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TRACER-Model Intercomparison Project Wants Your Model Results!
Editor’s note: Jiwen Fan and Stephen Saleeby, who lead the TRacking Aerosol Convection interactions ExpeRiment-Model Intercomparison Project (TRACER-MIP), provided the following blog post. A few months ago, we shared in an ARM blog post that we were planning to release a call for community participation in our MIP, which is based on observed cases from…
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Lagrangian Large-Scale Forcing Data Released for MOSAiC
A new Lagrangian trajectory-based large-scale forcing data product from the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility is now available for evaluation. The first data from this value-added product, known as ARMLAGTRAJ, are from November 2019 through January 2020 during the Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition. As part of the…
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Elect Your New ARM User Representatives
It is time for you to vote for your new representatives on the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility’s User Executive Committee (UEC). The UEC is the official voice of the user community in its interactions with ARM management. This year’s ballot features 22 candidates, who represent a range of science disciplines served by ARM.…
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ARM’s Long-Awaited Alabama Observatory Set to Start
Editor’s note (October 18, 2024): The story below originally published September 24, 2024. The Bankhead National Forest atmospheric observatory is now operational and collecting data at the main and supplemental sites. See what data are now available from the observatory in the ARM Data Center. Beginning on October 1, 2024, the new observatory will provide…
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Update: View Recorded Webinar on ARM Bankhead Capabilities
DOE announces $12 million to fund earth and environmental systems science in the Southeast United States Editor’s Note: An informational webinar on Bankhead National Forest atmospheric observatory capabilities was held on Friday, October 18, 2024. Watch the recorded webinar. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced plans to provide $12 million in new research grants…
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Bankhead National Forest Observatory Staff Ready to Serve You
Meet the team managing the observatory and supporting day-to-day operations in Alabama The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility will officially begin collecting continuous data at the Bankhead National Forest (BNF) atmospheric observatory in Alabama as of October 1, 2024. Get to know the team responsible for BNF oversight and operations: BNF Management Responsibility for managing…
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Interns Chart New Directions With SAIL Data
Editor’s note: Daniel Feldman, principal investigator for ARM’s Surface Atmosphere Integrated Field Laboratory (SAIL) campaign, and SAIL co-investigator Allison C. Aiken sent in this update. Feldman is at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California, and Aiken is at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory hosted two students in the summer…
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Former ARM Summer Scholar Teaches New Class of Students
ARM radar data mentor Ya-Chien Feng serves as 2024 ARM Open Science Summer School instructor Ya-Chien Feng got her first taste of the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility in 2018, when she participated in an ARM Summer Training and Science Applications event in Oklahoma. That experience wasn’t far from her mind in May 2024,…
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FY2025 Tethered Balloon System Campaigns Set for Launch
5 new campaigns approved from 2 separate calls In fiscal year 2025, the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility plans to conduct tethered balloon system (TBS) flights in Alabama, Maryland, and Oklahoma. Five newly approved field campaigns are designed to rely on data from those flights. Three of the campaigns will integrate capabilities of ARM…
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New ARM Trajectory Value-Added Product Now Available for Evaluation
A new evaluation value-added product (VAP) from the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility provides back and forward trajectories for airmasses over ARM Mobile Facility deployments. Data from the multipurpose ARM trajectory (ARMTRAJ) VAP can provide information on the likely history of airmasses before they were observed over an ARM site, such as origin and…