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2017 ARM/ASR PI Meeting Agenda

 

Monday, 13 March 2017

Time Title
9:00 AM - 11:30 AM ARM Infrastructure Management Board (IMB) [Invitation only]
CMDV Projects Meeting [Invitation only]
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM New Principal Investigator (PI) Lunch Meeting [Sign-up Required]
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Breakout Session 1
CACTI [Varble]
Presentations:
Calibration stability of the SGP ACSM and total mass comparison with UHSAS measurements Thomas Watson
North Polar Radiative Flux Variability from 2002 through 2014 David Rutan
SACR Observations Paloma Borque
RELAMPAGO-CACTI Synergies Steve Nesbitt
The Cloud, Aerosol, and Complex Terrain Interactions (CACTI) ARM Field Campaign Adam Varble
ARM Data & Tools for Cloud Modeling and GCMs [Xie]
Presentations:
LASSO Data Bundles & CMDV-CM4 Related Data Developments Andrew Vogelmann
Update on ARM Data-oriented Diagnostics Package for GCM Evaluation Chengzhu Zhang
Developing high-resolution constrained variational analysis of vertical velocity and advective tendencies within the range of ARM scanning radars at the SGP Minghua Zhang
Lightning Slides of Convective Processes Research in ASR-ARM Various
Cloud Resolving Model Radar SIMulator (CR-SIM): Latest Updates and Applications Mariko Oue
ARM Cloud Radar Simulator for GCMs – Current Status Yuying Zhang
Biomass burning aerosol [Onasch]
Presentations:
A perspective on biomass burning research Art Sedlacek
Biomass Burning Observation Project (BBOP) Larry Kleinman
Regional Influence of Wildfires on Aerosols in the Western US and Insights into Emission and Aging of BBOA Qi Zhang
Tar Balls Observed in Wildfire Plumes are Weakly Absorbing Secondary Aerosols Art Sedlacek
Chemical composition and optical properties of wildland and agricultural biomass burning particles measured downwind during BBOP study Tim Onasch
LASIC is interrogating the absorbing-aerosols-above-low-cloud regime: climatically-important, unprecedented data Paquita Zuidema
LES proxy study of biomass burning plumes influencing Namibian stratocumulus: Guidance for analysis of ORACLES observations Xiaoli Zhou
Progress in Resolving Model‐Data Differences in Aerosol Absorption Properties over BB regions Yan Feng
Bridging Biomass Burning Field Observations with Laboratory Studies Allison Aiken
ARM UAS/TBS activities community discussion [Schmid]
Presentations:
Oliktok Point Site Science: An overview of ongoing UAS-related research efforts Gijs de Boer
AAF DataHawk Observations during ICARUS in FY16 Fan Mei
ArcticShark UAS and instrumentation update Beat Schmid
Update on Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) at ARM Southern Great Plains (SGP) Nicki Hickmon
ICARUS TBS Update Darielle Dexheimer
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Break
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Breakout Session 2
Bringing Remote Sensing and In Situ Measurements Together for Constraining Aerosol Radiative Forcing [McComiskey]
LASSO [Gustafson]
Presentations:
LASSO: LES for the Masses (Part 1 Introduction + Part 2 Looking Forward) William Gustafson
LASSO Data Bundle Development and Discovery Andrew Vogelmann
Multiscale Data Assimilation Forcing for LASSO Zhijin Li
Comparing LES Ouput to Cloud Parameterizations Vince Larson
LASSO Browser Bhargavi Krishna
LASSO for Observations Pavlos Kollias
LASSO: Perspective and Results Graham Feingold
ACPC-Motivated Houston Field Campaign Discussion [Fridlind]
Presentations:
The Aerosols, Clouds, Precipitation and Climate (ACPC) Initiative Ann Fridlind
Tracking updrafts using polarimetric radar Marcus Van Lier-Walqui
Houston Case Study Specifications using WRF and RAMS Sue van den Heever
Radar Resources for the Houston Deep Convective Clouds Study: Discussion on Radar Measurement Capabilities and Limitations Mariko Oue
Gulf of Mexico Atmospheric Composition and Climate Study Graham Feingold
Application of Upgraded HUCM Forward Operator to Simulated Updrafts with Varying CCN Jeff Snyder
WRF-SBM-MOSAIC Simulations of a Deep Convective Cloud Case over the Houston area Jiwen Fan
Radar Resources for the Houston Deep Convective Clouds Study: Discussionon Radar Measurement Capabilities and Limitations Mariko Oue
Cloud Phase [de Boer]
Presentations:
Contrasting Ice Production Characteristics in Stratiform Mixed-phase Clouds over the North and South Poles Damao Zhang
Improving the Simulation of Mixed-Phase Cloud Partitioning in CAM Xiaohong Liu
Update on mixed-phase cloud results Raymond Shaw
Dynamical responses of a mixed-phase cloud to ice seeding Yao-Sheng Chen
Cloudphase Study Maximilian Maahn

