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Researchers Shed Light on Perplexing Bay of Bengal Monsoon Oscillations
February 27, 2020 — Oceanographers and meteorologists with the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory concluded an ambitious field research program in collaboration with the U.S. Office of Naval Research aimed at understanding the role of the Indian Ocean on monsoon intra-seasonal oscillations (MISO), June 26... MORE

NRL meteorologist tracks transcontinental dust storms’ magnitude and impact
February 25, 2020 — The amount of dust flying out of the Sahara Desert each year is seemingly unfathomable. Every year, 14 million metric tons of transcontinental dust travels across the Atlantic Ocean, said Arunas Kuciauskas, a U.S. Naval Research Laboratory meteorologist who tracks and quantifies the Saharan Air Layer (SAL)... MORE

Navy gains a competitive edge with research into biological ocean swarms
February 21, 2020 — Tiny and frightening-looking creatures lurking throughout our world’s oceans can wreak havoc on Navy tactical decision-makers’ ability to sense the environment or plan and chart a navigation course... MORE

NRL’s remote sensing division analyzes ground characteristics in Australia
February 20, 2020 — U.S. Naval Research Laboratory physical scientists, engineers, and principal investigator Andrei Abelev visited Australia in May 2019 to validate their techniques for terrain characterization... MORE

Smart Sea Gliders improve Ocean Observation and Ocean Prediction
February 18, 2020 — Scientists from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s Ocean Sciences Division are optimizing the placement of ocean gliders and the usage of glider data to improve the Navy’s ability to predict ocean conditions... MORE

NRL-built Camera Provides View into Sun’s Polar Regions
February 10, 2020 — The Solar Orbiter mission will use a U.S. Naval Research Laboratory-designed and -built heliospheric camera, known as SoloHI, to provide unique perspectives and unprecedented views of the Sun’s North and South poles. The spacecraft, a NASA and European Space Agency collaboration, launched aboard an Atlas V rocket at Cape Canaveral, Florida, Feb. 9... MORE

When a speck influences a storm: Studying the role of aerosol particles in the hydrological cycle
February 4, 2020 — U.S. Naval Research Laboratory meteorologist Jeffrey Reid is at the forefront of research studying the role of aerosol particles, and the relationships between the particles with monsoon meteorology, clouds and the sun’s radiation... MORE

Cloud, Aerosol, and Monsoon Processes Philippines Experiment (CAMP2Ex)

NRL Researchers’ Golden Touch Enhances Quantum Technology
January 29, 2020 — Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory discovered a new platform for quantum technologies by suspending two-dimensional (2-D) crystals over pores in a slab of gold. This new approach may help develop new materials for secure communication and sensing technologies based on the unique laws of physics at the atomic levels... MORE

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