Category: Facility News

  • Prepare for the 2025 ARM/ASR Joint Meeting!

    The next Joint Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility/Atmospheric System Research (ASR) Principal Investigators Meeting will be Monday, March 3, to Thursday, March 6, 2025, at the Rockville Hilton Hotel and Executive Meeting Center in Rockville, Maryland, and online. This meeting will bring together ARM users, ARM infrastructure members, and ASR scientists to review progress and plan…

  • AGU Honors ARM and ASR Community Members at 2024 Annual Meeting

    Three members of the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility and Atmospheric System Research (ASR) research communities were honored at the 2024 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. New AGU Fellow Robert “Rob” Wood.Photo is courtesy of the University of Washington. Robert “Rob” Wood, a professor of atmospheric and climate science at…

  • SAIL Campaign, ARM Get Nods on BAMS Cover

    NOAA partner study also featured in issue The December 2024 print issue of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS) features uncrewed aerial system pilot Jonathan Hamilton (wearing an ARM-branded beanie), a HELiX hexacopter, and a set of instruments at Kettle Ponds, Colorado. The HELiX and ground-based instruments all collected data for a NOAA…

  • Updated: Propose for ARM FY2026 Tethered Balloon System Missions

    Editor’s note (February 11, 2025): The calls below are both CLOSED.  Scientists can propose for new missions or request to analyze aerosol samples collected on flights In June 2024, an ARM tethered balloon system flies in the early morning during a campaign at the Southern Great Plains atmospheric observatory in Oklahoma. Photo is by Brent…

  • Check Out ARM’s 2024 Annual Report

    The Fiscal Year 2024 ARM Annual Report features images from the Cloud And Precipitation Experiment at kennaook (CAPE-k), which began in northwestern Tasmania in April 2024. The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility’s latest annual report is now available online. The report contains short articles summarizing facility activities in fiscal year 2024 (FY2024) plus eye-catching…

  • Share Your AMS 2025 Presentation Information

    The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility and Atmospheric System Research (ASR) program area want to know about your presentations at the upcoming American Meteorological Society (AMS) annual meeting. One of the best ways to draw attendees to your AMS presentations is to be highlighted on the ARM and ASR websites. If you or one…

  • ARM 2025 Summer School: Open Science in the Forest

    The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility will host an open science-focused summer school Monday, May 19, to Friday, May 23, 2025, at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Apply for ARM’s Open Science Summer School. Applications are due Friday, February 14, 2025. The “Open Science in the Forest Summer School: Connecting State-of-the-Art Models with…

  • Users Ask for New Arctic Aerosol Measurements, and ARM Listens

    ARM installs set of aerosol instruments at neighboring NOAA facility in Utqiaġvik, Alaska ARM aerosol instruments are now installed at a NOAA facility at Utqiaġvik, Alaska, near ARM’s North Slope of Alaska atmospheric observatory. The instruments are an aerosol chemical speciation monitor (taking up most of this rack), an aerodynamic particle sizer (on a shelf…

  • Updated: Virtual Registration Still Open for Bankhead Kickoff Meeting

    Attendees will learn about opportunities associated with ARM’s newest observatory Editor’s note (November 25, 2024): Registration remains open for people wanting to virtually attend the Bankhead National Forest site kickoff meeting. Registration for in-person attendees is closed. Below is the text of the meeting registration announcement as originally published in October 2024.  The Atmospheric Radiation…

  • ARM Seeks Lead Mentor for Trace Gas Measurements

    The U.S. Department of Energy’s Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility is seeking an instrument lead mentor (technical lead) for ground-based trace gas measurements deployed as part of ARM’s Aerosol Observing Systems (AOS). ARM operates a suite of trace gas instruments across five observatories: Southern Great Plains (SGP), Eastern North Atlantic (ENA), and all three…