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First MAGIC Science Workshop a Wrap
Editor’s note: Ernie Lewis, principal investigator for the Marine ARM GPCI Investigations of Clouds (MAGIC) field campaign, sent this update. It’s hard to believe it’s been over a year since I was on the Spirit launching weather balloons, but it has. It has also been some time since the last MAGIC update, so I’ll try…
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MAGIC: An Interns Take
Editor’s note: Ernie Lewis, principal investigator for the Marine ARM GPCI Investigations of Clouds (MAGIC) field campaign, sent this update. Two weeks ago, I was at the Atmospheric System Research (ASR) Science Team Meeting and chaired a well-attended session on MAGIC. I gave a summary of MAGIC status and news and presented a few results…
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Collaborating with MAGIC
Editor’s note: Ernie Lewis, principal investigator for the Marine ARM GPCI Investigations of Clouds (MAGIC) field campaign, sent this update. MAGIC has still been active and keeping me busy, despite my lapse in writing updates. We left off with a description of presentations to be made at the MAGIC session of the Atmospheric System Research…
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Final Port of Call: MAGIC Measurement Phase Complete
Editor’s note: Ernie Lewis, principal investigator for the Marine ARM GPCI Investigations of Clouds (MAGIC) field campaign, sent this update. It’s hard to believe that the measurement phase of MAGIC is now complete. It seems like just the other day when it all started. It has been an incredible ride, and it has succeeded beyond…
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Bon Voyage, My Friends…
Editor’s note: Ernie Lewis, principal investigator for the Marine ARM GPCI Investigations of Clouds (MAGIC) field campaign, sent this update in August 2013. The Spirit arrived at the Port of Los Angeles this morning [August 15], completing MAGIC Leg16B. Also concluding last week, the two undergraduate students who worked with me this summer, Danielle Mallon…
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A “Magical” Opportunity
Editor’s note: Trevor Ferguson, graduate student, team member on the Marine ARM GPCI Investigations of Clouds (MAGIC) field campaign, sent this update on July 26, 2013. During Leg14, I had the grand opportunity to sail along as part of the MAGIC team. Having never been out to sea, I was anxious to embark and see…
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An “Uneventful” Leg During MAGIC
Editor’s note: Ernie Lewis, principal investigator for the Marine ARM GPCI Investigations of Clouds (MAGIC) field campaign, sent this update on July 11, 2013. Thursday, July 11, evening We are just pulling into port in Honolulu (about 8pm local time on Thursday), a day later than normal, but we had left Los Angeles a day…
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Fourth of July Fireworks After a Day at the Los Angeles Dock
Editor’s note: Ernie Lewis, principal investigator for the Marine ARM GPCI Investigations of Clouds (MAGIC) field campaign, sent this update on July 6, 2013. It’s Saturday, July 6, a bit before noon. I’m on the Spirit in the Port of Los Angeles and scheduled to leave on Leg14A later this evening, a bit later than…
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Light Scattering at Sea
Editor’s note: Ernie Lewis, principal investigator for the Marine ARM GPCI Investigations of Clouds (MAGIC) field campaign, introduces us to some MAGIC participants. In the last update I introduced some MAGIC people, including two college students, Danielle and Michelle, who are working with me on MAGIC data. Another student, Sarah, who will be a senior…
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Got the MAGIC in Me!
Editor’s note: Ernie Lewis, principal investigator for the Marine ARM GPCI Investigations of Clouds (MAGIC) field campaign, introduces us to some MAGIC participants. One of the great things about MAGIC for me has been the opportunity to meet and interact with many people I wouldn’t have otherwise met, from the ship’s crew to technicians to…