ARM Aerial Vehicles Program
PNNL scientists coordinate the logistics, instrumentation, and data systems associated with aircraft operations for the ARM Aerial Vehicles Program. This aircraft, a Twin Otter, is one of eight aircraft coordinated by the program as part of DOE field campaigns in Oklahoma during June 2007.
Enlarged ViewThe Pacific Northwest National Laboratory manages the structure, processes, and operations of the Department of Energy's Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Aerial Vehicles Program, or (AVP). As part of the DOE's ARM Climate Research Facility (ACRF), the AVP obtains airborne, or in situ, atmospheric measurements in support of cloud and climate research. The AVP enhances the utility and information content of ACRF long-term ground-based measurements by providing
- in situ measurements of cloud properties for evaluating and improving remote sensing retrievals
- spatial sampling not possible from the ground to provide context for and extend the ground-based measurements, for example, ice crystal habit or aerosol size distributions
- aircraft measurements in data sets for testing and evaluating high-resolution models and model parameterizations.
The AVP is funded by the Climate Change Research Division of the Department of Energy's Office of Science, Biological and Environmental Research program.
Contact: Jim Mather
