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

Light absorption by black carbon in wildfire-driven storms

Pyrocumulonimbus (pyroCb) clouds form from wildfire-driven convection. PyroCb clouds contain [...] Read more

Modeling the glaciation of mixed-phase clouds in the laboratory

Clouds are one of the most uncertain components in numerical weather prediction and climate [...] Read more

Studying isolated deep convective clouds over the Amazon rainforest

Deep convective clouds play a crucial role in precipitation, atmospheric circulation, and [...] Read more

Upcoming Meetings

ARM Bankhead Observatory Capabilities Webinar

18 October 2024 - 18 October 2024

Attend an informational webinar on the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user [...] Read more

American Association for Aerosol Research (AAAR) 42nd Annual Conference

21 October 2024 - 25 October 2024

The American Association of Aerosol Research (AAAR) 42nd Annual Conference is scheduled for October [...] Read more

European Geosciences Union’s QuIESCENT Arctic Workshop

22 October 2024 - 24 October 2024

The Quantifying the Indirect Effect: from Sources to Climate Effects of Natural and Transported [...] Read more