For over 50 years the Biological and Environmental
Research (BER) program has been advancing environmental and biomedical
knowledge that promotes national security through improved energy production,
development, and use; international scientific leadership that underpins
our Nation’s technological advances; and research that improves
the quality of life for all Americans. BER supports these vital national
missions through competitive and peer-reviewed
research at national
laboratories, universities, and private institutions. In addition,
BER develops and delivers the knowledge needed to support the President’s
National Energy Plan.
Strategic Plan
and Long Term Measures
BER supports the following DOE
Strategic Plan goal: Science Strategic Goal General Goal
5, World-Class Scientific Research Capacity and Program
Goal 05.21.00.00: Harness the Power of Our Living World . The
Office
of Science Strategic Plan details the goals and strategic plans
for BER.
The following indicators establish specific long term goals in Scientific
Advancement that the BER program is committed to, and progress can be
measured by the Program Assessment
Rating Tool.
- Life Sciences: Characterize the multi protein complexes
(or the lack thereof) involving a scientifically significant fraction
of a microbe's proteins. Develop computational models to direct the
use and design of microbial communities to clean up waste, sequester
carbon, or produce hydrogen.
- Climate Change Research: Deliver improved climate
data & models for policy makers to determine safe levels of greenhouse
gases for the Earth system. By 2013, substantially reduce differences
between observed temperature and model simulations at subcontinental
scales using several decades of recent data.
- Environmental Remediation: Develop science-based
solutions for cleanup and long-term monitoring of DOE contaminated sites.
By 2013, a significant fraction of DOE's long-term stewardship sites
will employ advanced biology-based clean up solutions and science-based
monitors.
- Medical Applications and Measurement Science: Develop
intelligent biomimetic electronics that can both sense and correctly
stimulate the nervous system and new radiopharmaceuticals for disease
diagnosis.
- Facilities: Manage facilities operations to the highest
standards of overall performance using merit evaluation with independent
peer review.
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Monterey California
is selected as the site for the first deployment of the ARM Mobile Facility
The purpose of the project is to study the microphysical
and radiative characteristics of marine stratus clouds, one of the most
prevalent forms of clouds on the planet Earth. The study of marine stratus
clouds has two main scientific objectives: (1) to investigate the general
relationship between cloud mesoscale structure, aerosols, cloud microphysics,
drizzle, and radiation in marine stratus clouds, and (2) the specific
effects of aerosols on the discrepancy between the measured and modeled
amount of solar radiation absorbed by these clouds.
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