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Tag: ENA

  • Cloud Condensation Nuclei Vertical Profile Data Product Extended to ENA

    This sample plot from ARM’s Eastern North Atlantic atmospheric observatory shows the retrieved number concentration of cloud condensation nuclei at 0.4% supersaturation for April 1, 2023. Data plot is by Gourihar Kulkarni, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The Retrieved Number concentration of Cloud Condensation Nuclei value-added product (RNCCN VAP) is now available for evaluation for the…

  • New Merged Product Integrates G-1 Flight Data

    Aerosol concentration data from the G-1 ultrafine condensation particle counter are shown for an approximately three-hour flight on December 8, 2018, near Córdoba, Argentina, during the CACTI campaign. Image is from Krista Gaustad, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. From 2010 until its final science mission in 2018, the Gulfstream-159 (G-1) aircraft served as the Atmospheric Radiation…

  • New 2- and 3-Channel Microwave Radiometer Retrieval Data Produced

    This MWRRET quicklook image provides information from the 2-channel microwave radiometer that operated on the Ellen Browning Scripps Memorial Pier in La Jolla, California, during the EPCAPE campaign on December 14, 2023. The image shows, from top to bottom, observed brightness temperatures at 23.8 GHz (blue) and 31.4 GHz (red); retrieved precipitable water vapor from…

  • Improved Broadband Radiation Data Available From ARM Fixed Sites

    ARM radiometers operate near Lamont, Oklahoma, on April 18, 2023. ARM file photo. The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility processes yearly data from the Data Quality Assessment for ARM Radiation Data (QCRAD) product—the recommended ARM datastream for broadband surface irradiance measurements—to produce level 2 (c2) files. These files undergo additional processing to improve the…

  • Aerosol Optical Depth Best Estimate Production Data Available for 2 ARM Sites

    These time series of the combined aerosol optical depths (AODs) from 2016 to 2020 at ARM’s Eastern North Atlantic atmospheric observatory do not show seasonal patterns. Gaps in the time series are associated with data quality issues or instrument repair or replacement. Image is courtesy of Gabriel Gibler, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.  Aerosol Optical Depth…

  • New Aerosol Hygroscopicity Kappa Data Available

    Sample CCNSMPSKAPPA plots from the Surface Atmosphere Integrated Field Laboratory (SAIL) field campaign in Colorado show kappa values within critical diameter-supersaturation field space (top) and a time series of kappa (bottom) on March 15, 2022, at ARM’s Aerosol Observing System (AOS) site on Crested Butte Mountain. The CCN particle counter and SMPS operated as part…

  • ARM Expands Collection of Merged Aerosol Size Distribution Data

    The plots show a selection of hand-labeled quality assessments (good, indeterminate, and bad) for MERGEDSMPSAPS aerosol size distributions from ARM data. These distributions and labels were used to train the MERGEDSMPSAPSML value-added product. The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility currently operates at least four instruments that measure a portion of the ambient aerosol size…

  • Radiosonde Parameter Calculation Data Sets Grow at 2 ARM Sites

    This skew-T plot shows the pressure and temperature recorded by an ARM radiosonde launched from ARM’s Southern Great Plains Central Facility near Lamont, Oklahoma, on June 26, 2020. Red, blue, and green dots indicate different radiosonde parameters. New and historical data from the Convective Parameters Derived from Radiosonde Data value-added product (SONDEPARAM VAP) are now…

  • Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer Product Expands to 4 ARM Campaigns

    The figure shows a time series of temperature, relative humidity, and water vapor mixing ratios retrieved from AERIoe for the Cloud, Aerosol, and Complex Terrain Interactions (CACTI) field campaign in Argentina on February 24, 2019. The Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer Optimal Estimation value-added product (AERIoe VAP) is now available in evaluation mode for the following four field…

  • New and Improved ARM Broadband Radiation Data Now Available

    Radiometers operate in mountainous terrain as part of the Surface Atmosphere Integrated Field Laboratory (SAIL) campaign near Crested Butte, Colorado. The campaign took place from September 2021 to June 2023. Photo is by David Chu, Los Alamos National Laboratory. The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility’s longtime recommended datastream for broadband surface irradiance measurements is…