Science Leader of BAS’s Atmosphere, Ice, and Climate Team, 2018 to present.

Scientist with British Antarctic Survey, 1992 to present.

Ph.D., Atmospheric Chemistry, University of Cambridge, 1989-1992.

BSc (Hons) Chemistry, University of East Anglia, 1985-1988.

Research interests

My research focuses on the polar atmosphere, and how chemical composition is affected by interactions with snow, with sea ice, and with the ocean. Such knowledge is essential for predicting how the atmosphere will respond to future changes in climate, and the consequent modifications to the polar environment, as well as assessing any feedbacks that may arise. Detailed understanding of our present day atmosphere, and the factors affecting it, also enhances our ability to interpret ice cores, which hold an archive of how Earths’ atmosphere and climate evolved over time. We also use baseline observations of the atmosphere in remote locations to “take the pulse” of global atmospheric composition, and monitor for changes over time.

My work has mainly focussed on Antarctica, in particular using measurements made at the British Antarctic Survey’s Halley station. I run a laboratory there, the Clean Air Sector Laboratory (CASLab), where we operate a variety of instruments to make measurements of trace gas and aerosol components. Halley is a “Global” station in the World Meteorological Organisation Global Atmospheric Watch (WMO/GAW) network, and data from the CASLab also contribute to the Equianos greenhouse gas network.

Field work in collaboration with the Alfred Wegener Institute, at their Antarctic station, Neumayer, where we studied the production of nitrogen oxides from snow.

The Clean Air Sector Laboratory at BAS’s Halley station, where we maintain a programme for process studies and long-term observations.

PEER-REVIEWED PAPERS

Bekki, S., Toumi, R., Pyle, J.A. and Jones, A.E., Future aircraft and global ozone, Nature, 354, 193-194, 1991.

Jones, A.E., Bekki, S. and Pyle, J.A., Sensitivity of supersonic aircraft modelling studies to HNO3 photolysis rate, Geophys. Res. Lett., 20, 2231-2234, 1993.

Jones, A.E. and Shanklin, J.D., Continued decline of total ozone over Halley, Antarctica, since 1985, Nature, 376, 409-411, 1995.

Jones, A.E., Roscoe, H.K., Sarkissian, A., Shanklin, J.D. and Wolff, E.W., Year-round column ozone observations at 65oS: Validation and polar winter data, J. Quant. Spectr. Radiat. Transfer, 54, 481-494, 1995.

Jones, A.E., Bekki, S. and Pyle, J.A., On the atmospheric impact of launching the Ariane-5 rocket, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 16651-16660, 1995.

Jones, A.E., Law, K.S. and Pyle, J.A., Subsonic aircraft and ozone trends, J. Atmos. Chem., 23, 89-105, 1996.

Roscoe, H.K., Jones, A.E. and Lee, A. Midwinter start to Antarctic ozone depletion: Evidence from observations and models, Science, 278, 93-96, 1997.

Jones, A.E., Bowden, T. and Turner, J., Predicting total ozone based on GTS data: Applications for South American high latitude populations, J. Appl. Met., 37, 477-485, 1998.

Van Roozendael, Peters, M. P., Simon, P.C., Roscoe, H.K., Jones, A.E., Bartlett, L., Vaughan, G., Goutail, F., Pommereau, J-P., Kyro, E., Whalstrom, C. and Braathen, G., Validation of ground-based visible measurements of total ozone by comparison with Dobson and Brewer spectrophotometers, J. Atmos. Chem., 29, 53-83, 1998.

Jones, A.E., Weller, R., Minikin, A., Wolff, E.W., Sturges, W.T., McIntyre, H.P., Leonard, S.R., Schrems, O. and Bauguitte, S., Oxidised nitrogen chemistry and speciation in the Antarctic troposphere, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 21,355-21, 366, 1999.

Weller, R., Jones, A.E., Wolff, E.W., Minikin, A., Anderson, P., König-Langlo, G. and Schrems, O., Investigation possible causes of observed diurnal variability in Antarctic NOy, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 2853-2856, 1999.

Jones, A.E., R. Weller, E.W. Wolff, H.W. Jacobi, Speciation and rate of photochemical NO and NO2 production in Antarctic snow, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 345 348, 2000.

