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2015 ARM Summer Training and Science Applications Event

 
Published: 15 July 2015
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Learning practical and theoretical knowledge about observing and modeling aerosols, clouds, and precipitation processes, 26 students from around the world attended the ARM Summer Training and Science Applications event.

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The ARM Summer Training and Science Applications event on observations and modeling of aerosol, clouds, and precipitation took place July 15-24, 2015. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and organized by the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility, this training catered to graduate and postdoctoral students interested in observations and modeling of aerosol, clouds, and precipitation processes.

Held at the National Weather Center in Norman, Oklahoma, the summer training provided theoretical and practical instruction on instruments from the Southern Great Plains site and encouraged innovative methods for using ARM facilities to address complex scientific inquiries. Daily activities included two keynote lectures and discussion, followed by four to six hour sessions of group activities. The working groups explored the following themes:

  • Boundary layer structure
  • Cloud birth and fraction
  • Cloud properties
  • Cloud to precipitation transitioning
  • Precipitation properties
  • Models ability to capture clouds.

Presentations and Reports

Boundary Layer Structure

Instructors: Ewan O’Connor, Virendra Ghateteam_1_edits

Students: Jae-In Song, Suzane de Sá, Shaoyue Qiu, Thiago Biscaro

Project Presentation: Boundary Layer Structure: A Comparison Between Methods and Sites

Report: Planetary Boundary Layer Height: A Comparison of Estimation Methods and Sites Report

Cloud Birth and Fraction

Instructors: Allison McComiskey, David Turnerteam_2_edits

Students: George Duffy, Jingyi Chen, Elizabeth Smith, Wei Zhao

Project Presentation: Cloud Birth and Fraction

Report: Cloud Birth and Fraction Report

Cloud Properties

Instructors: Susanne Crewell, Kerstin Ebellteam_3_edits

Students: Sonja Drueke, Mallory Row, Zhiyuan Jiang, Fabian Hoffmann

Project Presentation: Cloud Properties: How Much Water is in a Cloud?

Report: Cloud Properties Report

Cloud to Precipitation Transition

Instructors: Pavlos Kollias, Edward Luketeam_4_edits

Students: Andrew Dzambo, Andrew Lesage, Jingjing Tian, Mikael Witte, Haiyang Yu

Project Presentation: Detecting the Onset of Drizzle Using ARM Observations and a Steady-State 1-D Column Model

Report: Cloud-to-Precipitation Transition Report

Precipitation Properties

Instructors: Herman Russchenberg, Matt Kumjianteam_5-edits

Students: Nils Küchler, Jonathan Edwards-Opperman, Kathryn Verlinden, Shuaiqi Tang

Project Presentation: Can We See Precipitation Properties Moving Through the Melting Layer?

Report: Can We See Precipitation Properties Conserved Through the Melting Layer Report

Models Ability to Capture Clouds

Instructors: Thijs Heus, David Mechemteam_6_edits

Students: Yaosheng Chen, Tobias Marke, Robert Schrom, Hee-Jung Yang, Jianhao Zhang

Project Presentation: Large Eddy Simulations of Clouds and Boundary Layer Processes

Report: Using Large-Eddy Simulations of Cloud and Boundary Layer Processes to Test Modeling Factors Report

Lectures