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MOSAiC PI Blog, Part 3: Science in Polar Night
Editor’s note: In the central Arctic, the sun will soon rise above the horizon, ending the monthslong “polar night” over the Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition. Matthew Shupe, MOSAiC co-coordinator from the University of Colorado, Boulder, shares some of his MOSAiC photos taken during polar night. ARM technician Juarez…
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MOSAiC PI Blog, Part 2: Teamwork Makes the MOSAiC Dream Work
Editor’s note: Matthew Shupe, co-coordinator for the Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition, sent back an update after the first leg. In this post, Shupe, a principal investigator funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Atmospheric System Research (ASR) program, discusses the ARM team’s role in MOSAiC. From left, Vagner…
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Sprinting for Discovery: A Multi-Lab Intensive Activity to Improve the Accessibility of ARM Data
Editor’s note: Scott Collis, an atmospheric scientist and ARM radar data translator from Argonne National Laboratory, sent in this blog post. Scott Collis (left), an ARM data translator, and ARM Data Services Manager Giri Prakash (right) discuss ideas for making Data Discovery easier for ARM users while data scientist Maggie Davis keeps them on track.…
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MOSAiC PI Blog, Part 1: Frozen In and Facing the Arctic Head-On
Editor’s note: Matthew Shupe, co-coordinator for the 2019–2020 Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition, sent back an update after the first leg. Polarstern under a full moon, with ARM installations visible on the foredeck and observation deck. Photo is courtesy of Matthew Shupe, University of Colorado, Boulder. Season’s greetings. I’m…
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From the User Executive Committee (UEC) Chair
The UEC is eager to engage with you. This is a message from the UEC Chair. Sébastien Biraud, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory I wish all the members of the ARM/ASR community a happy new year. It is hard to believe that 2020 is upon us, as I always thought 2020 was supposed to be in…
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RELAMPAGO-CACTI Workshop All About the Data
Editor’s note: Adam Varble, principal investigator for the Cloud, Aerosol, and Complex Terrain Interactions (CACTI) field campaign, writes about a data workshop held with researchers from the Remote sensing of Electrification, Lightning, And Mesoscale/microscale Processes with Adaptive Ground Observations (RELAMPAGO) campaign. The RELAMPAGO-CACTI study region is the birthplace of the world’s largest and tallest thunderstorm…
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CACTI Deep Convection Chosen for Next LASSO Scenario
Editor’s note: William Gustafson, principal investigator for the Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) ARM Symbiotic Simulation and Observation (LASSO) activity, sent in this update. Deep convection during the CACTI field campaign was complex, and it exhibited some of the tallest clouds ever measured by ARM. Photo is by Jason Tomlinson, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. I am excited…
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MOSAiC Blog: Sights of the Arctic, Part 2
Editor’s note: David Chu, operations manager for the second ARM Mobile Facility, recently returned from the first leg of the Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition. Below are several MOSAiC photos taken by Chu, of Los Alamos National Laboratory. Our first day in the ice, we took an ARM MOSAiC install…
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MOSAiC Blog: Moving Over to the ‘Dark Site’ of the MOSAiC Floe
Typically what I look like after a day outside coring for ice. This day was particularly cold … almost minus 45 degrees Celsius (minus 49 degrees Fahrenheit) with the wind chill. It can be so cold that your breath instantly turns to ice on your face. Eyelashes are great collectors of moisture turned into ice…
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MOSAiC Blog: A Highlight Reel From Leg 1a
Music: “Polar Explorer” by Mody. Leg 1a of the Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) field campaign is complete! Click on the video to the right to watch a personal video retrospective from Leg 1a participant Misha Krassovski, an information technology engineer from Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The video covers September…