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Updated: New Cloud Radar Products Available From COMBLE Campaign
Editor’s note (July 20, 2023): A new KASACRGRIDRHI evaluation release for COMBLE, which uses b1-level calibrated HSRHI data as input, is now available. The output is a single c1-level netCDF file containing calibrated radar moments remapped onto a 2D Cartesian grid. Access the data from the ARM Data Center. To cite the c1-level data, please…
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REVISED: Additional Ka-Band ARM Zenith Radar Product Releases Now Available
Editor’s note (September 1, 2021): Ka-Band ARM Zenith Radar Active Remote Sensing of CLouds (KAZRARSCL) data from January through June 2021 are now available for the Southern Great Plains and North Slope of Alaska atmospheric observatories. The data announcement below was originally published June 28, 2021. The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility has resumed…
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Microwave Radiometer Retrieval Product Processed for SGP Central Facility
New level 2 (c2) files are now available from the Microwave Radiometer Retrievals value-added product (MWRRET VAP). This release covers the years 2018 and 2019 at the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility’s Southern Great Plains Central Facility near Lamont, Oklahoma. MWRRET retrieves column precipitable water vapor and liquid water path—both important variables to understanding…
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Micropulse Lidar Cloud Mask VAP Data Revised for High-Latitude Sites
Data reprocessed with a revised version of the Micropulse Lidar Cloud Mask value-added product (MPLCMASK VAP) are now available for four high-latitude sites. This reprocessing also includes periods of data previously listed as missing. The durations of missing data varied from several minutes to several hours and occurred periodically during the winter months. Affected fields…
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Preparing to Fly the Challenger 850
New flight simulator helps ARM Aerial Facility pilots prepare for formal certification training The controls are sensitive and precise. Slight pressure on a left foot pedal changes direction, and an overcorrection with the right could steer you off the runway. Speed increases with the intensity of the turbines, and with a gentle pull on the…
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ARM Teams with Mississippi State University for Atmospheric Research
Collaboration seeks to fine-tune uncrewed aerial systems Editor’s note: The original version of this article was written by Chris Bryant of Mississippi State University. Text is republished with permission. The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Aerial Facility (AAF) is partnering with Mississippi State University (MSU) to fine-tune the in-flight performance of uncrewed aerial systems used in…
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AMF3 Site Science Team Blog: Putting Maps to Work
Editor’s note: A site science team led by Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York will develop a science plan and initial research project for the upcoming Southeastern U.S. (SEUS) deployment of the third ARM Mobile Facility (AMF3). Brookhaven associate ecologist Shawn Serbin, the site science team’s land-atmosphere interactions topical lead, provided the following blog update.…
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Storm Chasers, Knowledge Makers
Recent work spanning two related field campaigns in Argentina gets play in the same journal What makes a good story? Try mixing these ingredients: tall thunderheads, crashing rain, hail as big as baseballs, sky-gashing lightning, racing radar-mounted trucks, a research aircraft, and South American mountains famous for big storms forming overhead. As of April 2021,…
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ACORES Action, ARM Aid
A 2021 ground-air study adds insights on an elusive atmospheric feature A recent paper in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS) illustrates the value of airborne data when combined with complementary ground-instrument data―in this case from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility. The BAMS study, led by…
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Unexpected Riches Come From a Change in Plans
Globe-trotting instrument’s extended stay at ARM’s Eastern North Atlantic observatory results in a bounty of data Editor’s note: This is the third article in a series looking at how ARM has continued to support atmospheric science during the pandemic. When Naruki Hiranuma prepared to send his refrigerator-sized research instrument from the United States to the…