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Darwin Kiosk is Installed and Officially Launched
ARM Education and Outreach installed an educational kiosk in the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory in Darwin, Australia. The Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory is now home to the Climate Change: Science and Traditional Knowledge kiosk, developed by ARM Education and Outreach for the Darwin, Australia community. A crowd…
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ARM Program Develops Education Tool Focused on Tropical Climate
Press Release Media Contact: Lynne Roeder, 509.372.4331 A new educational kiosk on tropical climate, developed by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program and the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, is now in place for visitors to Australia’s “Top End”—the colloquialism used to describe the north end of…
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School Visits and New Kiosk Promote Science Education at ARM Darwin Site
A handful of ARM scientists involved in the Tropical Warm Pool – International Cloud Experiment (TWP-ICE) field campaign took time out from their research for a very important purpose—to talk to students about climate change. During the week of February 6, they accompanied ARM Education and Outreach (EO) staff to Darwin area schools as a…
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ARM Exhibit Just Peachy in Atlanta
Billed as the largest international meeting of atmospheric scientists, the American Meteorological Society’s 86th Annual Meeting ventured south this year to the Peach State. Held at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia, this year’s meeting drew more than 2,200 academics, government officials, private researchers, and leading atmospheric scientists, who participated in 1500 scientific…
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Mother Nature Tests Emergency Preparedness at North Slope of Alaska
Vigilant facility personnel and hardy local utility workers helped avert what could have been a serious data and equipment loss at the Barrow site in ARM’s North Slope of Alaska locale. Wintry weather of 0°F and icing conditions began contributing to power problems throughout the Barrow area in early February. Consistent winds at 20-25 mph…
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ARM Scientists Visit Darwin Schools During the Tropical Warm Pool – International Cloud Experiment
Many students and teachers in the Darwin community received first-hand information about ARM research and the exciting Tropical Warm Pool-International Cloud Experiment that took place in January and February this year. ARM Education and Outreach arranged for scientists to visit students in their classroom to talk science. Chuck Long, Jim Mather, Courtney Schumacher and several…
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Tropical Cloud Study Concludes; Science Students Play Key Role
Press Release Media Contact: Lynne Roeder, 509.372.4331 Three and a half weeks after it started, the Tropical Warm Pool International Cloud Experiment has resulted in one of the most comprehensive data sets of tropical cloud properties ever collected. Co-led by scientist from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program and the Australian…
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Synchronized Flights by U.S. and International Research Aircraft Reveal Intriguing Information about Ice Particles in Clouds
Press Release Media Contact: Lynne Roeder, ARM Public Information OfficerU.S. Tel: 509.521.2921Au Tel: +61 0406 754 686 In the clouds above Darwin, Australia, pilots guided by a team of international climate scientists are now one week into a series of carefully orchestrated flights to obtain key in situ data about tropical clouds. Preliminary results obtained…
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Media Day Kicks Off Tropical Cloud Study in Australia
Two days after a highly successful media day, January 21 marked the official start of flight operations for the Tropical Warm Pool International Cloud Experiment in Darwin, Australia. Science team members are guiding the aircraft missions from the Bureau of Meteorology’s Forecast Center in Darwin; the rest of the experiment activities are being managed from…
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Mobile Climate Monitoring Facility to Sample Skies in Africa
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program is placing a new, portable atmospheric laboratory with sophisticated instruments and data systems in Niger, Africa, to gain a better understanding of the potential impacts of Saharan dust on global climate. To learn more, read DOE press release.