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Researchers Look to Origins of New Particle Formation
First user-driven ArcticShark campaign takes flight in Oklahoma Gerardo Carrillo-Cardenas (left) and Gannet Hallar, posing together on the University of Utah campus, are co-leading a field campaign that uses ARM’s ArcticShark uncrewed aerial system (UAS) in Oklahoma. Photo is courtesy of Hallar. In the complex dance of atmospheric processes affecting Earth’s energy balance, new particle…
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ARM Data Help Scientists Challenge Perceptions of the Link Between Clouds and Land
Eos magazine highlights recent research that questions the previous conventional understanding of how clouds form and engage with the Earth’s surface Data collected at ARM’s Southern Great Plains atmospheric observatory in Oklahoma are the focus of new cloud formation research featured in a February 2024 Eos article. Photo is by Nicki Hickmon, Argonne National Laboratory.…
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Register for CoURAGE Science Team Meeting
Baltimore, Maryland, will be the host city of the Coast-Urban-Rural Atmospheric Gradient Experiment (CoURAGE) from December 2024 through November 2025. “Baltimore Skyline” by Larry Syverson is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. The first Coast-Urban-Rural Atmospheric Gradient Experiment (CoURAGE) science team meeting will be held June 6, 2024, at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. There is…
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Submit Nominations for 2024 ARM Service Awards
ARM gives a challenge coin to each of its service award winners. Image is created by ARM. The leadership of the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility again seeks nominations to recognize ARM staff for their outstanding service to ARM and its users. This will be the sixth consecutive year of the ARM Service Awards,…
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Calibrations Help Keep ARM Instruments in Tip-Top Shape
In response to community feedback, ARM is committed to making its calibration processes more transparent The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility has a robust calibration ecosystem for its instruments. Regular calibration to established standards or reference instruments and ongoing calibration checks (verifications) help ARM ensure that it is providing the highest-quality measurements possible for…
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CAPE-k Technicians Will Help Keep ARM Data Flowing From Tasmania
Tom Day (left) and Frank Zurek are the technicians for the Cloud And Precipitation Experiment at kennaook (CAPE-k). Portraits are by Nathan Bilow. Site technicians watch over instruments deployed by the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility and make sure they run smoothly in the field. For the next 17 months, technicians Tom Day and…
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DOE, ARM Officials Tour Southern Great Plains Observatory
Editor’s note: The original version of this story by Marguerite Huber appeared on the Argonne National Laboratory website. Leaders from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), ARM, and Argonne National Laboratory gather for a tour of the Southern Great Plains (SGP) atmospheric observatory near Lamont, Oklahoma, in January 2024. All photos are by Argonne National Laboratory. Nestled…
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ARM Recognizes Women’s History Month 2024
With March being Women’s History Month, the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility wants to acknowledge the many women who have been important contributors to ARM’s success. The list below is by no means comprehensive. Rather, this page features current ARM and Atmospheric System Research (ASR) program managers, infrastructure staff, User Executive Committee (UEC) members,…
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Applications Now Being Accepted for Fall 2024 DOE Undergraduate Intern Programs
Students will conduct research and technical projects at national laboratories Applications are currently being accepted for the Fall 2024 term of two undergraduate internship programs offered by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science: the Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI) program and the Community College Internships (CCI) program. The application deadline is Wednesday, May…
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Funding Opportunity: FY2024 DOE RENEW Initiative
Pre-applications due April 30 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently issued a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for applications from non-R1 Emerging Research Institutions (ERIs) and Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs). The FOA is part of DOE’s Reaching a New Energy Sciences Workforce (RENEW) initiative, which aims to build foundations for research at academic institutions historically…