The First WMO Antarctic Ozone Bulletin of 2010

The WMO Antarctic Ozone Bulletin contains information on the state of the ozone layer in the Antarctic at roughly two week intervals from August to November. The bulletins are based on ground-based ozone data provided by WMO Members and satellites to observe ozone globally. The first bulletin in 2010 (7.2 MB) indicates "that the area where total ozone is less than 220 DU (“ozone hole area”) is low compared to recent years", adding that its evolution will depend on the meteorological conditions between now and early October, when depletion usually ends. Thus, "it is still too early to give a definitive statement about the development of this year's ozone hole and the degree of ozone loss that will occur", the bulletin stated.

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ORACLE-O3

The project "Ozone layer and UV radiation in a changing climate evaluated during the IPY (ORACLE-O3)" deals with experimental and modelling research on the ozone layer, UV radiation and the effects of personal UV exposure during the International Polar Year 2007-2008 (IPY). This project is divided into 7 main activities:

• Ozone loss (detection and impact on UV radiation)
• PSC and cirrus
• Atmospheric chemistry
• UV radiation
• Ozone and climate change and feedback
• Data management
• Education, outreach and communication

ORACLE-O3 project has contributions from 67 research institutions in 22 countries. Spanish constribution is summarized in this presentation:

• Spanish contribution to ORACLE-O3

The Spanish Antarctic base is already opened

After many hard working days in the last couple of weeks, "Gabriel de Castilla" Antarctic Base is completely operative. At all, 14 Spaniards and 1 Mexican will stay during three months in this far place. My colleages Antonio Serrano (row of down, second by the left) and Maria Luisa Cancillo (row of above, second by the right) have already started their research works about the radiative budget in the permafrost (frozen ground) . Good Luck!!!!

Arrival to Antarctica

My colleages Antonio Serrano and María Luísa Cancillo from University of Extremadura have already arrived to Deception Island. The meteorological conditions have been quite unfavorable during The Drake passage, between Cape Horn and Antarctica. In addition, the "Gabriel de Castilla" Spanish Base has a lot of snow cover (about 2 meters). Thus, the instalation works will be very hard.

In the Base campaign dairy, there is current information about this antarctic expedition.

El Pais newspaper has published a broad information about the arrival to Antactican of this expedition.

Antarctic Research

The AIRE group of the University of Extremadura is also involved in Antarctic research. Thus, next week, María Luisa Cancillo and Antonio Serrano, members of this research group, will travel to Decepción Island to carry out research activities related to the energy balance of the permafrost. They will stay at the "Gabriel de Castilla" Spanish Antarctic Base for two months.

More information in the following link:

• Antarctic research group