2005 ARM Science Team Meeting

March 14-18  |  Daytona Beach, Florida  |  Hilton Daytona Beach/Ocean Walk Village

The Hilton Daytona Beach Resort in Ocean Walk Village, Daytona, Florida.
The Hilton Daytona Beach Resort in Ocean Walk Village, Daytona, Florida.

Meeting Highlights

The 15th Annual ARM Science Team Meeting was held at the Hilton in Daytona Beach, Florida. Almost 300 participants from 10 countries traveled to this year's meeting. Dr. Wanda Ferrell, ARM Program Manager, opened the plenary session on March 15 with statements regarding the Program's accomplishments since the 2004 Science Team Meeting. In particular, Dr. Ferrell highlighted the completion of the ARM Mobile Facility, a successful infrastructure review, and the award of funding to nine new principal investigators. She also delivered the happy news of a proposed increase to the ARM science budget for 2006—the first increase in 10 years:

"An increase in the science budget is a reflection of the positive view that the Office of Science and the Office of Management and Budget have for the ARM Program," said Dr. Ferrell.

Following Dr. Ferrell's address, Dr. Tom Ackerman, ARM Chief Scientist, recapped his 6-year tenure with the ARM Program by comparing his first state-of-ARM presentation to that of 2005.

Meeting Agenda

  • Monday, March 14
    Time Activity
    12:00 noon Registration
    1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. ARM Instantaneous Radiative Flux Working Group Meeting
    1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment (M-PACE)
    3:15 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Broadband Heating Rate Profile (BBHRP)
    3:15 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV) Program
    1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Poster Setup
    6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. No-host Social
    6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Tom Ackerman Recognition
  • Tuesday, March 15

    Time Activity
    7:15 a.m.-8:30 a.m. Registration
    8:30 a.m.-10:15 a.m. Morning Plenary: State of ARM
    8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.

    Wanda Ferrell: Science Director Presentation

    8:45 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.

    Tom Ackerman: State of ARM

    9:15 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.

    Greg McFarquhar: Cloud Properties Working Group Report

    9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

    Tony DelGenio: Cloud Parameterization and Modeling Working Group Report
    10:15 a.m.-10:45 a.m. Break
    10:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. State of ARM Plenary Continues
    10:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

    Hans Verlinde: M-PACE Overview

    11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

    Jim Mather: Tropical Warm Pool - International Cloud Experiment (TWP-ICE) Plans

    12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.

    Mark Miller: ARM Mobile Facility (AMF) Plans
    12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m. Lunch
    2:00 p.m.-3:45 p.m. Formal Poster Presentations
    2:00 p.m.

    John Dykema: Confronting Models with ARM Data: A Statistical Comparison of Southern Great Plains Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer (AERI) Radiance Spectra and Global Climate Model (GCM) Output

    2:15 p.m.

    Zena Kogan: Analysis of Scale Dependence of Stratiform Clouds Variability Based on Millimeter-Wave Radar Data

    2:30 p.m.

    Roger Marchand: A Bootstrap Technique for Testing the Relationship Between Local-Scale Radar Occurrence and Large-Scale Atmospheric Fields

    2:45 p.m.

    Mark Miller: Influence of Atmospheric Stability on the Cloud Drop Effective Radius Sensing Determined by Ground-Based Remote Sensing

    3:00 p.m.

    Michele Nordeen: Comparison of Surface and Satellite-Derived Cloud and Radiation Properties at the ARM Southern Great Plains and Tropical Western Pacific Sites

    3:15 p.m.

    Ewan O'Connor: An Objective Scheme for Deriving Cloud Parameters from ARM Observations and Evaluating the Performance of Operational Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) Models

    3:30 p.m.

    Paquita Zuidema: A New Look at Tropical Middle-Troposphere Clouds
    3:45 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Break
    4:00 p.m.- 7:00 p.m. Poster Session A
    5:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Poster Session Refreshments
    7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. Randy Peppler: Data Quality Meeting
  • Wednesday, March 16
    Time Activity
    7:15 a.m.-8:30 a.m. Registration
    8:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m. Morning Plenary
      8:30 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.