Lachlan-Cope, T., Turner, J., Sear, C.B., Burt, P.J.A., Jones, A.E., Bowdon, T. and Monreal, R., A pilot study for predicting ozone amounts for the general public in southern Chile, Meteorological Applications, 7, 37-43, 2000.

Jacobi, H.-W., Weller, R., Jones, A.E., Anderson, P.S. and Schrems, O., Peroxyacetly nitrate (PAN) concentrations in the Antarctic troposphere measured during the Photochemical Experiment at Neumayer (PEAN’99), Atmos. Env., 34, 5235-5247, 2000.

Jones, A.E., Weller, R., Anderson, P.S., Jacobi, H.-W., Wolff, E.W., Schrems, O. and Miller, H., Measurements of NOx emissions from the Antarctic snowpack, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, (8), 1499-1502, 2001.
Roscoe, H.K., Hill, J.G.T., Jones, A.E. and Sarkissian, A.,Improvements to the accuracy of zenith-sky measurements of total ozone by visible spectrometers II: Use of daily air-mass factors, J. Quant. Spectr. Radiat. Transfer, 68 (3), 327-336, 2001.

Lee, A.M., Roscoe, H.K., Jones, A.E., Haynes, P.H., Shuckburgh, E.F., Morrey, M.W. and Pumphrey, H.C., The impact of the mixing properties within the Antarctic stratospheric vortex on ozone loss in spring”, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 3203-3211, 2001.

Weller, R., Jones, A.E., Wille, A., Jacobi, H.-W., McIntyre, H.P., Sturges, W.T., Huke, M. and Wagenbach, D., Seasonality of reactive nitrogen oxides (NOy) at Neumayer station, Antarctica, J. Geophys. Res., 107, (D23), 4673, doi:10.1029/2002JD002495, 2002.

Wolff, E.W., Jones, A.E., Martin, T.J. and Grenfell, T.C.,Modelling photochemical NOx production and nitrate loss in the upper snowpack of Antarctica, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29 , 1944, doi: 10.1029/2002GLO15823, 2002.

Cotter, E.S.N., Jones, A.E., Wolff, E.W. and Bauguitte, S.J.-B., What controls photochemical NO and NO2 production from Antarctic snow? Laboratory investigation assessing the wavelength and temperature-dependence, J. Geophys. Res., 108(D4), 10.1029/2002JD002602, 2003.

Jones, A.E. and Wolff, E.W., An analysis of the oxidation potential of the South Pole boundary layer and the influence of stratospheric ozone depletion, J. Geophys. Res., 108 (D18), doi: 10.1029/2003JD003379, 2003.

Jones, A.E., Anderson, P.S., Wolff, E.W., Turner, J., Rankin, A.M. and Colwell, S. R., A role for newly-forming sea ice in springtime polar tropospheric ozone loss? Observational evidence from Halley station, Antarctica J. Geophys. Res., 111, D08306, doi:10.1029/2005JD006566, 2006.

Helmig, D., Oltmans, S., Carlson, D., Lamarque, J.-F., Jones, A.E., Labuschagne, C., Anlauf, K. and Hayden, K., A review of surface ozone in the polar regions, Atmos. Env., 41, 5138-5161, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.09.053, 2007.

Read, K. A., Lewis, A. C., Salmon, R. A., Jones, A. E. and Bauguitte, S., OH and halogen atom influence on the variability of non-methane hydrocarbons in the Antarctic boundary layer, Tellus Ser. B-Chem. Phys. Meteorol., 59, 22-38, 2007.

Bloss, W. J., Lee, J. D., Heard, D. E., Salmon, R. A., Bauguitte, S. J.-B., Roscoe, H. K. and Jones, A. E. , Observations of OH and HO₂ radicals in coastal Antarctica, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 7, 4171-4185, 2007.

