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ARM Now Soliciting Mobile Facility Campaign Preliminary Proposals
Submit your preproposals by February 9, 2024 The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility, supported by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Science, is now accepting preliminary proposals from scientists to deploy an ARM Mobile Facility (AMF) for field campaigns to support the Biological and Environmental Research (BER) program’s interests in advancing the fundamental understanding…
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ASR Workshop Report Explores Future of Atmospheric Large-Eddy Simulation
Report discusses ARM LASSO activity, which combines observations and high-resolution modeling According to a new Atmospheric System Research (ASR) workshop report, large-eddy simulation (LES) modeling will “drive fundamental progress in open scientific questions” over the next decade as LES is increasingly used to gain an understanding of complex interacting physical processes involving atmospheric turbulence. The…
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Shilling Assumes ARM Lead Translator Role From Giangrande
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory atmospheric chemist now oversees development of ARM value-added products John Shilling To make its data more accessible to scientists, the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility relies on science translators. These researchers lead the development of value-added products (VAPs) from ARM instrument data, working closely with ARM software developers to implement VAPs on ARM…
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ARM Aerial Facility Establishes UAS Advisory Group
Outside expertise will give ARM needed perspective as it expands uncrewed aerial system operations ARM Aerial Facility staff prepare the ArcticShark uncrewed aerial system (UAS) for flight during a series of test flights in February 2023 at the Pendleton (Oregon) UAS Range. Airborne observations—in concert with ground measurements—are essential in helping to inform a fundamental…
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New ARM Observatory Heads Toward Early 2024 Start of Operations
Work is underway in what will soon become the main office site of ARM’s Bankhead National Forest (BNF) atmospheric observatory. Photo is by Mark Spychala, Argonne National Laboratory. This holiday season, staff from the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility will be busy building and preparing a long-awaited gift for scientists worldwide: the Bankhead National…
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EPCAPE Gets Intensive
A pair of intensive operational periods pick up the pace of data collection for an ongoing ARM campaign in Southern California In June 2023, instruments along the Ellen Browning Scripps Memorial Pier collect measurements in the first of two intensive operational periods (IOPs) during the Eastern Pacific Cloud Aerosol Precipitation Experiment (EPCAPE) in La Jolla,…
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ARM Seeks Lead Mentor for Distributed Aerosol Size Distribution Measurements
ARM seeks an instrument lead mentor (technical lead) for distributed aerosol size distribution measurements during an upcoming field campaign in Baltimore, Maryland. “Baltimore Skyline” by Larry Syverson is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. The U.S. Department of Energy’s Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility is seeking an instrument lead mentor (technical lead) for distributed aerosol…
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Propose for ARM ArcticShark Flights
Submit preliminary proposals by November 1 The U.S. Department of Energy’s Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility is now accepting preliminary proposals from scientists to deploy ARM’s ArcticShark uncrewed aerial system in fiscal year 2024 to support the Biological and Environmental Research program’s scientific interests in the region of ARM’s Southern Great Plains (SGP) atmospheric…
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ARM Begins Making Moves to Balance Scope and Resources in FY2024
Aim is to meet user needs and ensure continued delivery of impactful data ARM’s oldest atmospheric observatory, the Southern Great Plains (above), has begun to undergo changes that will reduce its footprint but make it more consistent with ARM’s forthcoming Bankhead National Forest observatory in Alabama. Photo is by Nicki Hickmon, Argonne National Laboratory. Changes…
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Funding Opportunity Announced for DOE Climate Resilience Centers
FY2024 FOA will provide $5 million to Historically Black Colleges and Universities, non-R1 Minority-Serving Institutions, and emerging research institutions DOE has issued an FOA for Climate Resilience Centers, providing an estimated $5 million to Historically Black Colleges and Universities, non-R1 Minority-Serving Institutions, and emerging research institutions. A new funding opportunity announcement (FOA) has been issued…