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Prepping an Aerosol Observing System for Delivery
Editor’s note: Stephen R. Springston, a scientist at Brookhaven National Laboratory and lead instrument mentor for ARM’s aerosol observing system, sent this update. This afternoon, June 21, Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) took delivery of the enclosure for the new Southern Great Plains (SGP) aerosol observing system (AOS). This photo shows the SeaTainer sitting in its…
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HI-SCALE: A View From the Ground and Sky
Editor’s note: Siegfried Schobesberger, a postdoctoral researcher at University of Washington, sent this update. Two more weeks of measurement flights have gone by since my last update. As of May 16, we have accomplished 14 research flights. Only one had to be cut short due to thunderstorms moving in on our area of operation. We…
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HI-SCALE: Introduction to the Team and Instruments
Tamara Pinterich makes adjustments to the Fast Integrated Mobility Spectrometer (FIMS) instrument. Editor’s note: Jerome Fast, the principal investigator of the Holistic Interactions of Shallow Clouds, Aerosols, and Ecosystems (HI-SCALE) campaign, sent this update. We are into the second week of HI-SCALE, and have completed six research flights with the G-1 aircraft. Several people temporarily…
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HI-SCALE Week 1: It’s a Wrap
Editor’s note: Siegfried Schobesberger, a postdoctoral researcher at University of Washington, sent this update. After 7 days of hard work, the first week of the HI-SCALE campaign has already passed! We managed a total of four research flights—experiencing a few hiccups, but collected interesting data! Top left: First thing in the morning usually, the G-1…
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HI-SCALE Day 1: Calm Before the Storm
Editor’s note: Siegfried Schobesberger, a postdoctoral researcher at University of Washington, sent this update. A large hangar at Bartlesville Municipal Airport is the home of the G-1 aircraft for the next 4 weeks. The gray containers right next to it provide extra office space. Sunday, April 24, 2016, the HI-SCALE campaign (part 1) officially started.…
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Radar Calibration, Grooming, and Alignment at the ARM Oliktok Point Site
Editor’s note: Joseph Hardin, a radar engineer at the ARM Climate Research Facility, sent this update. Hans Verlinde, Pennsylvania State University, overlooks the instrumentation at Oliktok Point, Alaska. Before a radar site is “turned on” to the public, there are many steps required to make sure the data are of the highest quality, and satisfies…
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Top of the World
Me, standing in between whale skulls and in front of the sign that labels the northernmost point of the United States. Stepping off the plane in Barrow, Alaska, feels like stepping into someone’s family reunion. The single-terminal airport was packed with people, but not with passengers flying south; family and friends flooded the small room,…
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All About the Pyrheliometers: 12th Annual IPC Conference
Editor’s Note: Craig Webb, calibration technician at the Southern Great Plains site, sent this update. Data quality of the measurements from radiometers requires accurate and regular recalibration traceable to the World Radiometric Reference, the international standard of solar radiation measurement. Every 5 years the World Radiation Center/Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos in Davos, Switzerland, hosts the International…
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ARM Radar Technician Training Course at the ARM SGP Site
Editor’s note: Joseph Hardin, a radar engineer at the ARM Climate Research Facility, sent this update Training attendees Chris Martin and Matt Gibson working to measure a signal on the top of an X-SAPR radar. The ARM Climate Research Facility currently operates 33 radars spread over 6 sites that stretch around the world, from Antarctica…
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Calibration Season Begins
Editor’s Note: Craig Webb, calibration technician at the Southern Great Plains site, sent this update. A view of a collection of radiometers taken from the now closed Tropical Western Pacific facility. The ARM Climate Research Facility requires accurate measurements of solar radiation from radiometers used in ground-based networks and airborne instrument platforms. These measurements are…