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Technicians Keep CoURAGE Campaign Running Smoothly
David Oaks The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility has conducted the Coast-Urban-Rural Atmospheric Gradient Experiment (CoURAGE) in the Baltimore, Maryland, area since December 2024. The CoURAGE field campaign’s continuous operation would not be possible without the help of five technicians working onsite to monitor and maintain ARM’s instruments. The technicians are lead David Oaks,…
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ARM Releases New Browser for Intensive Operational Period Data
Changes are designed to add up to a smoother user experience The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility has rolled out a new Intensive Operational Period (IOP) Browser—located at iop.arm.gov—to improve the experience of users wanting to find and download ARM IOP data, including products from principal investigators and data collected during field campaigns. This…
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Submit Nominations for 2025 ARM Service Awards
In addition to featuring high-impact work that is being done with ARM data, the 2025 Joint ARM User Facility/Atmospheric System Research (ASR) Principal Investigators Meeting highlighted a host of ARM infrastructure activities. Thank you to all ARM staff for your service to the user community. ARM photo. The leadership of the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM)…
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Register for Second CoURAGE Science Team Meeting
This former high school athletic field at Morgan State University’s Clifton Park location in Baltimore, Maryland, hosts an ARM Mobile Facility as part of the Coast-Urban-Rural Atmospheric Gradient Experiment (CoURAGE). The CoURAGE field campaign kicked off in December 2024 and is planned to continue operations through November 2025. Photo is by Jennifer Comstock, Pacific Northwest…
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2025 Joint ARM User Facility and ASR PI Meeting
The 2025 Joint Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility/Atmospheric System Research (ASR) Principal Investigators Meeting took place Monday, March 3, to Thursday, March 6, 2025, at the Rockville Hilton Hotel and Executive Meeting Center in Rockville, Maryland, and online. This meeting brought together ARM users, ARM infrastructure members, and ASR scientists to review progress and plan future…
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ARM User Executive Committee Welcomes New Members
Your votes have been counted, and seven new members have been chosen to represent you on the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility’s User Executive Committee (UEC). During the election period from October 24 to November 8, 2024, ARM received 359 ballots, which tied 2022’s record turnout. Twenty-two candidates appeared on the ballot. Thank you…
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DOE Program Provides Opportunities for U.S. Graduate Students
Applications open for 2025 Solicitation 1 cycle The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program is now accepting applications for the 2025 Solicitation 1 cycle. Applications are due at 5 p.m. Eastern time Wednesday, May 7, 2025. Since 2014, the SCGSR program has provided support to outstanding U.S. graduate students…
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ARM Fiscal Year 2025 Radar Plan Outlines Operational, Data Priorities
A Ka-Band ARM Zenith Radar (KAZR, left) and Marine W-Band ARM Cloud Radar (MWACR, next to the KAZR) began collecting official data in Tasmania in April 2024 as part of the 17-month Cloud And Precipitation Experiment at kennaook (CAPE-k). Underneath the CAPE-k photo, time-height plots show reflectivity for the KAZR (top) and MWACR (bottom) on…
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AGU Honors ARM and ASR Community Members at 2024 Annual Meeting
Three members of the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility and Atmospheric System Research (ASR) research communities were honored at the 2024 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. New AGU Fellow Robert “Rob” Wood. Photo is courtesy of the University of Washington. Robert “Rob” Wood, a professor of atmospheric and climate science…
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SAIL Campaign, ARM Get Nods on BAMS Cover
NOAA partner study also featured in issue The December 2024 print issue of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS) features uncrewed aerial system pilot Jonathan Hamilton (wearing an ARM-branded beanie), a HELiX hexacopter, and a set of instruments at Kettle Ponds, Colorado. The HELiX and ground-based instruments all collected data for a NOAA…