Five research aircraft participated in the VAMOS Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere-Land Study regional experiment in Chile in October 2008, including (front) a Grumman Model Gulfstream-1 from the United States and (back) a British Aerospace 146 from the United Kingdom. The vast majority of global geoscience aircraft are operated by the agencies within the Interagency Coordinating Committee for Airborne…

Several ARM science team members are quoted in an article published in ClimateWire, an online publication devoted to climate change issues and their effects on business, the environment, and society. The article highlights deployments of the ARM Mobile Facility and its contribution to the overall climate record obtained through the ARM Climate Research Facility. ClimateWire…

Reflecting on the ARM Program’s 20-year anniversary, a few of the early leaders of the program describe the beginnings of this effort and how it evolved to become a major contributor to national and international research efforts related to global climate change.

Operations staff at the SGP site release weather balloons 4 times a day, Monday through Friday, all year round. During VORTEX2, they will supplement these with additional launches as conditions warrant. Image courtesy of Mark Roberts Photography. Severe thunderstorms tend to grab headlines due to the chaos they can cause, but from an environmental standpoint…

Beginning this month at the ARM Southern Great Plains site, researchers are testing a promising new method for measuring 3D cloud microphysical structure that may help improve climate models. The method, called cloud microwave tomography, uses multiple microwave sensors at several distinct ground locations to scan the internal structure of the clouds.

Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (aka stimulus), the Department of Energy’s Office of Science received $1.2 billion. In late May, DOE released approximately $54 million—90 percent—of the $60 million allocated to the ARM Climate Research Facility. During the next 18 months, the ARM Climate Research Facility will purchase and deploy dual-frequency…

As a scientific user facility for the global change research community, the ARM Climate Research Facility strives to provide data and share its climate observation capabilities with researchers around the world. In a continuing effort to reach new users, ARM is turning another page in its outreach strategy with a presence on Facebook. (You must…

Located next to the airport on Graciosa Island, the ARM Mobile Facility’s comprehensive and sophisticated instrument suite will obtain atmospheric measurements from the marine boundary layer. ARM file photo. Extended deployment will obtain seasonal statistics to improve climate models Today marks the beginning of a 20-month field campaign on Graciosa Island in the Azores to…

These data plots illustrate the results of the smart filter in reducing the volume of MMCR data. The left column shows the full reflectivity data for individual radar data collection modes: cirrus, precipitation, general, and boundary layer. The right column shows the data retained after applying the clear-sky filter. As reported in mid-February, data transfer…

Known for the Kentucky Derby, Louisville Slugger bats, and bluegrass music, Louisville made headlines during the ARM Science Team meeting for another reason—for the first time in school history, their women’s college basketball team (celebrated here at a downtown pep rally) made it to the Final Four. They went on to compete in the national…