Tuesday, 14 March 2017

Time Title
8:30 AM - 10:15 AM Plenary Session - Programmatic Updates
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM Welcome & Introductory Remarks
8:45 AM - 9:15 AM ASR Programmatic Update
9:15 AM - 9:30 AM ARM Programmatic Update
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM ARM Technical Director Update
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM CMDV project introductions
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM Break
10:45 AM - 12:30 PM Plenary Session – Research Highlight & Poster Talks
Presentations:
An ARSCL simulator: Generation and application to LASSO case studies Mariko Oue
ARM’s First Value-Added Product Code Sprint: A Successful Development Acceleration Paradigm Karen Johnson
Aerosol Sensitivity in Large-eddy Simulations of Subtropical Boundary Layer Clouds Observed in MAGIC Christopher Bretherton
Cloud response to increased absorption by brown carbon in biomass burning Yan Feng
Vertically resolved physico-chemical properties of atmospheric nanoparticles at the ARM Southern Great Plains Site Jim Smith
The Bayesian Observationally-constrained Statistical-physical Scheme (BOSS) Marcus van Lier-Walqui
Field measurements of the impact of the reactive uptake of reduced nitrogen on the hygroscopicity and light absorption of ambient secondary organic aerosol Katy Zimmermann
An Efficient Representation of Aerosol Mixing State for Atmospheric Models Joseph Ching
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Working Lunch & Tutorials
Tutorial: Science Product Development through Community Collaboration and the Open Source Framework [Comstock]
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Working Group Session 1 (2 WGs in parallel)
Warm Boundary Layer Processes Working Group [Wood & Zhang]
Presentations:
Fair-Weather Clouds at the SGP: Looking to the Future Larry Berg
Frontiers in mesoscale organization of boundary-layer clouds Christopher Bretherton
Aerosol Processes Working Group [Riemer & Smith]
Presentations:
ACPC Houston field campaign concept: Surface aerosol observing network Fridlind/Feingold
GoAmazon2014/5 Scot Martin
Aerosol Processes Working Group Breakout Agenda Jim Smith
HI-SCALE Campaign Jerome Fast
TCAP Science Highlights Jerome Fast
Selected CARES Highlights Rahul Zaveri
An Overview of the SAAS Lab Campaign Alla Zelenyuk-Imre
BBOP Results Art Sedlacek
ClearfLo Overview Leah Williams
Ryan Moffet: Research Highlights Ryan Moffet
Jim Hudson: Research Highlights Jim Hudson
Summary of DOE Aerosol Measurements Strategic Planning Workshop Allison McComiskey
Connecting observations to models Nicole Riemer
Aerosols and their precursors in LES Models: Challenges and Opportunities Rao Kotamarthi
Aerosol Bimodality Caused by Cloud Processing James Hudson
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Working Group Session 2 (2 WGs in parallel)
High Latitude Processes Working Group [de Boer]
Presentations:
Alaskan clouds in a pan-Arctic context: Synthesizing knowledge from ground-based observations Matthew Shupe
AWARE Dan Lubin
Convective Processes Working Group [del Genio & Varble]
Presentations:
Lightning slides of convective processes research in ASR-ARM Various
Working Group Overview Varble and Del Genio
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Poster Session A1
ARM Next Generation – Megasite & LES Activities
Boundary layer structure, including land-atmosphere interactions & turbulence
Microphysics (cloud, aerosol, and/or precipitation)
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Poster Session A2
Absorbing Aerosol
Warm low clouds, including aerosol interactions
General topics – Aerosols
Presentations:
CMDV-MCS Steve Ghan
CMDV-RRM Chris Golaz
CMDV-CM4 Overview N/A

