Join McMurdo scientist Arunima Prakash, LIVE from McMurdo, Antarctica! Learn what space weather is, how it's measured, and why we study it with the help of amazing photos of the aurora and space at night plus meaningful questions from classrooms around the country. Part of a 4-part webinar series on life at McMurdo Station.
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I study polar mesospheric clouds – clouds that form in one of the most unique and puzzling environments found only in the polar summer. It has been proposed that PMCs are a potential early indicator of climate change. My research focuses on identifying the driving forces behind PMC changes using lidar observations from McMurdo, Antarctica.
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Arunima took 2nd place in the CEDAR Student Poster Contest and was awarded the Best Student Oral Presentation at the 30th International Laser Radar Conference (ILRC30)! Her presentation and poster shared research on polar mesospheric clouds, studying their occurrence statistics and correlations with earth and space phenomena.
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This week we opened up the RDL to understand its anatomy and got much more power out! All in all the laser gods were pleased! We took the dye jet pump apart, cleaned it up, and learned how to adjust the M1 mirror tilt, P1 focus, and M3 focus while optimizing the cavity at each adjustment.
Read Full PostCEDAR 2020 Workshop Science Nuggets and Highlights publication featuring atmospheric research from the Coupling, Energetics and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions Program community.
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