Grannas, A. M., Jones, A. E., Dibb, J., Ammann, M., Anastasio, C., Beine, H. J., Bergin, M., Bottenheim, J., Boxe, C. S., Carver, G., Chen, G., Crawford, J. H., Dominé, F., Frey, M. M., Guzmán, M. I., Heard, D. E., Helmig, D., Hoffmann, M. R., Honrath, R. E., Huey, L. G. Hutterli, M., Jacobi, H.-W., Klán, P., Lefer, B., McConnell, J., Plane, J., Sander, R., Savarino, J., Shepson, P. B., Simpson, W. R., Sodeau, J. R., von Glasow, R., Weller, R., Wolff, E. W. and Zhu, T., An overview of snow photochemistry: Evidence, mechanisms and impacts, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 7, 4329-4373, 2007.

Saiz-Lopez, A., Mahajan, A. S., Salmon, R. A., Bauguitte, S. J.-B., Jones, A. E., Roscoe, H.K. and Plane, J.M.C., Boundary layer halogens in coastal Antarctica, Science, 317: 348-351, doi: 10.1126/science.1141408, 2007.

Wolff, E.W., Hutterli, M.A., Jones, A.E., Past atmospheric composition and chemistry from ice cores – progress and prospects: Environ. Chem., 4, 211-216, doi:10.1071/EN07031, 2007.

Saiz-Lopez, A., Plane, J.M.C., Mahajan, A. S., Anderson, P.S., Bauguitte, S. J.-B., Jones, A. E., Roscoe, H.K., Salmon, R. A., Bloss, W.J., Lee, J.D., and Heard, D.E., On the vertical distribution of boundary layer halogens over coastal Antarctica: implications for O₃, HO_x, NO_x and the Hg lifetime, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 887-900, 2008.

R. A. Salmon, S. J.-B. Bauguitte, W. Bloss, M. A. Hutterli, A. E. Jones, K. Read, and E. W. Wolff, Measurement and interpretation of gas phase formaldehyde concentrations obtained during the CHABLIS campaign in coastal Antarctica, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 4085-4093, 2008.

A. E. Jones, E. W. Wolff, R. A. Salmon, S. J.-B. Bauguitte, H. K. Roscoe, P. S. Anderson, D. Ames, K. C. Clemitshaw, Z. L. Fleming, W. J. Bloss, D. E. Heard, J. D. Lee, K. A. Read, P. Hamer, D. E. Shallcross, A. V. Jackson, S. L. Walker, A. C. Lewis, G. P. Mills, J. M. C. Plane, A. Saiz-Lopez, W. T. Sturges, and D. R. Worton, Chemistry of the Antarctic Boundary Layer and the Interface with Snow: an overview of the CHABLIS campaign, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 3789-3803, 2008.

E. Wolff, A.E. Jones, S. Bauguitte, and R. Salmon, The interpretation of spikes and trends in concentration of nitrate in polar ice cores, based on evidence from snow and atmospheric measurements, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 5627-5634, 2008.

A.E. Jones, P.S. Anderson, M. Begoin, N. Brough, M.A. Hutterli, G. Marshall, A. Richter, H.K. Roscoe, E.W. Wolff, BrO, blizzards, and drivers of polar tropospheric ozone depletion events, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 4639-4652, 2009.

D.A. Pearce, K. A. Hughes, T. Lachlan-Cope, S. A. Harangozo and A. E. Jones, Biodiversity of air-borne microorganisms at Halley station, Antarctica, Extremophiles, doi:10.1007/s00792-009-0293-8, 2010.

A.E. Jones, P.S. Anderson, E.W. Wolff, H.K. Roscoe, G.J. Marshall, A. Richter, N. Brough, S.R. Colwell, Vertical structure of Antarctic tropospheric ozone depletion events: Characteristics and broader implications, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 7775-7794, 2010.

W.J. Bloss, M. Camredon, J.D. Lee, D.E. Heard, J.M.C. Plane,A. Saiz-Lopez, S.J.-B. Bauguitte, R.A. Salmon, A.E. Jones, Coupling of HO_x, NO_x and halogen chemistry in the Antarctic boundary layer, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 10187-10209, 2010.

S. J.-B. Bauguitte, N. Brough, M. M. Frey, A. E. Jones, D. J. Maxfield, H. K. Roscoe, M. C. Rose, and E. W. Wolff, A network of autonomous surface ozone monitors in Antarctica: technical description and first results, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 4, 645-658, 2011.

