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STORMVEX Science Team Confirms Site Plans; Outreach Begins at Weather Summit
In late January, meteorologists from a dozen major news markets across the country gathered in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, for an annual event called the “Weather Summit” where they received a preview of the Storm Peak Lab Cloud Property Validation Experiment, or STORMVEX, field campaign scheduled to begin next fall. Meanwhile, down the hall, the STORMVEX…
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Radiometer Powered Up Down Under for Field Campaign at Gunn Point
Near the tip of Australia’s Northern Territory, Gunn Point is the location for the Darwin ARM Representativeness Experiment, or DARE. This offsite field campaign is obtaining measurements of solar and thermal energy and cloud properties, to compare against similar measurements collected at the permanent ARM site in Darwin, about 25 kilometers to the southwest of…
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ARM Climate Research Facility – Highlights at AMS Annual Meeting
Scientists from around the world use data from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility to study the interactions between clouds, aerosol, and radiation. At this year’s meeting of the American Meteorological Society, scientists present results of their research, using ARM data for long-term analyses, model comparisons, and measurement validation…
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Postdoctoral Research Staff Opening at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
The Climate/Carbon Science Group within the Atmospheric, Earth and Energy Division has an opening for a postdoctoral scientist in the area of cloud property retrievals and validation. The successful candidate will join the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) ARM data infrastructure team to develop and evaluate a multi-year continuous ensemble cloud microphysical properties data set…
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Director Sought for the Climate and Environmental Sciences Division of the Office of Biological & Environmental Research
Anna C. Palmisano, PhD, Associate Director of Science for Biological and Environmental Research (BER), Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy, has requested nominations for Director of Climate and Environmental Sciences. She is accepting nominations (self-nominations also) via email until January 20, 2010. However, applications will be accepted until February 23, 2010. The division director…
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Abstracts Due January 15 for ISARS 2010
In June 2010, the 15th International Symposium for the Advancement of Boundary Layer Remote Sensing (ISARS 2010) will be hosted by Institut Pierre Simon Laplace (IPSL), Université de Versailles Saint- Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ), and Ecole Polytechnique (X). January 15 is the deadline for abstract submissions. This year’s guest speakers are Dr. Michael Ashley, University of New South…
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First Annual ASR Science Team Meeting
The first Science Team Meeting of the Atmospheric System Research (ASR) program will be held March 15-19, 2010, at the Marriott Bethesda North Hotel & Conference Center in Bethesda, Maryland. ASR is a new Department of Energy climate research program formed from the merger of the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program and the Atmospheric Science…
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User Facility Outreach Ramps Up at AGU Fall Meeting
The 2009 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in San Francisco once again drew a packed house, with more than 16,000 attendees and a sold-out exhibit area in Moscone South hosting over 200 exhibitors. The Fall Meeting provides an opportunity for researchers, teachers, students, and consultants to present and review the latest issues covering all areas…
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Town Hall Meeting at AGU 2009 Fall Meeting
ARM Climate Research Facility – New Measurement Capabilities for Climate Research Thursday, December 17, 6:15-7:15 pm, Moscone West Room 2002 Scientists from around the world use data from the ARM Climate Research Facility to study the interactions between clouds, aerosol and radiation. Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the DOE Office of…
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Fast Physics Project to Join ARM User Community
In November, ARM representatives participated in a kickoff meeting for the FASTER (FAst-physics System TEstbed and Research) project at Brookhaven National Laboratory. This project is funded by the DOE Earth System Modeling program and involves ten institutions led by BNL. Researchers involved in the FASTER project will assess and improve fast processes in climate models…