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SPARC Office Staff

SPARC Office Staff. Victoria De Luca (Office manager) Diane Pendlebury (Staff Scientist) Elham Farahani (IPY coordination Scientist) Norman McFarlane (Director). SPARC Office Funding. Funding for SPARC Office Operations CFCAS funding support committed through March 31, 2011,

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SPARC Office Staff

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  1. SPARC Office Staff • Victoria De Luca (Office manager) • Diane Pendlebury (Staff Scientist) • Elham Farahani (IPY coordination Scientist) • Norman McFarlane (Director)

  2. SPARC Office Funding • Funding for SPARC Office Operations • CFCAS funding support committed through March 31, 2011, extension through December 31, 2011 expected. • CSA funding support provided on a yearly basis and currently committed through March 31, 2010, extension through March 31, 2011 expected • Environment Canada in-kind support (office/computing equipment, ongoing support for N. McFarlane) – committed through March 31, 2011 • University of Toronto in-kind support (office space , internet connections, computing and IT support on a cost-recovery basis) • IPY Coordination support - CFCAS funding for SPARC-IPY support and coordination (Elham Farahani) through September 30, 2009

  3. SPARC Activities since the Since 2008 SSG Meeting • Publications: - 2 newsletters (# 32 and #33); hard copy and on line • Workshops / Meetings: - Local organization assistance for the WAVAS-2 and CCMVal workshops - Coordinating travel funding for SPARC workshops ( WAVAS-2, CCMVal, Volcano, ExT UTLS, Limb) and for the SPARC SSG meeting

  4. WCRP and SPARC contributions toward SPARC workshops, 2009

  5. SPARC Newsletter No. 34 (January 2010) • Summary of SPARC SSG meeting – N. McFarlane, T. Peter, T. Shepherd • Summary of CCMVal report key findings—V. Eyring, T. Shepherd and D. Waugh • Summary of the WCC3—V. Ryabinin • Reports on • Volcano Workshop—T. Peter et al • DA workshop at the MOCA09 meeting—S. Polavarapu et al • Articles on • START08—L. Pan et al • ACE Satellite? –K. Walker • SHIVA—K. Pfeilsticker

  6. Activities for the next year • SPARC session at CMOS 2010 (Ottawa)

  7. The SPARC Office Beyond 2011 The largest portion of the cash support for the SPARC IPO is provided by the Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences (CFCAS). The CFCAS mandate has recently been extended through 2011 with no additional funding. A proposal for extension of CFCAS support for the SPARC IPO will be considered by the CFCAS Board of Trustees in December, 2009. There is no indication that there will be a further extension of the CFCAS mandate beyond 2011. There are no prospective Canadian funding sources to replace the CFCAS support. In the absence of this support it will not be possible to maintan the SPARC IPO in its current location. Alternative locations are being considered.

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