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New Lidar Evaluation Data Product Provides Aerosol Features
A new evaluation value-added product (VAP) from the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility uses lidar to identify aerosol features, including the top and base heights of the aerosol layers. The Lidar AEROsol feature MASK (LIDARAEROMASK) VAP leverages the remote sensing capability of ARM lidar systems. It provides information on the vertical distributions of aerosols…
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2025 Joint ARM User Facility and ASR PI Meeting
The 2025 Joint Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility/Atmospheric System Research (ASR) Principal Investigators Meeting took place Monday, March 3, to Thursday, March 6, 2025, at the Rockville Hilton Hotel and Executive Meeting Center in Rockville, Maryland, and online. This meeting brought together ARM users, ARM infrastructure members, and ASR scientists to review progress and plan future…
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From the Outgoing User Executive Committee (UEC) Chair
The ARM User Executive Committee (UEC) is eager to engage with you. This is the final message from outgoing UEC Chair Jennifer “Jen” Delamere. Farewell From Fairbanks January 24, 2025, Fairbanks, Alaska This morning, I sit in my home with a strong coffee beside me, darkness out the window, 31 degrees F in town, and rain…
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Welcome to the New-Look ARM.gov!
ARM’s external news and information portal gets a refresh The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility just launched its refreshed external news and information portal, ARM.gov, after more than eight years with the previous look. The aim of the refreshed ARM.gov is to meet user needs with an audience-focused design instead of the previous news-focused…
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Busy at Bankhead
More instruments are going up at ARM’s newest long-term observatory, and science activity is increasing Since October 2024, the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility has provided data from its Bankhead National Forest (BNF) atmospheric observatory in northern Alabama. Data from new BNF sites and instruments will soon be on the way. With support from…
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Improved Broadband Irradiance Data Released for EPCAPE Campaign
The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility’s longtime recommended datastream for broadband surface irradiance measurements is Data Quality Assessment for ARM Radiation Data (QCRAD). The QCRAD value-added product (VAP) is now available for the Eastern Pacific Cloud Aerosol Precipitation Experiment (EPCAPE), which ran from February 15, 2023, to February 14, 2024, in La Jolla, California.…
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New Tethered Balloon Merged Data Available From Oklahoma Flights
New data from the Tethered Balloon System (TBS) Merged value-added product (TBSMERGED VAP) are available from flights at the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility’s Southern Great Plains (SGP) atmospheric observatory. The TBSMERGED VAP combines data from TBS instruments and ground-based ceilometers, allowing for examination of cloud-base and boundary-layer heights while making it easier to…
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Aerosol Optical Depth Best Estimate Data in Production for NSA
Aerosol Optical Depth Best Estimate 5-Channel (AODBE5CH) production data are now available for the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility’s North Slope of Alaska (NSA) atmospheric observatory. Scientists can use the AODBE5CH value-added product (VAP) to analyze the variability of aerosol loading over multiple time scales and to study the importance of this variability on…
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New ARM Best Estimate Data Available for 4 ARM Sites
The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility provides tailored datastreams known as ARM Best Estimate (ARMBE) data products for use in the evaluation of global earth system models. The ARM Best Estimate Atmospheric Measurements (ARMBEATM) product contains basic atmospheric quantities, and ARM Best Estimate Cloud Radiation (ARMBECLDRAD) provides cloud and radiation quantities. ARMBEATM and ARMBECLDRAD…
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Enhanced Eddy Correlation Flux Product Available
An enhanced version of the Quality-Controlled Eddy Correlation Flux Measurement value-added product (QCECOR VAP) has been developed for the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility. New and reprocessed data are now available from this version of the VAP. QCECOR is designed to improve the surface turbulence fluxes from eddy correlation flux measurement systems (ECORs) by…