REVISED January 25: Sunday, January 10, 2016, marked the beginning of the 96th Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society (AMS), which will continue until Thursday, January 14. During this time, a group of about 3,000 researchers are congregated in New Orleans, Louisiana, to present on topics and learn more about research relating to the theme “Earth System Science in Service to Society.”
For nearly 100 years, these meetings have been providing meteorologists the unique opportunity to share their work, network with colleagues, and learn of recent research developments. This year, a number of scientists will share results and technological advances that make use of data from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility. Below are a few noteworthy symposiums and presentations where ARM research can be found.
Jiwen Fan, an ARM user and Atmospheric System Research scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, is co-chair for the Eighth Symposium on Aerosol–Cloud–Climate Interactions. During the symposium, ARM users will be leading these sessions:
- Monday, January 11, Room 357, 11 a.m. to Noon: Current Challenges of Aerosol-cloud Interactions in Regional and Global Climate Models, Andrew Gettelman and Ruby Leung are chairing sessions on the development and evaluation of aerosol-cloud interactions in large-scale models.
- Monday, January 11, Room 357, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.: Soil Dust I: Lofting and Transport, Characterization, and Interactions with Clouds and Storms, Paquita Zuidema is a co-chair for discussions on how dust from both desert and more vegetated areas contributes to atmospheric aerosols.
- Thursday, January 14, Room 357, 11 a.m. to Noon: Aerosol and Monsoon Interactions, Zhangqing Li will lead how the interactions between aerosol and monsoons can have profound impacts on the weather and climate, chiefly in developing countries.
The following notable presentations will take place during the Sixth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python, where Scott Collis, ARM’s radar scientist at Argonne National Laboratory, acted as a reviewer. Collis is also a presenter for the Brief Python Tutorials Workshop, Part II, Tuesday, January 12, 2016, beginning at 8:30 a.m.
- Monday, January 11, Room 225, 11 a.m. to Noon: The Language, Libraries, and Culture of Python in Meteorology, Jonathon Helmus will present on how computers have become an integral tool in meteorology and atmospheric science and how the Python programming can help expedite software development.
- Monday, January 11, Room 225, 2:30 to 4 p.m.: Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Data Integrator (ADI) for OSX, Krista Gaustad will discuss the framework designed to automate the retrieval and integration of time-series NetCDF data.
(New) The 18th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry also co-chaired by Jiwen Fan and reviewed by Alla Zelenyuk (both from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), will share many presentations by ARM users and ASR scientists including:
- Scot Martin, who is co-chairing a session on “Chemistry, Aerosol, Cloud and Convection During the GoAmazon2014/15 Field Campaign I” where ARM data from GoAmazon 2014/15 were used by several investigators, and includes talks from ASR scientists and two from Martin.
- Alla Zelenyuk is co-chairing a session on “Secondary Organic Aerosols: Formation, Properties, and Atmospheric Evolution” that presented ASR/ARM results.
- Jiwen Fan is presenting Impacts of Anthropogenic Pollution on Convective Clouds and Precipitation in a Downwind Pristine Environment.
- Manishkumar Shrivastava, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, is an invited speaker to present “New Approaches for SOA Modeling Based on Recent Experimental Results.”
Other presentations from ARM users include:
- Wednesday, January 13, Room 350/351, 8:45 a.m.: Ground-based Water Vapor Profilers: A Comparison and Combination of Spectral Infrared Retrievals and Differential Absorption Lidar Observations, Dave Turner will discuss how two different technologies are able to provide profiles of water vapor.
- Thursday, January 14, Room 245, 11 a.m. to Noon: Characterizing Cloud-top Relative Humidity with Respect to Ice in Mid-latitude Cirrus Clouds as a Function of Synoptic State, Ben Toms along with Dave Turner and others will discuss how the ARM Support for PECAN characterized mid-latitude cirrus cloud-top RHI according to a variety of synoptic classifications.
Also of interest, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Town Hall Meeting, Strategic DOE Investments for Data in the Atmospheric and Climate Sciences, will be held Tuesday, January 12, 2016, Room 342, 12:15 to 1:15 p.m.
This year, the Peter Lamb Symposium will memorialize former Southern Great Plains site scientist Peter Lamb, who recently passed away. Randy Peppler, the ARM Data Quality Office manager, will chair the symposium.
For a complete agenda of the meeting, go to the AMS annual meeting website.
ARM Users Recognized
In addition to those leading sessions, scientific colleagues from Atmospheric System Research will be honored for their exemplary work in atmospheric science.
David Bader, a climate modeler and long-time DOE collaborator, has been selected as an AMS fellow in 2016 for a lifetime of contributions to the atmospheric sciences.
(New) Minghua Zhang, a long-time ARM/ASR scientist and Stony Brook University Professor, also has been selected an AMS fellow in 2016 for a lifetime of contributions to the atmospheric sciences.
Jose Fuentes, Pennsylvania State University professor, has been awarded the AMS Charles E. Anderson Award in honor of his outstanding contributions to promoting diversity in the atmospheric and related sciences through education and community service.
Edward Zipser, University of Utah professor, has received the highest honor the society can bestow; the Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal. This award symbolizes his lifetime of contributions towards understanding the Earth’s atmosphere, specifically through his work on tropical meteorology.