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A Glowing Review: ARM User Honored by Royal Society of Chemistry
Early career researcher Zezhen “Jay” Cheng named outstanding peer reviewer for society journal Editor’s note: The original version of this article was published on the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory website. ARM user Zezhen “Jay” Cheng was named a 2023 Environmental Science: Atmospheres Outstanding Peer Reviewer. Photo is by Andrea Starr, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Zezhen…
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Two Graduate Students to Work With ARM Users Through DOE’s SCGSR Program
New projects focus on aerosol research To prepare more graduate students for careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program provides awards to outstanding U.S. graduate students, allowing them to conduct part of their thesis research at DOE laboratories. “The Graduate Student Research program…
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Scratching the Surface of Aerosols with Uncrewed Aerial Systems
New method helps realize the potential of uncrewed aerial systems This story was originally published on the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory website. Uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) can help atmospheric scientists efficiently collect a wide range of samples and data. ARM file photo. Developing a picture of the atmosphere requires measurements from the ground and in…
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Marine Stratocumulus Clouds Seem to Consist of Neighborhoods of Relatively Uniform Properties
Researchers show common reflective clouds are not spatially homogenous In February 2018, ARM’s Gulfstream-159 (G-1) research aircraft gets ready to take off into the stratocumulus clouds above during the Aerosol and Cloud Experiments in the Eastern North Atlantic (ACE-ENA) field campaign. A Science paper reports new details on cloud droplets observed by an instrument on…
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Researchers Look to Origins of New Particle Formation
First user-driven ArcticShark campaign takes flight in Oklahoma Gerardo Carrillo-Cardenas (left) and Gannet Hallar, posing together on the University of Utah campus, are co-leading a field campaign that uses ARM’s ArcticShark uncrewed aerial system (UAS) in Oklahoma. Photo is courtesy of Hallar. In the complex dance of atmospheric processes affecting Earth’s energy balance, new particle…
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ARM Data Help Scientists Challenge Perceptions of the Link Between Clouds and Land
Eos magazine highlights recent research that questions the previous conventional understanding of how clouds form and engage with the Earth’s surface Data collected at ARM’s Southern Great Plains atmospheric observatory in Oklahoma are the focus of new cloud formation research featured in a February 2024 Eos article. Photo is by Nicki Hickmon, Argonne National Laboratory.…
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Register for CoURAGE Science Team Meeting
Baltimore, Maryland, will be the host city of the Coast-Urban-Rural Atmospheric Gradient Experiment (CoURAGE) from December 2024 through November 2025. “Baltimore Skyline” by Larry Syverson is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. The first Coast-Urban-Rural Atmospheric Gradient Experiment (CoURAGE) science team meeting will be held June 6, 2024, at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. There is…
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Submit Nominations for 2024 ARM Service Awards
ARM gives a challenge coin to each of its service award winners. Image is created by ARM. The leadership of the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility again seeks nominations to recognize ARM staff for their outstanding service to ARM and its users. This will be the sixth consecutive year of the ARM Service Awards,…
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Calibrations Help Keep ARM Instruments in Tip-Top Shape
In response to community feedback, ARM is committed to making its calibration processes more transparent The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility has a robust calibration ecosystem for its instruments. Regular calibration to established standards or reference instruments and ongoing calibration checks (verifications) help ARM ensure that it is providing the highest-quality measurements possible for…
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CAPE-k Technicians Will Help Keep ARM Data Flowing From Tasmania
Tom Day (left) and Frank Zurek are the technicians for the Cloud And Precipitation Experiment at kennaook (CAPE-k). Portraits are by Nathan Bilow. Site technicians watch over instruments deployed by the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility and make sure they run smoothly in the field. For the next 17 months, technicians Tom Day and…