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For the Best Aerosol Data, ARM Embraces Harmony
A project underway will harmonize aerosol observing systems by reconciling processing steps in the data Harmony is a state of accord and cooperation. That state of being is also necessary for the aerosol observing systems (AOS) operated by the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Facility, a scientific user facility for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). A…
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Long-time ARM Leader Set to Retire October 1
Voyles helped ARM through its first 25 years and is now moving on The morning sun streams into Jimmy Voyles’ living room through floor-to-ceiling windows. Solid-state lighting bathes the rest of the house in a warm, orange glow. Nestled in a central Texas forest, this 1,000 square foot, L-shaped abode has an open floor plan,…
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From the User Executive Committee (UEC) Chair
The UEC is eager to hear from you. This is the second quarterly message from the UEC Chair. Connecting with You Tomorrow and Wednesday, members of the UEC will be meeting in two half-day virtual meetings. While we normally meet for an hour every month, we wanted time to get a more in-depth update from…
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Opportunity Call Opens for European Space Agency Satellite Calibration and Validation
The European Space Agency (ESA) announced an opportunity call for calibration and validation activities related to its new EarthCARE satellite. EarthCARE will provide global observations of clouds, atmospheric particles, and radiation using high-performance radar and lidar technology. The satellite, which ESA developed with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, is expected to launch in August 2019.…
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ARM’s Southern Great Plains Observatory Hosts Unmanned Aerial Systems
CLOUD-MAP Campaign Demonstrates the Future of Atmospheric Data Collection In July, a dozen unmanned aerial systems (UASs) took to the air at ARM’s Southern Great Plains atmospheric observatory in Oklahoma for the second year of the four-year CLOUD-MAP campaign. Biggest UAS Effort So Far CLOUD-MAP is an acronym for the project’s formal name, which is…
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Brookhaven Researchers Verify Aerosol Observation System Inlet Transmission Efficiency
You’ve Got to Know Your Losses ARM recently published a report detailing how a team of scientists and engineers at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) empirically verified older theoretical characterization studies of aerosol particle losses within sampling systems like the Aerosol Observing System (AOS). The team comprised Chongai Kuang, Robert Bullard, Janek Uin, Scott Smith, and…
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Tracking the Perfect Storm
With results from an elaborate field campaign, atmospheric scientists hope to be able to better predict large nocturnal storms It was a dark and stormy night and atmospheric scientists were hard at work. As the storm raged, they kept their eyes fixed on their instruments, which buzzed away, collecting data to help us better understand…
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AGU 2017 & AMS 2018
Sessions for this year’s Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union and Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society are being announced. If you will be leading a session, please let us know. We are collecting this information to be shared on the ARM and ASR websites as they are provided. Abstract submission deadlines are…
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Transitioning LASSO from Pilot to Operations
Wrapping up two years of development and testing, the Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) ARM Symbiotic Simulation and Observation (LASSO) project’s pilot phase is now beginning to wind down. Next up is a soft transition to Phase 2, the operational phase that will initiate routine observation and modeling operation at ARM’s Southern Great Plains (SGP) atmospheric observatory,…
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New Radar Plan Delivers for Users
A year ago, as shared in a previous news feature, the ARM Climate Research Facility implemented a plan to focus its radar maintenance efforts in a new way. The aim was to maximize the production of reliably high-quality data from the most important units at ARM’s three fixed and three mobile atmospheric observatories. Work was…