Well, I am concerned if the person who runs the centre is being transitioned out. Do Brewers and ozonesondes perform the same tasks, i.e., is there duplication in the system? I'm going to quote from Environment Canada's presentation to the eighth meeting of the ozone research managers of the parties to the Vienna convention for the protection of the ozone layer in May, 2011:
Balloonsonde networks provide critical high-resolution vertical profiles of ozone, water vapour, and temperature, and need to be maintained and expanded, since such data are critical to understanding the interactions between atmospheric composition and a changing climate.
Dr. Dodds, this is the opinion of your department. Do you share it, yes or no?