Facility Statistics

The U.S. Department of Energy requires quarterly reports based on reporting requirements that address facility operations hours (which relate directly to data availability) and the number of users. The number of users include site visitors as well as computer accounts of those requesting data. Safety and publication statistics are also being reported. Beginning in Fiscal Year 2004, this information is provided for the entire facility as well as by individual site by fiscal year in a quarterly report. Below is a quick overview of the current numbers.

FY 2013 Statistics at a Glance

  = Goal Met

FY2013 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Goals (hrs) 1987.20 1944.00 1965.60 1987.20
Actual (hrs) 2038.72      

FY 2012 Statistics at a Glance

  = Goal Met

FY2012 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Goals (hrs) 1987.20 1965.60 1965.60 1987.20
Actual (hrs) 2046.08 2074.8 2089.36 1987.20

 

Table 1. Operational Statistics for the ARM Sites for the Period of October 1 - December 31, 2012

Hours of Operation Data Availability (%)
SITE OPSMAX ACTUAL VARIANCE GOAL ACTUAL
NSA 1987.20 1987.20 0.0000 0.90 0.90
SGP 2097.60 2141.76 -0.0211 0.95 0.97
TWP 1876.80 1987.20 -0.0588 0.85 0.90
Site Average* 1987.20 2038.72 -0.0259 0.90 0.92
AMF1 Cape Cod, Massachusetts N/A N/A N/A N/A 0.80
AMF2 California to Hawaii N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

*The site average is based only on the fixed site averages for data availability, which met the goal this quarter.

 

Table 2. ARM Climate Research Facility Scientific Users for the Period of January 1 - December 31, 2012

FY2013 Q1 Summary of Last 12 Months
Facility Access Type Unique Scientific Users
On site 99
Off site 121
Data 189
Total 409

To find user statistics for the past 5 years, see Table 1 on the historical visitor statistics page.