The U.S. Department of Energy’s Atmospheric System Research program advances process-level understanding of the key interactions among aerosols, clouds, precipitation, radiation, dynamics, and thermodynamics, with the ultimate goal of reducing the uncertainty in global and regional climate simulations and projections.

Research Highlights

Bridging the data gap in Southern Hemisphere aerosol research

Aerosols are known to affect cloud properties, including their formation, growth, and [...] Read more

Revealing atmospheric secrets with advanced airborne data

This research addressed the challenge of using extensive, complex airborne field campaign data [...] Read more

Storm width dictates which atmospheric properties control storm depth

Storms are a primary mechanism for transporting atmospheric properties, such as trace gases, [...] Read more

Recent Publications

The influence of cloud cover on the reliability of satellite-based solar resource data

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Upcoming Meetings

105th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting

12 January 2025 - 16 January 2025

The 105th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting will take place from 12 to 16 January 2025 [...] Read more

CAPE-k Student Workshop

2 February 2025 - 7 February 2025

The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility will co-host a student workshop with the [...] Read more

2025 Joint Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility/ASR Principal Investigators Meeting

3 March 2025 - 6 March 2025

The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM)/Atmospheric System Research (ASR) Joint User [...] Read more