TRACER Talk: Student Interns Contribute to Early Research Efforts

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After years of planning and two Covid-induced delays, the TRACER (TRacking Aerosol Convection interactions ExpeRiment) field campaign began last fall in the Houston, Texas, region, collecting data on clouds, aerosols, precipitation, meteorology, and radiation 24 hours a day, seven days a week. A four-month intensive operational period began June 1, bringing many more instruments and detailed measurements to the campaign. This allowed a group of undergraduate and high school interns at Brookhaven National Laboratory to gain firsthand experience analyzing real atmospheric data and contribute to the science coming from TRACER. One of those undergraduate interns is Emily Melvin of the School of Physics, who blogs that she was "allowed to practice my forecasting skills and explore some of the resources available to meteorologists."

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College of Sciences, School of Physics, Emily Melvin, Atmospheric Radiation Measurement, ARM, TRACER, Tracking Aerosol Convection Interactions Experiment
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  • Created By: Renay San Miguel
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  • Created On: Sep 13, 2022 - 1:56pm
  • Last Updated: Sep 13, 2022 - 1:56pm