Wednesday, 15 March 2017

Time Title
8:30 AM - 10:15 AM Plenary Session – Research Highlight & Poster Talks
Presentations:
Diagnosis of convective organization and cold pools using ARM data sets and evaluation of a unified convection parameterization (UNICON) Daehyun
Anomaly Detection for ARM Radiometers Using Machine Learning Algorithms Laurie Gregory
MFRSR Data Quality Assessment Evgueni Kassianov
Time-dependent Versus Singular Ice Nucleation Schemes: Estimated Impact on Mixed-phase Stratiform Clouds in ModelE3 Ann Fridlind
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM Break
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Breakout Session 3
Aerosol Mixing State: Metrics, Modeling, Measurements [Riemer]
Presentations:
Intro to mixing state session Riemer
Hygroscopicity and mixing state Hudson
Spatially overlapped spectromicroscopy Fraund
Deriving BC size and mixing state distribution from SP2 Ching
Boston College Black Carbon Laboratory Project 4 Onasch
Soot aerosol aging study (SAAS) Dubey
An Overview of the Soot Aerosol Aging Study (SAAS) Laboratory Campaign Zelenyuk
Hygroscopicity and Mixing State James Hudson
The Layered Atlantic Smoke Interactions with Clouds (LASIC) Campaign: First Results and Discussion [Zuidema]
Presentations:
introduction and overview Paquita Zuidema
MAOS status and trace gas measurements Stephen Springston
surface aerosol measurements: preliminary results Surface aerosol measurements
Refractory Black Carbon (rBC) Aerosol Loadings, and Particle Microphysical and Optical Properties Art Sedlacek
aerosol vertical structure: MPL status and preliminary results Rodrigo Delgadillo
Radar Status Bradley Isom
Complementary aircraft campaigns: UK CLARIFY in August-September 2017 Steve Abel
Simulated aerosol radiative forcing by overlying and entrained smoke aerosol: Importance of background conditions and longwave impacts Xiaoli Zhou
Surface aerosol measurements: Preliminary results Allison Aiken
3D Cloud Reconstructions Christine Chiu
Cloud processes in marine cold-air outbreaks [Geerts]
Presentations:
Modeling challenges simulating the microphysics of cold air outbreak conditions vs other mixed-phase shallow clouds Ann Fridlind
Observations and modeling of northern-hemisphere cold-air outbreaks Steve Abel
Overview of the proposed Cold-air Outbreak in the Marine Boundary Layer Experiment (COMBLE Greg McFarquhar
GoAmazon2014/5 synergies [Schumacher]
Presentations:
GoAmazon2014/5 Overview and Introduction Scot Martin
Current and Future GOAmazon Research at PNNL Casey Burleyson
Microphysics of Amazonian aerosol under background conditions and the impact from the urban pollution and biomass burning Jian Wang
Manaus Plume Investigations Henrique Barbosa
2-Year Large-Scale Forcing Data for GOAmazon 2014/5 Shuaiqi Tang
GPS Network During GoAmazon Yolande Serra
Cloud Observation Overview / Convective Cloud Vertical Velocity and Mass-­‐Flux Characteristics from Radar Wind Profiler Observations During GoAmazon2014/5 Scott Giangrande
Aircraft Datasets Jennifer Comstock
SIPAM S-band scanning precipitation radar Courtney Schumacher
Study Aerosol Impacts on Clouds with GoAmazon Data and Model Simulations Jiwen Fan
Research Topic: Shallow-to-Deep Transitions and Upscale Growth Zhe Feng
Clouds Above the United States and Errors at the Surface (CAUSES) [Morcrette]
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Working Lunch & Tutorials
Tutorial: Nuts and bolts of Py-ART and how to do community packages yourself [Collis]
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Breakout Session 4
Probing the boundary-layer with ARM lidar systems: Implications for ASR science and LASSO [Berg]
Presentations:
Lidar and Profiling Use in LASSO Andrew Vogelmann
ACE-ENA [Wang]
MARCUS [McFarquhar]
Presentations:
MARCUS: An Observational Campaign over the Southern Oceans for Determining the Roles of Clouds, Aerosols and Radiation On Climate Greg McFarquhar
Climate Modeling Development and Validation (CMDV) - MCS [Fan]
Presentations:
CMDV-MCS LAM/LES Plans William Gustafson
CAM-CLUBB-SILHS simulations of the diurnal cycle of precipitation over CONUS Vincent Larson
CAM-CLUBB-SILHS simulations of the diurnal cycle of precipitation over CONUS Vincent Larson
A new Spectral-Bin Microphysical scheme in WRF (and in SAM*) – the MCE3-0520 test case Alexander Khain
Cloud Microphysics Developments in CMDV-MCS Jiwen Fan
Beyond QA: Using machine learning and multiple instruments to quantify retrieval quality and uncertainty [Riihimaki]
Presentations:
Machine Learning for the ARM Climate Research Facility Jeffery Mitchell
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Poster Session B1
GOAmazon – Clouds and aerosols in Amazonia
High-latitude clouds and aerosols
Radiation
General topics – Clouds
General topics
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Poster Session B2
ARM infrastructure
Convective clouds, including aerosol interactions
Secondary organic aerosol

