News Brief: STORMVEX delivers cloud data for scientists worldwide

March 24, 2017

• Tom Rickey, PNNL, (509) 375-3732

RICHLAND, Wash. - A five-month study of mountaintop clouds in Colorado's Park Range has delivered crucial information about how clouds over North America are affected by Saharan dust, about mountaintop cloud microphysics, and myriad other topics. The study, known as STORMVEX, was done by scientists working with the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Climate Research Facility. Data from the study has informed at least eleven journal articles, 4 reports, and 3 theses.

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Tags: Environment, Fundamental Science, Climate Science, Atmospheric Science, Aerosols

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