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Hellos and Goodbyes: IMB Organizational Changes
After many years of service, Raymond McCord and Doug Sisterson are transitioning from the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Infrastructure Management Board (IMB). While on the board, McCord and Sisterson helped establish the ARM Program into a national scientific user facility now known as the ARM Climate Research Facility. Under their tenure on the IMB, the…
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Two Funding Opportunities Announced for Atmospheric System Research
On October 2, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Atmospheric System Research (ASR) Program opened two funding opportunities, one for observational, data analysis, and/or modeling studies and the other to develop innovative data products. As part of the Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER) in the Office of Science (SC), the ASR Program in the…
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Calibration Season Begins
Editor’s Note: Craig Webb, calibration technician at the Southern Great Plains site, sent this update. The ARM Climate Research Facility requires accurate measurements of solar radiation from radiometers used in ground-based networks and airborne instrument platforms. These measurements are needed to evaluate and improve the mathematical description of radiative transfer processes simulated in global climate…
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AWARE Going to the Ends of the Earth to Help Improve Climate Science
Extensive Modifications and Testing Complete, Instruments En Route to Antarctica Antarctica is the highest, driest, coldest, and windiest continent. It contains 90% of the ice on Earth and could raise sea levels worldwide if it were to melt. Using satellite data, scientists recently discovered rapid changes in the West Antarctic region, yet there has been…
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New Roles at ARM Reflect Organizational Changes
Giri Palanisamy and Jennifer Comstock are two staff members who have recently undertaken new professional roles within the ARM Climate Research Facility. Both positions reflect the larger reconfiguration outlined in the Decadal Vision, which calls for accelerating the application of ARM observations and data processing for model evaluation and development. During this extensive effort, redefining…
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New Radar Facilities for Remote Areas
Next generation technology and deployments around the globe will fill in data gaps For the first time, state-of-the-art cloud radars are headed to West Antarctica—along with the expertise of ARM engineers—to collect cloud and precipitation data for the ARM West Antarctic Radiation Experiment, known as AWARE. New radar facilities in Alaska and the Azores, two other locations…
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Visiting the SGP Site? If It Rains, Use the Maps on the Website to Be Safe
If you’re planning to visit ARM’s Southern Great Plains (SGP) site in Oklahoma and will drive the last leg of the trip, call first—especially if it is raining or the ground is wet. Check weather and local road conditions and don’t rely on your global positioning system (GPS), to get there after leaving the highway. “We came…
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Surface Meteorological Data Overhaul Completed
In an effort to provide data product consistency, the task of reprocessing historical surface meteorology data was recently completed. As the ARM Climate Research Facility grew both in size and scope, it became important to create homogenous data sets to ease navigation for users, while providing a straightforward approach for ARM infrastructure staff to maintain…
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Doppler Lidar Profile VAPs Now Available
The ARM Facility currently operates several scanning coherent Doppler lidar systems at various sites around the globe. These instruments operate in the near infrared and provide measurements of radial velocity, attenuated aerosol backscatter, and signal-to-noise ratio. Previously shared with the ARM user community as an evaluation product, these data are now in production and available…
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Large-Scale Forcing Data Collected During DYNAMO/AMIE Now Available for Evaluation
Constrained variational analysis of forcing data taken from the northern sounding array are now available for the Dynamics of the Madden-Julian Oscillation (DYNAMO) and the ARM Madden-Julian Oscillation [MJO] Investigation Experiment [AMIE] on Gan Island as an ARM evaluation data product as part of the Single Column Model (SCM)-Forcing Data, Cloud Microphysical Properties and Radiative…