Climate instruments mounted aboard the Horizon Spirit
container ship begin taking data
A Horizon Lines container ship outfitted with meteorological
and atmospheric instruments installed by U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
scientists from Argonne National Laboratory and Brookhaven National Laboratory
will begin taking data today for a yearlong mission aimed at improving the
representation of clouds in climate models. The study, a collaborative effort
between DOE’s Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) program Climate Research
Facility and Horizon Lines, marks the first official marine deployment of the
second ARM Mobile Facility, AMF2, and is likely the most elaborate climate
study ever mounted aboard a commercial vessel.