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International Climate Researchers Meet in U.S. to Simulate Flight Operations for Tropical Storm Cloud Experiment
Press Release Media Contact: Lynne Roeder, 509.372.4331 Technical Contact: Mike Janes, 925.294.2447 The Southern Surveyor research vessel will be equipped with a full compliment of surface-based instrumentation for measuring atmospheric and oceanographic properties. The ship will also serve as one of the locations for launching radiosondes (weather balloons), as well as a surface site for…
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Climate Scientists Gather at Sandia National Laboratories to Simulate Tropical Cloud Experiment
Media Advisory Media Contact: Lynne Roeder, 509.372.4331 Technical Contact: Mike Janes, 925.294.2447 The ARM Program—the Department of Energy’s largest global change research program—was created to help resolve scientific uncertainties related to global climate change. Its specific focus is on the crucial role of clouds and their influence on radiative feedback processes in the atmosphere. ARM…
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Connection Between Clouds and Climate Highlighted in a Special Section of Scientific Journal
Press Release Media Contact: Lynne Roeder, 509.372.4331 A key uncertainty in computer simulations of climate change is the broad range of cloud-climate feedback processes. Natural phenomena that occur in cloud lifecycles present a difficult challenge to scientists studying how dynamic cloud conditions affect the sun’s incoming and Earth’s outgoing energy and, in the longer term,…
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New Mobile Atmospheric Laboratory Gathering Weather and Climate Change Data on the California Coast
Are Aerosols Reducing Coastal Drizzle and Increasing Cloud Cover? Scientists sponsored by the Department of Energy (DOE) are conducting a six-month atmospheric research campaign at the Point Reyes National Seashore, in Marin County, California. The experiment’s goal is to help researchers understand how aerosols—small particles such as soot, dust and smoke—influence the structure of marine…
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Media Advisory: New Climate Education Resource Available Online for Teachers and Students
Media Contact: Lynne Roeder, 509.372.4331 Technical Contact: Andrea Maestas, 505.665.7997 LOS ALAMOS, N.M.–A newly designed education website sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) features activities and information about climate change and atmospheric science for students and teachers. Education and outreach staff involved in DOE’s ARM Climate Research Facility recently released the redesigned website,…
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Press Release: U.S. Department of Energy’s Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program Achieves Milestone in Climate Modeling Research
Media Contact: Lynne Roeder, 509.372.4331 Technical Contact: Tom Ackerman, ARM Chief Scientist, 509.372.6032 A milestone for the global climate research community comes from a DOE research facility located in north-central Oklahoma. This year marks the 10-year anniversary of the world’s largest and most extensive climate research field site for studying the effects of clouds and…