Members of the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility’s science team are major contributors to radiation and cloud research. Scientists and investigators using ARM publish about 150 peer-reviewed journal articles per year, and ARM data are used in many studies published by other scientific organizations. These documented research efforts represent tangible evidence of ARM’s contribution to advances in almost all areas of atmospheric radiation and cloud research.
Research Highlights
Recent Highlights
Aerosol-cloud interactions in the eastern North Atlantic
14 May 2024
Ghate, Virendra Prakash
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Research area: Aerosol Processes
Water vapor condenses to form cloud droplets on aerosols, small particles or droplets suspended in the air that are commonly called cloud condensation nuclei (CCN). The mechanisms responsible for changes in CCN concentrations over the open oceans are not fully known. The study characterizes drivers of CCN concentrations over the [...]
62°S witnesses the transition of boundary-layer marine CCN and INPs
8 May 2024
McFarquhar, Greg
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Research area: Aerosol Properties
Over the pristine Southern Ocean (50°S–68°S, 63°E–150°E), data acquired during the 2017–2018 Measurement of Aerosols, Radiation, and Clouds over the Pristine Southern Ocean (MARCUS) Experiment show that small aerosol particles suspended in the air, particularly those that can act as cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) and ice nucleating particles (INPs), strongly depend [...]
Chemical properties and single-particle mixing state of soot aerosol in Houston during TRACER
1 May 2024
Zhang, Qi
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Research area: Aerosol Properties
Our comprehensive measurements of black carbon (BC)-containing aerosols, conducted during the TRACER campaign, provided detailed insights into the composition, behavior, and variability of soot aerosols in Houston. We find that the coating thickness of individual BC particles and their mixing with other species vary significantly, influenced by diverse emission sources [...]