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ARM’s 2021 EGU Meeting Highlights Include MOSAiC Insights
The 2019–2020 Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition used the icebreaker R/V Polarstern as its central observatory. The Polarstern, which transported more than 50 ARM instruments to the central Arctic, was frozen into the ice for almost a full year. Photo is by David Chu, Los Alamos National Laboratory. The…
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ARM Teams with Mississippi State University for Atmospheric Research
Collaboration seeks to fine-tune uncrewed aerial systems Editor’s note: The original version of this article was written by Chris Bryant of Mississippi State University. Text is republished with permission. From left, Matt Newburn of the ARM Aerial Facility and Connor White and Miles Ennis, both of the Raspet Flight Research Laboratory, integrate instrumentation into a…
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2021 ARM/ASR Joint Meeting Breakout Sessions
Breakout sessions are an important part of the annual Joint Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility/Atmospheric System Research (ASR) Principal Investigators Meeting. Such sessions provide participants an opportunity to discuss important topical science and technical issues in more detail. The following 12 breakout sessions are scheduled for the 2021 ARM/ASR joint meeting, which will be…
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Nomination Deadline Extended for 2021 ARM Service Awards
ARM leadership is seeking nominations to recognize individuals or teams for their outstanding service to ARM and the ARM science community. For the past two years, nominations have been sought from among ARM staff, but this year, we are also providing an opportunity for members of the broader community to recognize ARM staff for their contributions.…
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Updated Decadal Vision Captures ARM’s Long-Term Priorities
The updated ARM Decadal Vision document is now available on the ARM website. A final version of the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility’s updated Decadal Vision document is now available. The document lays out how the facility plans to address increasingly complex science challenges related to ARM’s mission over the next five to 10…
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Final Deadlines Approaching for 2021 ARM/ASR Joint Meeting
The Joint Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility/Atmospheric System Research (ASR) Principal Investigators Meeting will be held virtually June 21 to 24, 2021. This meeting will bring together ARM users, ARM infrastructure members, and ASR researchers to review progress and discuss scientific priorities for the ARM user facility and ASR research. There will be no…
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Storm Chasers, Knowledge Makers
Recent work spanning two related field campaigns in Argentina gets play in the same journal The 2018–2019 Cloud, Aerosol, and Complex Terrain Interactions (CACTI) field campaign used an ARM aircraft, pictured, to collect data on properties of clouds and aerosols over Argentina’s Sierras de Córdoba mountain range. Photo is by Jason Tomlinson, Pacific Northwest National…
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ACORES Action, ARM Aid
A 2021 ground-air study adds insights on an elusive atmospheric feature Instruments at ARM’s Eastern North Atlantic (ENA) atmospheric observatory, above, complemented helicopter-borne instruments during the 2017 Azores Stratocumulus Measurements of Radiation, Turbulence and Aerosols (ACORES) field campaign. A recent paper in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS) illustrates the value of airborne…
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Unexpected Riches Come From a Change in Plans
Globe-trotting instrument’s extended stay at ARM’s Eastern North Atlantic observatory results in a bounty of data Editor’s note: This is the third article in a series looking at how ARM has continued to support atmospheric science during the pandemic. The Portable Ice Nucleation Experiment (PINE) chamber has operated at ARM’s Southern Great Plains and Eastern…
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Improving Modeled Cloud Drizzle-Turbulence Interactions
National laboratory researchers use ARM data to enhance future earth system predictions Stratocumulus clouds hover over the ocean and linger for weeks to months. Photo is courtesy of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Large decks of closely spaced stratocumulus clouds hover over the ocean and cover vast areas—literally thousands of miles of the subtropical oceans—and linger…