The North Slope of Alaska: ARM`s window on high latitude phenomena
A major thrust of the Atmospheric Radiation Measurements (ARM) Program is the establishment of 5 primary and 4 supplementary Cloud and Radiation Testbed (CART) sites. The CART sites will provide the means to acquire the necessary data to test and further develop the components of GCMs (General Circu...
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| Summary: | A major thrust of the Atmospheric Radiation Measurements (ARM) Program is the establishment of 5 primary and 4 supplementary Cloud and Radiation Testbed (CART) sites. The CART sites will provide the means to acquire the necessary data to test and further develop the components of GCMs (General Circulation Models) which describe the relationships between the characteristics of the atmosphere and the solar and thermal radiation which passes through it. The CART Locale Recommendation Team has presented a priority-ordered set of recommended locales for the primary and supplementary sites, along with alternatives for each. The selection was based primarily on the following criteria: geographical and climatological homogeneity; occurrence of climatologically important cloud types; seasonal change of surface properties; variability of radiatively-active atmospheric components; synergism with other programs; and manageable logistics. An additional criterion was that, taken together, the set of recommended locales must span a broad range of climate regimes. The recommended primary locales include two land and three ocean locales. The first CART Site will be established in the Southern Great Plains (SGP) of the US. The next CART site to be established on land is to be in the polar regions, on the North Slope of Alaska (NSA). |
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