Insights to ARM Facility Activities at 2015 AGU Fall Meeting

 
Published: 9 December 2015

1012541_796245997058840_743936320_nAt the 2015 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in San Francisco, December 14-18, nearly 24,000 scientists from around the world are gathering to share their latest research results in all areas of Earth science. Find out how researchers are using data from U.S. Department of Energy’s Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility—the world’s most comprehensive outdoor laboratory and data archive for research related to atmospheric processes that affect Earth’s climate—to improving regional and global climate models.

Below are a few items of note at this year’s meeting; see the complete presentation page for dozens more oral and poster sessions featuring ARM data, including invited talks. To learn more about ASR-related research at AGU, see the ASR web page. AGU’s 2015 scientific program is also available.

Town Halls
This year, the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Biological and Environmental Research and its projects will host a several of town hall meetings including:

ARM Data Discovery Tool Tutorial
Monday, December 14, 6:00 p.m., Marriott Marquis (just a block away from the Moscone Center)

ARM's Data Discovery Tool helps scientists access the terabytes of climate data the facility has to offer.
ARM’s Data Discovery Tool helps scientists access the terabytes of climate data the facility has to offer.

This year, an open workshop will be held for all AGU participants to come learn about the ARM Data Discovery Tool. This relatively new tool has many new functionalities, including filtered and faceted search logic, filtering data based on data quality, graphical views of data quality and availability, and data plots. This one-hour session will familiarize you with the use of this Data Discovery Browser and how to get the data you need from the ARM Data Archive.

AWARE: The most comprehensive meteorological study of Antarctica ever undertaken
Wednesday, December 16, 5:00 to 6:00 p.m., Moscone West 3000

AWARE team members pause for a moment after a successful completion of installation of the second ARM Mobile Facility at McMurdo Station.
AWARE team members pause for a moment after a successful completion of installation of the second ARM Mobile Facility at McMurdo Station.

A press workshop (conference) will be held for the ARM field campaign ARM West Antarctic Radiation Experiment (AWARE). AWARE will provide much-needed data on the meteorology and cloud properties of West Antarctica, one of the most rapidly warming regions on Earth. Workshop participants will discuss the overall science goals of the campaign, the colossal challenge of conducting this research in such a remote, harsh place, the data that is starting to be collected, and the data that can be expected.

Green Ocean Amazon

To understand the intricacies of the natural state of the Amazon rain forest, the Green Ocean Amazon, or GoAmazon, field campaign is a two-year scientific collaboration among U.S. and Brazilian research organizations. GoAmazon 2014/2015 research, funded in part by DOE, will be featured as part of a series of oral and poster sessions focused on Amazonia.

A23H. Aerosols, Clouds, Precipitation, Trace Gas Chemistry, Meteorology, and Their Complex Interactions in Amazonia I – Tuesday, December 15, 1:40 to 3:40 p.m., Moscone West 3008

A24B. Aerosols, Clouds, Precipitation, Trace Gas Chemistry, Meteorology, and Their Complex Interactions in Amazonia II – Tuesday, December 15, 4:00 to 6:00 p.m., Moscone West 3008

A31A. Aerosols, Clouds, Precipitation, Trace Gas Chemistry, Meteorology, and Their Complex Interactions in Amazonia III Posters
Wednesday, December 16, 8:00 to 12:20 p.m., Moscone South – Poster Hall

LASSO—the LES ARM Symbiotic Simulation and Observation Workflow

"Data cubes" that combine observations, model output, and metrics will be combined into a unified package.
“Data cubes” that combine observations, model output, and metrics will be combined into a unified package as part of the LES ARM Symbiotic Simulation and Observation Workflow, or LASSO.

LASSO is a new project tying together ARM observational data and large-eddy simulation (LES) modeling to support the study of atmospheric processes, the improvement of observational retrievals, and parameterizations of clouds, aerosols, and radiation in climate models. LASSO will be the focus in these two sessions during the meeting:

A14D: Large-Eddy and High-Resolution Simulations for Improved Understanding and Parameterization of Clouds and Boundary Layer Processes I
Monday, December 14, 4:00 to 6:00 p.m., Moscone West 3008

A21D: Large-Eddy and High-Resolution Simulations for Improved Understanding and Parameterization of Clouds and Boundary Layer Processes II Posters
Tuesday, December 15, 8:00 to 12:20 p.m., Moscone South Poster Hall

Madden-Julian Oscillation: Day and Night Conspire to Stall Rainy Weather
A team of researchers used ARM Tropical Western Pacific data collected from Manus Island, Papua New Guinea, in computer simulations to test how the daily pulses of clouds over these islands affect the Madden-Julian Oscillation’s movement. Samson Hagos, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and ASR researcher, will discuss how daily pulses of cloudiness can trap heat over the islands, causing convection that hampers Madden-Julian Oscillation’s eastward progress.

A22E-07: The impact of diurnal cycle over the Maritime Continent on the Madden-Julian Oscillation, Tuesday, December 15, 11:50 to 12:05 p.m., Moscone West 3008

AGU Honors Ceremony and Banquet, Wednesday, December 16

Congratulations to the following ASR colleagues who are being honored for their scientific achievements and contributions:

  • Christopher Bretherton, University of Washington
  • Alex Guenther, University of California, Irvine
  • Jose-Luis Jimenez, University of Colorado
  • Philip Rasch, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  • Daniel Rosenfeld, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
A new ARM display, featuring the next-generation ARM, will debut at the 2015 AGU Fall Meeting at Booth #108.
A new ARM display, featuring the next-generation ARM, will debut at the 2015 AGU Fall Meeting at Booth #108.

User Facility Exhibit

Visit the ARM Facility in Booth 108 to learn more about the facility and meet our scientists and engineers. Or pick up the 2015 ARM Annual Report and other materials that describe ARM’s measurement capabilities, data collections, and field campaigns. Exhibit Hall, 108, Monday-Friday, show hours vary.

Follow ARM on Facebook and Twitter by using the hashtag #AGU15.

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The ARM Climate Research Facility is a national scientific user facility funded through the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science. The ARM Facility is operated by nine Department of Energy national laboratories.