Collection Citation
| Collection Title | Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Data from Specific Instruments Used in the ARM Program | ||
| Collection Sponsor | USDOE - Office of Science (SC) | ||
| DOE Data Center | Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Data Centers | ||
| DOE Scientific User Facility | Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Climate Research Facility (ARCF) | ||
| Other Related Organizations | Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL); Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) | ||
| Main Content Type | Figures/Plots; Numeric Files/Datasets | ||
| Subject Categories | 54 - ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES | ||
| Keywords | Global climate change; Aerosols; Atmospheric Profiling; Cloud Properties; Derived Quantities and Models; Radiometric; Airborne measurements; Satellite Observations; Surface Meteorology; Surface/Subsurface Properties; Value-Added Products (VAP); Field Campaign Data; Intensive Operational Period (IOP); Ocean Observations; Atmospheric Profiling | ||
| Description | ARM is known for its comprehensive set of world-class, and in some cases, unique, instruments available for use by the global scientific community. In addition to the ARM instruments, the ARM Climate Research Facility identifies and acquires a wide variety of data including model, satellite, and surface data, from "external instruments," to augment the data being generated within the program. External instruments belong to organizations that are outside of the ARM Program. Field campaign instruments are another source of data used to augment routine observations. The huge archive of ARM data can be organized by instrument categories into twelve "collections:" Aerosols, Airborne Observations, Atmospheric Carbon, Atmospheric Profiling, Cloud Properties, Derived Quantities and Models, Ocean Observations, Radiometric, Satellite Observations, Surface Meteorology, Surface/Subsurface Properties, and Other. Clicking on one of the instrument categories leads to a page that breaks that category down into sub-categories. For example, "Atmospheric Profiling" is broken down into ARM instruments (with 11 subsets), External Instruments (with 6 subsets), and Field Campaign Instruments (with 42 subsets). Each of the subset links, in turn, leads to detailed information pages and links to specific data streams. Users will be requested to create a password, but the data files are free for viewing and downloading. The URL to go directly to the ARM Archive, bypassing the information pages, is http://www.archive.arm.gov/. See also ARM data plots at http://www.arm.gov/data/data_plots.stm. The Office of Biological and Environmental Research in DOE's Office of Science is responsible for the ARM Program. The ARM Archive physically resides at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. (Specialized Interface) (Registration Required) | ||
| DDE | DDE00250 |
