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Author: Katie Dorsey

  • LASSO Shallow Convection Scenario Documented in BAMS

    To help bridge the gap between observations and large-scale models, the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility began the Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) ARM Symbiotic Simulation and Observation (LASSO) activity in 2015. Initially, LASSO focused on continental shallow convection over ARM’s Southern Great Plains (SGP) atmospheric observatory. Now, a LASSO overview paper published online in April…

  • TRACER Talk: Operations, Collaborations Absorb Day Two of Workshop

    Editor’s note: Michael Jensen, a meteorologist at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) in New York, is the principal investigator for the upcoming TRacking Aerosol Convection interactions ExpeRiment (TRACER). He sent in this campaign update. The TRACER science and logistics meeting was a virtual workshop, taking place April 20 and 21, 2020. While the first day of…

  • Hopping Continents in the Name of Atmospheric Science

    ARM Mobile Facilities continue to collect valuable data 15 years after first deployment Take sophisticated scientific instruments and send them around the world in shipping containers to collect atmospheric data in remote locations for months—even years—at a time. This is a signature piece of the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility’s research portfolio. Early in…

  • TRACER Talk: Workshop Kicks Campaign Planning Into High Gear

    Editor’s note: Michael Jensen, a meteorologist at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) in New York, is the principal investigator for the upcoming TRacking Aerosol Convection interactions ExpeRiment (TRACER). He sent in this campaign update. The TRACER science and logistics meeting was originally planned to be held as an in-person workshop at the University of Houston. Due…

  • ARM Best Estimate Data Sets Released for GoAmazon Campaign

    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 are now available from the Green Ocean Amazon (GoAmazon2014/15) field campaign in Brazil. The ARM Best Estimate Atmospheric Measurements (ARMBEATM) data set contains…

  • Cloud Microphysics VAP Evaluation Data Available for MC3E Field Campaign

    Cloud microphysical properties affect cloud radiative heating, precipitation formation, and aerosol-cloud interactions, among other important atmospheric processes. A value-added product (VAP) that calculates cloud microphysical properties now provides evaluation data for the 2011 Midlatitude Continental Convective Clouds Experiment (MC3E) in Oklahoma. The Improved MICROBASE Product with Uncertainties (MICROBASEKAPLUS) provides continuous, high time resolution profiles of…

  • MOSAiC Blog: Sights of the Arctic, Part 5

    Editor’s note: ARM technician Tercio Silva of Hamelmann Communications worked on Leg 2 of the Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition. He provided some photos for a blog published earlier on the ARM website. Here are more photos Silva sent back from his time on the expedition. Photos are by…

  • MOSAiC Blog: Sights of the Arctic, Part 4

    Editor’s note: ARM technician Tercio Silva of Hamelmann Communications worked on Leg 2 of the Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition. Here are some photos Silva sent back from his time on the expedition. Photos are by Silva except where indicated. Check out past MOSAiC blogs.

  • AMF3 Site Science Team Blog: Just Getting Started

    Editor’s note: The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Biological and Environmental Research program selected a site science team to develop a science plan and initial research project for the upcoming Southeastern U.S. deployment of the third ARM Mobile Facility (AMF3). The team, led by Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York, will provide periodic blog updates…

  • ARM CACTI Radar Data Ascend to New Level of Usability

    Highly characterized data from Argentina achieve data epoch status The 2018‒2019 Cloud, Aerosol, and Complex Terrain Interactions (CACTI) field campaign captured unique views of convective clouds in central Argentina. During the seven-month campaign, radars operated by the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility observed 80 days with deep convective activity passing directly over the site.…