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Tag: FY2024

  • Users Ask for New Arctic Aerosol Measurements, and ARM Listens

    ARM installs set of aerosol instruments at neighboring NOAA facility in Utqiaġvik, Alaska The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility, in collaboration with NOAA, is filling a need for additional aerosol measurements at the “top of the world” to help give scientists a richer picture of atmospheric particles in the Arctic. For more than 50…

  • New Merged Product Integrates G-1 Flight Data

    From 2010 until its final science mission in 2018, the Gulfstream-159 (G-1) aircraft served as the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility’s main airborne research laboratory. The new ARM Aerial Facility (AAF) Merged value-added product (AAFMERGED VAP) for historical AAF G-1 campaigns has been developed to provide users with a set of frequently used G-1…

  • New Plan Details ARM’s Aerosol Priorities for Fiscal Year 2025

    The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility has released its aerosol operations plan for fiscal year 2025 (FY2025). This is the second consecutive year in which ARM has published its aerosol operations plan, responding to recommendations from the Aerosol Measurement Science Group (AMSG). The AMSG is a constituent group that provides input to ARM Director…

  • ARM Data Services Completes Successful Fiscal Year 2024

    Editor’s note: This is an update from ARM Chief Data and Computing Officer Giri Prakash. I am pleased to share an overview of ARM Data Services’ significant accomplishments during fiscal year 2024 (FY2024). First and foremost, I extend my gratitude to the ARM staff and the broader scientific community for their invaluable support in advancing…

  • ARM’s Long-Awaited Alabama Observatory Set to Start

    Editor’s note (October 18, 2024): The story below originally published September 24, 2024. The Bankhead National Forest atmospheric observatory is now operational and collecting data at the main and supplemental sites. See what data are now available from the observatory in the ARM Data Center.  Beginning on October 1, 2024, the new observatory will provide…

  • Bankhead National Forest Observatory Opening Approaches

    Main and supplemental sites scheduled to be operational by October 1, 2024 The final push is underway to open the Bankhead National Forest (BNF) atmospheric observatory for business. Staff from the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility are working in Alabama to have the BNF’s main and supplemental sites operating by October 1, 2024. ARM…