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How to ACT With ARM’s Data Quality Information!
Editor’s note: ARM Instrument Operations Manager Adam Theisen from Argonne National Laboratory provided the following post about the Atmospheric data Community Toolkit (ACT). The ACT team will present a poster from 3 to 4 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, June 23, during the 2021 Joint ARM User Facility/ASR Principal Investigators Meeting. Adam Theisen Data quality…
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AMF3 Site Science Team Blog: Putting Maps to Work
Editor’s note: A site science team led by Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York will develop a science plan and initial research project for the upcoming Southeastern U.S. (SEUS) deployment of the third ARM Mobile Facility (AMF3). Brookhaven associate ecologist Shawn Serbin, the site science team’s land-atmosphere interactions topical lead, provided the following blog update.…
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ARM Development Corner: Publications Draw Attention to ARM Capabilities
Editor’s note: This is a quarterly update from ARM Engineering and Process Manager Jennifer Comstock, who also oversees ARM science products. Jennifer Comstock Have you thought about writing up your work, but haven’t been sure if it is publication worthy or where to submit your paper? There are several journals ideal for highlighting advancements in…
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User Executive Committee Celebrates Earth Day
Earth Day 2021 is Thursday, April 22. To mark the occasion, ARM User Executive Committee (UEC) members recorded short videos to share what this planet—and their work—means to them. Click on the video below to watch the full YouTube playlist of UEC videos. (After one video finishes, the next video will play automatically.) Happy Earth…
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ARM Development Update: Value-Added Products
Editor’s note: This is the first quarterly update from ARM Engineering and Process Manager Jennifer Comstock, who also oversees ARM science products. Jennifer Comstock After several years focused on improving the delivery of value-added products (VAPs) for ARM Mobile Facility deployments, ARM data translators are turning their attention to upgrading existing VAPs and developing new…
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From the New User Executive Committee (UEC) Chair
The UEC is eager to engage with you. This is a quarterly message from the UEC Chair. UEC welcomes new members and the virtual era Allison C. Aiken, Los Alamos National Laboratory Hello and welcome to the UEC Chair’s blog. I am happy to serve as the third elected chair of the UEC. I want…
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AMS Scoop: LASSO Going Deep
The LES ARM Symbiotic Simulation and Observation activity steps up to create data bundles for cases with deep convection ARM’s Southern Great Plains atmospheric observatory was the source of data on shallow clouds for the Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) ARM Symbiotic Simulation and Observation (LASSO) activity. A U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) project to bundle data…
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AGU Scoop: Wind and the Southern Great Plains
Editor’s note: ARM science writers are contributing blog posts during the 2020 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting. Check back often for updates! All times listed are Pacific. For meeting-specific links, use your AGU login to view. December 16, 2020 How the Seasons Affect Wind Energy ARM’s Southern Great Plains atmospheric observatory was at a center…
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AGU Scoop: Data and Impressions From MOSAiC
Frost-rimed in the frigid central Arctic during polar night, the R/V Polarstern was the main laboratory and lifeline for scientists. Photo is by Lukas Piotrowski, Alfred Wegener Institute. Imagine, if you can: One year moored to an ice floe in the central Arctic. Scientists from 20 nations. Twenty arctic typhoons. Polar bears. Miles-long cracks in…
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AGU Scoop: A Blizzard of Posters on MOSAiC Research
Editor’s note: December 14 at the 2020 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting featured the following posters related to the Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition. For meeting-specific links, use your AGU login to view. The Arctic’s Ice-Nucleating Particles Jessie Creamean snaps a selfie in early October 2019 in front of…