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ARM Instrument Locations
Instrument Name
Abbreviation
NSA
SGP
TWP
AMF
Barrow
Atqasuk
BF
CF
EF
IF
Manus
Nauru
Darwin
GRW
Aerosol Observation System
AOS
Atmospherically Emitted Radiance Interferometer
AERI
Balloon-Borne Sounding System
SONDE
Baseline Solar Radiation Network
BSRN
Broadband Radiometer Station
BRS
Carbon Dioxide Flux Measurement Systems
CO2FLX
Carbon Monoxide Mixing Ratio System
CO
Cimel Sunphotometer
CSPHOT
Disdrometer
DISDROMETER
Eddy Correlation Flux Measurement System
ECOR
Energy Balance Bowen Ratio Station
EBBR
Flask Samplers for Carbon Cycle Gases and Isotopes
FLASK
G-band (183 GHz) Vapor Radiometer
GVR
G-band (183 GHz) Vapor Radiometer profiler
GVRP
Ground Radiometers on Stand for Upwelling Radiation
GNDRAD
In-situ Aerosol Profiles (Cessna Aerosol Flights)
IAP
Infrared Thermometer
IRT
Integrated Sounding System
ISSSONDE
Micropulse Lidar
MPL
Microwave Radiometer
MWR
Microwave Radiometer - high frequency
MWRHF
Microwave Radiometer Profiler
MWRP
Millimeter Wavelength Cloud Radar
MMCR
Multifilter Radiometer
MFR
Multifilter Radiometer and Infrared Thermometer
MFRIRT
Multifilter Rotating Shadowband Radiometer
MFRSR
Narrow Field of View Zenith Radiometer
NFOV
Normal Incidence Multifilter Radiometer
NIMFR
Optical Rain Gauge
ORG
Precision Carbon Dioxide Mixing Ratio System
PGS
Radar Wind Profiler (915 MHz)
915RWP
Raman Lidar
RL
Rotating Shadowband Spectroradiometer
RSS
Shortwave Spectrometer
SWS
Sky Radiometers on Stand for Downwelling Radiation
SKYRAD
Soil Water and Temperature System
SWATS
Solar and Infrared Radiation Observation Station Instruments
SIROS
Solar and Infrared Radiation Station
SIRS
Surface Meteorological Instrumentation
MET
Surface Meteorological Instruments for TWP
SMET
Surface Meteorological Observation System Instruments for SGP
SMOS
Surface Temperature and Humidity Reference System for Sondes
SURTHREF
Surface and Tower Meteorological Instrumentation at NSA
METTWR
Temperature, Humidity, Wind and Pressure Sensors
THWAPS
Tipping Bucket Rain Gauge
RAIN
Total Precipitation Sensor
TPS
Total Sky Imager
TSI
Tower Camera
TWRCAM
Tower Temperature and Humidity Sensors
TWR
Vaisala Ceilometer
VCEIL
W-Band (95 GHz) ARM Cloud Radar
WACR