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2023 AGU Presentations Featuring ARM Data
The 2023 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting will be held from December 11 to 15 in San Francisco, California, as well as online. With more than 25,000 attendees expected, the meeting might feel overwhelming. We make it easy for you to find ARM-relevant science, meet up with colleagues, and discover new connections during the…
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Special Guests Tour North Slope of Alaska
Editor’s note: Mark Ivey, former manager of ARM’s North Slope of Alaska (NSA) atmospheric observatory and senior engineer at Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico, provided the following post. Mark Ivey (left) talks with DOE Office of Science Director Dr. Asmeret Asefaw Berhe (middle) at ARM’s North Slope of Alaska (NSA) atmospheric observatory. Photos are…
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From the ARM User Executive Committee (UEC) Chair
The ARM User Executive Committee (UEC) is eager to engage with you. This is a message from UEC Chair Jennifer “Jen” Delamere. UEC Workshop Offers Chance to Explore ARM’s Roots and Build New Connections At the Southern Great Plains (SGP) Central Facility, visitors looked inside the severe storm shelter located near the radars. Photo is…
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Ramping Up the ARM Odyssey: A Tale of Ice-Nucleating Particles Over the Globe
Editor’s note: Jessie Creamean, a research scientist at Colorado State University and an ARM mentor for ice-nucleating particle collection and analysis, sent in the following update. Carson Hume stands in front of one of our trusty precipitation shields, i.e., salad bowls (yes, they really are salad bowls), over ice-nucleating particle (INP) filters at the S3…
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AMF3 Site Science Team Blog: New Science Plan Details Deployment Opportunities
Editor’s note: The third ARM Mobile Facility (AMF3) will soon begin operations in northern Alabama. Brookhaven National Laboratory atmospheric scientist Chongai Kuang, who leads the site science team for AMF3’s forthcoming Bankhead National Forest (BNF) deployment, provided the following blog update. This photo shows the Black Warrior Work Center, near where ARM will operate the…
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Revamped Online Metadata Editor Tool Available for Use
Editor’s note: Hannah Collier from the ARM Data Center provided the following post. Earlier this year, the ARM Data Center released an improved Online Metadata Editor (OME) tool to help streamline the data submission process for data collected by guest instruments during ARM field campaigns and for principal investigator products. More information about the different…
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Help Inform the Future of LASSO
Editor’s note: William Gustafson, principal investigator for the Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) ARM Symbiotic Simulation and Observation (LASSO) activity, provided the following information. LASSO’s shallow convection scenario covers 93 case dates from the Southern Great Plains atmospheric observatory. The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility requests white paper submissions in support of a Future of LASSO…
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ARM Team Gears Up for New Campaign in Tasmania
Editor’s note: Kirsten Fox, communications and external affairs at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), and ARM Mobile Facility manager Heath Powers, LANL, provided content for the following post. ARM contractor Julie Donohue and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) student Luz Salinas test an eddy correlation flux measurement system, which captures atmospheric pressure, temperature, and carbon…
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EPCAPE Data Capture Historic Tropical Storm’s Properties
Editor’s note: Israel Silber, an ARM data analyst at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Washington state, provided the following post about Tropical Storm Hilary, which is now the focus of a new data epoch. While the Eastern Pacific Cloud Aerosol Precipitation Experiment (EPCAPE) is aimed at observing and improving our understanding of marine stratocumulus clouds…
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Cloud and Precipitation Constituent Group Zeroes In on Measurement Needs
Editor’s note: Christine Chiu, chair of the Cloud and Precipitation Measurements and Science Group (CPMSG), and group members Christopher Williams, Michael Jensen, and Rob Newsom provided the following blog post. Clockwise from top left: Christine Chiu, Christopher Williams, Michael Jensen, and Rob Newsom To answer key questions in cloud and precipitation science and address associated…