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Request for Small Aircraft Preproposals
Requests are now being accepted for routine use of small aircraft, like this Cessna 206, in FY 2008-2010 at the Southern Great Plains site. Image courtesy of John Ogren. Note: The request for proposals is now closed. The call for proposals for FY 2011 will open in the late fall. Preproposals are now being accepted…
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Science Board Welcomes Two New Members
Dr. Judy Curry (left) and Dr. Susanne Crewell joined the ARM Science Board in January 2008. In January, the ARM Science Board welcomed two new members to its ranks—Dr. Judy Curry from Georgia Tech in Atlanta, and Dr. Susanne Crewell from the University of Cologne, Germany. In replacing Dr. Zhang and Dr. Mary Barth, they…
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User Group Provides Recommendations for Data Archive Improvements
Routine data from the ARM sites and ARM-sponsored field campaigns are stored in the Archive at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. During the past year, a number of improvements were made to link the Archive with the ARM web pages, add a shopping cart feature and expand on search parameters. In October 2007, ARM sponsored an…
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ARM Exhibit Showcases Continuous Data at American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting
During the 88th annual AMS meeting, interested participants stop by the ARM exhibit where ARM researchers answered their questions. ARM file photo. In January, ARM joined nearly 100 other exhibitors at the 88th American Meteorological Society annual meeting in New Orleans. This year’s meeting was organized around the broad theme of “Enhancing the Connectivity between…
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ARM Kicks Off 88th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting at WeatherFest
Jim Mather, ARM Technical Director, demonstrated “cloud in a jar” to interested WeatherFest participants. ARM file photo. On January 20, staff from the ARM Climate Research Facility participated in the 7th Annual WeatherFest, an interactive science and weather fair for the public. WeatherFest kicks off the 88th American Meteorological Society annual meeting in New Orleans…
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Future of User Facility Discussed at Fall Workshop
As a national user facility, ARM is accessible to scientists around the globe for interdisciplinary research related to earth systems. In a continuing effort to meet users’ scientific needs, as well as to provide measurable progress related to the U.S. Department of Energy’s climate change research missions, ARM sponsored a “User Workshop” on October 31…
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ARM Mobile Facility Completes Field Campaign in Germany
Researchers will study severe precipitation events that occurred in August and October 2007, stalling Rhine River traffic and causing flooding in portions of Germany. (Image source: DW-WORLD.DE) Operations at the ARM Mobile Facility (AMF) site in Heselbach, Germany, officially came to a close on January 1, 2008. As one of several measurement “supersites” situated throughout…
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Radar Antenna Replacement Effort Begins at Barrow
On November 28, 2007, ARM operations and engineering staff braved -15°F weather to install the new radar antenna at Barrow. After lifting the antenna via crane onto the roof of the skydeck, the gloves had to come off to securely fasten all the tiny connecting screws and bolts—brrrrr! For estimates of cloud boundaries, there is…
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External Data Center Completes Storage Expansion
When the XDC began operation in October 1996, it processed 26 datastreams based on 11 external data product collections and transferred an average of 12 GB/month to the ARM Archive. Today, the XDC handles 250 data streams based on 31 external data product collections with an average volume of 473 GB/month, and daily operations continue…
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ARM Exhibit Draws Diverse Crowd at American Geophysical Union Meeting
Jennifer Delamere talks about her research experiences using the ARM Climate Research Facility with an interested researcher at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union. With an updated display and new informational materials, ARM joined more than 160 exhibitors at the annual fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco. About 15,000…