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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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From the Aerosol Measurement Science Group (AMSG) Co-Chairs
This is the first blog from AMSG Co-Chairs Gannet Hallar and Tim Onasch. AMSG initiates new focus and outreach Gannet Hallar, left, and Tim Onasch Hello, and welcome to the AMSG blog. As the AMSG co-chairs, we are looking for new ways to expand the group’s focus and impact. We will send updates after each…
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More New Features in Atmospheric data Community Toolkit
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 is a blog post from…
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E12 Is Hot! New ARM Site Collecting Data in Alaska
Editor’s note: After the summer 2021 closure of the third ARM Mobile Facility (AMF3) at Oliktok Point, Alaska, the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) precipitation mentor team of Matthew Sturm, Jennifer Delamere, Matthew Mockaitis, and Ken Irving suggested moving the snow instruments to another site in Alaska. Along with staff from Sandia National Laboratories, they…
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From the New User Executive Committee (UEC) Chair
The UEC is eager to engage with you. This is a quarterly message from UEC Chair Jennifer “Jen” Delamere. You can learn more about her in this 2021 UEC profile. Thanks to Past Members and Excitement About the New Group Jennifer “Jen” Delamere At the beginning of 2023, I had the privilege of becoming the…
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Science Data Products Update
ARM makes web changes to help users learn about different data sets; conference provides opportunities to highlight products from MOSAiC expedition Editor’s note: This is an update from ARM Associate Director for Research Jennifer Comstock. Jennifer Comstock ARM has a long history of providing derived data products, known as value-added products (VAPs), to the user…
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LASSO-CACTI Development Continues; Many Runs Available Today
Editor’s note: William Gustafson leads the Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) ARM Symbiotic Simulation and Observation (LASSO) activity. The latest LASSO scenario focuses on the Cloud, Aerosol, and Complex Terrain Interactions (CACTI) field campaign. Gustafson sent in the following update on the LASSO-CACTI scenario. Simulated cloud reflectivity is shown every half-hour from 17–19 UTC from the Weather…
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From the Outgoing User Executive Committee (UEC) Chair
The UEC is eager to engage with you. This is a message from outgoing UEC Chair Allison C. Aiken. Thank you so much for the opportunity to serve you! Please welcome the new UEC and Jennifer Delamere as the new chair. Allison C. Aiken, Los Alamos National Laboratory Welcome to the new year! I hope…
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Start of EPCAPE Campaign Draws Local Attention
On February 13, 2023, in La Jolla, California, journalists listen to Ana Gabriela “Gabi” Pessoa explain weather balloon data appearing on a laptop screen. Pessoa is one of the ARM technicians supporting the yearlong Eastern Pacific Cloud Aerosol Precipitation Experiment (EPCAPE). The Ellen Browning Scripps Memorial Pier is hosting the main EPCAPE instruments. ARM’s yearlong…
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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…