Argonne National Laboratory Wins Award for Ocean-Going Climate Observatory
Aug 27, 2008
Feature Stories & Releases
Aerosols and Clouds: A Complex Climate Connection
Mar 31, 2008
Mar 31, 2008
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In April 2008, scientists sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science will use a heavily instrumented research aircraft based out of Fairbanks to obtain cloud and aerosol measurements in the sky over Barrow, Alaska. Researchers will use the data to examine cloud composition and resulting effects on climate cycles.
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Mobile Climate Monitoring Facility to Sample Skies in Africa
Jan 18, 2008
Jan 18, 2008
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program is placing a new, portable atmospheric laboratory with sophisticated instruments and data systems in Niger, Africa, to gain a better understanding of the potential impacts of Saharan dust on global climate. To learn more, read DOE press release.
National User Facility Leads to Multidisciplinary Climate Research
Dec 11, 2007
Dec 11, 2007
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Equipped with state-of-the-art instrumentation and data systems, the Department of Energy's ARM Climate Research Facility (ACRF) provides fixed and mobile research sites around the world for conducting interdisciplinary science related to earth systems. AGU visitors to the ACRF exhibit can view live data from these sites and talk with scientists who use this data to improve climate models.
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