There’s an adage that as we get older, time goes by faster. Indeed, time is flying. It feels like just yesterday we were gathered at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting in San Francisco. Yet, here we are, reflecting on the recent American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meeting.
As winter gives way to spring, we should be planning to kick back and enjoy those warming, lazy spring afternoons. Unfortunately, the frenetic pace of our work makes that daydream improbable at best.
We are now working on the submissions to ASR’s FY2024 Funding Opportunity Announcement. The caliber of these submissions speaks volumes about the profound scientific questions driving our community forward. My co-program manager, Shaima Nasiri and I are impressed by your proposals.
The recent AMS Annual Meeting provided a platform for building connections and exploring research. During the meeting, Shaima had the privilege of engaging with many of you, culminating in a memorable tour of the Coast-Urban-Rural Atmospheric Gradient Experiment (CoURAGE), which I tagged along on. CoURAGE researchers will focus on the mechanisms of urban atmospheric environments.
As we navigate the changing currents of time, it’s essential to sustain the dialogue and collaboration that define the ASR community. There will not be a Joint ARM User Facility/ASR Principal Investigators Meeting this summer, but this is an opportunity for working groups to schedule virtual meetings. We encourage active participation in ASR working groups and urge you to subscribe to or update your areas of interest.
This edition of ASR News offers a glimpse into the career journeys of ASR researchers Markus Petters and Zhien Wang. You will learn more about ASR’s impact during the AMS Annual Meeting and the CoURAGE campaign.
We also look back at the ARM West Antarctic Radiation Experiment (AWARE), which was eight years ago. But it, too, seems like yesterday.
Sticking to a theme, time truly flies when we’re having fun.
# # #Author: Jeff Stehr, ASR Program Manager, U.S. Department of Energy
This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science, through the Biological and Environmental Research program as part of the Atmospheric System Research program.