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Journal Special Issue Includes Mobile Facility Data from Germany
In 2007, the ARM Mobile Facility participated in one of the most ambitious field studies ever conducted in Europe—the Convective and Orographically Induced Precipitation Study (COPS). Now, 21 papers published in a special issue of the Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society demonstrate that the data collected during COPS are providing new insight into:…
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Team Continues Campaign Planning on Gan Island
In February, team members from the second ARM Mobile Facility met with scientific colleagues in the Maldives to confirm site selections for various ground-based instruments for their first international field campaign supporting the ARM Madden Julian Oscillation Investigation Experiment on Gan (AMIE-Gan).
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ARM Explores New Frontier with American Association for the Advancment of Science
The ARM Facility participated for the first time in the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) held February 17-21 in Washington D.C.
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ARM Outreach and Users Part of Record-Breaking Society Meetings
Over 750 visitors stopped by the ARM Facility exhibit to learn how they can participate during the annual American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2010 Fall Meeting and 91st American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meeting. This week, the ARM Facility is attending the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting in Washington DC.
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News Tips from AMS 2011
At the American Meteorological Society’s 91st Annual Meeting, held this year in Seattle from January 24-28, ARM scientific users are presenting dozens of oral and poster sessions describing their research using data from the user facility. ARM also has a presence in the Exhibit Hall throughout the week to share information about ARM data and…
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ARM Data Featured at United Nations Climate Change Conference
At the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP16) in Cancun, Mexico, in early December 2010, a new global audience got the chance to learn about ARM and how its data are used to improve climate models. Led by the U.S. Department of State, ARM was part of an interagency multimedia demonstration about U.S. climate research…
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ARM Scales Back in Atqasuk, Alaska
Upon completing its primary science mission, the ARM North Slope of Alaska site in Atqasuk will cease baseline measurement operations in 2011. The shutdown will occur in phases over the next few months, starting with termination of site data system communications on January 16, 2011, when the contract with the internet provider expires. Operations at…
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ARM Mobile Facility Completes Extended Campaign in the Azores; Next Stop—India
December 31, 2010, marked the last official day of data collection for the Clouds, Aerosol, and Precipitation in the Marine Boundary Layer field campaign on Graciosa Island in the Azores.
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Cloud Radar Overhauled and Renamed
In mid-December 2010, a new Ka-band ARM zenith radar (KAZR) began a two-week pre-operational test alongside the ARM millimeter wavelength cloud radar (MMCR) at the Southern Great Plains site. This ushers in a new era for the fixed-position cloud data previously acquired by the MMCR. The MMCR will be retired at all of ARM’s permanent…
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NSF Student Travel Fellowship for DYNAMO Field Campaign
As part of the DYNAMO (Dynamics of the MJO) field campaign, which includes the AMIE-Gan campaign, several student travel fellowships funded by the National Science Foundation are available for advanced graduate students and recently graduated postdoctoral associates, especially those from under-represented groups. DYNAMO is the US contribution to the international field program CINDY2011 (Cooperative Indian…