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ARM Plans More Tethered Balloon Flights in 2020
Submit your guest instrument proposals now In 2020, the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility plans to continue the practice of tethered balloon flights at Oliktok Point, Alaska, and at its Southern Great Plains (SGP) atmospheric observatory. ARM is calling for proposals to fly guest instruments on tethered balloon systems (TBS) in conjunction with these…
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DOE Position Available for Physical Scientist (Earth and Environmental Systems Modeling)
A successful candidate in this position will serve as the Office of Science, Office of Biological and Environmental Research, Earth and Environmental Systems Sciences Division (EESSD), Physical Scientist responsible for enhancing predictive modeling capabilities, through the incorporation of advanced parameterizations, adaptive mesh grids, improved physics, and software as part of Earth and Environmental system models. As…
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A New Anatomy of Thunderstorms
A data-rich field campaign in Argentina will answer some mysteries of how deep convective systems begin, grow, and organize The Cloud, Aerosol, and Complex Terrain Interactions (CACTI) field campaign in north-central Argentina wrapped up data collection in April 2019, but the work to understand deep convective storms in the region through ARM data is just…
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Polar Convergences
ARM is busy with key efforts to study the Arctic and other polar regions Starting in September 2019, scientists and their advanced instruments will have a full year in the central Arctic to study the atmosphere, biogeochemistry, and ecology of the world’s fast-changing northernmost polar region. Their international expedition, Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study…
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A June Rain Date: The 2019 Joint Meeting
The annual ARM/ASR joint meeting matched its forecast—a deluge of talks When more than 300 atmospheric scientists arrived at a conference in Rockville, Maryland, it was raining. Soon, however, the real downpour was indoors. From June 10 through 13, the 2019 Joint ARM User Facility/Atmospheric System Research (ASR) Principal Investigators Meeting was a deluge of…
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Inaugural ARM Service Awards Recognize Staff Achievements
In May 2019, leadership within the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility accepted nominations from ARM staff to recognize colleagues for their exceptional service and key contributions. A month later, the first ARM Service Awards were given out during the 2019 Joint ARM User Facility/Atmospheric System Research (ASR) Principal Investigators Meeting in Rockville, Maryland. Based…
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Changing of the Guard for ARM Aerosol Value-Added Products
Connor Flynn moves out of data translator role, and John Shilling comes in For 20 years, Connor Flynn of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland, Washington, has served as the Aerosol Working Group translator for the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility. He has been a liaison between ARM infrastructure staff and the scientific…
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2019 ARM/ASR Joint Meeting Follow-Up
Thank you to all who attended the 2019 Joint ARM User Facility/Atmospheric System Research (ASR) Principal Investigators Meeting from June 10 to 13 in Rockville, Maryland. For information shared at the meeting to reach as many people as possible, the ARM and ASR program managers are asking attendees to post their presentations and posters on…
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UEC Profile: The Draw and Drama of Severe Storms
One modeler/observationalist long ago fell in love with storms and is making something of it now This is the sixth article in a series of 2019 profiles on members of the ARM User Executive Committee (UEC). Adam Varble is an atmospheric scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland, Washington. When he looks at…
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Help From On High
A federal partnership captures the layered synergy of space, aircraft, and ground observations Let’s say you are an atmospheric scientist and use a lot of data from the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility. You know that ARM, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), provides comprehensive measurements from the ground—but that such measurements…