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2021 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Sessions for the 2021 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall 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. The following sessions are…
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Register for Session on New ARM Large-Eddy Simulation Scenario
The Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) ARM Symbiotic Simulation and Observation (LASSO) activity is expanding to cover deep convection. The new scenario is based on the 2018–2019 Cloud, Aerosol, and Complex Terrain Interactions (CACTI) field campaign in Argentina. Having completed several test simulations to establish the model viability, the LASSO team needs your input on the new…
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ARM User Executive Committee Elects New Vice-Chair
In June 2021, the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility’s User Executive Committee (UEC) selected Jennifer Delamere as its new vice-chair. ARM users elected Delamere, a research associate professor from the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, to the UEC in 2020. After officially beginning her term in January 2021, she now leads…
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UEC Profile: Scott Collis Relishes His Outsider Role
A radar meteorologist drawn to convective clouds has a knack for open-source programming and the gift of gab Editor’s note: This is the fourth article in a new series of profiles on members of the ARM User Executive Committee (UEC). Scott Collis has skiing to thank for his passion for meteorology. While living in Canberra,…
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ARM Celebrates International Women in Engineering Day
Every day, engineers with the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility and scores of ARM scientific users apply their engineering talents to support atmospheric research. Many of these engineers are women, and today—on International Women in Engineering Day—ARM is celebrating the extraordinary work of female engineers around the world. Today, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)…
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SAIL Group Makes Snow Trek to Survey Sites in Colorado
Editor’s note: Dan Feldman, the principal investigator for the upcoming Surface Atmosphere Integrated Field Laboratory (SAIL) field campaign in Colorado, sent in this update. The start of the SAIL campaign is just around the corner, on September 1, 2021. Preparation is well underway to deploy the second ARM Mobile Facility (AMF2), a Colorado State University (CSU)…
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ARM’s 2021 EGU Meeting Highlights Include MOSAiC Insights
The European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly remained a virtual event in 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. During EGU 2021 from April 19 to 30, more than 18,000 scientists from 136 countries logged in to learn about the latest earth, planetary, and space science research. EGU 2021 provided another opportunity for researchers to share…
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From the User Executive Committee (UEC) Chair
The UEC is eager to engage with you. This is a quarterly message from the UEC Chair. New subgroups and connecting with the UEC during the joint meeting Hello! Things really are starting to pick up the pace again as we are already into June. Can you believe it is almost time for the Joint…
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How to ACT With ARM’s Data Quality Information!
Editor’s note: ARM Instrument Operations Manager Adam Theisen from Argonne National Laboratory provided the following post about the Atmospheric data Community Toolkit (ACT). The ACT team will present a poster from 3 to 4 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, June 23, during the 2021 Joint ARM User Facility/ASR Principal Investigators Meeting. Data quality (DQ) information…
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2021 ARM/ASR Joint Meeting Breakout Sessions
Breakout sessions are an important part of the annual Joint Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility/Atmospheric System Research (ASR) Principal Investigators Meeting. Such sessions provide participants an opportunity to discuss important topical science and technical issues in more detail. The following 12 breakout sessions are scheduled for the 2021 ARM/ASR joint meeting, which will be…