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  • ARM Data-Oriented Metrics and Diagnostics Package Updated

    New release will be used in E3SM diagnostics package The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility provides high-frequency and long-term data sets to help develop and improve earth system models. A data-oriented metrics and diagnostics package called ARM-DIAGS—now in its second version—is designed to further facilitate the use of ground-based ARM measurements in model evaluation. ARM-DIAGS…

  • Microwave Radiometer Retrieval Data Available for 3 ARM Campaigns

    The Microwave Radiometer Retrievals (MWRRET) value-added product (VAP) has been released for three recent Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility field campaigns. Data from the Cold-Air Outbreaks in the Marine Boundary Layer Experiment (COMBLE) are available for the full campaign duration—December 1, 2019, to June 1, 2020—near Andenes, Norway. MWRRET has also been processed for…

  • Large-Scale Forcing Data Released for West Antarctic Campaign

    Four months of continuous large-scale forcing data are now available for the ARM Mobile Facility deployment at McMurdo Station during the ARM West Antarctic Radiation Experiment (AWARE). Scientists can use this value-added product (VAP), known as VARANAL, to drive single-column models, cloud-resolving models, and large-eddy simulation models for different cloud and convective systems. To help…

  • ARM Development Update: Value-Added Products

    Editor’s note: This is the first quarterly update from ARM Engineering and Process Manager Jennifer Comstock, who also oversees ARM science products. After several years focused on improving the delivery of value-added products (VAPs) for ARM Mobile Facility deployments, ARM data translators are turning their attention to upgrading existing VAPs and developing new VAPs. Translator…

  • Shaocheng Xie: Translating ARM Data for Science

    A cloud and earth system modeler coordinates the science translators who help make ARM measurements more accessible In the summer of 1992, the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility collected its first data from a battery-powered device in an Oklahoma cow pasture. Almost three decades later, ARM operates atmospheric observatories in climate-critical regions across the…

  • Register Now: ARM Data Discovery Webinar

    Editor’s note: A Data Discovery demonstration by Kyle Dumas of the ARM Data Center is available for viewing now. Get your ARM Data Discovery questions answered and learn about new features during an hourlong webinar at 2 p.m. Eastern time Thursday, March 11. Data Discovery is where you can access and order data from ARM’s…

  • Boon of New Aerosol and Trace Gas Data for ARM Users

    The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility recently released b1-level data products for aerosol size distributions, aerosol chemical composition, and trace gases to the ARM Data Center. ARM b1-level products undergo calibration, correction, and quality control processes beyond the facility’s standard quality checks and corrections. Oftentimes, b1-level products are then further developed into c1-level value-added…

  • In the World of Radiation, Riihimaki Moves On Up

    ARM radiometer mentor is now deputy project manager for the Baseline Surface Radiation Network Laura Riihimaki’s radiation expertise is in high demand these days. Riihimaki is an instrument mentor for the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility, overseeing radiometer systems that go on ships and aircraft. She is also a research scientist with the Cooperative…

  • New Cases and High-Frequency Observations Released for LASSO

    The Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) ARM Symbiotic Simulation and Observation (LASSO) data set has grown yet again. Seventeen new cases are now available from the 2019 shallow convection season at the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility’s Southern Great Plains (SGP) atmospheric observatory. The current LASSO data set focuses on shallow convection with LES output provided…

  • ARM Produces Its First 3-Dimensional Large-Scale Forcing Data

    The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility has made available its first three-dimensional (3D) large-scale forcing data using a 3D constrained variational analysis approach, known as VARANAL3D. Initially, VARANAL3D evaluation data are available from two field campaigns at ARM’s Southern Great Plains (SGP) atmospheric observatory: the Spring Cloud Intensive Operational Period from March 1 to…