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GoAmazon2014/15 Call for Papers for Special Issue
The GoAmazon2014/15 campaign will be the focus of a combined special issue, scheduled in four journals. Campaign scientists can submit their contributions using the online registration form on the journal of their choice’s website until May 31, 2018. While deployed for GoAmazon2014/15 outside of Manaus, Brazil, the first ARM Mobile Facility is lit up by…
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On the Amazon: A Very Cold Detour
Editor’s note: Stephen R. Springston, a scientist at Brookhaven National Laboratory and an instrument mentor for ARM’s Aerosol Observing System, sent this update. I knew I had to return to the Amazon, I packed my Hawaiian shirt for a tropical locale. I was thinking about exotic diets, but turns out I was highly unprepared! As…
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On the Amazon: G-1 Take One
Editor’s note: Stephen R. Springston, a scientist at Brookhaven National Laboratory and an instrument mentor for ARM’s Aerosol Observing System, sent this update. G-1 flight #1 has successfully been completed! Here’s the big white bird waiting for ARM Aerial Facility (AAF) crew and SOBs, or Scientists on Board, (to the right): Left to right: John…
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Off the Amazon: Building Bridges Through Science
Last week, I joined science collaborators from the United States and Brazil in Manaus, Amazonas, as the first intensive measurement phase began for the Green Ocean Amazon (GOAMAZON) field campaign. In their opening remarks on Tuesday, several representatives from sponsoring organizations and participating research institutions emphasized the importance of this research, the relationships and hard…
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On the Amazon: A Day in the Life
Editor’s note: Stephen R. Springston, a scientist at Brookhaven National Laboratory and an instrument mentor for ARM’s Aerosol Observing System, sent this update. Here’s me still wearing my field campaign vest in front of the trace gas rack on the G-1. More blinky lights than a Toyota at midnight! From Manaus, Amazonia, Brazil, to Pasco,…
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On the Amazon: Part 1 Complete
Editor’s note: This is a compilation of updates from Stephen R. Springston, a scientist at Brookhaven National Laboratory and an instrument mentor for ARM’s Aerosol Observing System. The first part of the GOAMAZON campaign is now in the homestretch. Gunnar Senum, investigator from Brookhaven National Laboratory, and I have now departed the site. From the…
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On the Amazon: Setup
Editor’s note: Stephen R. Springston, a scientist at Brookhaven National Laboratory and an instrument mentor for ARM’s Aerosol Observing System, sent this update. I’m part of a major field study of the atmosphere, GOAMAZON, along with dozens of scientists from Brazil, the U.S., and other various countries. We’ve brought along two of the mobile laboratories…