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Jerome Fast: Modeler of the Land-Atmosphere Interface
A senior investigator studies the coupling of the Earth’s surface with the lowest layer of the atmosphere, where storms and precipitation are made One summer day in 1983, Jerome Fast stepped outside his boyhood home in Mountain Lake, Minnesota (population 2,000). Whirling on the horizon was his first tornado. “Dad forced me to come inside,”…
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BAMS: Two More Hits for ARM Data
Improving earth system models is at the heart of a pair of new studies Hot streaks? Not only athletes have them. Institutions do too. A pair of recent studies published as early online releases by the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS) adds to a hot streak of papers in the journal. At least…
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Microwave Radiometer Retrievals VAP Available for New Set of ARM Campaigns
The Microwave Radiometer Retrievals (MWRRET) value-added product (VAP) has been processed for the following Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility field campaign operations: Cloud, Aerosol, and Complex Terrain Interactions (CACTI), September 2018 to May 2019 in Argentina Marine ARM GPCI Investigation of Clouds (MAGIC), October 2012 to September 2013 between California and Hawaii Measurements of…
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Radiation Data Quality VAP Now Available for CACTI Field 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 Cloud, Aerosol, and Complex Terrain Interactions (CACTI) field campaign. QCRAD data are processed for ARM Mobile Facility CACTI operations from September…
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Updated Micropulse Lidar Cloud Mask VAP in Production
Production data for Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility sites operating fast-switching polarized micropulse lidars are now available from an updated version of the Micropulse Lidar Cloud Mask (MPLCMASK) value-added product (VAP). MPLCMASK provides cloud boundaries and normalized relative backscatter, and computes the linear depolarization ratio (LDR). The updated version of MPLCMASK includes an improved…
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Manage Your ARM User Account Through These New Options
The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility now provides new online self-service options for users wanting to manage their ARM accounts. After logging in to their accounts through the Account Management web page, users can go to the Subscriptions page and choose which email communications to receive. In addition to ARM’s external newsletter—the Atmospheric Observer—and…
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LASSO Snares BAMS Cover
Those familiar with the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility might recognize what is on the June 2020 cover of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS). The BAMS cover image is an illustration of clouds over ARM’s Southern Great Plains (SGP) atmospheric observatory. In the issue, readers will find an overview article about…
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Aaron Kennedy: Snow Studies With an ARM Twist
A snow researcher leverages cold-weather ARM data from around the world Aaron Kennedy, a severe-weather researcher at the University of North Dakota, is conducting a rare deep study of blowing snow. He asks: Does it have a place in models, even at the global scale? What are the best ways to detect, describe, and measure…
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Nicole Riemer: Modeling Aerosol Dynamics With ARM Data
A university modeler of aerosol behavior leans on ARM measurements Nicole Riemer, a professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, studies and models how aerosols behave in the atmosphere, a subject she calls “endlessly fascinating.” Riemer’s research investigates how aerosols influence weather and climate and how to best represent those tiny atmospheric particles in…
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Time to Say Goodbye
The MOSAiC floe’s days are numbered, but Polarstern will continue the expedition farther north After exactly 300 days of drifting with the floe, the Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition’s international team on Wednesday, July 29, 2020, started the dismantling of the research camp and evacuation of the floe. Just…