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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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Dorothy Koch Named Associate Director of DOE’s Biological and Environmental Research Program
Dorothy Koch Dorothy Koch has been named Associate Director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Biological and Environmental Research (BER) program. Most recently, Koch was with NOAA, serving as the Weather Program Office (WPO) director. In this position, she led the WPO, including eight integrated programs, to fund research most essential for NOAA to…
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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…
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ARM’s Activities at the 40th AMS Conference on Radar Meteorology
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 Grover, a…
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August UAS Flights a Success; ArcticShark Call Opens
Webinar on ARM uncrewed aerial system data a hit with user community The ArcticShark uncrewed aerial system (UAS) flies over ARM’s Southern Great Plains (SGP) atmospheric observatory, as photographed from a chase plane tasked with maintaining visual contact with the aircraft. Photo is by Tim McLain, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The skies above northern Oklahoma…
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Recording Available: Register for ARM High-Performance Computing Webinar
Editor’s note (September 21, 2023): The recording of the high-performance computing webinar is now available for viewing. The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Data Center offers high-performance computing (HPC) resources for users to conduct big-data analytics and machine learning for atmospheric and climate science research. The ARM Data Center provides a co-located data and computing platform that enables…
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BAMS Features ARM Mountain Hydrology Campaign
New paper highlights initial results from 21-month SAIL study in Colorado watershed Cargo containers hosting much of the instrumentation for the Surface Atmosphere Integrated Field Laboratory (SAIL) campaign made this site in Gothic, Colorado, their home for 21 months. The diversity of landforms, topography, and vegetation associated with the deployment location in the Upper Colorado…
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Blowing Snow Contributes to Arctic Warming
ARM users discovered abundant fine sea salt aerosol production from wind-blown snow in the central Arctic, increasing seasonal surface warming The original version of this article by Shawn Ballard appeared on the Washington University in St. Louis website on September 4, 2023. Results in Nature Geoscience indicated abundant fine sea salt aerosol production from blowing snow…
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With Data Gathered, SCILLA Flies to Analysis
Research aircraft collects aerosol and trace gas data upwind of EPCAPE campaign The Ellen Browning Scripps Memorial Pier, current home of the ARM Mobile Facility during the Eastern Pacific Cloud Aerosol Precipitation Experiment (EPCAPE), juts into the Pacific Ocean. This photo was taken June 6, 2023, from the Naval Postgraduate School’s Twin Otter research aircraft…
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ARM Announces 2023 Service Award Winners
User facility presents honors to ARM staff at ARM/ASR joint meeting Sarah Fillmore For the fifth year in a row, the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility honored staff for their outstanding service and valuable contributions to ARM and its users. ARM Director Jim Mather announced the 2023 ARM Service Award winners during an August…