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The following call for nominations for members of a new BASC committee has been received from study director Curtis Marshall:
The National Academies
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
REQUEST FOR NOMINATIONS
The Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate is pleased to announce the formation of a new committee to study, The Significance of International Support of Air Pollutants. The purpose of this study is to summarize the state of knowledge regarding the international flows of air pollutants into and out of the United States and across its various regions on continental and intercontinental scales. The study will inform efforts by the United States government to develop domestic and international environmental policies and contribute to an international assessment being conducted under the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution’s Task Force on Hemispheric Transport of Air Pollution. The committee will meet 5 times over the course of approximately 18 months, with one of its meetings in conjunction with a major workshop on the study topic.
At this time, we are soliciting nominations for committee membership. We will appoint a committee of approximately 14 members with experience and expertise related to all the items in the Statement of Task (Please see the attached Study Description for the Statement of Task). At least two international members will be included (one from Europe, one from East Asia ). The committee will have significant expertise in ozone and particulate matter and include expertise in atmospheric composition observations from surface networks, aircraft, and satellites; global and regional modeling of meteorology and atmospheric chemistry; multi-media modeling of pollutant transport; and current and future anthropogenic and natural emissions. To nominate an individual for committee membership, please send the person’s name, affiliation, contact information, and a brief statement on his or her qualifications to Dr. Curtis Marshall, Study Director, at cmarshall@nas.edu. Please provide a courtesy copy to Rob Greenway, Senior Project Assistant, at rgreenway@nas.edu. Please submit your nominations by Tuesday, March 18, 2008.
Thank you for your assistance.
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Curtis H. Marshall, Ph.D.
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
The National Academies / National Research Council
500 Fifth Street, NW , Room 631
Washington , DC 20001
Ph: (202) 334-3533
Fax: (202) 334-3825
Most week days I take the 5:30 AM commuter bus from my hometown of Londonderry NH to Boston. For about the past year we have had a regular driver on this route. Fred is one of the best Concord Coach drivers -- always friendly, and always early, so passengers can wait inside the bus, and get of out of the winter weather. Always, that is, until yesterday morning.
Yesterday the 5:30 AM bus never showed up. It was not a good day to be waiting outside for it. The temperature was about 7 deg F., and the wind was blowing hard and steady. The chill went right through you.
Bill, the ticket seller at the Park and Ride lot, tried to get Fred on his cell phone, but was unsuccessful. He also called the Concord Coach office, but no one there (not many, I'm sure, at 5:30 AM) knew where either the bus or Fred was. Finally, at about 5:50 AM the 6:00 AM bus arrived, and two bus loads of passengers tried to jam in.
All day long I wondered what had happened to Fred and the 5:30 AM bus. He is very reliable, and always calls Bill if he is running late. Not showing up, and not calling is not in character. So, while boarding the bus back to Londonderry yesterday afternoon I asked the driver if he knew what had happened. He didn't.
This morning I found out. Our substitute driver on the 5:30 AM bus told us that Fred and James (another very well-liked Concord Coach driver) were rescued yesterday in the White Mountains and sent to the hospital to be treated for hypothermia. That prompted me to search the Internet, where I found the story in today's Concord Monitor. Here is a brief excerpt.
Two hikers who were missing in Franconia Notch since Sunday were rescued last night by a search team that fought snow squalls, low temperatures and freezing fog.
Laurence "Fred" Frederickson, 55, of South Sutton and James Osborne, 36, of Manchester were found on Little Haystack about 7:30 last night, the Associated Press reported. They were taken to Littleton Regional Hospital for treatment of severe hypothermia.
Both men work for Concord Coach Lines. Osborne manages the Boston Express Bus. The two had planned to hike the Falling Waters Trail to Franconia Ridge, to the 5,260-foot summit of Lafayette and down the Old Bridle Path trail.
Lt. Todd Bogardus of New Hampshire Fish and Game said the trails were not heavily traveled Sunday because of poor weather conditions. While Frederickson was an experienced winter hiker, Bogardus said, it may have been Osborne's first winter hike.
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Frederickson's ex-wife, Bette Frederickson, who also lives in Sutton, was frantic after hearing the news yesterday afternoon.
Fred and Bette Frederickson, who were married about 12 years, met at the Appalachian Mountain Club's Cardigan lodge, where he was working and she was taking a course. They honeymooned hiking in the Adirondacks. Bette Frederickson said Fred has vast winter hiking experience and has hiked all of New Hampshire's 4,000-footers.
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"Fred is never late for work," Bette Frederickson said. "I don't think Jim is either. Both of them - and (coworkers) knew that both of them were hiking - were missing."
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The winds at the top of Mount Washington were gusting at 93 mph just before 5 p.m. last night, causing a wind chill of 50 degrees below zero. James Brown, a hydrometeorological technician with the National Weather Service in Gray, Maine, said weather at the other peaks was likely slightly less fierce but similar.
LINCOLN – One of two hikers found last night on a frigid, windswept Mount Lafayette has died, according to a hospital spokesman.
Laurence 'Fred' Frederickson, 55, of South Sutton, was pronounced dead on arrival at Littleton Regional Hospital, a spokesman said.
Frederickson's hiking companion, James Osborne, 36, of Manchester, was in critical condition, suffering from severe hypothermia when he arrived in Littleton. He was airlifted to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon where this morning he is in critical condition in the intensive care unit, according to a hospital official.
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The discovery ended hours of searching that took place during one of the coldest periods of this winter. Search officials said conditions were treacherous, with subzero temperatures, 60-plus mph winds and freezing fog.