J. G. Levine, E. W. Wolff, A. E. Jones, M. A. Hutterli, O. Wild, G. D. Carver, and J. A. Pyle, In search of an ice core signal to differentiate between source‐driven and sink‐driven changes in atmospheric methane, J. Geophys. Res., 116, D05305, doi:10.1029/2010JD014878, 2011.

J. G. Levine, E. W. Wolff, A.E. Jones, and L. C. Sime, The role of atomic chlorine in glacial‐interglacial changes in the carbon‐13 content of atmospheric methane, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L04801, doi:10.1029/2010GL046122, 2011.

J. G. Levine, E. W. Wolff, A. E. Jones, L. C. Sime, P. J. Valdes, A. T. Archibald, G. D. Carver, N. J. Warwick, and J. A. Pyle, Reconciling the changes in atmospheric methane sources and sinks between the Last Glacial Maximum and the pre-industrial era, Geophys. Res. Lett. 38, L23804, doi:10.1029/2011GL049545, 2011.

Jones, A. E., Wolff, E. W., Ames, D., Bauguitte, S. J.-B., Clemitshaw, K. C., Fleming, Z., Mills, G.P., Saiz-Lopez, A., Salmon, R.A., Sturges, W.T. and Worton, D.R., The multi-seasonal NO_y budget in coastal Antarctica and its link with surface snow and ice core nitrate: results from the CHABLIS campaign, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 9271–9285, doi:10.5194/acp-11-9271-2011,
2011.

S. J.-B. Bauguitte, W. J. Bloss, M. J. Evans, R. A. Salmon, P. S. Anderson, A. E. Jones, J. D. Lee, A. Saiz-Lopez, H. K. Roscoe, E. W. Wolff, and J. M. C. Plane, Summertime NO_x measurements during the CHABLIS campaign: can source and sink estimates unravel observed diurnal cycles? Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 989–1002, doi:10.5194/acp-12-989-2012, 2012.

J. P. D. Abbatt, J. L. Thomas, K. Abrahamsson, C. Boxe, A. Granfors, A. E. Jones, M. D. King, A. Saiz-Lopez, P. B. Shepson, J. Sodeau, D. W. Toohey, C. Toubin, R. von Glasow, S. N. Wren, and X. Yang, Halogen activation via interactions with environmental ice and snow in the polar lower troposphere and other regions, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 6237-6271, 2012.

A. E. Jones, E.W. Wolff, N. Brough, S. J.-B. Bauguitte, R. Weller, M. Yela, M. Navarro-Comas, H. A. Ochoa, and N. Theys, The spatial scale of ozone depletion events derived from an autonomous surface ozone network in coastal Antarctica, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 13, 1457–1467, 2013, www.atmos-chem-phys.net/13/1457/2013/ doi:10.5194/acp-13-1457-2013.

Z. Buys, N. Brough, L. G. Huey, D. J. Tanner, R. von Glasow, and A. E. Jones, High temporal resolution Br₂, BrCl and BrO observations in coastal Antarctica, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 13, 1329-1343, doi:10.5194/acp-13-1329-2013, 2013.

M. M. Frey, N. Brough, J. L. France, P. S. Anderson, O. Traulle, M. D. King, A. E. Jones, E. W. Wolff, and J. Savarino, The diurnal variability of atmospheric nitrogen oxides (NO and NO₂) above the Antarctic Plateau driven by atmospheric stability and snow emissions, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 13, 3045-3062, 2013, www.atmos-chem-phys.net/13/3045/2013/ doi:10.5194/acp-13-3045-2013.

S. Preunkert, M. Legrand, G. Pepy , H. Gallée, A.E. Jones, B. Jourdain, The atmospheric HCHO budget at Dumont d’Urville (East Antarctica): Contribution of photochemical gas-phase production versus snow emissions, J. Geophys. Res., 118, 1-19, doi:10.1002/2013JD019864, 2013.

H.K. Roscoe, N. Brough, A.E. Jones, F. Wittrock, A. Richter, M. Van Roozendael, F.Hendrick, Characterisation of vertical BrO distribution during events of enhanced tropospheric BrO in Antarctica, from combined remote and in-situ measurements, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer, 138, 70–81, 2014.

