Cumulus clouds, which
are plentiful in the Tropical Western Pacific region, are part of a great
"heat engine" serving the rest of the world. |
Air, Land and Sea Cycle
Nauru99 was an international
research collaboration conducted on and around the island of Nauru
in the Tropical Western Pacific during the summer of 1999. Through this
international research campaign, involving the U.S. Department of Energy,
the U.S. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
and the Japan Marine Science and Technology Center (JAMSTEC), scientists
gathered first-ever data on oceanic and atmospheric processes to better
understand the influence of the tropics - our world's "heat engine."
DOE's Atmospheric
Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program sponsored this campaign. The ARM
Program is the Department's premier climate change research program.
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