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Program Members Gather in Virginia for Third Annual Atmospheric System Research Annual Meeting
Apr 03, 2012 [ Program News ]       
From March 12–16, more than 300 participants attended the third annual Atmospheric System Research (ASR) meeting in Arlington, Virginia. This meeting allowed attendees to discuss ASR's core scientific themes and share findings from the past year through posters, talks, and breakout sessions. Monday's session opened with an orientation to the ARM Climate Research Facility for [...]

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Funding Opportunity Announced for Regional and Global Climate Modeling and Atmospheric System Research
Feb 29, 2012 [ Program News ]       
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science is now accepting applications for Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER) grants on topics related to the "Reduction of Tropical Cloud and Precipitation Biases in Global High Resolution Models" under the Regional and Global Climate Modeling (RGCM) and Atmospheric System Research (ASR) programs. Priority will be [...]

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Fiscal Year 2012 Funding Opportunity Announced for ASR
Jan 30, 2012 [ Program News ]       
Updated: February 7, 2012. In response to a question raised by potential applicants, DOE has modified the text of DE-FOA-0000647 to correct an unintended limitation of scope of the announcement. Although a complete revised version of the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) has been posted, the only change is in one sentence in the original text [...]

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American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Dec 01, 2011 [ Program News ]       
AGU's Fall Meeting is the largest worldwide conference in the geophysical sciences. Over 20,000 Earth and space scientists, educators, students, and policy makers will convene December 5-9 at the 2011 AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco, California. Current scientific theory focused on discoveries benefiting humanity and ensuring a sustainable future for Earth will be showcased. Click [...]

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ASR Shared in DOE Booth for the WCRP Open Science Conference
Nov 29, 2011 [ Program News ]       
In late October, the Climate and Environmental Science Division of the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Biological and Environmental Research attended the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Open Science conference in Denver. As a platinum sponsor for the conference focused on climate research in service to society, DOE's display showcased the Climate and Environmental [...]

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DOE Graduate Fellowship Program Accepting Applications for 2012
Nov 18, 2011 [ Program News ]       
The DOE Office of Science Graduate Fellowship Program (DOE SCGF) is now accepting applications for 2012. The SCGF is a three-year award, providing partial tuition support, an annual stipend for living expenses, and a research allowance for full-time graduate study and thesis/dissertation research at U.S. academic institutions. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, a first- or [...]

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2011 Radar Meteorology Conference
Aug 31, 2011 [ Program News ]       
The 35th Conference on Radar Meteorology, sponsored by the American Meteorological Society (AMS), will be held September 26-30, 2011, at the Omni William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Of particular interest to the Atmospheric System Research (ASR) community is the Short Course on Millimeter Wavelength Radars. Sponsored by the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) program, this [...]

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Postdoc Position Available
Jul 11, 2011 [ Program News ]       
Applications are being accepted for a postdoctoral research position in the Climate, Atmospheric Science, Physical Oceanography Division of Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Research areas include: tropical convection, observational and modeling studies of the Madden-Julian Oscillation, and interaction of convection, clouds and climate. Interested applicants should have experience in regional or global climate modeling or analysis [...]

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Funding Opportunity Announced for ASR
Jun 15, 2011 [ Program News ]       
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science is now accepting applications for Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER) research grants for the development of innovative laboratory and observational data analyses. The resulting knowledge from such analyses will be used to improve cloud and aerosol formulations in global climate models. Successful applications will be [...]

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AGU Fall Meeting Sessions Announced
Jun 15, 2011 [ Program News ]       
Sessions for the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting have been selected. This year’s meeting will be held 5-9 December 2011 in San Francisco, California. Abstracts are currently being accepted online until 4 August. For more information, go to the Fall Meeting website. The following sessions, known as of today, are being convened by ASR scientists. Sessions [...]

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ASR Researchers Participate in India Aerosol Campaign
Jun 14, 2011 [ Program News ]       
In Nainital, India, ASR researchers are participating in the Ganges Valley Aerosol Experiment. This Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Mobile Facility campaign is obtaining measurements of clouds, aerosol, precipitation, and radiative energy. Data gathered during this this nine-month deployment will be used by researchers to study how aerosols affect clouds, including the transfer of [...]

