May 16, 2022, is the 30th anniversary of the first data collected at ARM’s Southern Great Plains atmospheric observatory. Over the coming year, ARM will publish an “ARM30” series of articles, which will reflect on the science impacts of ARM data over the past 30 years while looking ahead to the facility’s future. As part…

table.earth-table td { vertical-align:top; } Earth Day, born on April 22, 1970, is the annual day we honor our planet and bring awareness to how we can protect it. For Earth Day 2022, the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility asked for reflections from early career scientists who study earth systems―the interlocking nature, properties, and…

ARM’s new high-performance computing cluster is available for user projects. Users must request access to this resource. Image is courtesy of Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility has a new high-performance computing cluster available for users’ big-data needs. Based at the ARM Data Center, the new Cumulus replaces the Stratus…

Researchers study particles collected in Alaska during ARM field campaign As part of an ARM field campaign, researchers collected aerosols in August and September 2015 at this tundra site outside of Utqiaġvik, Alaska, near ARM’s North Slope of Alaska site. That work helped researchers uncover new information about the composition of aerosols found in the…

Eos magazine highlights recent research paper In June 2017, ARM’s Gulfstream-159 (G-1) research aircraft prepares to fly in the Azores as part of the Aerosol and Cloud Experiments in the Eastern North Atlantic (ACE-ENA) field campaign. ACE-ENA collected airborne and ground-based data on marine low clouds and aerosols during two intensive operational periods: summer 2017…

Research will advance big data movement and analysis, develop tools for visually exploring data and communicating results The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $26 million for research to advance scientific data management and visualization. Foundational research in data management will address challenges stemming from the increasingly massive data sets produced by scientific experiments…

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will provide $84 million for new observational, modeling, and simulation studies to improve the accuracy of community-scale climate research and inform equitable climate solutions to minimize adverse impacts caused by climate change. According to a DOE announcement released March 23, 2022, supported research will focus on three tightly related scientific topics—atmospheric…

Catalyzing partnerships between underrepresented colleges and universities and DOE climate, Earth, and environmental sciences research The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced plans to provide $1.5 million for new grants to colleges and universities that are underrepresented in DOE’s climate, Earth, and environmental science investments. The Research Development and Partnership Pilot (RDPP) is designed to…

ARM is accepting preliminary proposals for field campaigns. The deadline is April 5, 2022. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is accepting preliminary proposals from scientists worldwide to use components of the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility for field campaigns. Preproposals are due April 5, 2022, for: Use of an ARM Mobile Facility (AMF)…

As COVID numbers continue to decline in the United States, mask mandates are going away or changing in many parts of the country. In response to local COVID transmission rates and evolving guidelines from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other health organizations, ARM sites are updating their COVID safety requirements.…