Sentences with phrase «for atmospheric research»

The 2012 budget cut funding for the measure of industrial emissions, closed an oil spill monitoring facility in British Columbia and a global water quality monitoring centre in Ontario, slashed funding for atmospheric research — resulting, among other things, in the partial closure of a vital research station in the High Arctic — and killed the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy, which had been created by the Mulroney government.

The User Executive Committee (UEC) provides advice and recommendations regarding the ARM Facility user experience and serves as the official voice of the user community and advocate for atmospheric research.

He has attended residencies at Skowhegan, the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center, the Kavli Center for Theoretical Physics and the National Center for atmospheric Research, and recently finished a three - year stint at the National Science Foundation in D.C. Aaron has curated several shows for MASS, including Wally, Methods of Entanglement, Ping Pong, Systems of Growth and Decay, and 20 MB — several of which touched on issues of technology and science.

A new paper in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS) summarizes efforts by the ARM Climate Research Facility, through collaborations with university and federal partners, to develop and use unmanned aerial capabilities for atmospheric research in the Arctic.

The ARM Facility funds a global team of scientists and engineers to keep abreast of advances in technology for atmospheric research.

Not exact matches

It's a center for research on everything from particle physics and astronomy to atmospheric chemistry.

Natural gas combined - cycle power plants are already heavily favored by utilities to the near exclusion of coal, said Joost de Gouw, an atmospheric scientist with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences.

After allowing for humidity and rainfall, they found that «aerosol optical thickness» — a measure of the concentration of atmospheric particles — decreased by only 10 to 15 per cent compared with the same periods in 2002 to 2007 (Geophysical Research Letters, in press).

«Volcanic aerosols in the stratosphere absorb infrared radiation, thereby heating up the stratosphere, and changing the wind conditions subsequently,» said Dr. Matthew Toohey, atmospheric scientist at GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel.

«This is not against fertilizer — there are many places, including Africa, that need more of it,» said Susanne Bauer, an atmospheric scientist at Columbia University's Center for Climate Systems Research and NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York and lead author of the study.

«Even if we take the extreme of these error estimates, we are left with a significant trend since 1890 and a significant trend in major hurricanes starting anytime before 1920,» say atmospheric scientists Greg Holland of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., and Peter Webster of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta.

Mission leaders were relieved and eager to begin their studies of cloud and haze effects, which «constitute the largest uncertainties in our models of future climate — that's no exaggeration,» says Jens Redemann, an atmospheric scientist at NASA's Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California, and the principal investigator for ObseRvations of Aerosols above CLouds and their IntEractionS (ORACLES).

Essentially, drought years could become the norm for the Amazon by 2050 if deforestation rates rebound, said Dominick Spracklen, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Leeds School of Earth and Environment, United Kingdom, and lead author of the new study published today in Geophysical Research Letters, a journal of the American Geophysical Union.

According to Klippenstein, this research improves models for atmospheric chemistry.

«We're trying to find out exactly what is coming from the rings and what is due to the atmosphere,» Hunter Waite, Cassini team lead for the mass spectrometer instrument and an atmospheric scientist at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, said at the Sept. 13 news conference.

Despite the drawbacks, the proposal «is incredibly important and definitely worth taking seriously and looking into further,» says atmospheric scientist Richard Anthes, president of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado.

The study shows, with 90 percent confidence, that such extreme summers in Australia are five times more likely due to an increase in greenhouse gases, said paper co-author David Karoly, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Melbourne and the Australian Research Council Center of Excellence for Climate System Science.

Knowing what to look for Previous studies investigating heat wave prediction have looked for patterns in the tropics, but this research was interesting because the predictive factor is an atmospheric phenomenon that occurs in the middle latitudes, Schubert said.

Nestled against the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) studies weather, climate and atmospheric science.

The computer model, designed by research fellow Iain Couzin, could lead to improved guidance systems for clusters of robots, such as those used to gather oceanographic and atmospheric data.

Research on earthquakes, materials and mechanics has led to shake - resistant buildings; atmospheric science helps us predict the weather and prepare for storms.

Francesco Panerai of Analytical Mechanical Associates Inc., a materials scientist leading a series of X-ray experiments at Berkeley Lab for NASA Ames Research Center, discusses a 3 - D visualization (shown on screens) of a heat shield material's microscopic structure in simulated spacecraft atmospheric entry conditions.

Tippett and his Columbia colleagues John Allen and Adam Sobel took part and focused their research into how the cyclical climate patterns known as El Niño and La Niña influence the larger atmospheric environment that sets the stage for tornado activity.

Another principal investigator for the project, Laura Pan, senior scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., believes storm clusters over this area of the Pacific are likely to influence climate in new ways, especially as the warm ocean temperatures (which feed the storms and chimney) continue to heat up and atmospheric patterns continue to evolve.

In October 2009 the atmospheric physicist from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) was on board the German research vessel «Sonne» to measure trace substances in the atmosphere in the tropical West Research (AWI) was on board the German research vessel «Sonne» to measure trace substances in the atmosphere in the tropical West research vessel «Sonne» to measure trace substances in the atmosphere in the tropical West Pacific.

Yet there is no doubt that research into atmospheric aerosols is becoming increasingly important due to the effects that they can have on the global temperature of Earth, given that solar radiation is the main source of energy for Earth - Atmosphere system.

