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Funding Opportunity Announced for GOAmazon Research
May 15, 2013 [ Program News ]       
On Wednesday, May 15, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science posted a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) accepting applications for Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER) grants for research in support of the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Green Ocean Amazon (GOAmazon) field campaign taking place from 2014-2015 in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. [...]

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Atmospheric Science on Parade in Potomac, Maryland
May 07, 2013 [ Events, Program News ]       
On a beautiful spring day in March, the Bolger Center in Potomac, Maryland, threw open its doors to more than 350 climate science colleagues—all gathered for the fourth annual Science Team Meeting of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Atmospheric System Research (ASR) program. Held March 18–21, the intensive week-long meeting provided a platform for scientists, infrastructure [...]

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Fiscal Year 2013 ASR Funding Opportunity Announced
Mar 15, 2013 [ 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 for under-represented research within the program. Priority will be given to observational, data analysis, and/or modeling studies that use data from the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) or Atmospheric System Research (ASR) programs to: address [...]

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2013 Gordon Research Conference and Gordon Research Seminar on Radiation and Climate
Feb 18, 2013 [ Events ]       
The eighth biennial Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Radiation and Climate will be held at Colby-Sawyer College in New Hampshire, July 7-12, 2013. The theme for the 2013 GRC is "Observing the Interactions Among Radiation, Clouds and the Climate System." The GRC will be preceded by the associated Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) for early-career [...]

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Sally McFarlane Joins ASR Program Management Team
Jan 30, 2013 [ Program News ]       
Dr. Sally McFarlane joined the Climate and Environmental Sciences Division of the Department of Energy as a Program Manager for the Atmospheric System Research (ASR) Program in December 2012. She co-manages the ASR Program with Dr. Ashley Williamson. Previously a research scientist in the Climate Physics group at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), [...]

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ASR Highlights from 93rd Annual American Meteorological Society Meeting
Jan 25, 2013 [ Program News ]       
Topics ranging from radioactive waste transport from the tsunami stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to cloud seeding made headlines at the 93rd American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meeting in early January. In addition to these newsmakers, scientists funded by DOE’s Atmospheric System Research (ASR) program presented innovative research about the aerosol, cloud, and precipitation processes. [...]

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ASR Research on Display in Austin
Jan 03, 2013 [ Events ]       
Next week, scientists funded by the DOE Atmospheric System Research program are sharing their latest findings at the 93rd American Meteorological Society Meeting in Austin, Texas. Held at the Austin Convention Center from January 6-10, more than 3,000 scientists, professors and students from around the world attend this annual gathering to collaborate and catch [...]

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Message from Gary Geernaert – New Position Coming at DOE
Jan 02, 2013 [ Employment Opportunities ]       
The DOE/BER Climate and Environmental Sciences Division (CESD) indicated in its recently released Strategic Plan that there is a growing need to upgrade, coordinate, and focus data informatics and related research capabilities in support of the Division’s mission and strategy.  In response to this need, a new position at the GS13-15 level [...]

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ASR Researchers Participate in American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Dec 01, 2012 [ Events, Program News ]       
Next week, ASR principal investigators and researchers are presenting dozens of oral and poster sessions describing their research funded by ASR at the 2012 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. Nearly 20,000 researchers from around the world will gather in San Francisco to attend the largest worldwide conference in the geophysical sciences. See the complete presentation [...]

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