Category: Facility News

  • Arctic Energy Office Joins Naval Arctic Research Lab’s 75th Anniversary Celebration

    ARM representatives travel to Utqiaġvik, Alaska, for the occasion The original version of this post is available on the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) website. From left to right, Andy Glen, Ben Cook, Nagruk Harcharek, Mark Ivey, Matt Heavner, and Jim Mather stand by the Naval Arctic Research Laboratory’s 75th anniversary banner. Photo is courtesy…

  • Register for Land-Atmosphere Workshop Hosted by ARM and EMSL

    Atmospheric and earth systems scientists are welcome to join an open and virtual workshop, “Chemical processing across scales at land-atmosphere interfaces,” from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Pacific time (11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern time) Monday, October 17, 2022. Co-hosts are the U.S. Department of Energy’s Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility and Environmental…

  • Pan-GASS Meeting Further Strengthens Ties Between ARM and Modelers

    ARM staff and users present at conference of international weather and climate scientists The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility maintains long-term relationships with several scientific communities that have informed its mission to improve climate and earth system models. One of these groups is the Global Energy and Water Exchanges/Global Atmospheric System Studies (GEWEX/GASS) community.…

  • Anna Hodshire: Partial to Particles

    An early career atmospheric scientist joins a hunt for aerosols in complex mountain terrain In September 2021, Anna Hodshire (left), then with Handix Scientific Inc., helps unspool armored ethernet cable for a portable aerosol measurement unit during the early days of the Surface Atmosphere Integrated Field Laboratory (SAIL) campaign near Gothic, Colorado. With her is…

  • Updated: Election Coming for ARM User Executive Committee

    Make your voice heard: Submit nominations by September 16 The nomination deadline has been extended to Friday, September 16, for the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility’s User Executive Committee (UEC). The UEC serves as the official voice of the user community in its interactions with ARM management. Members are charged with providing objective, timely…

  • Submit Nominations for 2022 ARM Service Awards

    The leadership of the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility again seeks nominations to recognize individuals or teams for their outstanding service to ARM and the ARM science community. Examples of outstanding service might include: developing creative or innovative solutions to difficult problems completing a critical task in the field or other settings significantly improving…

  • Scientists Awarded Support for Joint ARM/EMSL User Facility Projects

    In fiscal year 2023, ARM will continue tethered balloon system (TBS) flights during the Surface Atmosphere Integrated Field Laboratory (SAIL) campaign near Crested Butte, Colorado (above). TBS will also fly at ARM’s Southern Great Plains atmospheric observatory. Photo is by Brent Peterson, Sandia National Laboratories. Four new research projects will integrate capabilities of the Atmospheric…

  • Deadline Extended: 2023 American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting

    Sessions for the 2023 American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meeting are being announced. If you are leading a session relevant to the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility or Atmospheric System Research (ASR), please let us know. We are collecting this information to be shared on the ARM and ASR websites as it is provided. Abstract submission is open for the 103rd…

  • DOE Graduate Student Research Opportunities Available

    Register for workshops to learn more about the program and application process The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program is now accepting applications for the 2022 Solicitation 2 cycle. Applications are due by 5 p.m. Eastern time Wednesday, November 9. SCGSR application assistance workshops will be held at 3 p.m.…

  • Utqiaġvik, Where There Was Still Snow in June

    ARM snow albedo campaign resumes in Alaska after pandemic postponement This is an updated version of a story by Serina Wesen, University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF). From left to right, Hannah Chapman-Dutton, Anika Pinzner, and Serina Wesen take albedo and snow-depth line measurements in May 2022 on Alaska’s Elson Lagoon during ARM’s resumed Snow ALbedo…