Research from the Aerosol Intensive Operations Period in May 2003 is featured in a special section of the Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres.

In a special issue recently published in the Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres (Vol. 111), scientists funded by the Department of Energy’s Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program report their research from an intensive field campaign conducted in May 2003 at the ARM Climate Research Facility (ACRF) Southern Great Plains (SGP) site in north central Oklahoma. This special issue entitled, “Department of Energy Atmospheric Radiation Measurement May 2003 Aerosol Intensive Operations Period,” presents 15 papers examining the properties and radiative influences of aerosols, and reports results from the Aerosol Intensive Operational Period. Scientists involved in the campaign used in situ airborne measurements and surface-, airborne-, and space-based remote sensing techniques to examine the properties and radiative influences of aerosols over the SGP site. The papers in the special section detail the ground-based and airborne instrumentation, the measurements, and the associated analyses.