Field Notes

The Field Notes blog provides an inside view of Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility field campaigns or operations.
 
ARM Data Services Completes Successful Fiscal Year 2024

ARM Data Services Completes Successful Fiscal Year 2024

Published: 26 November 2024

Blog, Field Notes, FY2024 Infrastructure Updates

ARM Chief Data and Computing Officer Giri Prakash reports on new tools and improvements to aid the ARM data user experience.

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Light Fantastic: Measuring Sunlight During the Snow ALbedo eVOlution (SALVO) Field Campaign

Light Fantastic: Measuring Sunlight During the Snow ALbedo eVOlution (SALVO) Field Campaign

Published: 26 November 2024

Blog, Field Notes, North Slope of Alaska

NOAA’s David Clemens-Sewall discusses the process to collect albedo measurements and minimize error during the ARM campaign in Alaska.

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ARM Staff Engage in Community Science Events in Alaska and Tasmania

ARM Staff Engage in Community Science Events in Alaska and Tasmania

Published: 20 November 2024

Blog, CAPE-K, Field Notes, North Slope of Alaska

ARM staff interact with community members and help introduce children living near ARM sites to science through hands-on activities and discussion.

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From the ARM User Executive Committee (UEC) Chair

From the ARM User Executive Committee (UEC) Chair

Published: 25 October 2024

Blog, Field Notes, From the UEC

Your voice is important! Jen Delamere requests your participation in the UEC elections and a new modeling survey.

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Student Seizes SALVO Opportunity

Student Seizes SALVO Opportunity

Published: 25 October 2024

Blog, Field Notes, North Slope of Alaska

A PhD student at the University of Washington heads to Alaska to conduct fieldwork for ARM’s Snow ALbedo eVOlution (SALVO) campaign. 

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TRACER-Model Intercomparison Project Wants Your Model Results!

TRACER-Model Intercomparison Project Wants Your Model Results!

Published: 25 October 2024

Blog, Field Notes, TRACER

The TRacking Aerosol Convection interactions ExpeRiment-Model Intercomparison Project (TRACER-MIP) team plans to present preliminary results from the community at a 2025 workshop. 

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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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