ARM teams up with a 22-nation consortium of observatories and data centers to broaden measurements of Earth’s atmosphere In May 2024, scientists from all over the world take in a presentation in Rennes, France, during the first science conference devoted to the Aerosol, Clouds and Trace Gases Research Infrastructure (ACTRIS). ARM is now collaborating with…

Scientific investigations, data analysis, and model improvements follow the June 2023 end of a Colorado field campaign on mountain hydrology In June 2023, ARM technicians pack up instruments deployed as part of the 21-month Surface Atmosphere Integrated Field Laboratory (SAIL) field campaign in Colorado. Photo is by Travis Guy, Hamelmann Communications. One winter day in…

An atomic physicist at Texas Southern University champions an emerging program in atmospheric science Editor’s note: The original version of this article appeared on the Atmospheric System Research program website. Atomic physics professor Daniel Vrinceanu is leading an effort to develop an atmospheric science program at Texas Southern University (TSU), a historically Black institution in…

ARM is among managers of surface observatories that will validate and use new satellite data Editor’s note (June 13, 2024): This article was originally published four days before the EarthCARE satellite’s launch. The launch from California occurred May 28, 2024, at 3:20 p.m. local time. This illustration of the European-Japanese EarthCARE satellite shows a disk-like…

For 17 months, a field campaign in Tasmania will collect unprecedented data on Southern Ocean aerosol-cloud-precipitation interactions ARM begins its latest data-gathering mission, the Cloud And Precipitation Experiment at kennaook (CAPE-k). Video is courtesy of Tom Day, Hamelmann Communications. Imagine this. Date, place, mission. April 15, 2024. Wind blows across a barren peninsula called kennaook…

For one Utah researcher, a childhood admiration for nature, by way of the U.S. Navy, evolved into a career studying Earth’s atmosphere In April 2023, Jay Mace (left) poses at kennaook/Cape Grim, Tasmania, with Roger Marchand. The two were on a site visit for the Cloud And Precipitation Experiment at kennaook (CAPE-k), a field campaign…

One observationalist looks to improve the modeling of cloud cover over stormy Southern Hemisphere seas Editor’s note (April 24, 2024): From April 2024 to September 2025, Roger Marchand is co-leading a new ARM campaign in Tasmania, the Cloud And Precipitation Experiment at kennaook (CAPE-k). ARM originally published the following profile of Marchand on January 20,…

The coastal marine cloud-aerosol campaign now enters a phase of energetic data analysis Lynn Russell, principal investigator of the yearlong Eastern Pacific Cloud Aerosol Precipitation Experiment (EPCAPE), launches the field campaign’s final radiosonde at 6 p.m. Pacific on February 14, 2024. The launch took place on the Ellen Browning Scripps Memorial Pier in La Jolla,…

With a data boost from ARM during planning, a new project off the New England coast is making observations to inform predictive models of offshore wind energy resources A U.S. Department of Energy lidar buoy, managed by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, gathers data on wind speed and other atmospheric phenomena during the Wind Forecast Improvement…

In his work, the Stony Brook University professor focuses on remote sensing, instrument development, and mentoring Editor’s note: This is the seventh and final article in the 2023–2024 series of profiles on members of the ARM User Executive Committee (UEC). Away from his research, Zhien Wang enjoys outdoor activities, like hiking, that allow him to…