A.E. Jones, N. Brough, P.S. Anderson, E.W. Wolff, HO₂NO₂ and HNO₃ in the Antarctic winter boundary layer – a lab in the field experiment, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 11843-11851, 2014.

J. G. Levine, X. Yang, A. E. Jones, E. W. Wolff, Sea salt as an ice core proxy for past sea ice extent: a process-based model study, J. Geophys. Res., 119 (9), 5737–5756, 2014.

H.K. Roscoe, A.E. Jones, N. Brough, R. Weller, A. Saiz-Lopez, A.S. Mahajan, A. Schoenhardt, Z.L. Fleming, J.P. Burrows, Particles and iodine compounds in coastal Antarctica, J. Geophys. Res., 120, 7144-7156, doi: 10.1002/2015JD023301, 2015.

M. Legrand, S. Preunkert, J. Savarino, M. M. Frey, A. Kukui, D. Helmig, B. Jourdain, A.E. Jones, R. Weller, N. Brough, and H. Gallée, Inter-annual variability of surface ozone at coastal (Dumont d’Urville, 2004–2014) and inland (Concordia, 2007–2014) sites in East Antarctica, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 8053-8069, doi:10.5194/acp-16-8053-2016, 2016.

Turner, E. C., Withington, S., Newnham, D. A., Wadhams, P., Jones, A. E., and Clancy, R.: Simulation of sub-millimetre atmospheric spectra for characterizing potential ground-based remote sensing observations, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 5461-5485, 2016.
http://www.atmos-meas-tech.net/9/5461/2016/

Turner, J. and Comiso, J. plus 20 co-signatories including A.E. Jones: Solve Antarctica’s sea-ice puzzle, Nature, 547, 275-277, 2017.

Xin Yang, Markus Frey, Rachael Rhodes, Sarah Norris, Ian Brooks, Philip Anderson, Kouichi Nishimura, Anna E. Jones, and Eric Wolff, Sea salt aerosol production via sublimating wind-blown saline snow particles over sea-ice: parameterizations and relevant micro-physical mechanisms, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2018-1080, in review, 2018.

COMMISSIONED NON-PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES

Gardiner, B.G., Jones, A.E., Roscoe, H.K., Shanklin, J.D. and Wynn-Williams, D., “The ozone hole and life beneath it”, The Globe, issue 36, pp 5-6, April 1997.

Jones, A.E., “Ice Work”, Chemistry in Britain, 36, no 2, pp 33-36, 2000.

Jones, A.E., “Sun and Snow: Something in the Atmosphere”, Planet Earth, Winter 2005, pp 28-29, 2005.

Jones, A.E., “The surprising polar troposphere”, Royal Society of Chemistry Environmental
Chemistry Specialist Group journal – The Bulletin, July 2007, pp 6-10,
http://www.rsc.org/images/ECGJuly2007_tcm18-94459.pdf, 2007.

Jones, A.E., “The Antarctic Ozone Hole”, Chemistry Review, 17(2), 2007.

Jones, A.E., “The Antarctic Ozone Hole”, Phys. Educ., 43(4), 358-365, doi:10.1088/0031-9120/43/4/002, 2008.

Jones, A.E., C. Braban, L. Carpenter, A. Lewis, “Taking the air – Understanding our background atmosphere”, Planet Earth, Spring 2014, pp 26-27, 2014.

COMMISSIONED REPORTS

Pyle, J.A. & Jones, A.E. An Investigation of the Impact of the Ariane-5 Launches on Stratospheric Ozone, prepared for the European Space Agency (1991)

Jones, A.E., Bekki, S., & Pyle, J.A., Modelling Assessment of the Atmospheric Impact of Exhaust Products (chlorine, H2O, Al2O3) from Ariane-5 Rocket Launches, prepared for the European Space Agency (1992)

CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOOKS/REPORTS

Contributor to “Encyclopedia of Antarctica and the Southern Oceans” edited by Bernard Stonehouse, 378 pp, John Wiley and Sons Ltd, West Sussex, England, ISBN 0-471-98665-8, 2002.

Contributor to “Antarctic Climate Change and the Environment”, eds. Turner, Bindschadler, Convey, di Prisco, Fahrbach, Gutt, Hodgson, Mayewski, & Summerhayes, 395 pp, SCAR, Cambridge, England, ISBN 978-0-948277-22-1, 2008.

