2004 ARM Science Team Meeting

March 22 - 26  |  Albuquerque, New Mexico  |  Hyatt Regency

The Hyatt Regency in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The Hyatt Regency in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Meeting Highlights

A record-breaking 316 scientists and researchers participated in a series of plenary and poster sessions and working group meetings at the 14TH Annual ARM Science Team Meeting. Traveling from all over the world, 71 scientists from 22 different countries were in attendance! One participant traveled 8,567 miles to attend the meeting. Countries represented include China, South Korea, Nigeria, Russia, Czech Repulic, Bulgaria, Switzerland, France, United Kingdom, and Canada.

Dr. Ari Patrinos, Associate Director of DOE's Office of Biological and Environmental Research, kicked off the Plenary session on Tuesday morning with a presentation on DOE's perspective of the ARM Program:

"ARM brought the study of climate change into 'big time' science. ARM is doing science that is very relevant and important. Keep up the good work!" Dr. Patrinos said as he concluded his speech.

Also, Wanda Ferrell, DOE ARM Program Manager, and Peter Lunn, DOE Atmospheric Science Program Manager spoke.

Meeting Agenda

  • Monday, March 22
    Time Activity
    12:00 noon Registration
    8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m. Jimmy Voyles: Infrastructure Management Board (IMB) Meeting (Invitation
    Only)
    9:00 a.m.-11:00 p.m. Randy Peppler: ARM Data Quality
    9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Rich Ferrare: Aerosol Working Group
    1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Anthony DelGenio, Stephen Klein, and Ric Cederwall: Cloud Parameterization
    and Modeling Working Group
    1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m Mark Miller and Eli Mlawer: Broadband Heating Rate Profile (BBHRP) / Cloud
    Microphysics
    1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m Alexander Trishchenko: Surface Albedo
    3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Lee Harrison: Shortwave Quality Measurement Experiment (QME) and Solar
    Spectrometry
    3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Hans Verlinde: Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment (MPACE)
    1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m Poster Setup
    6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. No-host Social
  • Tuesday, March 23
    Time Activity
    7:15 a.m.-8:30 a.m. Registration
    8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. Morning Plenary: State of ARM
    Moderators: Bob Ellingson / Tom Ackerman
    8:00 a.m.-8:15 a.m. Wanda Ferrell: Science Director Talk
    8:15 a.m.-9:00 a.m. Ari Patrinos: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Perspective
    9:00 a.m.-9:30 a.m. Tom Ackerman: State of ARM
    9:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m. Bob Ellingson: Instantaneous Radiative Flux (IRF) Working
    Group Report
    10:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Break
    10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Rich Ferrare: Aerosol Working Group Report
    11:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Peter Lunn: The DOE Atmospheric Science Program and Its Relationship
    to ARM
    12:00 p.m.-12:30 p.m. Hans Verlinde: North Slope MPACE
    12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m. Lunch
    2:00 p.m.-3:45 p.m. Formal Poster Presentations
    (7 Speakers at 15 Minutes Each)
    Moderators: Peter Lamb, Greg McFarquhar, and Hans Verlinde
      2:00 p.m.
    Jerry Potter: The CCPP-ARM Parameterization
    2:15 p.m.

