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Teamwork Keeps AMIE on Schedule
Picture of the C-SAPR site showing the C-band radar tower. AMIE-Manus radiometer system and CT25K ceilometer are circled in red. I recently traveled to Manus to set up the instrumentation for the ancillary variability site for AMIE. As both a member of the DYNAMO Science Steering Committee and PI for the AMIE campaigns, I’ve been…
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Wind Profiler Tracks Hurricane Irene Over Long Island
As part of the Aerosol Lifecycle IOP at Brookhaven National Laboratory field campaign, scientists deployed a 915 megahertz wind profiler at the MetField on the BNL campus. In its current configuration, this profiler provides estimates of the horizontal wind speed and direction in the lowest 1.5 kilometers of the atmosphere every half hour with a…
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Snap, Crackle, and Pop – and We’re Not Talking Rice Krispies
When a severe storm swept through the Southern Great Plains area on August 8, power poles along the roads snapped like twigs, but the ARM instruments stood firm. The intense squall line went through about 5:30 p.m. with some very high winds, cutting power to most of the area in north-central Oklahoma, including the SGP…
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Up Close and Personal with the G-1
On Thursday, July 21, several Washington State University (WSU) students got the chance to visit the hangar where the ARM Aerial Facility (AAF) aircraft is located. Shelley Presley, Assistant Research Professor at WSU’s Laboratory for Atmospheric Research, accompanied the students, who are studying atmospheric chemistry as part of a summer research program. Celine Kluzek, AAF…
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Introducing: the Observers
Posing for a photo at the ARIES Observatory in Nainital are the AMF on-site observers (left to right): Deepak Chausali, Rajan Pradhan, Shiwani Thakur, Roshan Ara; Krishan Singh (not pictured).Here’s a long overdue introduction to a great group of young people who will help the AMF India deployment become another successful campaign! Led by AMF…
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Visitors “Dig” the Southern Great Plains Site
On Saturday, June 11, the Ponca City Presbyterian Church’s Youth group toured the ARM Southern Great Plains (SGP) site. In addition to the site tour and a video overview about the ARM Facility, the students, grades 7-10, also got a view of an ”archeological dig” as the Enid Gem and Mineral society were at the…
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Stargazing from Nauru
A view of Pluto and its moon Charon, taken from the Hubble Space Telescope. Image from NASA and ESA. Nauru is the world’s smallest island nation, covering only eight square miles in the South Pacific, but in late June, it’s the perfect location for studying Pluto. Two scientists from the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) in…
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Think You’re Management Material?
Updated July 21, 2011: BER is now considering hiring an Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) employee from a university for this position. A background in cloud physics/dynamics and cloud-aerosol interactions is preferred. Anyone interested in this position should contact Gary Geernaert at their earliest convenience. DOE’s Office of Biological and Environmental Research is getting ready to…
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MC3E Day 46: A Job Well Done
ASR/ARM MC3E leadership in the field. From left to right, Scott Giangrande, Mike Jensen, Pavlos Kollias, and Nitin Bharwadaj.Today, Monday June 6, is the final day of operations for MC3E. The radiosonde launches at 6:30 PM local time will mark the official end of the field operations phase of the experiment. The final evaluation of…
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Bar-B-Que
MC3E grillmasters Pavlos Kollias and Scott GiangrandeOn a typical day of MC3E operations, researchers in north-central Oklahoma are spread throughout several different sites and schedules depending on their role in the program. Many of us head out to the SGP Central Facility near Lamont, Oklahoma, for radar and aircraft operations, troubleshooting on different instruments or…