ARM

Category: TRACER

  • TRACER Forecast Exercise Comes With a Surprise Twist

    Editor’s note: Scott Collis, an atmospheric scientist and ARM radar data translator from Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), sent in this blog post. Collis is a co-investigator on the upcoming TRacking Aerosol Convection interactions ExpeRiment (TRACER). In just under a year’s time, the U.S. Department of Energy’s ARM user facility will deploy one of its mobile…

  • TRACER Talk: Operations, Collaborations Absorb Day Two of Workshop

    Editor’s note: Michael Jensen, a meteorologist at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) in New York, is the principal investigator for the upcoming TRacking Aerosol Convection interactions ExpeRiment (TRACER). He sent in this campaign update. Michael Jensen The TRACER science and logistics meeting was a virtual workshop, taking place April 20 and 21, 2020. While the first…

  • TRACER Talk: Workshop Kicks Campaign Planning Into High Gear

    Editor’s note: Michael Jensen, a meteorologist at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) in New York, is the principal investigator for the upcoming TRacking Aerosol Convection interactions ExpeRiment (TRACER). He sent in this campaign update. Michael Jensen The TRACER science and logistics meeting was originally planned to be held as an in-person workshop at the University of…

  • Help Inform TRACER Operations Through Forecasting Exercise

    Editor’s note: Scott Collis, an atmospheric scientist and ARM radar data translator from Argonne National Laboratory, sent in this blog post about the TRacking Aerosol Convection interactions ExpeRiment (TRACER). The TRacking Aerosol Convection interactions ExpeRiment (TRACER) will take place around Houston, Texas, from April 2021 through April 2022. Photo is by Alex Kotsakis, University of…

  • Countdown to TRACER: Picking the Ideal Sites

    Editor’s note: Michael Jensen, a meteorologist at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) in New York, is principal investigator for the upcoming TRacking Aerosol Convection interactions ExpeRiment (TRACER). He sent in this campaign update. Preliminary siting visits for the TRacking Aerosol Convection interactions ExpeRiment (TRACER) took place January 27 to 28, 2020, in the Houston, Texas, area.…