“The Antarctic Atmosphere” by R. A. Salmon & A. E. Jones, in “Exploring the Last Continent: An Introduction to Antarctica”, Liggett, D., Storey, B., Cook, Y., Meduna, V. (Eds.), Springer Science + Business Media B.V., Dordrecht, Netherlands, ISBN 978-3-319-18947-5, © 2016.

Publications from NERC Open Research Archive

• Workman, E., Yang, M., Bell, T., Dong, Y., Jones, A., Fisher, R., France, J., & Linse, K. (2024). Sea-air methane fluxes measured using an eddy-covariance technique on RRS James Clark Ross from January 2019 to March 2021 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/c9ed4746-f104-4117-ba60-174c5275e2fe

• Workman, E., Delille, B., Squires, F., Jones, A., Fisher, R., France, J., & Linse, K. (2024). Concentration of atmospheric methane and carbon dioxide and dissolved methane in surface water and water column in Scotia and Weddell Seas during the cruise DY158 in December 2022 and January 2023 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/b90df3c1-1b55-4579-ba89-e1d62f6f8bab

• Bond, A., Squires, F., Frey, M., & Kaiser, J. (2023). Atmospheric nitrous acid amount fraction at Halley in January and February 2022 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/94b2f348-d6cc-4bcd-b921-5c0928ab3c2d

• Yang, X. (2019). Modelling and observed sea salt aerosol in the Weddell Sea (June-August 2013) (Version 1.0) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/8838b0b7-20b7-46bb-8cf1-b853290b2035

• Frey, M., Norris, S., Brooks, I., Anderson, P., Nishimura, K., Yang, X., Jones, A., Nerentorp Mastromonaco, M., Jones, D., & Wolff, E. (2019). Concentration, size distribution and chemical composition of snow particles, sea salt aerosol and snow on sea ice in the Weddell Sea (Antarctica) during austral winter/spring 2013 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/853dd176-bc7a-48d4-a6be-33bcc0f17eeb

• Jones, A., & Brough, N. (2019). 1-hourly medians of Aethalometer data (880 nm) measured at Halley station throughout 2015 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/ab371235-68c5-4da3-89d6-30b23c07427f

1. PRESCIENT

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2. Southern Ocean Clouds

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3. Towards Net Zero Carbon

   Our strategy and work streams to meet Net Zero goals

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4. Measuring shipping emissions in the Arctic

   SEANA is a NERC-funded project, led by Dr Zongbo Shi (U. Birmingham) that aims to define the baseline atmosphere and model potential future changes.

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5. Sea salt aerosols and Arctic climate

   SSAASI-CLIM attempts to determine the salt sea aerosol source, fate and potential impact on Arctic climate associated with blowing snow above sea ice and other sea ice sources.

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6. North Sea Methane

   Offshore gas fields worldwide are major sources of methane emissions. Developing reliable methods to locate emissions and pinpoint sources is critical for quantifying the volume of methane emissions from gas fields across the world.

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7. The Southern Ocean’s carbon story

   SONATA will design and implement an optimal approach to assess the state, variability and climatic drivers of the contemporary Southern Ocean carbon sink. This overriding objective will be achieved through a combination of atmospheric and marine field measurements as well as numerical modelling.

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8. Methane Observations and Yearly Assessments

   MOYA is a major NERC-funded project to study the global budget of atmospheric methane, the balance between sources and loss processes, and to understand what is changing to cause the increase in methane currently observed.

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9. Microphysics of Antarctic Clouds NE

   This project conducted flights within clouds taking detailed measurements of the physical properties of the cloud – size spectrums and phase (whether the particles are ice or liquid) – as well as taking ground based measurements of the aerosols which will act as nuclei for the cloud particles.

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10. Sea salt aerosols from blowing snow

    ABSCISSA investigated the sources of sea-salt aerosols in polar regions during Arctic and Antarctic winter.

