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Prepare for the 2025 ARM/ASR Joint Meeting!
The next Joint Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility/Atmospheric System Research (ASR) Principal Investigators Meeting will be Monday, March 3, to Thursday, March 6, 2025, at the Rockville Hilton Hotel and Executive Meeting Center in Rockville, Maryland, and online. This meeting will bring together ARM users, ARM infrastructure members, and ASR scientists to review progress and plan…
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Cloud Condensation Nuclei Vertical Profile Data Product Extended to ENA
The Retrieved Number concentration of Cloud Condensation Nuclei value-added product (RNCCN VAP) is now available for evaluation for the Eastern North Atlantic (ENA) atmospheric observatory. This VAP provides the vertical distribution of cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) number concentrations at Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility sites for better representation of aerosol indirect effects in climate…
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SAIL Campaign, ARM Get Nods on BAMS Cover
NOAA partner study also featured in issue In its December 2024 print issue, the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS) spotlighted the recent Surface Atmosphere Integrated Field Laboratory (SAIL) campaign conducted in Colorado by the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility. The cover photo, taken by scientist Gijs de Boer in March 2022, features…
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Updated: Propose for ARM FY2026 Tethered Balloon System Missions
Editor’s note (February 11, 2025): The calls below are both CLOSED. Scientists can propose for new missions or request to analyze aerosol samples collected on flights The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility has two proposal calls open simultaneously for its tethered balloon systems (TBS). For fiscal year 2026 (FY2026), ARM is now accepting preliminary…
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Check Out ARM’s 2024 Annual Report
The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility’s latest annual report is now available online. The report contains short articles summarizing facility activities in fiscal year 2024 (FY2024) plus eye-catching photos from ARM staff, users, and external contributors. Readers will learn about field campaigns conducted in FY2024 and user research results, including findings from the international…
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Brave New CoURAGE Campaign Set to Begin
Editor’s note (December 2, 2024): The story below originally published November 26, 2024. The Coast-Urban-Rural Atmospheric Gradient Experiment (CoURAGE) began official data collection December 1. See what data are now available in the ARM Data Center. In and around Baltimore, Maryland, scientists, technicians, and students are poised for a year of measuring an urban atmosphere…
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5 Years Later, Updates From 4 DOE Early Career Awardees
From the states of Washington, Texas, and Michigan, scientists tell tales of ARM data Early Career Research Program awards from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), announced every summer, support outstanding national laboratory and university scientists beginning their careers. The money, time, and recognition they receive accelerates formative investigations that may guide the rest of…
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Users Ask for New Arctic Aerosol Measurements, and ARM Listens
ARM installs set of aerosol instruments at neighboring NOAA facility in Utqiaġvik, Alaska The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility, in collaboration with NOAA, is filling a need for additional aerosol measurements at the “top of the world” to help give scientists a richer picture of atmospheric particles in the Arctic. For more than 50…
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Updated: Virtual Registration Still Open for Bankhead Kickoff Meeting
Attendees will learn about opportunities associated with ARM’s newest observatory Editor’s note (November 25, 2024): Registration remains open for people wanting to virtually attend the Bankhead National Forest site kickoff meeting. Registration for in-person attendees is closed. Below is the text of the meeting registration announcement as originally published in October 2024. The Atmospheric Radiation…
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New Merged Product Integrates G-1 Flight Data
From 2010 until its final science mission in 2018, the Gulfstream-159 (G-1) aircraft served as the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility’s main airborne research laboratory. The new ARM Aerial Facility (AAF) Merged value-added product (AAFMERGED VAP) for historical AAF G-1 campaigns has been developed to provide users with a set of frequently used G-1…