Features

New England Winter No Match for Science on the Cape
Apr 05, 2013       
Winter snowfall in the Boston area is not uncommon, and in February they got it in spades—just 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 [...]

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Cloud Cocktail Melts Greenland Ice Sheet
Apr 03, 2013       
Research published today in the journal Nature 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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A Homecoming Party at the Los Angeles Shipping Dock
Feb 15, 2013       
Early this January, ARM's second mobile facility completed its first extended marine operation. Curious workers at the Los Angeles shipping dock watched as engineers using cranes unloaded the scientific instruments from a cargo ship after finishing eight round trips between Los Angeles, California, and Honolulu, Hawaii.

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New Field Campaigns Move Mobile Facility to Finland Forest and California Coast; Aircraft to Explore Aerosol and Gases
Jan 29, 2013       
The Department of Energy selected four major field campaigns to take place using ARM facilities from 2013 through 2015. The second ARM Mobile Facility will be placed in boreal forests in Finland before traveling to the California coast. This summer, the ARM Aerial Facility will fly near forest fires and agricultural burns in Washington state and Arkansas, while continuing to support aerosol and carbon flights at the ARM SGP site.

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DOE’s Wanda Ferrell Receives Society Award for Leadership in Atmospheric Science
Jan 09, 2013       
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, January 9, 2013 AUSTIN, Texas—Today at the 2013 American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Wanda Ferrell is receiving the prestigious “Cleveland Abbe Award for Distinguished Service to Atmospheric Sciences.” The award recognizes Ferrell "for skillful, dedicated leadership in managing the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Climate Research Facility, which [...]

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Education Collaboration Provides Motivation for Science Exploration
Dec 20, 2012       
Kids and adults flock to Cape Cod National Seashore for close-up look at science facility Science education is alive and well! At nearly the halfway point of the ARM Facility’s Two-Column Aerosol Project (TCAP) at Cape Cod National Seashore, more than 852 students and adults from throughout Cape Cod visited the ARM Mobile Facility site [...]

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Ahoy! It’s MAGIC in the Pacific
Oct 01, 2012       
Through funding from the Department of Energy, more than two dozen instruments are obtaining measurements from the sky above a cargo ship as it routinely transits between California and Hawaii.

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Up Close and Personal at Cape Cod National Seashore
Aug 13, 2012       
Enjoying fair skies and ocean breezes, a large and enthusiastic crowd gathered at the Highlands Center at Cape Cod National Seashore in late July to officially kick off the year-long Two-Column Aerosol Project, or TCAP. About 50 area stakeholders, four staff from the Massachusetts federal and state Congressional delegations, and several DOE officials joined [...]

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Capturing Aerosol Evolution at Cape Cod
Jul 26, 2012       
From July 2012 to June 2013, nearly sixty instruments are obtaining atmospheric data from the ARM Mobile Facility site at Cape Cod National Seashore in Massachusetts.

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