As part of continuing efforts to improve www.arm.gov, significant updates to the engineering portion of the website have been completed. As a result of this team effort between the ACRF Technical Coordination Office, Engineering Support, and Communications Team staff, the successful redesign now reflects the look of the main website, provides improved communication with users,…

Point Reyes National Seashore, on the California coast north of San Francisco, has been identified as the official location for the first deployment of the DOE’s Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Mobile Facility (AMF). As part of a 6-month field campaign beginning in March 2005 to study the microphysical characteristics of marine stratus and, in particular,…

During TWP-ICE, cloud property data will be obtained from numerous research aircraft and a network of surface-based remote sensing sites, including a ship operating in the Timor Sea and numerous ground sites in a 200 km diameter around the ARM Climate Research Facility site in Darwin, Australia. ARM file image. Coming from as far away…

Views produced by the Thumbnail Browser may be saved for future reference or emailed as a link to other users to show them the same view and make additional specifications for their data requests. The larger version of this image shows thumbnail data plots for a period of 7 days from four instruments located at…

A native islander is interviewed in his natural setting at Manus Island as part of the TWP kiosk development effort. ARM file photo. In September 2004, the ARM Climate Research Facility Education and Outreach (EO) staff spent 23 days at the Tropical Western Pacific (TWP) locale to develop stronger working relationships with educators and administrators…

The Citation aircraft—equipped with a standard set of microphysical measurement systems and an ice nucleation counter—completed 13 flights during M-PACE, collecting in situ measurement data. ARM file photo. The Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment (M-PACE), the largest and most ambitious field campaign conducted thus far at the ARM Climate Research Facility North Slope of Alaska locale,…

Prior to the flare tests, SGP personnel informed local landowners and fire departments about the nature of the tests, particularly the large amount of smoke anticipated from the flares. ARM file photo. On October 19 and 20, 2004 a series of aircraft flares were ignited at the ARM Climate Research Facility Southern Great Plains (SGP)…

Representing the first of several planned improvements to the Aerosol Observing System (AOS) at the SGP site, the ARM Climate Research Facility operations staff completed installing a new pump shelter for the system in late September, followed by relocation of the pumps and connection of the electrical hookups in October. Though the enclosure was designed…

Plot Browser, now available through the Data Quality Health and Status (DQ HandS) program, eases viewing by providing lists or thumbnail images of selected data streams. ARM file image. The ARM Climate Research Facility’s Data Quality Office has developed a new way to help data quality analysts, instrument mentors, and site scientists quickly and easily…

An M-PACE researcher launches a radiosonde at Oliktok Point. Several launch periods, spanning at least 5 days each with 4 launches per day, are planned for all four experimental sites (Barrow, Oliktok Point, Atqasuk and Toolik Lake). ARM file photo. During the Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment (M-PACE), taking place in October 2004 at the ARM…