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Studying the Amazon Basin’s Climate by Air and by Land
Scientists have now completed the first half of the interagency Green Ocean Amazon (GOAMAZON) campaign, a two-year study to determine how Mother Nature interacts with pollution from a city of 2 million people and the impact that interaction has on the pristine and delicate climate of Brazil’s Amazon Basin.
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Seeing the Forest Through the Trees—And to the Aerosols
Nine months in the icy, cold forests of Finland was not what the second ARM Mobile Facility (AMF2) was primarily created for, but because of its adaptability and reputation for stability in various climates and weather conditions, the AMF2 was essential for the Biogenic Aerosols – Effects on Clouds and Climate Campaign.
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Eastern North Atlantic Site Expands Data Capabilities
The now one-year-old climate research site has filled with instruments that will lead to cutting-edge research data.
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Around the World in 52 Months
The Department of Energy has selected six field campaigns to take place from 2015 through most of 2019. These new efforts kick off in the summer of 2015 at the Southern Great Plains site and take the first ARM Mobile Facility from Brazil to Ascension Island, located in the southeast Atlantic Ocean between South America…
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Heartfelt Goodbye to Manus Island
After 18 years, the U.S. Department of Energy’s ARM observation site at Manus Island is closed, but the data results will live on and remain available for use in the ARM Data Archive.
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Sally McFarlane Named DOE ARM Program Manager
On July 1, Dr. Sally McFarlane took a new role in the U.S. Department of Energy as the program manager for the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility.
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A Richly Deserved Retirement; a Job Well Done
June 30, 2014, marks another key milestone in the progress and evolution of the ARM Climate Research Facility. After 20 years of leadership, Wanda Ferrell, DOE Program Director for the ARM Facility, is retiring.
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First Phase of Research Flights Completed for GOAMAZON
Crisscrossing the sky above the Amazon Basin, a Gulfstream-1 aircraft operated by the ARM Aerial Facility completed 16 flights and logged 42 research hours between February and March 2014 for Phase 1 of airborne measurements for the Green Ocean Amazon, or GOAMAZON, field campaign.
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ARM Megasites Previewed at Annual Science Team Meeting
Research colleagues at the annual meeting of DOE’s Atmospheric System Research program were among the first to hear details about the ARM Facility’s plans for enhanced measurements to speed climate model advancements.
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A New Species in the Amazon Rain Forest: Scientists
Scientists will soon have a wealth of new climate data from the Amazon Basin. For the next two years, the Green Ocean Amazon, or GOAMAZON, field campaign is gathering climate data using a comprehensive network of instrumented observation sites located around Manaus, Brazil. Researchers will use data obtained during GOAMAZON to investigate how changes in…