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Capturing Clouds for LASSO Leads to New Radar Techniques
Modelers and measurers work together to improve cloud measurements The ARM Climate Research Facility has some of the best instruments in the world for measuring atmospheric properties, but achieving the highest-quality results requires knowing the optimal way to use them. In a recent paper, a research team used ARM data to optimize radar measurements and…
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Data Storage Upgrades Future-Proof ARM Field Sites—For Now
Planning makes perfect for successful upgrades to the site data systems Throughout 2016, Cory Stuart, ARM’s Site Data System (SDS) and Cyber Security Manager, and his team at Argonne National Laboratory have been methodically visiting all ARM sites to upgrade the data systems, especially storage capacity. By their last installation—completed at the Eastern North Atlantic…
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ARM Pilot Featured in Trade Magazine
Clayton Eveland is one of Airport Business Magazine’s “40 under 40” From Hawaii to Alaska, Clayton Eveland is making splashes in the aviation industry. Currently a pilot for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) supported Gulfstream-159 aircraft, a cornerstone of the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility, Eveland was chosen by Airport Business magazine…
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ARM/ASR Veteran Researchers Win American Geophysical Union Ascent Awards
U.S. Department of Energy-funded researchers recognized at AGU Fall Meeting Susan van den Heever and Christian Jakob, two veteran Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility and Atmospheric System Research (ASR)-affiliated atmospheric scientists, have had their achievements recognized with Ascent Awards, which will be presented at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Honors Tribute, to be…
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Update on ARM User Executive Committee
During nearly two years of virtual monthly meetings and two ‘live’ get-togethers since its formation in December 2014, ARM’s User Executive Committee (UEC) has steadily gone about its business of discussing and making recommendations on issues of concern to ARM Climate Research Facility users. Throughout, the UEC has remained true to its chartered function of…
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KAZR-ARSCL and KAZRCOR Products Now Available for 2011-2014 Data
Updated 3/1/2017: Data has been updated from evaluation data to baseline production data. The Active Remote Sensing of Clouds product using Ka-band ARM Zenith Radars (KAZR-ARSCL) value-added product (VAP) and KAZR Corrected Data (KAZRCOR) VAP together are successors to the retired ARSCL VAP. The ARSCL VAP was based on the Millimeter Wavelength Cloud Radar (MMCR),…
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New WACR Radar Data Available for AWARE Campaign
The W-band ARM Cloud Radar-Active Remotely Sensed Cloud Locations (WACR-ARSCL) provides cloud boundaries and best-estimate time-height fields of radar moments. WACR observations are corrected for velocity aliasing, and then significant detection masks are produced. The corrected WACR measurements are combined with observations from the micropulse lidar, ceilometer, soundings, rain gauge, and microwave radiometer, low-level clutter…
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Celebrating Climate Data’s Wild Blue Yonder
A decade ago ARM had no aircraft of its own and managed only a few instruments for aerial measurements. This October marks the 10th anniversary of the ARM Aerial Facility.
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HI-SCALE Finishes Collecting Data About Shallow Convective Clouds
ARM field campaign gathers data that will be used to examine the life cycle of shallow convective clouds What controls the initiation, maintenance, and distribution of shallow convective clouds? The just-finished ARM campaign Holistic Interactions of Shallow Clouds, Aerosols, and Land-Ecosystems, or HI-SCALE, collected data that will help answer that question. Making use of ARM’s…
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Data Developers Meeting Helps Align ARM Staff with Facility Goals
Sessions indicate the ARM reconfiguration is on track, but there is more work ahead During the last week of September, about 55 ARM Climate Research Facility staff members gathered at Oak Ridge National Laboratory for the annual Developers Meeting to discuss current activities, solve problems, and better align ARM operations with the Facility’s long-term goals.…