To study consequential clouds, a California researcher employs an updated stereo camera system David Romps pauses before boarding a train. He uses this lower-energy means of transport rather than air travel. Photo is courtesy of Romps. David Romps, a professor of earth and planetary science at the University of California, Berkeley, studies shallow cumuli. These…

Episode of long-running PBS series focuses on MOSAiC expedition The German icebreaker R/V Polarstern carried ARM instruments during the 2019–2020 Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition. Photo is by Lukas Piotrowski, Alfred Wegener Institute. On October 13, the PBS science series “Nova” aired “Arctic Drift,” the story of the Multidisciplinary…

The Biological and Environmental Research (BER) Advisory Committee (BERAC) seeks input to assess BER’s standing in relation to related research efforts nationally and internationally, and to consider strategies that would increase BER’s ability to conduct world-class science in core BER research areas. Please see the Federal Register Notice for more information on this request. Interested…

Findings could help improve modeling of atmospheric particles involved in ice crystal formation This schematic lays out the concept of the Aerosol-Ice Formation Closure Pilot Study at ARM’s Southern Great Plains (SGP) atmospheric observatory. Figure is courtesy of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS). The formation of ice crystals in the atmosphere has…

ARM is planning tethered balloon system (TBS) flights at its Southern Great Plains atmospheric observatory in fiscal year 2022. Here, a TBS operates above the ARM site near Marshall, Oklahoma, in February 2021. Photo is by Brent Peterson, Sandia National Laboratories. Two projects received support through a recent proposal call integrating capabilities of the Atmospheric…

In response to the current surge in COVID-19 cases and new federal requirements and guidelines, requirements for visiting ARM sites are changing fairly rapidly with regard to masking, vaccinations, and COVID testing. Many institutions also currently have longer-than-normal timelines for travel approval processes. For anyone wanting to visit an ARM site, please plan ahead and…

Editor’s note: The last day for data collection from Oliktok Point, Alaska, was June 15, 2021. On June 1, 2021, ARM will start winding down operations of its mobile facility at Oliktok Point, Alaska. The facility will be fully out of Oliktok by the end of August to undergo preparations for its upcoming deployment to…

A California scientist embarks on an ARM-supported mission in Colorado to measure the mechanisms influencing mountain hydrology Before the days of setting up the Surface Atmosphere Integrated Field Laboratory (SAIL) campaign, Daniel Feldman pauses while cross-country skiing in Colorado. Photo is courtesy of Feldman. Beginning in September 2021, a field campaign called the Surface Atmosphere…

New journal article details ARM data process, Data Discovery redesign; ARM hits 3 petabytes of archived data A new article in the journal Earth Science Informatics tells the story of the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility’s constantly growing trove of data in the ARM Data Center. The article also details the recent redevelopment of…