Field Campaigns
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Proposals for smaller campaigns this fiscal year, and forward, are still being considered. We are no longer accepting preproposals for use of the AMF and AVP services in FY 2010. A request for proposals for FY 2011 for the AMF and AVP services will be published in journals this fall—keep watching the ARM website. |
ARM Climate Research Facility users regularly conduct field campaigns to augment routine data acquisitions and to test and validate new instruments. Any field campaign which is proposed, planned, and implemented at one or more research sites is referred to as an intensive operational period (IOP). IOPs are held using the fixed and mobile sites; Southern Great Plains, North Slope of Alaska, Tropical Western Pacific, ARM Mobile Facility (AMF), and Aerial Vehicles Program (AVP). The AVP provides aerial measurement platforms that can be used to support experiments at the fixed sites, in conjunction with the mobile facility, or in support of other research activities independent of the ACRF. While the ACRF does not provide direct funding for scientific research, small amounts of funding may be provided to allow the facility to assist with logistics, the development of datastreams and archiving, and other infrastructure activities associated with using the facility.
Proposal Schedule
Preproposals for field campaigns in FY 2010 are now being accepted. Field campaign requests for any of the fixed ACRF sites will be considered at any time. The request for preproposals for larger, more complex field campaigns (such as those involving the AMF, AVP, or multiple funding organizations) for FY 2009 was published in the spring of 2007, and these preproposals are no longer being accepted. To learn more about the scientific review process and how you can start your own IOP, please refer to the IOP Request, Approval, and Implementation Process (pdf) and flowchart (pdf).
To order field campaign data, visit the ARM Climate Research Facility Archive or call the Archive User Services Hotline at (865) 241-4851 or 1-888-ARM-DATA (1-888-276-3282). Email can be sent to armarchive@ornl.gov