Thursday, 16 March 2017

Time Title
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM Plenary Session – Invited Talks
AWARE – Dan Lubin
HI-SCALE – Jerome Fast
MC3E – Mike Jensen
DOE Early Career – Yunyan Zhang
SOA Workshop & Review Article – Joel Thornton
Marine Low Clouds Workshop – Rob Wood
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM Break
10:45 AM - 12:45 PM Breakout Session 5
Secondary Organic Aerosol (SOA) [Schilling]
Observational needs for studying convective transition processes [Rowe]
Presentations:
Motivation for radar cell-tracking studies of convective processes Fridlind/Collis/Varble
Convective Transition Breakout Session Slides (all) Angela Rowe/Zhe Feng
Broadband Radiometric Instrument Focus Group [Long]
Presentations:
ARM Shortwave and Longwave Radiometer Calibrations Mike Dooraghi
Broadband Radiometry Instrument Focus Group, agenda and selected subjects Chuck Long
ARM Radiometer Ventilator Improvements ENG-00991 Mike Ritsche
Evaluating the World Infrared Standard Group Allison McComiskey
Spectral Radiometry Issues Overview Connor Flynn
Preparing for MOSAIC [Shupe]
Presentations:
Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) Matthew Shupe
Virtual Field Campaigns [Comstock]
Presentations:
NSA ground-based observations for GCM evaluation Katia Lamer
What is a Virtual Field Campaign? & Science themes, requirements and time periods for ENA & MMCR / ARSCL Long-Term Records & Characterization and QC of Radar Data & Data Highlight and Packaging Jennifer Comstock
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM Working Lunch
ARM staff all-hands meeting [Mather]
1:45 PM - 3:45 PM Breakout Session 6
Ice Nucleation [Liu]
Presentations:
INPOP: Ice Nucleating Particles at Oliktok Point Gijs de Boer
Arctic cloud type and phase determination in NSA observations for ModelE evaluation and development: A testbed for ice nucleation Katia Lamer
Phase partitioning in tropical maritime convective clouds: airborne observation and model simulation Jing Yang
Ice Production in Slightly Supercooled Arctic Stratiform Clouds as Observed by Ground-based Remote Sensors at ARM NSA Site Damao Zhang
Moving contact lines enhance ice nucleation rates Raymond Shaw
The role of anthropogenic and biogenic SOA in cold cloud formation Daniel Knopf
Improving the WBF process in CAM5 and Xiaohong Liu
A new method for operating a continuous flow diffusion chamber to study immersion freezing Gourihar Kulkarni
Uncertainties in INP measurements and readiness for long-term studies Paul DeMott
From Models to Virtual Observatories Using Simulators [Kollias]
Presentations:
Simulator Prospects for LASSO Andrew Vogelmann
Using LES with bin microphysics and cloud Doppler radar spectra to advance understanding of drizzle: A first study and next steps Ann Fridlind
From Model Output to Virtual Observation: Generation and Application Mariko Oue
Hi-SCALE [Fast]
Presentations:
Overview of Phase 2 Surface Measurements during HI-SCALE Jim Smith
Satellie Data Produces for Quantifying Cloud Population Zhe Feng
SMPS Measurements during HI-SCALE IOP 1 Chongai Kuang
AAF HI-SCALE Data Overview Fan Mei
HI-SCALE AAF Merge Dataset Alyssa Matthews
Overview of the UW HR-ToF-CIMS Joel Thornton
G-1 HR-ToF-AMS Overview John Shilling
miniSPLAT and SPLAT II at HI-SCALE Alla Zelenyuk
Using Remote Sensing and In Situ Measurements to Examine Variability in the Boundary Layer Larry Berg
Secondary Data Products to be Developed Jerome Fast
3:45 PM - 4:00 PM Break
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM ARM/ASR Committee Meetings
Aerosol Measurement Science Group [McComiskey & Sisterson]
Radar Science [Kollias & Bharadwaj]

Friday, 17 March 2017

Time Title
8:30 AM - 12:30 PM Science and Infrastructure Steering Committee (SISC) [Invitation only]