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  • Mapping It Up With Google

    The online ARM sites map was recently integrated with Google™ Maps API technology to enhance ARM website user’s experience. Web visitors and ARM Data Archive subscribers can now not only see where ARM facilities are located around the world and link to associated web pages, but use Google mapping technology to zoom in-sometimes close enough…

  • Postdoctoral Research Position Open at the University of Michigan

    The University of Michigan is currently seeking highly motivated individuals for a postdoctoral research position with the Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences. Housed on the North Campus of the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor, the department has excellent facilities, including computer networks, engineering and technical support, research equipment and laboratory space. The…

  • Radiometers Due for Checkup

    Between October and November, six 2-channel microwave radiometers (MWRs) are collocated at the Southern Great Plains (SGP) Central Facility for a 2-month intercomparison study. The purpose of the intercomparison is to quantify the current operational accuracy of these instruments, as they have been in continuous service for 10 to 14 years, and several have recently…

  • Dr. Steve Ghan Appointed to Journal of Geophysical Research Editorial Board

    Congratulations to Dr. Steve Ghan, recently appointed to a 4-year term as editor for the Atmospheres section of the Journal of Geophysical Research, published by the American Geophysical Union (AGU). In his role as editor, Steve has the authority to accept or reject papers, as well as the responsibility for attracting new and interesting research…

  • DOE Awards $6.4M, Three-Year Aerial Vehicles Program to Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

    Press Release Media Contact: Lynne Roeder, 509.372.4331 The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science has awarded a three-year, $6.4 million contract to Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) to manage low- to high-altitude research aircraft for obtaining atmospheric measurements in support of cloud and climate science. As part of the DOE’s Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM)…

  • New High-Frequency Microwave Radiometer Provides Improved Sensitivity

    A microwave radiometer (MWR) is essentially a sensitive microwave receiver that is tuned to measure the microwave emissions of vapor and liquid water molecules in the atmosphere at specific frequencies. All of the ARM sites include a 2-channel MWR operating at 23.8 and 31.4 GHz as part of their measurement suite. On October 18, a…

  • Stony Brook University Seeks Six Faculty Members

    Stony Brook University is acquiring a large (100 Teraflops class) supercomputer to serve the core hardware for a newly formed New York Center for Computational Science (NYCCS). Therefore, Stony Brook University is seeking six tenure-track or tenured positions in the area of large-scale computational science that aims to study physical, biological and social science problems.…

  • This “Roobik” is Part of the Answer, Not a Puzzle

    Radiative cooling and heating in the mid-to-upper troposphere contribute significantly to the dynamical processes and radiative balance that regulate Earth’s climate. In the longwave part of the spectrum, the dominant agent of this radiative cooling is water vapor. Due to the much greater abundances of water vapor at lower levels of the atmosphere, the spectral…

  • Workshop on Systematic Errors in Climate and Numerical Weather Prediction Models (NWP) Deadlines Approaching

    The JSC/CAS Working Group on Numerical Experimentation (WGNE) and the Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison (PCMDI) will host a Workshop on Systematic Errors in Climate and NWP Models. The workshop will be held in San Francisco, California, February 12-16. The workshop will be held at the newly renovated financial district Hilton and will…

  • Harvard Student Awarded ARM Fellowship

    Maryann Racine was recently awarded the U.S. Department of Energy’s ARM Program Fellowship. The fellowship is offered annually through the American Meteorological Society’s Industry/Government/Graduate Fellowship and Undergraduate Scholarship program to help qualified students achieve educational goals in the atmospheric sciences and climate studies. Maryann is planning to pursue her Ph.D. in environmental science and engineering…