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Radiosonde Temperature Sensor Benefits from Stronger Structure
Small sensor packages called radiosondes (or “sondes”) are used to transmit atmospheric information from weather balloons as they rise through the air. Vaisala, the supplier of sondes used at all the ARM sites, has introduced an improved temperature sensor for the RS92 sonde, the latest version of their sonde technology. The sensor’s old protective boom…
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Technical Director Sought for DOE National User Facility
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is seeking a Technical Director for the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program. The ARM Program is DOE’s largest contribution to global climate change research sponsoring research and the ARM Climate Research Facility. As a national user facility, ARM operates climate observation sites all over the world,…
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ARM Mobile Facility Begins Precipitation Investigation in the Black Forest
Raindrops to reveal clues about climate in complex terrain Contact: Lynne Roeder, ARM Public Information Officer, 509.372.4331 Beginning today, the ARM Mobile Facility will collect data for 9 months in support of a long-term precipitation study in the Black Forest region of Germany. Requested by researchers at the University of Hohenheim, the facility is one…
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Climate Scientists Cool Their Heels at Science Team Meeting in Monterey
A spring mix of sunny skies and stormy weather provided an appropriate setting for the Seventeenth Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program Science Team Meeting, held March 26 through March 30 in Monterey, California. Held annually since 1990, this meeting brings together ARM scientists, ARM infrastructure staff, and user facility researchers to review program progress and…
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Radiometers Operate in Low Water Vapor Conditions in Barrow, Alaska
To provide more accurate ground-based measurements of water vapor in extremely arid environments, three types of 183.3-GHz radiometers operated simultaneously in February and March at the ARM North Slope of Alaska site in Barrow. The 183.3-GHz radiometers are part of a new generation of ground-based instruments designed to measure sky radiances in a frequency region…
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Brookhaven National Laboratory Seeks Postdoctoral Research Associate
Brookhaven National Laboratory is seeking a postdoctoral research associate to work on a project that investigates (1) the role of entropy in shaping earth’s climate and climate change, and (2) macroscopic principles such as the maximum entropy production principle that govern the weather/climate systems. This position requires a Ph.D. in atmospheric science or related field…
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GEWEX News Features Dust Data from ARM Mobile Facility Deployment
The February 2007 issue (Vol. 17, No. 1) of GEWEX News features early results from special observing periods of the African Monsoon Mutidisciplinary Analysis, including data obtained by the ARM Mobile Facility (AMF). The AMF was stationed in the central Sahel from January through December 2006, with the primary facility at the Niamey airport, and…
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Scripps Institute of Oceanography Seeks Assistant, Associate, or Full Professors
The Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California in San Diego invites applications to fill one or more positions at the assistant, associate (tenured) or full professor (tenured) levels in fields related to the physical, chemical or biological basis of natural and anthropogenic climate change. We seek an interdisciplinary scientist and educator to…
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American Geophysical Union in Search of Public Affairs Manager
The American Geophysical Union (AGU) is in search of a public affairs manager to work with members and policy professionals in other societies to achieve AGU’s long-term goals. The responsibilities of the AGU public affairs manager will include the following: establish relationships with individuals in the U.S. legislative and executive branches of government so that…
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Gordon Research Conference Entitled “Radiation and Climate” will be held in New London, New Hampshire
This summer’s Gordon Research Conference, “Radiation and Climate,” will be held at Colby-Sawyer College in New London, New Hampshire and will take place July 29 – August 3. The chairs for this year’s conference are Bill Collins and Phil Russell, and the vice-chairs are Qiang Fu and Christian Jakob. The theme of the fifth Gordon…