Billed as the largest international meeting of atmospheric scientists, the American Meteorological Society’s 86th Annual Meeting ventured south this year to the Peach State. Held at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia, this year’s meeting drew more than 2,200 academics, government officials, private researchers, and leading atmospheric scientists, who participated in 1500 scientific…

Vigilant facility personnel and hardy local utility workers helped avert what could have been a serious data and equipment loss at the Barrow site in ARM’s North Slope of Alaska locale. Wintry weather of 0°F and icing conditions began contributing to power problems throughout the Barrow area in early February. Consistent winds at 20-25 mph…

While on the ground, the Twin Otter (left) and Proteus (right) are sharing hangar space at the Royal Australian Air Force base for the duration of TWP-ICE field operations. ARM file photo. Two days after a highly successful media day, January 21 marked the official start of flight operations for the Tropical Warm Pool International…

Beginning on January 9, the ARM Mobile Facility began officially collecting atmospheric data from a location at the airport in Niamey, Niger, Africa. As part of the RADAGAST field campaign, the AMF will measure the effects of absorbing aerosols from desert dust in the dry season, and the effects of deep convective clouds and associated…

A scintillometer was used to detect atmospheric optical disturbances-called scintillations-caused by temperature, pressure and humidity. The instrument emits light from two transmitters, shown at left. The light traverses the local atmosphere, perturbed by density fluctuations. Some of the light enters the receiver, shown at right. (Image from Scintec at [http://www.scintec.com][www.scintec.com].)This month, scientists from the University…

ARM staff at the 2005 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting provided information about the ARM science program and ARM Climate Research Facility to interested attendees. ARM file photo. Following a successful premier last year, ARM staffed its exhibit for a second time at the 2005 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting held December 5-9 in…

The new processor for the MMCR at Darwin collects spectral data in four different modes, resulting in approximately 3.4 gigabytes of signal output per day. ARM file photo. Virtually all cloud studies within the ARM Program involve the Millimeter Wavelength Cloud Radar (MMCR). This instrument is the only source for obtaining detailed information about cloud…

Recently, several new Sun servers joined the production system at the ARM Data Management Facility (DMF). These servers provide much needed cpu-the Central Processing Unit is the computing part of the computer known as the processor-power to handle the ever-increasing processing load. The DMF is responsible for collecting and processing hourly data from all three…

In January 2006, the ARM Mobile Facility (AMF) begins a year-long field campaign in Africa as part of a multi-year international experiment called the African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA). The AMF will be placed at the airport in Niamey, Niger, well within view of the Global Earth Radiation Budget (GERB) geostationary satellite. Cloud and radiative…

In September, installation was completed on the new Guest Instrument Facility in Barrow to provide additional space and ease crowded conditions. ARM file folder. To alleviate crowded conditions at its research facilities on the North Slope of Alaska (NSA) site in Barrow, ARM operations staff recently completed the installation of a new Guest Instrument Facility.…