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Save the Date! Fall Working Group Meetings Announced
Jun 10, 2011 [ Program News ]       
This year’s Fall Working Group Meeting will be held Monday, September 12 through Friday, September 16. Aerosol Life Cycle sessions will begin Monday at 8 a.m. and close at noon on Thursday. Cloud Life Cycle Sessions will also be held Monday at 8 a.m. through noon on Thursday. Cloud and Aerosol Precipitation [...]

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Leadership Position for Atmospheric System Research at DOE
Jun 10, 2011 [ Program News ]       
Updated July 21, 2011: BER is now considering hiring an Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) employee from a university for this position. A background in cloud physics/dynamics and cloud-aerosol interactions is preferred. Anyone interested in this position should contact Gary Geernaert at their earliest convenience. DOE's Office of Biological and Environmental Research will be opening the management [...]

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2011 Gordon Research Conference on Radiation and Climate
Jun 04, 2011 [ Program News ]       
The 2011 Gordon Research Conference on Radiation and Climate will be held at Colby College, in Waterville, Maine, July 10-15, 2011. Topics will include the grand challenges currently facing atmospheric radiation and climate; cloud and water vapor feedbacks; aerosol-cloud-precipitation-climate interactions across scales; new approaches for remote sensing and in-situ observations of clouds, aerosols, and precipitation; [...]

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Eleventh Biennial ACCESS
Jun 04, 2011 [ Program News ]       
The eleventh biennial Atmospheric Chemistry Colloquium for Emerging Senior Scientists (ACCESS) will take place at Brookhaven National Laboratory on July 21-24, 2011. Participants will also be invited to attend the Gordon Research Conference (GRC) in Atmospheric Chemistry on July 24-29, 2011. The goal of ACCESS is to bring recent PhDs in atmospheric chemistry together with [...]

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2011 Far-Infrared Remote Sensing Workshop
May 19, 2011 [ Program News ]       
The 2011 Workshop on Far-Infrared Remote Sensing (FIRS) will be held in Madison, Wisconsin, on November 8-9, 2011. The two-day meeting will include invited speakers, a full poster session, time for discussions, and a workshop dinner. Topics to be discussed include: instrumentation, radiative transfer model development and validation, thermodynamic profiling, cloud property remote sensing, and [...]

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Second Annual ASR Science Team Meeting Takes Place in San Antonio
Apr 06, 2011 [ Program News ]       
From March 27–April 1, more than 300 participants attended the second annual Atmospheric System Research (ASR) meeting in San Antonio, Texas. This meeting allowed attendees to discuss ASR's core scientific themes and share findings from the past year through posters, talks, and breakout sessions. Monday's session opened with an orientation to the ARM Climate Research [...]

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Leadership Position for Atmospheric System Research (ASR)
Jan 12, 2011 [ Program News ]       
DOE’s Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER) is moving forward quickly to find a replacement for the recently vacated management position within ASR. In the coming weeks, an announcement will be posted on the OPM and BER websites inviting applicants for a GS-13-14-15 level program manager for ASR. Once posted, this position announcement will [...]

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AGU Fall Meeting 2010 Sessions
Nov 10, 2010 [ Program News ]       
The American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting will be held December 13-17, 2010 in San Francisco, California. Below is a list of sessions that may be of interest to the ASR community. For more details, visit the AGU meeting website. Session GC14: “The Use of Observations for Evaluating CMIP5/IPCC Simulations” Conveners: Gerald Potter, Amy Braverman, [...]

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DOE Seeks Director for Office of Biological and Environmental Research
Nov 10, 2010 [ Program News ]       
The Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Biological and Environmental Research, is seeking a motivated and highly qualified individual to serve as the Director. The person selected for this position will serve as an international expert in the areas of research and the scientific user facilities supported by the Office's program. Job duties [...]

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Monthlong Air Sampling Campaign Begins in Sacramento
Jun 08, 2010 [ Program News ]       
More than 60 scientists from a dozen institutions have converged on the Sacramento Valley this June to study how tiny particles, called aerosols, affect the climate. Atmospheric System Research (ASR) scientists, led by Rahul Zaveri from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, are coordinating the monthlong study, including air and ground operations at three sites in [...]

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