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The Hands-on, Minds-on Technology program, better known as HMTech, continues to bring together Sandians and Black students to inspire futures in STEM. n its nearly 50 years of existence, in both official and unofficial forms, HMTech has connected hundreds of minority students to the world of STEM, some of whom have gone on to have successful careers at Sandia.

A veteran weather researcher leads a quest to better understand the stratiform regions of convection.

convection

The rising of warm air and the sinking of cool air. Convection can cause local breezes, winds, and thunderstorms.

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Atmospheric scientist Rebecca “Becky” Adams-Selin grew up in storm-crossed western Nebraska. At age 6, in the first sign of her future career, she set up a tornado-forecasting station in her backyard.

We performed a series of simulation experiments with plausible sets of subgrid-scale physics, meteorological forcing, and topographic radiation schemes to identify the best scenarios for modeling mountainous hydrology

hydrology

The science that deals with water, its properties, circulation, or distribution on Earth's surface, and in the atmosphere through evapotranspiration.

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at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility's SAIL field campaign study area.

DOE’s Biological and Environmental Research program is pleased to welcome Gil Bohrer to the Environmental System Science team as an Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) program manager. Gil has been at the Ohio State University for 15 years, where he is a professor of environmental engineering. His research focuses on ecosystem-atmosphere exchange of greenhouse gases (GHG) and water vapor.

Student STEM Ambassadors draw upon their experiences as interns to offer advice on how to make the most out of an internship at Argonne National Laboratory. Starting your first science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) internship can feel like a daunting task for college students, especially for those interning at national labs such as the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory.

ARM Doppler lidar spectra are difficult to store and manage due to the very large size of the data. However, the full Doppler spectra are needed for retrieving winds in clouds and precipitation from the lidar. We therefore developed a machine-learning-based pipeline for identifying cloudy periods using the Waggle computer installed at the ARM Southern Great Plains atmospheric observatory.

Texas A&M professor enjoys making good measurements and advising up-and-coming scientists. Even before she arrives at work at Texas A&M University (TAMU), chances are Sarah Brooks has already spent time exchanging ideas about the atmosphere with her favorite student.

ASR-supported campaign stimulates interest in cold-air outbreak cloud regime The gorgeous photo of northern Norway on the cover of the May 2023 issue of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS) pairs a picturesque view of the North Atlantic with an equally impressive suite of atmospheric and climate instruments.

Mixed-phase clouds in polar regions remain challenging for numerical models of the atmosphere, regardless of their application in short-range weather prediction or long-term climate studies. Significant quantities of super-cooled liquid are typically observed in these clouds, while models tend to glaciate clouds swiftly at temperatures below the freezing point.

The Integrated Coastal Modeling (ICoM) project is an E3SM

Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM)

The Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM) project includes Earth System Models, simulations, and predictions to investigate energy-relevant science using code optimized for DOE's advanced supercomputers.

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ecosystem activity that aims to deliver a robust predictive understanding

predictive understanding

Predictive understanding refers to the ability of a system, typically an artificial intelligence or machine learning model, to anticipate future events or outcomes based on historical data and patterns.

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of coastal evolution, accounting for complex, multi-scale interactions among physical, environmental, and human systems.

Data from the GoAmazon field campaign over the Amazon rainforest had been used to argue that air pollution makes storms more intense, but a reanalysis of those data shows the opposite: the observational data do not suggest any intensification of warm cloud updrafts by pollution.

The Cloud And Precipitation Experiment at Kennaook (CAPE-K) starts in 2024 in northwestern Tasmania. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has loaned an AS-15 automatic radiosonde launcher to the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility to use for CAPE-K. This autosonde launcher has been used by the BOM for many years at Woomera, South Australia.