Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program facilities newsletter, April 2000

• Main Author: Sisterson, D. L.
• Other Authors: United States. Department of Energy.
• Format: Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Argonne National Laboratory 2000
• Subjects: Solar Radiation; Environmental Impacts; Alaska; Climatic Change; 54 Environmental Sciences; Climate Models; Pacific; Barrow; north slope
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2172/755847; https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc704742/

This issue of the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program (ARM Program) monthly newsletter is about the ARM Program goal to improve scientific understanding of the interactions of sunlight (solar radiation) with the atmosphere, then incorporate this understanding into computer models of climate change. To model climate accurately all around the globe, a variety of data must be collected from many locations on Earth. For its Cloud and Radiation Testbed (CART) sites, ARM chose locations in the US Southern Great Plains, the North Slope of Alaska, and the Tropical Western Pacific Ocean to represent different climate types around the world. In this newsletter they consider the North Slope of Alaska site, with locations at Barrow and Atqasuk, Alaska.