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Data Plots Available for the ARM Mobile Facility Deployment in the Azores
The 20-month deployment of the ARM Mobile Facility on Graciosa Island in the Azores is well underway in support of the Clouds, Aerosol, and Precipitation in the Marine Boundary Layer field campaign. Data are being collected to study the seasonal life cycle of marine clouds and how they modulate the global climate system. These data…
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Best Estimate Data Available for Sensible and Latent Heat Fluxes at the SGP
Data from the Bulk Aerodynamic Energy Balance Bowen Ratio (EBBR) Station, or BAEBBR, Value-Added Product (VAP) are now available at the ARCF Data Archive for the period 1993 through 2008 at the 15 Southern Great Plains (SGP) extended facilities with EBBR measurements. The BAEBBR VAP produces a “best estimate” of sensible and latent heat fluxes…
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Postdoctoral Scholar Position Available at Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Scripps Institution of Oceanography at University of California – San Diego seeks a postdoctoral research associate for modeling of regional climate. This project is part of a collaboration by Lynn Russell and Richard Somerville of Scripps with Steve Ghan and Phil Rasch of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and will: Develop a unified regional-global aerosol-climate…
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Postdoctoral Research Associate Opportunities at Brookhaven National Laboratory
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) is seeking several postdoctoral research associates to join a new concerted effort for theoretical understanding and development and evaluation of parameterizations of the fast physics processes in global climate models. The new effort is jointly supported by the DOE Climate Change Prediction Program (CCPP) and the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) and…
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ARM Aerial Facility Operations Lead Scientist Position Available
This position has been filled. The ARM Aerial Facility (AAF), an integral measurement capability of the ARM Climate Research Facility, is seeking a scientist (Level II/III) to fill the position of an AAF operations lead. This position is a part of the climate physics group in the Atmospheric Science and Global Change Division at Pacific…
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Climate Modeling Opportunities at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
The climate physics group in the Atmospheric Science and Global Change Division at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has several new opportunities available in climate research. PNNL is growing their research activities focused on 1) understanding the role of aerosols and clouds in polar climate; 2) possible implications of climate intervention (geoengineering) on the climate…
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Upgrades to Cloud Radar Lead to New Data Product: MicroARSCL
By providing detailed information about cloud properties, the millimeter wave cloud radar (MMCR) is a key capability at ARM sites. Between 2004 and 2006, ARM completed upgrades to the digital portion of the MMCR receivers. These upgrades significantly improved the radar’s temporal resolution, extended the interval for detecting velocity, and allowed continuous recording of Doppler…
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Scanning Radiometers Probe Inside of Clouds
Beginning this month at the ARM Southern Great Plains site, researchers are testing a promising new method for measuring 3D cloud microphysical structure that may help improve climate models. The method, called cloud microwave tomography, uses multiple microwave sensors at several distinct ground locations to scan the internal structure of the clouds.
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Arrival of Recovery Act Funds Sets Wheels In Motion
Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (aka stimulus), the Department of Energy’s Office of Science received $1.2 billion. In late May, DOE released approximately $54 million—90 percent—of the $60 million allocated to the ARM Climate Research Facility. During the next 18 months, the ARM Climate Research Facility will purchase and deploy dual-frequency…
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Mobile Facility Begins Marine Cloud Study in the Azores
Extended deployment will obtain seasonal statistics to improve climate models Today marks the beginning of a 20-month field campaign on Graciosa Island in the Azores to study the seasonal life cycle of marine clouds and how they modulate the global climate system. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Climate Research Facility,…