MANTRA: Middle Atmosphere Nitrogen TRend Assessment

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MANTRA 2004 Science Team

Principal Investigator

Kimberly Strong, University of Toronto
Stella M. L. Melo, University of Toronto (Deputy PI)

Co-Investigators

Peter Bernath, University of Waterloo
James R. Drummond, University of Toronto
Hans Fast, Meteorological Service of Canada
John C. McConnell, York University
C. Thomas McElroy, Meteorological Service of Canada (also Environment Canada Lead Scientist)
Ben M. Quine, University of Toronto
Theodore G. Shepherd, University of Toronto
Brian Solheim, York University

Industrial Partner

Dale Sommerfeldt, Scientific Instrumentation Limited

Institutional Partner

Meteorological Service of Canada

International Partners

Pierre Fogal, University of Denver
Frank Murcray, University of Denver
Florence Goutail, Service d'Aronomie, CNRS

University of Toronto Team

Anne-Flore Bages
Lana Tobiash
Annemarie Fraser
Tobias Kerzenmacher
Chuan Li
Stella Melo
Clive Midwinter
Caroline Nowlan
Matt Toohey
Jennifer Walker
Hongjiang Wu
Debra Wunch

York University Team

Stephen Brown
Mike Ilnicki
Jeff Levine
Jack McConnell
Kirill Semeniuk

University of Waterloo Team

Deijan Fu
Kaley Walker
Ian Young

Meteorological Service of Canada Team

David Barton
Jonathan Davies
Robert Hall
Chris McLinden
Akira Ogyu
Yves Rochon
David Tarasick
Aaron Ullberg
David Wardle

University of Denver Team

John Olson

SIL Support Team (all from Scientific Instrumentation Ltd, Saskatoon)

Payload Support

Dale Sommerfeldt Project Manager
Werner Ostwald / Jeremy Gates Electrical Design
Kevin Nordstrom / Garth Steel Software Design
Dan Smith / Yong Zhang Mechanical Design
John Butcher / Kathy Friesen Payload Sub-System Manufacture & Test
Derek Kuzma / Jeanette Stringer Payload Sub-System Manufacture & Test
Saskatoon Machine Works Ltd. Payload Sub-System Manufacture & Test

Launch Support

Dale Sommerfeldt Balloon Safety / MET
Werner Ostwald Flight Electronics
Kevin Nordstrom Telemetry Station
Garth Steel Telemetry Station
Jeremy Gates Aircraft / Telemetry Support
Jack Dersch Launch Director
John Butcher Launch Support / Recovery
Derek Kuzma Launch Support / Recovery
Sheldon Sommerfeldt Launch Support / Recovery
Karen Hill Launch Support / Security

Larry Cooper Launch Support
Dan Smith Launch Support
Sean Cooper Launch Support
Aaron Ulberg (MSC) Launch Support

 

Maintained by: Kimberly Strong