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Interns Chart New Directions With SAIL Data
Editor’s note: Daniel Feldman, principal investigator for ARM’s Surface Atmosphere Integrated Field Laboratory (SAIL) campaign, and SAIL co-investigator Allison C. Aiken sent in this update. Feldman is at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California, and Aiken is at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory hosted two students in the summer…
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SAIL Science at the High-Water Mark
Editor’s note: Daniel Feldman, the principal investigator for the Surface Atmosphere Integrated Field Laboratory (SAIL) campaign in Colorado, sent in this update. Daniel Feldman led the SAIL campaign near Crested Butte, Colorado, from September 2021 to June 2023. Photos are by Nathan Bilow. As we approach the summer solstice, the changing of seasons from spring…
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Workshop Builds, Strengthens Collaborations Across SPLASH/SAIL/SOS Community
Editor’s note: Gijs de Boer, an atmospheric scientist from the University of Colorado’s Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Physical Sciences Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado, wrote the following synopsis of a November 1–3, 2023, hybrid workshop on the state of research and data sets from the…
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German Team Seeks to Unravel Secrets of Snow Formation in Colorado
Researchers from Leipzig University are analyzing snowfall data collected alongside ARM’s SAIL field campaign The following is based on a translated article by Leipzig University. Video cameras capture snowfall from two angles near Gothic, Colorado, as part of the Characterization of Orography-Influenced Riming (CORSIPP) field campaign. Photo is by Leipzig University’s Institute of Meteorology. Researchers…
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After a Long Stop, ARM Instruments Await Their Next Destination
Editor’s note: Hamelmann Communications technician Travis Guy, who recently supported operations of the second ARM Mobile Facility (AMF2) in Colorado, provided the following blog post. SAIL Pack-Up: The End of a Challenging Yet Wonderful Campaign To SAIL on a dream on a powder-filled meadow, to ride on the crest of a wild winter storm. To…
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Not SAIL-ing Into Spring 2023
Editor’s note: Daniel Feldman, the principal investigator for the Surface Atmosphere Integrated Field Laboratory (SAIL) campaign in Colorado, provided the following blog post. The SAIL campaign has just entered spring 2023, its final season of data collection. But so far, the winter of 2022/2023 won’t quit. The conditions across the Western United States have been very wet and…
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How ARM Rang In the (New) Year of Open Science in the Rockies
Editor’s note: In January 2023, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy launched the Year of Open Science to advance national open science policies across the federal government. During the year, ARM is publishing a series of stories on work to advance open and equitable research. The following blog post is from Max…
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Summertime, and the Living Is Soggy at SAIL
Editor’s note: Daniel Feldman, the principal investigator for the Surface Atmosphere Integrated Field Laboratory (SAIL) campaign in Colorado, provided the following blog post. This aerial image of the East River captures its soggy riparian area and looks toward SAIL facilities on Crested Butte Mountain. Photo is courtesy of Ken Williams, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. While winter snow…
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Dust in the Wind at SAIL
Editor’s note: Daniel Feldman, the principal investigator for the Surface Atmosphere Integrated Field Laboratory (SAIL) campaign in Colorado, provided the following blog post with contributions from SAIL co-investigators Ken Williams, Allison Aiken, S. McKenzie Skiles, and Jeff Deems. This storm board measures snow accumulation deployed to the SAIL auxiliary measurement site at Kettle Ponds to…
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Snow Finally Comes to SAIL Site
Editor’s note: Daniel Feldman, the principal investigator for the Surface Atmosphere Integrated Field Laboratory (SAIL) campaign in Colorado, provided the following blog post. ARM Mobile Facility instruments and containers at Gothic, Colorado, are partially covered in snow in the midst of continued flurries with the late December 2021 snowfall. Photo is courtesy of Heath Powers,…