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Snow Does Not Dampen the 2018 Joint User Facility and PI Meeting
For the second year in a row, a major snowstorm hit during the Joint ARM User Facility/Atmospheric System Research (ASR) Principal Investigators Meeting in Tysons, Virginia. The storm impacted the travel plans of some of the more than 300 ARM Climate Research Facility staff members and ASR principal investigators who registered to attend the March 19 to…
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ARM Southern Great Plains Data Contribute to Consequential Methane Research
Scientists have directly measured the increasing greenhouse effect of methane at the Earth’s surface for the first time. Researchers tracked a rise in the warming effect of methane over a 10-year period at the ARM Climate Research Facility’s Southern Great Plains atmospheric observatory. These findings were published online April 2 in the journal Nature Geoscience in an…
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More Than a Blip: ARM Radar Workshop Report Tracks the Future
Radar Recommendations Now Available The ARM Climate Research Facility operates the largest array of meteorological research radars in the world. These sensitive instruments are sophisticated and complex; some are custom-designed and built. They’re deployed in extremely challenging environments, including Antarctic ice sheets and offshore islands, sweltering tropical atolls, the Alaskan tundra, and super-humid Amazonian rainforest.…
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UEC Profile: Christine Chiu’s Path to Better Cloud Observations
Kindness, Bravery, and Curiosity—Qualities That Have Served Her Well Since Childhood This is the third article in a series of profiles on members of the ARM User Executive Committee (UEC). Early in her Taiwan childhood, Christine Chiu realized she was good at math and physics—strengths that led her years later to be the accomplished atmospheric…
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ARM Best Estimate 2D Data Sets Available for 2004 to 2010
Data sets for the years 2004 to 2010 for ARM Best Estimate 2-dimensional (2D) Gridded Surface (ARMBE2DGRID) and ARM Best Estimate Station-based Surface (ARMBESTNS) are available in the ARM Data Center. The primary goal of these two data sets is to provide 2D spatial data of important surface variables to facilitate studies on precipitation, clouds,…
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Microwave Radiometer Retrieval Data Available for LASIC Field Campaign
The Microwave Radiometer Retrievals (MWRRET) value-added product (VAP) has now been processed for the full Layered Atlantic Smoke Interactions with Clouds (LASIC) field campaign. This VAP gathers column precipitable water vapor and liquid water path from the 2-channel microwave radiometers using a physical retrieval methodology and bias correction that provides improved retrievals over the standard…
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Aerosol Measurement Science Group Completes Strategic Planning Report
Priorities Include Enhanced Coordination of ARM Aerosol, Trace Gas Observations With User Needs In February 2017, the ARM Climate Research Facility’s Aerosol Measurement Science Group (AMSG) held a strategic planning workshop at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) to hammer out priorities for future directions. Now, a comprehensive report on that session is available on the ARM…
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2017 in Review: ARM Annual Report Available
Now available online, the ARM Climate Research Facility Annual Report summarizes fiscal year 2017 with story briefs and captivating images. Included in this report is an overview of the Facility, featured field campaigns, user research results, and Facility staff achievements. A summary of field research campaigns happening in 2017 and selected data announcements are also…
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Graduate Student Funding Opportunity Announcement
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program is accepting new applicants for supplemental funds to conduct part of their graduate thesis research at a DOE national laboratory/facility in collaboration with a DOE laboratory scientist. These research opportunities are expected to advance graduate students’ doctoral theses/dissertations while providing access…
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American Association for the Advancement of Science 2019 Annual Meeting
The American Association for the Advancement of Science is the world’s largest multidisciplinary science gathering, with exciting scientific sessions, renowned speakers, and valuable networking opportunities. Scientific session and career development workshop proposals are now being accepted for the AAAS Annual Meeting. The 2019 meeting will take place February 14 to 17, 2019, in Washington, D.C.…