    Bill Collins: Radiative Forcing by Well-Mixed Greenhouse Gases - Estimates from Global Climate Models in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

    (IPCC) AR4

    9:15 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

    Jerry Harrington: Arctic Mixed-Phase Clouds and Ice Nuclei - A Delicate Balance

    10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.

    Michael Tjernström: So What is So Special About Arctic Clouds?
    10:45 a.m.-11:15 a.m. Break
    11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Morning Plenary Continues
      11:15 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.

    Peter Lamb: The West African Monsoon System and African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA)

    11:50 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

    Tony Slingo: The RADAGAST Project: Radiative Atmospheric Divergence Using the ARM Mobile Facility, Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget (GERB) Data, and AMMA Stations
    12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m. Lunch
    2:00 p.m.-3:45 p.m. Afternoon Breakout Sessions
      2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
    ARM Orientation for New Investigators
    Diffuse Intensive Operational Period (IOP) Data Results and the Future
    2007 Southern Great Plains (SGP) Cloud Experiment
    2:00 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
    TWP-ICE Planning
    3:00 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
    Clouds with Low Optical [Water] Depths (CLOWD) Working Group
    AMMA-AMF Discussions
    3:45 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Break
    4:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Poster Session B
    5:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Poster Session Refreshments
    7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. Joint Meeting of Working Group Steering Committees (Invitation Only)
  • Thursday, March 17
    Time Activity
    7:15 a.m.-8:20 a.m. Registration
    Poster Display Ends: All Posters Must
    Be Removed by 10:00 a.m. Today
    8:20 a.m.-10:20 a.m. Invited ARM Principal Investigator Reports

    Moderators: Tom Ackerman and Wanda Ferrell
    8:20 a.m.

    Christopher Doran: A Study of Factors Affecting the Cloud and Radiation Environments at Coastal and Inland Sites at the North Slope of Alaska

    8:40 a.m.

    Robert Cahalan: Advances in Three-Dimensional Atmospheric Radiation: I3RC Toolbox, Interactive Aerosol Retrieval, and Cloud Inhomogeneity Parameterization

    9:00 a.m.

    Peter Daum: Studies of Cloud Microphysical and Optical Properties

    9:20 a.m.

    Anthony Davis: Three-Dimensional Radiative Transfer Simplified, with Cloud Modeling and Remote Sensing in Mind

    9:40 a.m.

    Guosheng Liu: Determination of Large-Scale Cloud Ice Water Path and Profile by Combining Satellite High-Frequency Microwave Radiometer and Surface Cloud Radar Data

    10:00 a.m.

    Dan Lubin: Determination of the Arctic Aerosol Direct and Indirect Radiative Effects from Six Years of ARM Data
    10:20 a.m.-10:50 a.m. Break
    10:50 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Invited ARM Principal Investigator Reports Continue
    10:50 a.m.

    Qilong Min: Cloud-Radiation Interactions and Photon Path Length Distribution

    11:10 a.m.

    Robert Pincus: Accounting for Unresolved Spatial Variability in Large Scale Models: Development and Evaluation of a Statistical Cloud Parameterization

    11:30 a.m.

    Beat Schmid: How Well Can We Measure the Vertical Profile of Tropospheric Aerosol Extinction?

    11:50 a.m.

    Guang Zhang: From ARM Observations to GCM Improvement: An Example of Convection Parameterization Development for the NCAR Model CAM3

    12:10 p.m.

    Judy Curry: Development of New Microphysical Parameterizations: Applications to Arctic and Tropical Clouds
    12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m. Lunch
    12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m. Raymond McCord: Data Systems Orientation
    1:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Cloud Properties Working Group Meeting
    1:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Cloud Parameterization and Modeling Working Group Meeting
    1:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Aerosol Working Group Meeting
    5:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Science Team Executive Committee (STEC) Meeting (Invitation Only)
  • Friday, March 18
    Time Activity
    8:30 a.m.-12:59 p.m. STEC Meeting (Invitation Only)