-
UAS Success in Skies Above Oklahoma
ARM Aerial Facility prepares for flights of ArcticShark uncrewed aerial system For eight days in November 2021, something unexpected was in the skies above the wheat and corn fields near the small towns of Blackwell and Tonkawa in the north-central reaches of Oklahoma. It wasn’t a bird, a weather balloon, or even an airplane. Instead,…
-
AGU 2021 Scoop: ARM Eyes Northern Alabama for New Deployment
Third ARM Mobile Facility will soon embark on extended stay in the Southeastern United States The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility plans to begin operations of the third ARM Mobile Facility (AMF3) in the Southeastern United States in 2023. With that time frame in mind, ARM site operations staff have been working with the…
-
AGU 2021 Scoop: How to Use ARM to Power Your Research
ARM and DOE experts provide insights into working with user facilities The 2021 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting showed how the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility can help scientists conduct impactful research. A December 7 town hall focused on collaboration with ARM and other U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science user…
-
From the User Executive Committee (UEC) Subgroup Chairs: January 2022
Editor’s note: In 2021, the ARM User Executive Committee (UEC) created four subgroups to continue previous work and start new efforts to broaden community outreach. Over the next four months, each subgroup chair will introduce their subgroup, share their subgroup’s ideas and recommendations to ARM, and ways in which the ARM community can engage with…
-
2021 ARM Annual Report Now Available
The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility has published its latest annual report. In addition to story briefs summarizing fiscal year 2021 (FY2021), the report contains eye-catching images from contributors within and outside ARM. The report includes an overview of ARM, field campaigns conducted during FY2021, user research results, and ARM staff achievements. In addition,…
-
Updated ARM Best Estimate Data Available for Eastern North Atlantic
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. Two ARMBE data sets for ARM’s Eastern North Atlantic (ENA) atmospheric observatory have been extended to cover the years 2019 and 2020. The ARM Best Estimate Atmospheric…
-
ARM and ASR Community Members Receive 2021 AGU Honors
At its December 2021 fall meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, the American Geophysical Union (AGU) recognized its newest group of award recipients. The honorees included five researchers with recent ties to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility and Atmospheric System Research (ASR). AGU Fellows ARM users Venkatachalam (V.) Chandrasekar, Paul…
-
ARM Special Announcement: Updated COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) Guidance
In response to the current surge in COVID-19 cases and new federal requirements and guidelines, requirements for visiting ARM sites are changing fairly rapidly with regard to masking, vaccinations, and COVID testing. Most recently, there have been changes to requirements related to vaccinations when visiting the Southern Great Plains (SGP) atmospheric observatory. If you are…
-
New Broadband Irradiance Data Released for ARM Observatories
The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility processes yearly data from the Data Quality Assessment for ARM Radiation Data (QCRAD) and Radiative Flux Analysis (RADFLUXANAL) products to produce level 2 (c2) data. New c2-level data from QCRAD and RADFLUXANAL are now available for ARM’s three fixed-location observatories. The 2019–2020 processing is complete, in addition to…
-
Deadline Extended: Register for AMS TRACER-Based Virtual Short Course
The American Meteorological Society (AMS) will host a virtual short course based around data from the TRacking Aerosol Convection interactions ExpeRiment (TRACER). The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility is conducting the yearlong TRACER field campaign through September 2022 in the Houston, Texas, area. The short course is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern time…