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Climate Scientists Air Their Views in Oklahoma
Media and distinguished guests are invited to talk with top U.S. climate scientists and view the research aircraft and field instrumentation that is critical to their studies. The scientists are in Oklahoma to conduct two studies focused on the interactions between clouds, aerosols and surface moisture, and their influence on regional climate. Oklahoma was chosen…
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It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s a…Helicopter?
Contact: Lynne Roeder, ARM Public Information Officer, 509.372.4331 Duke University’s “Jet Ranger” is one of eight aircraft that will fly over the SGP site in June. Last week, scientists from across the country met in Ponca City, Oklahoma, to simulate flight and mission planning scenarios in preparation for two simultaneous field campaigns that will occur…
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ARM Mobile Facility Begins Precipitation Investigation in the Black Forest
Raindrops to reveal clues about climate in complex terrain Contact: Lynne Roeder, ARM Public Information Officer, 509.372.4331 Beginning today, the ARM Mobile Facility will collect data for 9 months in support of a long-term precipitation study in the Black Forest region of Germany. Requested by researchers at the University of Hohenheim, the facility is one…
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Arctic Winter Provides Window of Opportunity to Improve Climate Models
Dry winter conditions allows scientists to explore elusive portions of the electromagnetic spectrum Contact: Lynne Roeder, 509.372.4331 In conjunction with other scientific activities taking place during International Polar Year 2007-2008, today an international research team begins a three-week field campaign in Barrow, Alaska. The experiment, which is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Atmospheric…
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DOE Awards $6.4M, Three-Year Aerial Vehicles Program to Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Press Release Media Contact: Lynne Roeder, 509.372.4331 Through the ARM Aerial Vehicles Program, in situ data acquired by aircraft at various altitudes will complement and enhance atmospheric measurements obtained from sophisticated instruments and radars on the ground. ARM file photo. The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science has awarded a three-year, $6.4 million contract…
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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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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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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.
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U.S. Climate Scientists Join Collaborators in Australia to Begin Tropical Cloud Experiment
Media Advisory Media Contact: Lynne Roeder, 509.372.4331 More than 100 researchers from around the world are gathering in Darwin, Australia, as they prepare to launch simultaneous ground, sea and sky operations during the Tropical Warm Pool International Cloud Experiment. The experiment, organized jointly by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program…