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New ARM Observatory Heads Toward Early 2024 Start of Operations
Work is underway in what will soon become the main office site of ARM’s Bankhead National Forest (BNF) atmospheric observatory. Photo is by Mark Spychala, Argonne National Laboratory. This holiday season, staff from the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility will be busy building and preparing a long-awaited gift for scientists worldwide: the Bankhead National…
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EPCAPE Gets Intensive
A pair of intensive operational periods pick up the pace of data collection for an ongoing ARM campaign in Southern California In June 2023, instruments along the Ellen Browning Scripps Memorial Pier collect measurements in the first of two intensive operational periods (IOPs) during the Eastern Pacific Cloud Aerosol Precipitation Experiment (EPCAPE) in La Jolla,…
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ARM Seeks Lead Mentor for Distributed Aerosol Size Distribution Measurements
ARM seeks an instrument lead mentor (technical lead) for distributed aerosol size distribution measurements during an upcoming field campaign in Baltimore, Maryland. “Baltimore Skyline” by Larry Syverson is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. The U.S. Department of Energy’s Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility is seeking an instrument lead mentor (technical lead) for distributed aerosol…
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Propose for ARM ArcticShark Flights
Submit preliminary proposals by November 1 The U.S. Department of Energy’s Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility is now accepting preliminary proposals from scientists to deploy ARM’s ArcticShark uncrewed aerial system in fiscal year 2024 to support the Biological and Environmental Research program’s scientific interests in the region of ARM’s Southern Great Plains (SGP) atmospheric…
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ARM Begins Making Moves to Balance Scope and Resources in FY2024
Aim is to meet user needs and ensure continued delivery of impactful data ARM’s oldest atmospheric observatory, the Southern Great Plains (above), has begun to undergo changes that will reduce its footprint but make it more consistent with ARM’s forthcoming Bankhead National Forest observatory in Alabama. Photo is by Nicki Hickmon, Argonne National Laboratory. Changes…
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Funding Opportunity Announced for DOE Climate Resilience Centers
FY2024 FOA will provide $5 million to Historically Black Colleges and Universities, non-R1 Minority-Serving Institutions, and emerging research institutions DOE has issued an FOA for Climate Resilience Centers, providing an estimated $5 million to Historically Black Colleges and Universities, non-R1 Minority-Serving Institutions, and emerging research institutions. A new funding opportunity announcement (FOA) has been issued…
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AAAR 2023 Highlights Latest Advances in Aerosol Science and Technology
ARM joins researchers from around the globe for 5 days of aerosol-focused presentations, symposia, and plenary lectures Atmospheric scientists from Brookhaven National Laboratory pose for a group photo at the ARM booth during the 41st annual conference of the American Association for Aerosol Research (AAAR) in Portland, Oregon. From left to right are Ogochukwu “Ogo”…
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New ARM Aerosol Operations Plan Available
Document shares activities planned this fiscal year to address aerosol science community needs Aerosol Observing Systems, such as this one at the Southern Great Plains atmospheric observatory in Oklahoma, are ARM’s primary platforms for in situ aerosol measurements at Earth’s surface. A new ARM document details planned fiscal year 2024 operations for the Aerosol Observing…
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DOE Program to Support 2 Graduate Students Using ARM Data
New projects will focus on research of interest to ASR U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program award winners Bri Dobson and Christopher Niedek pose with their university advisors and SCGSR collaborating lab scientists at the 2023 American Association for Aerosol Research Conference in Portland, Oregon. From left to right…
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ARM’s Squad of Instrument Mentors Expands
The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility currently has 89 instrument scientists and engineers overseeing the operation of ARM’s 460-plus instrument systems worldwide. These scientists and engineers, whom ARM calls instrument mentors, help ensure that high-quality data are reaching the user community. ARM welcomes 11 new mentors from four U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national…