ARM was created to help resolve scientific uncertainties related
to global climate change, with a specific focus on the crucial role of clouds
and their influence on radiative feedback processes in the atmosphere. The
primary goal of the ARM Program is to improve the treatment of cloud and
radiation physics in global climate models in order to improve the climate
simulation capabilities of these models. ARM's scientists research a broad
range of issues that span remote sensing, physical process investigation
and multli-scale modeling.
Research Questions. The research involves a network of ground-based
remote-sensing instruments along with campaign studies that use manned
and unmanned aircraft. Measurements include vertical profiles of temperature,
water vapor, trace gases, aerosols, and solar and infrared radiation. The
ARM data provide the testbed for the process models representing the cloud-climate
feedbacks in the currently available GCMs as well as in the future climate-change-prediction
models of regional-scale resolution.
Additional programmatic information is available via the
ARM
homepage.
Abstracts
Currently funded program research projects
Program Manager
Dr. Kiran Alapaty
ARM Science Director
Climate and Environmental Sciences Division, SC-23.1
Department of Energy GTN Bldg
1000 Independence Ave, SW
Washington, DC 20585-1290
(301) 903-3175
Fax: (301) 903-8519
Email:kiran.alapaty@science.doe.gov