Field Notes

The Field Notes blog provides an inside view of Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility field campaigns or operations.
 
Interns Chart New Directions With SAIL Data

Interns Chart New Directions With SAIL Data

Published: 24 September 2024

Blog, Field Notes, SAIL

Summer interns at two national labs help scientists analyze data from the Surface Atmosphere Integrated Field Laboratory (SAIL) field campaign in Colorado.

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Students Cook Up Recipes for Combining ARM Observations and Models

Students Cook Up Recipes for Combining ARM Observations and Models

Published: 26 July 2024

Blog, Field Notes

Groups present their cookbooks of work from the 2024 ARM Open Science Summer School.

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Future of LASSO Workshop Report Available for Download

Future of LASSO Workshop Report Available for Download

Published: 26 July 2024

Blog, Field Notes, LASSO, Publications

William Gustafson, who leads the Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) ARM Symbiotic Simulation and Observation (LASSO) activity, provides a peek at what is in the report.

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From the User Executive Committee (UEC) Subgroup Chairs: July 2024

From the User Executive Committee (UEC) Subgroup Chairs: July 2024

Published: 26 July 2024

Blog, Field Notes, From the UEC

Susannah Burrows shares what her subgroup is doing to help enhance communication with modelers, including the development of an upcoming survey.

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TRACER-Model Intercomparison Project Team Makes Headway

TRACER-Model Intercomparison Project Team Makes Headway

Published: 26 July 2024

Blog, Field Notes, TRACER

Project leads Jiwen Fan and Stephen Saleeby discuss the team’s case selection and simulation, as well as next steps, including plans for community participation.

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Unlocking Opportunities: The Power of Community Collaboration

Unlocking Opportunities: The Power of Community Collaboration

Published: 26 July 2024

ARM Aerial Facility, Field Notes, Blog

Pete Carroll, the uncrewed aerial system operations lead for the ARM Aerial Facility, writes about the makings of a significant collaboration with a local community college.

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Going to ARM Summer School: Students Get Open Science Training in Cleveland

Going to ARM Summer School: Students Get Open Science Training in Cleveland

Published: 21 June 2024

Blog, Field Notes

In May 2024 at Cleveland State University, ARM hosted its fifth summer school, the first to explicitly focus on open science.

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From the User Executive Committee (UEC) Subgroup Chairs: June 2024

From the User Executive Committee (UEC) Subgroup Chairs: June 2024

Published: 21 June 2024

Blog, Field Notes, From the UEC

Osinachi Ajoku shares an update from the Undergraduate Engagement with a Focus on Diversity (UEFD) subgroup.

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ARM Provides World’s First Multi-Site Long-Term Data Record of Ice-Nucleating Particles

ARM Provides World’s First Multi-Site Long-Term Data Record of Ice-Nucleating Particles

Published: 21 June 2024

Blog, Data Announcements, Field Notes

New data are available from Alaska, California, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Texas. More samples are currently being collected in Tasmania for analysis.

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SAIL Science at the High-Water Mark

SAIL Science at the High-Water Mark

Published: 20 June 2024

Blog, Field Notes, SAIL

Daniel Feldman, principal investigator of the Surface Atmosphere Integrated Field Laboratory (SAIL) campaign, highlights data used in key papers and shares how you can access the campaign’s data for your own science. 

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