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Black Carbon Data Product Available for Use
Sample plots show black carbon mass concentrations and size distributions from February 16, 2020, at ARM’s North Slope of Alaska (NSA) atmospheric observatory. On this day, smoke from biomass burning approached the NSA. The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility developed a data product for scientists to measure the black carbon (BC) mass loadings in…
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ARM Instrument Mentor Updates: Here’s to New Adventures
Two longtime colleagues plot their retirement journeys, a new mentor joins the fold, and another’s lead mentorship becomes official Stephen Springston, right, a Brookhaven National Laboratory chemist and soon-to-be-retiree, poses with longtime lab colleague Tom Watson, a chemist who retired earlier this year. Both have been instrument mentors for ARM. In the fall of 2020,…
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Boon of New Aerosol and Trace Gas Data for ARM Users
Aerosol Observing Systems, such as this one at the Southern Great Plains atmospheric observatory, are ARM’s primary platforms for in situ aerosol measurements at Earth’s surface. Photo is courtesy of Janek Uin, Brookhaven National Laboratory. The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility recently released b1-level data products for aerosol size distributions, aerosol chemical composition, and…