Highlights will be written for high-level accomplishments and published journal articles of ASR research. Each PI should submit one highlight per fiscal year. To send in a research highlight, please use the submittal form.
For highlights from research done under ARM and ASP, see http://www.arm.gov/science/highlights and http://www.asp.bnl.gov/#HIGHLIGHTS, respectively.
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Improving the accuracy in radiative transfer codes used within general circulation models (GCMs) is an important climate research priority in the U.S. Department of Energy. Our understanding of the gaseous absorption in the mid-infrared (i.e., from 3–16 µm), which underlies these radiation codes, has undergone many important improvements due to the well-characterized radiation measurements [...]
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Absorption and emission of radiation by atmospheric gases are important drivers of Earth’s climate. Due to the inherent physical properties of water vapor molecules and their abundance in the atmosphere, radiative processes due to water vapor play an especially prominent role. Absorption/emission by water vapor molecules occurs at discrete spectral locations, called absorption lines, and [...]
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) listed the indirect effects of aerosols on climate change as one of the largest uncertainties in current climate models. Evaluating distinct components such as the first indirect effect can help identify where problems occur and where model representations are more robust, and can thus lead to a narrowing [...]
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