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Atmospheric Scientist Needed at CSC
Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) in North Carolina has an opening for an atmospheric scientist who has experience with the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) modeling system. This is a full-time permanent position with a benefits package. The successful candidate will be supporting projects for air quality modeling applications. Duties will include executing and analyzing output…
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Merger of Science Programs Results in Atmospheric System Research
Effective October 1, the Department of Energy’s Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program and Atmospheric Science Program will be merged and managed under a new name, Atmospheric System Research. A major benefit of the merger is expected to be a strengthening of the programs by bringing together ARM expertise in continuous remote sensing measurements of cloud properties…
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DOE Office of Science’s BER Recruiting a Biologist
The Department of Energy’s Office of Science, Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER) is recruiting a biologist to replace Dr. Roger Dahlman, who retired earlier this summer. DOE is looking for a person with strong credentials in ecology and carbon cycling to join the Climate and Environmental Sciences Division. For more information, see the…
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Instruments for Airborne Research Undergo Calibration Campaigns
This summer, ARM sponsored a series of calibration studies in the United Kingdom and Canada for two key instruments used for airborne cloud research—the cloud extinction probe and the Cloud Particle Imager (CPI). These instruments have been used in ARM field campaigns to support studies of both tropical and arctic clouds: the Tropical Warm Pool…
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Outreach Display Awarded for Communications Excellence
As the ARM Climate Research Facility prepares to participate in the coming round of winter meetings, now is a good time to share news of the two industry awards its display received this past year. The display is exhibited annually at the American Geophysical Union meeting in December and the American Meteorological Society meeting in…
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New Release of Cloud Modeling Best Estimate Data Set
Detailed observations of clouds and radiation, along with the associated large-scale conditions such as temperature and relative humidity profiles, surface precipitation, and sensible and latent heat fluxes, provide invaluable information to understand the structure and temporal variability of observed cloud systems. All these variables are now conveniently packaged into the latest release of the Climate…
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Postdoctoral Research Associate for Tropical Cloud Processes Available
The Climate Physics Group at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory seeks a postdoctoral research associate to join a team conducting research on tropical cloud processes and associated feedbacks using ARM data. The successful candidate will perform analysis of remote sensing data and model output and contribute to research projects leading to improved parameterization of clouds in…
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Shortwave Flux Analysis Extended to North Slope of Alaska
This summer, the ARM Radiative Processes Working Group released an extension of the Shortwave Flux Analysis value-added product to include data from the ARM North Slope of Alaska locale. Originally released in 2004, the Shortwave Flux Analysis VAP was developed to infer clear-sky shortwave, shortwave cloud effects, and fractional sky cover from shortwave measurements at…
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Fall 2009 ARM Cloud Properties and Radiative Processes Working Groups Meeting
The joint fall meeting for the ARM Cloud Properties/Radiative Processes Working Groups will be held September 15-18, 2009, at the Millennium Harvest House in Boulder, Colorado. The registration fee is $100, and the registration deadline is September 8, 2009. For additional registration information, including rates and the agenda, please visit the meeting website. Participants can…
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Research Team Publishes Results from In-Depth Study of Sahel Climate System
In a series of eight papers published between 2008 and 2009 in the Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, an international team of researchers funded by the ARM Program, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the United Kingdom’s Natural Environmental Research Council have significantly advanced scientific understanding of the climate system in the sensitive sub-Saharan, or…