Research Goals

• Find out more about the overarching research goals of the Physics and Chemistry of the atmosphere. Overarching international bodies and agencies are strongly involved in environmental research and the publication and application of its results:

Overarching International Bodies:

	United Nations Environment Programme Ozone Secretariat and Montreal Protocol
	UNFCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Kyoto Protocol
	United nations Convention on Long Range Transport of Pollution HTAP Task Force on Hemispheric Transport of Pollution
	EU 7th Framework Programme for Research
	Group on Earth Observations (GEO)

Space Research:

	COSPAR (Committee on Space Research)
	Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS)
	Integrated Global Observing Strategy (IGOS)
	Global Climate Observing System (GCOS)

Agencies:

	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
	European Space Agency (ESA)
	Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
	Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
	Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES)
	Centre National d`Etudes Spatiales (CNES)

Atmosphere and Environment:

	World Meteorological Organisation (WMO)
	WMO World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)
	Stratospheric Processes And their Role in Climate (SPARC, WMO WCRP)
	The International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences (IAMAS)
	International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP)
	International Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution (CACGP)
	International Polar Year (IPY)
	Surface Ocean - Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS)
	Integrated Land Ecosystem – Atmosphere Processes Study (ILEAPS)