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Latest Version of Python ARM Radar Toolkit Released
A new version of the Python ARM Radar Toolkit (Py-ART) is available. Py-ART is an open-source software package that helps read, process, and visualize weather radar data. This is the ninth version of Py-ART since it became open source in 2013, meaning anyone can obtain the source code or propose a contribution to the module.…
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Eos Puts Focus on High-Resolution Cloud Research at ARM Facility
Research on examining cloud structure by high-resolution photography from the ground appeared in the viewfinder of Eos, an online publication of the American Geophysical Union. In April, Eos spotlighted the paper “High-resolution photography of clouds from the surface: Retrieval of optical depth of thin clouds down to centimeter scales.” The paper featured research at the…
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Making Plans for MARCUS
Editor’s note: Greg McFarquhar, a professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and principal investigator (PI) for the Measurements of Aerosols, Radiation, and Clouds over the Southern Ocean (MARCUS) campaign, sent this update. I recently visited the Aurora Australis supply vessel with fellow MARCUS PIs Roj Marchand from the University of Washington…
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ARM Facility Welcomes New Science Liaison and Field Campaign Coordinator
Olivia Bamonti’s second stint at Argonne National Laboratory comes with a new role, as the ARM Climate Research Facility’s science liaison and field campaign coordinator. Bamonti first started at Argonne in 2009 at the Visitor’s Reception Center, where she checked people in, verified identities, communicated with lab personnel, and processed foreign travel documents. After some…
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ARM Facility, STORMVEX Campaign Make News Service
The ARM Climate Research Facility received a mention on the EIN News service thanks to its role in the Storm Peak Lab Cloud Property Validation Experiment (STORMVEX). The second ARM Mobile Facility helped collect data on cloud and precipitation patterns during the five-month STORMVEX campaign, which took place in the winter of 2010 to 2011 in…
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ARM Users Gear Up for 38th American Meteorological Society Radar Conference
This summer, the ARM Climate Research Facility will be well represented at the 38th American Meteorological Society (AMS) Radar Conference in Chicago, Illinois. ARM precipitation radar translator Scott Collis, a radar products lead at Argonne National Laboratory, is a conference chair along with Scott Ellis of the National Center for Atmospheric Research. The conference will…
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ARM Users Receive Honors from American Meteorological Society
Researchers recognized during organization’s annual meeting in January in Seattle, Washington The shock hasn’t worn off for Pierre Gentine. Gentine, an ARM Climate Research Facility user, won the Clarence Leroy Meisinger Award, one of several honors handed out during the 97th annual meeting of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) in January in Seattle, Washington. Gentine…
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Nominate Your Peers for 2018 American Meteorological Society Honors
The American Meteorological Society (AMS) seeks nominations by May 1, 2017, for its 2018 awards, fellows, and lecturers, and by July 1, 2017, for honorary members. For most of the 36 AMS awards, nominators—those responsible for uploading and submitting complete nomination packages—must include a nomination letter, the nominee’s curriculum vitae and bibliography, three supporting letters,…
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ArcticShark UAS Makes Headlines from Local, National Media
The newest addition to the ARM Climate Research Facility’s unmanned aerial system (UAS) fleet debuted in front of media March 8 in Pendleton, Oregon. The ArcticShark, a UAS with a 22-foot wingspan and gross takeoff weight of 650 pounds, is owned by the U.S. Department of Energy and managed by the ARM Aerial Facility. Its…
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2017 Joint Meeting Well Attended Despite Spring Nor’easter
About 285 ARM Climate Research Facility staff and Atmospheric System Research (ASR) scientists met March 13 to 16—in the middle of a major snow storm—at the 2017 Joint User Facility/Principal Investigator Meeting in Tysons Corner, Virginia, to review progress from the past year and plan future research directions. With a reorganized agenda, ARM staff and…