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

Deep learning of PBL heights using ARM SGP data

This study developed an advanced deep learning model to estimate the planetary boundary-layer [...] Read more

Characterizing giant storm precipitation in the central Amazon

The prediction of rainfall over the Amazon rainforest by weather and climate models is highly [...] Read more

Agricultural soils are efficient ice nucleating particles in the Southern Great Plains

Ice nucleating particles (INPs) are a rare subset of particles that can have an outsized impact [...] Read more

Upcoming Meetings

American Geophysical Union 2024 Annual Meeting

9 December 2024 - 13 December 2024

The American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) annual meeting, the largest gathering of Earth and space [...] Read more

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