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CURRENT AND PREVIOUS PROJECTS

2021-2024 BAS PI: “Discovering reasons for global atmospheric methane growth using deuterium isotopes” (Methane_DH). This project aims to create an improved database of D/H signatures of methane sources, together with two-hemisphere measurement time series of the H isotopic composition of methane in ambient air, in order to constrain the methane budget and to identify the causes of the increase in methane mole fraction seen globally since 2007. (£110,000 to BAS)

2020-2024 Co-I: “Southern Ocean Clouds” (SOC). A major field and modelling effort to reduce uncertainties in climate simulations by improving representation of modelled cloud processes. The project will use a novel multi-scale, multi-platform approach over a variety of temporal and spatial scales that will improve understanding of aerosol and cloud microphysics over regions with maximum climate model bias, namely both the Southern Ocean and coastal areas around Antarctica, leading to better representation of these processes in climate models. (£1.46M to BAS)

2019-2023 BAS PI: “Shipping Emissions in the Arctic and North Atlantic atmosphere” (SEANA). NERC-funded Highlight Topic project to assess baseline atmospheric composition in the Arctic and North Atlantic, as well as likely impact of two key changes: IMO reductions in sulphur emissions from fuel and increased access through the North West Passage. (£228,000 to BAS)

2019-2022 Co-I: “Sea Salt Aerosol above Arctic Sea Ice – sources, processes and climate impacts” (SSASI-CLIM). A fieldwork project to determine the source, fate and potential climate impact of sea salt aerosol in the Arctic. This project is part of the year-long Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition. (£300,000)

2018-2019 BAS PI: “Fugitive Emissions from Offshore Gas Fields in the North Sea“. The project aims to develop methodologies for quantifying methane emissions and identifying specific source emitters from offshore gas fields in the southern North Sea. (£179,780 to BAS)

2017-2021 BAS PI: “Southern OceaN optimal Approach To Assess the carbon state, variability and climatic drivers” (SONATA).  A project, using field observations and modelling, to define the state, variability, and climatic drivers of the contemporary Southern Ocean carbon sink, and develop an assessment framework for the future. (£109,016 to BAS)

2016-2020 BAS PI: “Methane Observations and Yearly Assessment” (MOYA). A project to determine the global budget of methane by making major improvements in methane observations, as well as targeted process studies, to support a major advance in modelling the global methane budget. (£259,090 to BAS)

2014-2015 Project PI: “Arctic Sea-Ice-Zone Blowing Snow – Contribution to Sea Salt Aerosol” (ABSCISSA). Field project to quantify sources of sea salt aerosol in the Arctic. (£49,800)

2013-2015 Co-I: “SPECTRO-ICE”. A Higher Education Innovation Funding (HEIF) University of Cambridge / British Antarctic Survey Collaborative Innovation project with partners in radioastronomy and sea ice research to assess the feasibility of developing chip spectrometers for remote polar atmospheric research projects. (£55,200)

2013-2016 Co-I: “Microphysics of Antarctic Clouds” (MAC). A fieldwork/modelling project to study the microphysics of Antarctic clouds and develop parameterisations for numerical models. (£526,400)

2012-2015 BAS PI: “Blowing snow and sea ice surfaces as a source of sea salt aerosol” (BLOWSEA). A fieldwork/modelling project to quantify sources of polar sea salt aerosol, enabling development of improved parameterisations for numerical models. (£446,730)

2007-2010 Co-I: “Quantifying and Understanding the Earth System – Dynamics of the Earth System and the Ice-Core Record” (QUEST-DESIRE). A major UK-French consortium to understand the evolution of CO₂ and CH₄ over the 800,000 year period revealed by ice core records. (£488,959)

2005-2010 Project PI: “Chemical Exchange and Feedbacks between the Atmosphere and Cryosphere” (CEFAC). A competitive core-funded research grant focused on year-round measurements in Antarctica to study the influence of sea ice on atmospheric composition. (£430,000)

2001-2005 Project PI: “Chemistry of the Antarctic Boundary Layer and the Interface with Snow” (CHABLIS). A major UK consortium project to probe the chemistry of the Antarctic boundary in greater detail and for longer than achieved hitherto. (£850,000)

2000-2003 Co-I: “Photochemical NOx production in polar snow – Controlling factors and quantification”. A laboratory study to quantify production of NOx from Antarctic snowpack.

