Facility Updates Archive

As the ARM Climate Research Facility (ACRF) has grown, so has its bimonthly report. Because this report now covers significant accomplishments and activities for all the ACRF infrastructure, our report has been renamed "Facility Updates."

2008

Sep 15	Global Earth Observations Portal Provides Gateway to ACRF Data
Aug 31	Phase 2 of Orbiting Carbon Observatory Field Campaign Begins
Aug 15	New Ceilometer Evaluated at Southern Great Plains Site
Jul 31	Southern Great Plains Gets an “Assist” for Instrument Intercomparison
Jul 15	Extract This! Enhanced Visualization Tool Available at the Data Archive
Jun 30	Interagency Effort Will Help Dial In Carbon Profiles
Jun 30	ACRF Science Liaison Chairs Climate Symposium at International Conference
Jun 15	Mobile Facility Anchors Multi-site Aerosol Study in China
Jun 15	Staying in Sync
May 15	Cloud Radars on the Screen at Southern Great Plains Site
May 15	North Slope of Alaska Site Hosts Guest Instruments for Arctic Aerosol Study
May 15	National User Facility Organization Meets to Discuss Progress and Ideas
Apr 30	Arctic Aerosol Study Flies By
Apr 30	Team Scouts Graciosa Island for 2009 Mobile Facility Deployment Site
Apr 30	ACRF Outreach Materials Chosen for Earth Day Display in Washington DC
Apr 15	CLASIC Discussed at Workshop in Oklahoma
Mar 31	Interagency Land Use Agreement Signed for North Slope of Alaska
Mar 31	2008 ARM Science Team Meeting Sails Off into the Sunset
Mar 15	New Radiometer Tested for Measuring Thin Clouds
Feb 29	Scout Team Scopes Out Sites for 2009 Field Campaign in Chile
Feb 29	Radar Focus Group Zeroes in on Data Quality
Feb 29	Wildlife Challenges Lead to Wireless Solutions
Feb 29	Final Preparations Underway for Arctic Aerosol Field Campaign
Feb 15	Science Board Welcomes Two New Members
Feb 15	User Group Provides Recommendations for Data Archive Improvements
Jan 31	ACRF Exhibit Showcases Continuous Data at American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting
Jan 15	Future of User Facility Discussed at Fall Workshop
Jan 15	ARM Mobile Facility Completes Field Campaign in Germany

2007

Dec 15	Radar Antenna Replacement Effort Begins at Barrow
Dec 15	External Data Center Completes Storage Expansion
Dec 15	ACRF Exhibit Draws Diverse Crowd at American Geophysical Union Meeting
Nov 30	Interferometers Compared for ARM Mobile Facility Deployment in China
Nov 30	High-Speed Internet Deflects Information Overload
Nov 15	Commercial Infrared Sky Imagers Compared
Oct 31	Long-term Radiosonde Validation Campaign Concludes
Oct 15	Enchanted Isle Selected as Site for 2009 ARM Mobile Facility Deployment
Oct 15	Aerial Vehicles Program to Support “CLOWD” Statistical Analyses
Oct 15	Second Phase of Far-Infrared Study To Take Place in Chile
Sep 30	Atqasuk Joins International Network of Meteorological Stations
Sep 30	Improved Instrument Calibration Capabilities Benefit All Sites, Users
Sep 15	Microwave Radiometers Put to the Test in Germany
Aug 31	Records Set Again; New Process Enhances Reporting of User Facility Statistics
Aug 31	New Calibration Method May Purge Old Procedure
Jul 31	Multifilter Radiometer Added to Cessna Payload
Jul 31	Review of ACRF Infrastructure Completed
Jul 15	Conditions Range from Classic to Record-Breaking as Field Campaign Concludes
Jul 15	Climate Education Kiosk Launched on Manus Island
Jun 30	Science Teams Gather to Plan Arctic Field Campaigns in Fiscal Year 2008
Jun 30	New Radar Wind Profiler Joins AMF Instrument Suite in Germany
Jun 15	CLASIC Hits the Dirt—and the Air—in Oklahoma
Jun 15	ACRF Data on Display at New Climate Research Facility
Apr 30	Field Campaign to Benefit from Multimillion Dollar Radar Technology
Apr 30	Alaskan Teachers Benefit from ACRF Support of International Polar Year
Apr 15	Radiosonde Temperature Sensor Benefits from Stronger Structure
Mar 31	Radiometers Operate in Low Water Vapor Conditions in Barrow, Alaska
Feb 28	International Polar Year Draws on ARM Education and Outreach Efforts
Feb 28	Unattended Performance of Lidar Makes Life “Easy”
Feb 15	Adieu to Niger, Guten Tag to Germany
Feb 15	Radar Looking Good with New Reflector
Jan 31	ARM Archive Sets Record for User Accounts
Jan 31	Datastream Database Speeds Flow of Information
Jan 15	New ACRF Exhibit Makes Debut at Fall Meeting of American Geophysical Union
Jan 15	Radon Measurements to Help Scientists Estimate Carbon Dioxide Exchange