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  • Bigger, Better Cessna Ready to Record Aerosol and Carbon Cycle Data

    To meet new requirements in the airborne aerosol and carbon-cycle measurements taken over ARM’s Southern Great Plains (SGP) site, a new Cessna Turbo 206 is replacing the smaller Cessna 172XP. The new aircraft has been contracted by ARM to conduct combined in situ aerosol profiling and airborne carbon measurements for the next two years. Airborne…

  • Aircraft Comes ALIVE During Field Campaign at the Southern Great Plains

    Researchers from ARM Program and National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA) took to the skies in September for an 11-day Aerosol Lidar Validation Experiment (ALIVE) at the ARM Southern Great Plains (SGP) site. The ALIVE field campaign was conducted to collect airborne remote sensing data on atmospheric aerosols for validation studies of the Raman lidar…

  • From Coastal Clouds to Desert Dust: ARM Mobile Facility Headed to Africa

    After a successful six-month stint taking cloud and aerosol measurements at Point Reyes National Seashore on the California coast, ARM operations staff began packing up the ARM Mobile Facility (AMF) for its next destination: Niamey, Niger, in West Africa. Once there, it will be stationed beneath a geostationary satellite (Meteosat-8) above Niamey, the capital of…

  • More Storage Space, Better Reliability Now at the ARM Data Management Facility

    To support the ever-increasing file storage needs of the ARM Data Management Facility (DMF) and ARM Engineering computers, a Network Appliance (NetApp®) file server with 2.68 terabytes, or 2.95 trillion bytes, of highly-reliable and extremely-fast, usable disk storage joined the DMF servers. The NetApp system performs nearly four times faster than the previous file server…

  • International Climate Researchers Meet in U.S. to Simulate Flight Operations for Tropical Storm Cloud Experiment

    Press Release Media Contact: Lynne Roeder, 509.372.4331 Technical Contact: Mike Janes, 925.294.2447 Summertime in northern Australia means monsoon storms—and plenty of them. Tall, turbulent clouds associated with these storm systems form rapidly, release their energy in the form of rain, then tail away, leaving in their wake a surplus of moisture to feed the next…

  • Climate Scientists Gather at Sandia National Laboratories to Simulate Tropical Cloud Experiment

    Media Advisory Media Contact: Lynne Roeder, 509.372.4331 Technical Contact: Mike Janes, 925.294.2447 The U.S. Department of Energy’s Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program invites news media to observe a team of 25 climate researchers from the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom as they prepare to launch simultaneous ground, sea, and sky operations during the…

  • North Slope of Alaska Draws Array of Distinguished Visitors

    On August 16, U.S. Senators Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Susan Collins, and Lindsey Graham visited the North Slope of Alaska (NSA) on a bi-partisan trip to examine the effects of climate change in cold latitudes. During their five-hour visit in Barrow, they talked with community members and observed numerous Arctic research facilities in the area,…

  • Southern Great Plains Site Hosts Gathering to Discuss ARM Instrumentation

    With research facilities around the globe, one of the biggest challenges faced by ARM is communication and consistent application of new information and instrument advances. In early August, about 45 ARM scientists and engineers gathered at the ARM Southern Great Plains site for a three-day interactive meeting to promote information exchange between instrument mentors and…

  • BBC Airs Segment on Arctic Research After Visit to North Slope of Alaska

    A visit to the North Slope of Alaska in late May by journalists from the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) resulted in a news segment on BBC Four, the network’s “most intellectually and culturally enriching channel.” During their visit, they interviewed scientists from various research organizations with facilities in Barrow, asking them about climate research in…

  • Aging, Overworked Computer Network at SGP Gets Overhauled

    Established as the first ARM research facility in 1992, the Southern Great Plains (SGP) site in Oklahoma is the “old man on the block” when it comes to infrastructure. Though significant improvements have been made to facilities and equipment throughout the years, the computer network at the SGP Central Facility—the most heavily used of all…