2000-2005 Project PI: “Signals in Antarctica of Past Global Changes – the Air-Ice Relationship” (SAGES-AIR). 5-year programme to carry out the first targeted measurements of tropospheric chemistry in Antarctica. Included design and construction of a dedicated laboratory for such work in Antarctica, and a commitment to win funding for a major field campaign (the CHABLIS campaign, described above). (£675,000)

1. Juggling polar research and family life

   It can be difficult for anyone to find the right balance between their career and family. For some jobs these challenges reach new levels when the role requires you to work away from home for months at a time. This is most apparent for careers in the Forces or the Merchant Navy, but it is also true for many people who work in jobs that require field work, such as polar science.

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1. High levels of pollutants in Antarctic snow

   Scientists have recorded markedly increased levels of ‘fluorinated forever chemicals’ in Antarctic snow which are thought to have originated from the use of CFC-replacements.

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2. UK researchers join forces to put science at forefront of climate solutions

   British Antarctic Survey is one of seven Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) supported centres and the Met Office, which will work together as the new UK National Climate Science Partnership (UKNCSP) to respond to threats posed by a rapidly changing climate by putting climate science at the forefront of the solutions agenda.

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3. IPCC: Polar scientists welcome Climate Change Assessment 

   CAMBRIDGE: British Antarctic Survey welcomes the publication of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group 1 component of its Sixth Assessment Report.  This assessment brings together the latest advances in […]

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4. Join British Antarctic Survey at Climate Exp0 for COP26

   Online, free and open to all, Climate Exp0 is the first virtual conference from the COP26 Universities Network and the Italian University Network for Sustainable Development (RUS). We are pleased […]

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5. Scientists to study methane emissions in North Sea

   Scientists embark on a three-week flying campaign today (23 April) to study methane emissions from gas fields in the southern North Sea. Using specialised scientific equipment, on board one of […]

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6. Funding to assess shipping emissions and climate hazards

   British Antarctic Survey (BAS) scientists have been awarded funding to enable them to assess the impact of emissions from shipping and to quantify and manage the risk of climate hazards. […]

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7. Low volume aerosol sampler

   Draws small volumes of air through filters to collect particles in the atmosphere for chemical analysis.

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8. High volume aerosol sampler

   Draws large volumes of air through filters to collect particles in the atmosphere for chemical analysis.

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9. Surface ozone monitor Tei 49i

   Measures surface ozone, indicative of fast photochemistry.

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10. Condensation Particle Counter (CPC) TSI 3772

    Measures the number of particles in the atmosphere with radius greater than 10 nm.

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11. LGR CO/N2O

    Measures atmospheric carbon monoxide and nitrous oxide.

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12. Picarro 2301

    Measures atmospheric carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapour.

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13. Aethalometer AE-33

    Measures particulate carbon in the atmosphere that derives from combustion.

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14. Clean Air Sector Laboratory (CASLab)

    Specialised observatory with a suite of instruments to measure the air and snow chemistry around Halley.

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15. NEWS STORY: Halley VI awarded new status

    Halley VI receives environmental science status upgrade The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has announced British Antarctic Survey’s Halley VI research station has attained Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) Global station status. […]

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Ada Lovelace Day 2016

• 2016 to present, Member of Scientific Coordination Board for Villum Research Station, Greenland
• 2016 to present, Member of Scientific Advisory Board for Neumayer III Research Station, Antarctica
• 2015 to 2020 (as well as 2000 to 2004), Editor of journal "Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics" (IF 5-year 5.65).
• 2015 to 2016, Committee member of Cambridge Earth System Science Doctoral Training Programme (Climate Representative).
• 2015 to 2017, Member of NERC's Merit Promotion Science Panel 1 (Band 5 to 4).
• 2008 to 2018, Co-convenor of European Geophysical Union meeting session entitled “Boundary Layers in High Latitudes”. The session promotes cross-disciplinary knowledge exchange between polar atmospheric chemists and boundary layer physicists.
• 2008-2012, Scientific Steering Committee member for the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme - International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGBP-IGAC) task “Air-Ice Chemical Interactions” (AICI).
• 1999-2003, Committee member Royal Meteorological Society’s Atmospheric Chemistry Specialist Group.