On Wednesday, May 15, the U.S. Department of Energys Office of Science posted a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) accepting applications for Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER) grants for research in support of the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Green Ocean Amazon (GOAmazon) field campaign taking place from 2014-2015 in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. [...]

In chilly, early April, more than 11,000 scientists from 95 countries gathered at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly in Vienna, Austria. The weeklong meeting saw 4,684 oral, 8,207 poster, and 452 PICO (presenting interactive content) presentations. Joining the fray for the second time, representatives from the ARM Facility presented information about ARM in several [...]

To quote Ben Franklin, "If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest." ARM Climate Research Facility staff who attended the fourth annual Atmospheric System Research (ASR) Science Team Meeting in April received a healthy dose of interest [...]

Heavy rains, scorching sun, and 100% humidity? No problem for ARM Mobile Facility operations personnel from Los Alamos National Laboratory. In March, they installed an initial suite of instruments outside Manaus, Brazil, as field work ramps up for the GOAMAZON field campaign in 2014.

School break means vacation, and around Cape Cod, that often means a trip to the seashore. On April 17, families looking for fun and educational outdoor activities spent several hours at Cape Cod National Seashore's Highlands Center for Junior Ranger Day. They were drawn to an event announcement in the park activities newsletter that [...]

This week, the U.S. Department of Energy begins its National Science Bowl competition, a nationwide academic competition that tests students' knowledge in all areas of science. Created 22 years ago in 1991, the DOE National Science Bowl strives to encourage students to excel in mathematics and science and to pursue careers in these fields and [...]

A new cooperative agreement between the U.S. Department of Energy and the Indian Institute of Science formalizes efforts between the two countries to study aerosols and cloud processes and the Indian Monsoon. The official Memorandum of Understanding, signed in March and effective for 10 years, establishes a framework for collaboration between DOE and the Indian atmospheric research community through the ARM Climate Research Facility and related science and education activities and exchanges.

On April 2, staff at the ARM Southern Great Plains site got the chance to show around a very distinguished guestDr. Anjuli Bamzai from the National Science Foundation. Bamzai leads the Climate and Large-Scale Dynamics program at NSF. She was visiting the area with her family and contacted the site to make arrangements for [...]

Winter snowfall in the Boston area is not uncommon, and in February they got it in spadesjust in time for the second phase of research flights for the Two-Column Aerosol Project at Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Despite a few snow days the ARM Aerial Facility (AAF) team completed a very full and successful schedule of research [...]

Research published today in the journal <em><a href="http://www.nature.com/">Nature</a></em> shows that low-level clouds in Greenland that contain just the right amount of water are thick enough to block heat from escaping to space, but thin enough to allow sunlight to reach the surface. This cloud cocktail leads to enhanced warming near the surface. Measurements from ARM instruments at Summit Station are helping researchers study important climate processes in the Arctic.

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