In the last decade or so, the Arctic ice sheet has been shrinking more every summer than in the historical record.
In the last decade or so, the Arctic ice sheet has been shrinking more every summer than in the historical record. And a particular type of cloud regime may be amplifying this warming rate.
For a period of a little more than six weeks, several faculty members in the University of Wyoming Department of Atmospheric Science and a cadre of scientists from around the world are studying whether clouds during marine cold air outbreaks over open water in the Arctic are contributing to the acceleration of ice melting in that region of the world.
The UW contingent is led by Bart Geerts, professor of atmospheric science; Jeff French, associate professor and department head of atmospheric science; and professor emeritus Jefferson Snider.
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From left, Eric Beamesderfer and Coltin Grasmick, both associate research scientists in the UW Department of Atmospheric Science, and Zhien Wang, a professor and Empire Innovation Scholar in the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University, stand in front of the Wyoming Cloud Radar mounted on the ramp of the NSF/NCAR C-130 aircraft. The department has provided several instruments being used aboard the research aircraft. (Photo Credit: Bart Geerts)
