DOE/ER-0441

Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program Plan

• Foreword
• Objective
• Introduction
• Background
• Overview of General-Circulation and Radiative Transport Modeling
• General Circulation Modeling
• Radiative Transfer Modules
• Model Intercomparison Activities
• A Regional GCM Intercomparison
• Intercomparison of Surface Energy Budgets
• A GCM Intercomparison and the Earth Radiation Budget Experiment
• The Intercomparison of Radiation Codes Used in Climate Models
• Program Requirements
• The Goals of the ARM Program
• The Importance of the Radiation Field in Modeling Climate
• The "Figure of Merit" for the ARM Experiment
• The Resolution and Parameterization Problem
• The Basic Experimental Approach to ARM
• Test Radiative Models
• Expand to GCM and Satellite Scale
• GCM Cloud Parameterization
• Constraining the Radiation Models
• Radiation Measurements
• Characterizing the Atmosphere
• Basic Meteorological Measurements
• Atmospheric Composition
• Geometrical Structure of the Atmosphere
• Surface Properties
• Analysis Requirements
• Direct Comparison of Observations with Model Calculations
• Obtaining Parameterizations from ARM Measurements
• Parameterization, Testing and Development
• Measurement Accuracy Requirements
• Site Selection Issues
• Experimental Design
• The Basic Elements of the Measurement Program
• Base Sites: The Measurement of the Column
• In Situ Sampling Program
• Extended Observing Stations: Measuring the GCM Grid Cell
• Mobile ARM Observing System
• Proposed Experimental Technologies: The Technological Response to the Requirements
• The Base Site Instrumentation
• Extended Observing Station Instrumentation
• Aircraft-Borne Operations and Campaign Measurements
• Calibration
• Site Selection
• Site Selection Considerations
• Rationale for Multiple ARM Sites
• Potential ARM Sites and Priorities
• Proposed Data Management Strategies
• Data Flow Overview
• System Overview
• Relationship to Other Data Systems and Centers
• Research Needs: Remote Sensing and Laboratory Spectroscopy
• Remote Sensing and Radiometric Instrumentative
• Laboratory Spectroscopy Program
• Management Plan
• Management Structure
• Management of the Clouds and Radiation Testbed
• Implementation of the ARM Program
• Design of the Project Infrastructure
• Formation of the Science Team
• Instrument Deployment and the Instrument Development Program
• Formation of the Data Management Team
• Development of an Operations Strategy
• Relationship to Other Programs
• Complementary Scientific Programs
• Long-Term Field and Monitoring Program
• Instrument Development Programs
• International Programs
• Schedule and the Deployment of ARM
• Budget Projections
• Appendix A - Brief History of the Department of Energy Carbon Dioxide Research Program
• Appendix B - Current Measurement Technologies
• References
• Acronyms and Abbreviations

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