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Containers for Aerosol Observing Systems Pass Acceptance Testing
In a key milestone for the user facility, customized containers for ARM’s new aerosol observing systems (AOS) passed acceptance testing in mid-July. Stephen Springston, a scientist at Brookhaven National Laboratory and leader of the AOS development effort, visited Maloy Mobile Storage in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to inspect and approve the containers, which were customized from…
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American Meterological Society Annual Meeting Abstracts Due August 2
Just a reminder that the deadline for submitting abstracts to the 2011 American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting is Monday, August 2. This year’s meeting theme is “Communicating Weather and Climate” to be held January 23–27, 2011, in Seattle at the Washington State Convention Center. For a list of conference topics, go to http://ams.confex.com/ams/91Annual/oasys.epl or see…
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ARM Data Management Facility Completes Upgrades from Recovery Act Funding
The ARM Data Management Facility (DMF) is the initial collection point for raw data from all the ARM sites. In June, the DMF completed installing and testing $643,000 of new computers and equipment purchased through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. These upgrades increase the DMF processing and storage capacity by 6-10 times…
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A Fond Farewell to Dr. Jeff Kimpel, University of Oklahoma
A special event was held at the University of Oklahoma (OU) campus recently to honor Dr. Jeff Kimpel’s illustrious 30-year career. Among his many accomplishments, Dr. Kimpel was honored for his leadership during the development of the Meteorology Program at OU. Since 1981, Dr. Kimpel has served successively as the Director of the OU School…
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ARM Kiosk Joins International Science Exhibit in Germany
Joining prestigious company overseas, the ARM kiosk is on display at the Isle of Mainau in Germany as part of an international exhibit of science and technology from May 20 through August 29. The exhibit was featured during the 60th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, which took place June 27 to July 2, 2010, in Lindau,…
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Happy Anniversary! ARM Data Quality Office Turns Ten
This June, the ARM Data Quality (DQ) Office celebrates its 10-year anniversary as the official gatekeeper of ARM data. Our DQ Office ensures quality data—the hallmark of ARM—are collected by field instrumentation located at sites around the world.
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Up, Up, and Away–Automated Balloon Launcher Headed to North Slope
The balloon-borne sounding system (BBSS) operates at ARM’s three fixed sites and the ARM Mobile Facility. Sondes, launched into the air, provide information about the atmosphere’s temperature, moisture, pressure, and wind speed. Performing regular balloon launches can be difficult, even dangerous, in the arctic climates of the North Slope of Alaska (NSA). But a new…
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Europeans Keen to Hear About Effects of Dust Using Data from Africa
Researcher Xiaohong Liu from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory was invited to attend the European Geophysical Union General Assembly 2010 in Vienna, Austria, in early May and discuss his research about the climate effects of dust in West Africa. With his scientific colleagues, he used data from aircraft, satellites, and ground stations involved in the African…
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Instruments on Mt. Pico to Supplement Measurements from Graciosa Island
Located high on Mount Pico in the Azores, the University of the Azores, the University of Colorado, and Michigan Technological University operate an instrumented observation station, the Pico Observatory. In May, a small team of local volunteers from Pico Island helped install a set of ARM radiometers near the observatory for the Above-Cloud Radiation Budget…
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Scientists Convene at SGP Site for Complex Convective Cloud Experiment
In early May, scientists involved in the Midlatitude Continental Convective Cloud Experiment (MC3E), a joint field program involving NASA Global Precipitation Measurement Program and ARM investigators, held their first onsite planning meeting to begin pinpointing the details for this major effort. Planned for April–May 2011 at the ARM Southern Great Plains site, the campaign is…