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Radiative Flux Analysis Data Reprocessed for SGP Broadband Radiometer Station
All historical Radiative Flux Analysis value-added product (RADFLUXANAL VAP) data for the broadband radiometer station (BRS) at the Southern Great Plains atmospheric observatory have been reprocessed to propagate corrections recently made in input data. RADFLUXANAL calculates clear-sky irradiance in the shortwave and longwave surface fluxes from the measured broadband irradiance at Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM)…
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Awardees Announced From ARM/EMSL User Facility Proposal Call
Two projects received support through a recent proposal call integrating capabilities of the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility and Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL). In early 2021, ARM and EMSL—both U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science user facilities—sought collaborative research applications through the Facilities Integrating Collaborations for User Science (FICUS) program. The FICUS…
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New Microwave Radiometer Retrieval Data Available for Eastern North Atlantic
The Microwave Radiometer Retrievals version 2 value-added product (MWRRETv2 VAP) has been processed for the year 2020 at the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility’s Eastern North Atlantic (ENA) atmospheric observatory. In addition, ENA MWRRETv2 data from December 16 to 31, 2019, are now available. When the 2019 product was initially processed for the ENA,…
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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. Many institutions also currently have longer-than-normal timelines for travel approval processes. For anyone wanting to visit an ARM site, please plan ahead and…
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2022 American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting
Sessions for the 2022 American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meeting are being announced. If you are leading a session relevant to the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility or Atmospheric System Research (ASR), please let us know. We are collecting this information to be shared on the ARM and ASR websites as it is provided.…
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ARM Mobile Facility Nears End of Deployment at Oliktok Point, Alaska
Editor’s note: The last day for data collection from Oliktok Point, Alaska, was June 15, 2021. On June 1, 2021, the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility will begin to cease operations of the third ARM Mobile Facility (AMF3) after almost eight years at Oliktok Point, Alaska. Please note: ARM plans to stop collecting data…
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Updated Surface Spectral Albedo Data Released
Updated data from the Surface Spectral Albedo value-added product (SURFSPECALB VAP) are available for the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility’s North Slope of Alaska (NSA) and Southern Great Plains (SGP) atmospheric observatories. This VAP produces a near-continuous best estimate of high-spectral-resolution albedo—surface reflectivity—using measurements from multifilter radiometers and multifilter rotating shadowband radiometers. New SURFSPECALB…
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Second ARM Mobile Facility Enters Second Decade of Deployments
Now in central Colorado, the mobile facility is beginning its longest deployment to date The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility will be in somewhat familiar territory for a field campaign that starts formal operations on September 1, 2021. More than a decade ago, the second ARM Mobile Facility (AMF2) made its field campaign debut…
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Daniel Feldman: Getting Water Right in the Rockies
A California scientist embarks on an ARM-supported mission in Colorado to measure the mechanisms influencing mountain hydrology Beginning in September 2021, a field campaign called the Surface Atmosphere Integrated Field Laboratory (SAIL) will sweep up 21 continuous months of measurements on the land-atmosphere processes that steer mountain hydrology in the Upper Colorado River Basin. That’s…
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Mountains of Data: An Unprecedented Climate Observatory to Understand the Future of Water
First-ever ‘bedrock-to-atmosphere’ observation system could allow scientists to predict the future of water availability in the Western United States The “megadrought” impacting the Colorado River system this year has been devastating to the 40 million people who rely on it for water. But could this drought have been predicted? Will we be able to predict…