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2024 AMS Presentations Featuring ARM Data
The 2024 American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meeting will be held from January 28 to February 1 in Baltimore, Maryland, and online. With more than 5,000 attendees expected, the meeting might feel overwhelming. We make it easy for you to find ARM-relevant science, meet up with colleagues, and discover new connections during the event. Below…
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2023 ARM Annual Report Now Available
The cover of the Fiscal Year 2023 ARM Annual Report features a photo from the Eastern Pacific Cloud Aerosol Precipitation Experiment (EPCAPE) in La Jolla, California. Photo is by Karen Steinbock. The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility’s latest annual report is now available online. The report contains short articles summarizing facility activities in fiscal…
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DOE Announces Data Reduction for Science Funding Opportunity
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science, under the Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) program, released a funding opportunity announcement, DE-FOA-0003266, for $15 million to support the advancement of data reduction for science. This research will explore potentially high-impact approaches to develop and use data reduction techniques and algorithms to facilitate more efficient analysis…
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AGU Honors ARM and ASR Community Members at 2023 Fall Meeting
Three scientists with recent ties to the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility and Atmospheric System Research (ASR) program were honored at the 2023 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting in San Francisco, California. New AGU Fellow Xiaohong Liu Xiaohong Liu, a professor of atmospheric sciences and the Reta A. Haynes Chair in Geosciences at…
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An ARM View of AGU23
In the maelstrom of a 5-day international conference, DOE and ARM find ways to shine Visitors flock to the ARM booth during the 2023 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting in San Francisco, California. If “Seinfeld” is a show about nothing, the annual fall conference of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) is a show about…
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ARM Radar Team Working on Fiscal Year 2024 Priorities
Primary activities include management of radar operations and data processing The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility seeks to provide high-quality radar observations to scientists worldwide. Because ARM radars are distributed worldwide, their maintenance, operations, and management require a substantial staffing commitment. However, existing staffing resources are limited. As a result, ARM develops priorities each…
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Data Loss Assessed From EPCAPE Campaign
After replacing the site data system at the Eastern Pacific Cloud Aerosol Precipitation Experiment (EPCAPE) in La Jolla, California, the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility has determined which data are missing and therefore unrecoverable as a result of the October 2023 system failure. Here is the list of the affected instruments/datastreams and date ranges:…
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German Team Seeks to Unravel Secrets of Snow Formation in Colorado
Researchers from Leipzig University are analyzing snowfall data collected alongside ARM’s SAIL field campaign The following is based on a translated article by Leipzig University. Video cameras capture snowfall from two angles near Gothic, Colorado, as part of the Characterization of Orography-Influenced Riming (CORSIPP) field campaign. Photo is by Leipzig University’s Institute of Meteorology. Researchers…
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Recording Available: ARM Tethered Balloon Systems Webinar
Editor’s note (January 17, 2024): The tethered balloon systems webinar recording is now available for viewing. The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility’s tethered balloon systems (TBS), which consist of a helium-filled balloon, tether, winch, and sensors, provide a safe way to gather data related to wind, turbulence, thermodynamic state, and aerosols through the atmospheric…
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Propose for ARM FY2025 Tethered Balloon System Calls
Scientists can propose for new missions or request to analyze aerosol samples collected on tethered balloon flights This ARM tethered balloon system (TBS) flight occurred August 6, 2022, in Guy, Texas, as part of the TRacking Aerosol Convection interactions ExpeRiment (TRACER). As part of ARM’s latest proposal call with the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL),…