Cooperation with other networks and institutions

Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change

NDACC

The international Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change (NDACC) is composed of more than 100 globally distributed, ground-based, remote-sensing research stations with more than 160 currently active instruments. The NDACC Objectives are:

to establish long-term databases for detecting changes and trends in atmospheric composition and to understand their impacts on the mesosphere, stratosphere, and troposphere;
to establish scientific links and feedbacks between changes in atmospheric composition, climate, and air quality;
to validate atmospheric measurements from other platforms (i.e. satellites, aircraft, and ground-based platforms);
to provide critical data sets to help fill gaps in satellite observations;
to provide collaborative support to scientific field campaigns and to other chemistry and climate-observing networks; and
to provide validation and development support for atmospheric models.

The NDACC began network operations as The Network for Detection of Stratospheric Change (NDSC) in January 1991.