«What they've done is identify the chain of events from seeding to precipitation on the ground, which has been sorely needed for the last 80 years,» says William Cotton, a former professor of atmospheric science at Colorado State University in Fort Collins who was not involved with the research.

John Cushman, Purdue University distinguished professor of earth, atmospheric and planetary science and a professor of mathematics, presented the research findings «Redox reactions in immiscible - fluids in porous media — membraneless battery applications» at the recent International Society for Porous Media 9th International Conference in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

«Scientists have talked about Arctic melting and albedo decrease for nearly 50 years,» said Ramanathan, a distinguished professor of climate and atmospheric sciences at Scripps who has previously conducted similar research on the global dimming effects of aerosols.

Peacock, of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., usually studies how the ocean's water absorbs atmospheric gases.

«In many ways, the atmospheric studies we're doing now on these gaseous «hot Jupiter» kinds of planets are test beds for how we're going to do atmospheric studies of terrestrial, Earth - like planets,» said Thomas Beatty, assistant research professor of astronomy at Penn State and the lead author of the study.

The decision, made to save money, surprised and angered atmospheric researchers, who were planning a festive 10th anniversary celebration next month for the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS).

Mims's research and writings span topics ranging from atmospheric aerosols to home electronics; he is probably best known for the educational electronics kits and books he has created for RadioShack, which have introduced generations of young experimenters to electronics.

Atmospheric science professors Nate Brunsell and David Mechem in KU's Department of Geography are co-authors of a new study just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by an international research group that evaluated the effects of large wind farms on atmospheric flow and its implications for how much renewable energy the turbines can generate.

The research team led by Yoshitaka Oishi of Fukui Prefectural University and Professor Tsutomu Hiura of Hokkaido University's Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere studied how bryophytes can be a tool for evaluating complex atmospheric conditions in urban areas.

An elfish presence with a dried - apple - doll face and wild, tousled hair, he was already one of the great men of atmospheric - change research when he crossed the George Washington Bridge for dinner with John Allen at a Manhattan restaurant.

As for the paper's conclusion that removing atmospheric carbon is necessary in order to achieve the 2 ˚C target, climate scientist Richard Moss of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Joint Global Change Research Institute in College Park, Maryland, says that's a nearly impossible goal «with what we know about today.»

Hoping to position himself for a research job in industry, Richards then took a postdoc at ICL, working on a tech - transfer project to move a prototype for an atmospheric sensor through to commercialization.

The science White Paper, released in May, announced that funding for Earth observation and atmospheric science would be transferred from the SERC to the Natural Environment Research Council.

Although basic aerospace research in areas like atmospheric chemistry and aerodynamics doesn't pay technological dividends right away, it leads to new technologies for the Air Force in the long term, Zare argues.

For example, research in Los Angeles is showing that small methane leaks in homes between the gas meter and heaters and stoves could be leading to higher atmospheric methane concentrations there, he said, whereas other cities may have old, leaking gas pipes.

Kevin Trenberth, an atmospheric scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, gets asked the question so often about the connection between big rain events and climate change that he had this response via email: «Here we go again.»

The north Atlantic Ocean is globally important, as it is a sink for atmospheric carbon dioxide, said Eric Achterberg, chief scientist for the research cruise and lead author of the study.

For the research team, one of the most - exciting aspects of this finding is the potential of a reservoir of oxygen deep in the planet's interior, which if periodically released to the Earth's surface could significantly alter the Earth's early atmosphere, potentially explaining the dramatic increase in atmospheric oxygen that occurred about 2.4 billion years ago according to the geologic record.

He's an atmospheric scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colo..

As pressure mounts for farmers to grow enough healthy crops to meet a burgeoning population's needs, and for new land management strategies that improve soil carbon storage to reduce atmospheric CO2 and produce healthy soils, the soil microbiome is the subject of more in - depth scientific research than ever before.

Development of an atmospheric pressure non-thermal plasma needle for melanoma cell research Pulsed Power Conference, 2009.

For the past few years, Houze has filled a valued role as a collaborator with PNNL staff scientists, advancing the science of clouds and sharing his legacy of transformative research influencing how meteorologists and climatologists think about atmospheric convection.

Dr. Susannah Burrows, atmospheric researcher at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, was quoted in the IOP community website, environmentalresearchweb for her recent co-authored paper, «Prospects for Simulating Macromolecular Surfactant Chemistry at the Ocean - Atmosphere Boundary» published in Environmental Research Letters.

In addition, he praised her leadership with the National Center for Atmospheric Research in advancing the Weather Research and Forecasting model for climate research, and in projects such as the North American Regional Climate Change Assessment Program, as demonstration of her prominence in the atmospheric and climate science coResearch in advancing the Weather Research and Forecasting model for climate research, and in projects such as the North American Regional Climate Change Assessment Program, as demonstration of her prominence in the atmospheric and climate science coResearch and Forecasting model for climate research, and in projects such as the North American Regional Climate Change Assessment Program, as demonstration of her prominence in the atmospheric and climate science coresearch, and in projects such as the North American Regional Climate Change Assessment Program, as demonstration of her prominence in the atmospheric and climate science community.