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Charting a Course for ARM Aerial Measurements
Scientists gather to provide expertise and direction Jason Tomlinson, director of engineering for the ARM Aerial Facility (AAF), presents during the ARM Aerial Instrumentation Workshop in March 2020 at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). Photo is by Andrea Starr, PNNL. While much of the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility is firmly rooted on the…
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LASSO Shallow Convection Scenario Documented in BAMS
Through the Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) ARM Symbiotic Simulation and Observation (LASSO) activity, measurements and models work together at ARM’s Southern Great Plains atmospheric observatory. To help bridge the gap between observations and large-scale models, the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility began the Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) ARM Symbiotic Simulation and Observation (LASSO) activity in 2015.…
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ARM CACTI Radar Data Ascend to New Level of Usability
Highly characterized data from Argentina achieve data epoch status The second-generation C-Band Scanning ARM Precipitation Radar (CSAPR2) went on its first deployment during the 2018‒2019 Cloud, Aerosol, and Complex Terrain Interactions (CACTI) field campaign in Argentina. The CSAPR2 was one of four ARM radars that operated during CACTI. Photo is by Joseph Hardin, Pacific Northwest…
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Up on Updrafts and ARM Data
Neil Lareau, a creator in many ways, investigates how pulses of surface air help make clouds Atmospheric scientist Neil Lareau studies how heat, moisture, and momentum from Earth’s surface enter the atmosphere and help initiate cloud formation. Photo is courtesy of the University of Nevada, Reno. Neil Lareau―who at different times has been an oil…
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ARM Special Announcement: COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) Facility Updates
ARM’s Southern Great Plains (SGP) atmospheric observatory went into reduced operation mode on April 2 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. A month later, with the easing of restrictions in Oklahoma, site operations staff have started a phased opening of the SGP. Daily servicing of instruments began May 4 at 8:30 a.m. Central time. Additionally, several…
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Arctic Research Soars to New Heights
This story was originally published on the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) website. CIRES postdoctoral researcher Radiance Calmer (left) and University of Colorado, Boulder, engineering graduate student Jonathan Hamilton place an unmanned aerial system on its launcher in preparation for its first test flight in Boulder. It’s the same kind they are using…
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2020 ARM/ASR Joint Meeting Will Move Online
Editor’s note (May 11, 2020): Read the latest joint meeting update on the ARM website. A draft agenda is available now on the meeting website. Dear ARM/ASR Community, We look forward to the Joint ARM User Facility/ASR Principal Investigators Meeting each year. It is a chance for us to hear about your latest science results, for you…
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ARM Adds to Its Data Toolbox for the Scientific Community
Users working with atmospheric time-series data can get help from a new open-source toolkit The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility maintains a data archive that spans almost three decades, 400-plus instrument systems, and diverse climate regimes around the world. “We wanted to create a platform where science users could share code with ARM and…
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New Paper Gathers Early Results From ARM West Antarctic Campaign
The West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) installation team included, from left to right: Maciej Ryczek, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL); Dan Lubin, Scripps Institution of Oceanography; Colin Jenkinson, Australian Bureau of Meteorology; and Heath Powers, LANL. Photo is courtesy of Lubin. A new article in the early online releases for the Bulletin of the American…
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ARM Returns to Brazil for Second Data Science Workshop
ARM Data Center staff transfer knowledge of big data ARM Data Center staff mingle with workshop attendees for a group photo at a data science workshop in February 2020 in São Paulo, Brazil. Photos are courtesy of Giri Prakash, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. In October 2017, Giri Prakash, data services manager for the Atmospheric Radiation…