    Jason Cole: Interactions Between Clouds and Radiation in the Multiscale
    Modelling Framework
    2:30 p.m.
    Dave Turner: Aerosol Indirect Forcing in the Infrared at the Southern Great
    Plains Site
    2:45 p.m.
    David Mechem: Multi-Dimensional Radiative Effects in Longwave Radiative
    Forcing of Planetary Boundary Layer Clouds
    3:00 p.m.
    An Investigation of Atmospheric Water Vapor and Its Radiative Forcing Effects
    at the ARM North Slope of Alaska Site
    3:15 p.m.
    Relationships Between Cirrus and Large-Scale Meteorology
    3:30
    p.m.
    Nauru Island Effect Study
    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
  • Wedesday, March 24
    Time Activity
    7:15 a.m.-8:30 a.m. Registration
    8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. Morning Session A: Cloud Feedbacks
    Moderators: Tony DelGenio and Steve Klein
    8:00 a.m. - 8:40 a.m.
    Dennis Hartmann: The Fixed Anvil Temperature Hypothesis and Tropical
    Cloud-Climate Feedback
    8:40 a.m. - 9:20 a.m.
    Keith Williams: Cloud Feedback in the Quantifying Uncertainty in
    Model Predictions Ensemble
    9:20 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
    Andy Ackerman: Factors Controlling Development of Subtropical Cumulonimbus
    Anvils During CRYSTAL-FACE
    10:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Break
    10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Morning Session B: ARM-Like Remote Sensing Sites
    in Other Countries
    Moderators: Tom Ackerman and Chuck Long
    10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
    Reinout Boers: Recent Results from the Cabauw Experimental Site
    for Atmospheric Research (CESAR)
    11:00 a.m. - 11:30 p.m.
    Helene Chepfer: SIRTA, a French Atmospheric Observatory for Clouds,
    Aerosols, and Water Vapor
    11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
    Anthony Illingworth: Using Observations of Clouds and Radiation
    at Chilbolton, United Kingdom, to Evaluate Numerical Weather Prediction
    (NWP) Models
    12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.
    Dirk Engelbart: An Overview of the Lindenberg Observatory
    12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m. Lunch
      Afternoon Breakout Sessions
    2:00 p.m.-3:45 p.m. Anthony Davis: Photon Path Length
    Greg McFarquhar: Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
    Jim Mather / Peter May: International Cloud Experiment at Tropical Western
    Pacific
    Chuck Long: Cloudiness Intercomparison (CIC) Intensive Operational Period
    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 25
    Time Activity
    7:15 a.m.-8:30 a.m. Registration
    Poster Display Ends: All Posters Must
    Be Removed by 10:00 a.m. Today
    8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Invited ARM Principal Investigator Reports
    Moderators: Tom Ackerman and Wanda Ferrell
    8:30 a.m. - 8:50 a.m.
    Xiaoqing Wu: Cloud-Resolving Model Simulation and Mosaic Treatment
    of Subgrid Cloud-Radiation Interaction
    8:50 a.m. - 9:10 a.m.
    Bob Ellingson: Test of Longwave Radiative Transfer Parameterizations
    for Cumulus Clouds with ARM Observations
    9:10 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
    Janet Intrieri: Cloud Forcing and Surface Radiation Measurements
    from the North Slope of Alaska (1998-2003)
    9:30 a.m. - 9:50 a.m.
    Bob Knutesen: TBD
    9:50 a.m. - 10:10 a.m.
    Andy Lacis: TBD
    10:10 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Break
    10:30 a.m.-12:10 p.m. Invited ARM Principal Investigator Reports
    Moderators: Tom Ackerman and Wanda Ferrell
    10:30 a.m. - 10:50 a.m.
    David Mitchell: Characterizing Particle Size: Water Path and Photon
    Tunneling in Ice and Water Clouds
    10:50 a.m. - 11:10 a.m.
    Chris Rocken: Observations of Atmospheric Water Vapor with the
    Global Positioning System (GPS) for the ARM Program
    11:10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
    Steve Schwartz: Aerosol Radiative Influences at SGP
    11:30 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.
    Alexander Trishenko: Mapping Surface Albedo Over the ARM SGP CART
    Area: Progress, Issues, and Impact
    11:50 a.m. - 12:10 a.m.
    Andy Voglemann: Aerosol and Cloud-Field Radiative Effects in the
    Tropical Western Pacific
    12:10 p.m.-1:30 p.m. Lunch
    12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m. Raymond McCord: Data Systems Orientation
    1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Joint Meeting of IRF and Cloud Properties Working Groups
    2:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Bob Ellingson and Chuck Long: Separate Meeting of IRF Working
    Group
    2:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Greg McFarquhar and Mark Miller: Separate Meeting of Cloud
    Properties Working Group
    5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Science Team Executive Committee (STEC) Meeting
  • Friday, March 26
    Time Activity
    8:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. STEC Meeting (Agenda TBD)