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Workshop Identifies Critical Climate Science Challenges
This DOE report summarizes a two-and-a-half day workshop held between U.S. and European collaborators to review outstanding climate change science questions related to clouds, aerosols and precipitation, and the observational strategies for addressing them. Clouds and aerosols remain as major sources of uncertainty in computer models of Earth systems. In large part, this uncertainty is…
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Looking for ARM Information to Share?
Information about “all things ARM” is readily available through ARM’s comprehensive website. In addition to this online resource, high-quality print products are developed throughout the year to help communicate with new collaborators, stakeholders, and public audiences. The latest edition of the ARM Climate Research Facility Annual Report was published in December 2011. The report contains…
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New Year Brings New Documents
Each year, the ARM Climate Research Facility publishes a variety of technical reports and documents to inform users. The year is still young, but already eight technical documents have been published. Two handbooks for Recovery Act instruments, the Doppler Lidar (DL) Handbook and the Ka-Band ARM Zenith Radar Handbook, document the functionality and operation of…
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Pass the lotion; new study shows drying trend over Great Plains
Analysis of infrared energy levels useful for similar evaluations at local scale Illustration of seasonal infrared energy trends observed at the ARM Southern Great Plains site between 1996 and 2010. Click on image to enlarge. In a study published this month in the Journal of Climate, researchers found less infrared energy reaching Earth’s surface above…
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GOAmazon2014 Workshop Identifies Challenges, Opportunities
In July, DOE’s Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER) held a 2-day workshop to identify key scientific challenges and opportunities associated with a major field campaign that will occur in 2014—Green Ocean Amazon 2014, or GOAmazon2014—taking place in Manaus, Brazil. The outcomes of this workshop are summarized in the newly released GOAmazon2014 Workshop Report…
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New Educational Outreach Materials Available
The July 2011 Climate Education Update Newsletter is now available! The subject of this edition is the Year of Tropical Convection (YOTC). Topics covered include Madden-Julian Oscillation, Tropical Cyclones, and el Niño and La Niña. Also included is a related activity for middle school students, “Why is it Hotter at the Equator?,” which demonstrates the…
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Journal Special Issue Includes Mobile Facility Data from Germany
The ARM Mobile Facility operated in Heselbach, Germany, as part of the COPS surface network.In 2007, the ARM Mobile Facility participated in one of the most ambitious field studies ever conducted in Europe—the Convective and Orographically Induced Precipitation Study (COPS). Now, 21 papers published in a special issue of the Quarterly Journal of the Royal…
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New Public Information Materials Available
The 2010 ARM Annual Report cover features an image from the ARM Mobile Facility campaign in the Azores.The 2010 edition of the ARM Climate Research Facility Annual Report is currently available online. The report contains an overview of the ARM Facility, along with highlights of featured field campaigns, key research results, and infrastructure achievements. Accomplishments…
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User Survey Report Now Available
Thank you for your participation! The ARM user survey was distributed as a way to gain valuable insight regarding the type and frequency ARM data are being used. Approximately 300 respondents provided feedback regarding the type of work they perform most and how ARM data are being used. While 70 percent of the respondents indicated…
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Science Plans Are Now Available for AMIE, MC3E, and SPARTICUS
The ARM Madden-Julian Oscillation Investigation Experiment (AMIE) campaign is scheduled to take place in and around the Indian Ocean from October 2011 to January 2012. The goal of this campaign is to provide an unprecedented data set that will allow further investigation of the evolution of tropical convection. For more information, visit http://www.arm.gov/campaigns/twp2011manusmjo. The Midlatitude…