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News Release 17-109
NSF awards $2.8 million grant to develop advanced ocean and atmosphere simulator
First-of-its-kind simulator will replicate a range of ocean conditions and generate gale-force winds in controlled setting
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Bioluminescence shines in a wave. In SOARS-like research, scientists studied waves with this light.
Credit: Scripps Institution of Oceanography
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Waves send plumes of sea spray into the atmosphere, altering the formation and duration of clouds.
Credit: NOAA
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Sun, pollution, cloud droplets, ice formation and ocean biology will be studied at the NSF center.
Credit: Scripps Institution of Oceanography
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Earth's oceans and atmosphere are inextricably linked in determining how long clouds last.
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Scripps Institution of Oceanography scientists are at work on instruments for the new NSF center.
Credit: Scripps Institution of Oceanography
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Clouds' ability to reflect solar energy and absorb radiation affect Earth's climate.
Credit: Wikimedia Commons
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