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Keep Up with the American Meteorological Society Radar Conference
Conference website now available The American Meteorological Society (AMS) 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology website is now available to view. Learn about the conference—which is co-chaired by Scott Collis, Argonne National Laboratory and science lead for the Python-ARM Radar Toolkit and translator for centimeter wavelength radars—including how to submit an abstract. There is also a…
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Connect with ARM Data at the American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting
ARM staff are leading the AMS Short Course on Interacting with Radar Data in the Cloud Some worry that the “cloud” is over their heads, but as data sets grow larger in size, the use of cloud platforms is becoming a necessary tool to keep up. Led by Scott Collis, science lead on the Python-ARM…
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Request for Preproposals for Scientific Research
The U.S. Department of Energy welcomes preproposals from all scientists—worldwide—for use of the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility. Deadline is February 1.
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Save the Date! 2017 ARM/ASR Joint Meeting
The 2017 Joint Meeting of the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility Users and Atmospheric System Research (ASR) Principal Investigators will take place during the week of March 13 to 17, 2017.
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DOE User Facilities Join Forces to Study Molecular Processes with Global Effects
EMSL will analyze aerosol samples gathered at an ARM site to better understand how microscopic particles and processes affect climate on a global scale Two U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) user facilities are sponsoring scientists to learn more about aerosols, tiny particles that are suspended in the atmosphere, and the role they play in weather…
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Upcoming Election for ARM User Executive Committee
Make a Difference: Get Involved Nominations are underway for the ARM Facility’s User Executive committee (UEC). The UEC is made up of scientific users of ARM data. Members are selected according to popular vote by the users according to science areas. This year, in addition to soliciting nominations for science themes, we are accepting nominations…
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A-OK in Oklahoma: SGP Reconfiguration is Right on Track
As part of the next-generation ARM Climate Research Facility initiative, the Southern Great Plains site in Oklahoma has been undergoing a reconfiguration, including moving the Raman lidar, to become a “megasite.”
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Capture, Send, Check, Store: ARM’s Continuous Flow of Climate Data
From instruments to archives, terabytes on Sun, Clouds, Wind, and Gases In the sky over the Azores, in the remote Atlantic Ocean, a bank of clouds dips toward a radar on Graciosa Island. Data point. In Oliktok, Alaska, arctic sleet patters against a sensor. Data point. Near a wheat field in flat central Oklahoma, an…
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Doing the Translator Shuffle: Changing Roles at ARM
ARM Translators taking on new challenges: Mike Jensen steps down, Laura Riihimaki and Scott Giangrande step up The role of lead translator is changing hands as Laura Riihimaki, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), takes over for Mike Jensen, Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL). Scott Giangrande, BNL, is also joining the translator team. Speaking the Language of…
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HI-SCALE: Phase II
Editor’s note: Jerome Fast, the principal investigator of the Holistic Interactions of Shallow Clouds, Aerosols, and Ecosystems (HI-SCALE) campaign, sent this update. The second phase of HI-SCALE is underway! And, somehow we are surviving the heat and humidity! The G-1 aircraft arrived in Bartlesville on Saturday, August 24, and we spent the next day ensuring the…