polar scientific community.
Observatories
![[Barrow]](/gmd/images/th_brw.jpg)
![[Mauna Loa]](/gmd/images/th_mlo.jpg)
![[American Samoa]](/gmd/images/th_smo.jpg)
![[South Pole]](/gmd/images/th_spo.jpg)
News and Highlights
Seminar: April 26, 2019
On science informing international policy: Are emissions of a banned ozone-depleting substance still increasing, and what’s being done about it?
Dr. Steve MontzkaSeminar: June 27, 2019
Christine Wiedinmyer
Global carbon dioxide growth in 2018 reached 4th highest on record
Ozone hole modest despite conditions ripe for depletion
Study sheds light on persistent gap in natural gas methane emissions measurements
Research Groups
Global Greenhouse Gas Reference Network
The GGGRN makes measurements of the spatial and temporal distributions of greenhouse gases and provides essential constraints to our understanding of the global carbon cycle.
Halocarbons and other Trace Species
The HATS group quantifies the distributions and magnitudes of the sources and sinks for important ozone-depleting and greenhouse gases.
Aerosols
The goals of this program are to characterize means, variability, and trends of climate-forcing properties of different types of aerosols.
Global Radiation
Activities involve empirical and theoretical research of the Earth's surface radiation budget.
Ozone and Water Vapor
Research on the nature and causes of the depletion of the stratospheric ozone layer and the role of ozone and water vapor in forcing climate change.
