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Review of ARM Infrastructure Completed
In May, the Department of Energy’s Biological and Environmental Research Advisory Committee (BERAC) published findings and recommendations from their assessment of the effectiveness of ARM Climate Research Facility as a national scientific user facility. Based on a review of total user requests, the BERAC concluded that ARM was being effectively used by the broader scientific…
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Conditions Range from Classic to Record-Breaking as Field Campaign Concludes
Closely resembling a rice paddy, this soggy cotton field near Chickasha, Oklahoma, on June 27 exemplifies the atypical surface conditions throughout the CLASIC experiment domain as the campaign drew to a close. (Photo courtesy Tom Jackson, USDA.) Not even record-setting precipitation could dampen the spirits of the Cloud and Land Surface Interaction Campaign (CLASIC) science…
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Climate Education Kiosk Launched on Manus Island
Staff of the Papua New Guinea National Weather Service pose with the soon-to-be-revealed ARM kiosk. On June 12, 2007, the last of the three ARM educational kiosks in the Tropical Western Pacific was launched in Lorengau, Manus Island. Inspired by a number of studies showing that indigenous people tend to understand and embrace science more…
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Jimmy Voyles Moves to Role of Instrument Coordinator
Jimmy Voyles. ARM file photo. Mr. Jimmy Voyles, the current ARM Technical Director, will move to the role of Instrument Coordinator for ARM effective August 1, 2007. In this role, he will provide leadership for the technical and engineering oversight of ARM instrument systems and future deployment planning. In addition, he will contribute to the…
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Jim Mather Selected as New ARM Technical Director
Congratulations to Dr. Jim Mather, who will take the position of Technical Director of the ARM Climate Research Facility effective August 1, 2007. The Technical Director is responsible and accountable for the successful overall management of the user facility and works with the other ARM managers to this end. Jim’s leadership will be critical for…
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Science Teams Gather to Plan Arctic Field Campaigns in Fiscal Year 2008
The primary measurement platform for both campaigns is a Convair-580, a large twin-engine turboprop. (NRC photo) With less than a year to prepare, scientists representing the ARM Program met in May in Ottawa, Canada, with colleagues from Environment Canada and the National Research Council of Canada to begin planning in earnest for two concurrent field…
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New Radar Wind Profiler Joins AMF Instrument Suite in Germany
The 1290 MHz wind profiler (foreground) joins the eddy correlation system (background) for the 9-month deployment in Germany. Picture taken by Kim Nitschke. A new 1290 MHz radar wind profiler has joined the ARM Mobile Facility instrument suite for the Convective and Orographic Precipitation Study (COPS) in Germany. This system operates similarly to a Doppler…
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Data from the NOAA Climate Reference Network for Barrow, AK, and Stillwater, OK, are Available Through the External Data Center
The ARM Climate Research Facility is providing data in netCDF format from the U.S. Climate Reference Network (USCRN), a network of climate change monitoring stations developed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). This network provides long-term observations of temperature and precipitation that can be paired with long-term historical observations for the detection and…
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CLASIC Hits the Dirt—and the Air—in Oklahoma
Dr. Jerry Elwood describes how the field campaigns in Oklahoma are contributing to the Department of Energy’s climate research efforts. On June 11, media and distinguished guests were invited to a media day in Ponca City, Oklahoma, to learn about the CLASIC and CHAPS field campaigns taking place in the region. In addition to the…
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ARM Data on Display at New Climate Research Facility
Senator Stevens (second from left) and Max Ahgeak (far left) of the Ukpeagvik Iñupiat Corporation cut a red ribbon at the building’s front door to commence the new science facility’s opening ceremony. On June 1, Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) joined Max Ahgeak of the Ukpeagvik Iñupiat Corporation to officially open the new Barrow Global Climate…