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The Bankhead National Forest (BNF) atmospheric observatory in Alabama will officially open October 1, 2024. Test data are now flowing from BNF instruments, signaling a key milestone along the path from observatory conception to operations.

ARM radar data mentor Ya-Chien Feng, a 2018 summer training student, serves as an instructor during the 2024 ARM Open Science Summer School.

Starting in 2026, ARM will collect data in the Phoenix, Arizona, area to help scientists understand how the urban and desert environments influence convection and precipitation, especially in relation to the summertime North American Monsoon.

A model intercomparison based on 1997 data persists as a big player in atmospheric science’s modeling literature.

Recent ARM small campaigns tackle science questions related to a variety of topics, such as aerosol formation, ship exhaust, and evolving albedo.

An atmospheric scientist and a team of interns calibrate an aerosol-sampling instrument ahead of its deployment to Alabama’s Bankhead National Forest.

Researchers work to create color vision deficiency-friendly colormaps that highlight important characteristics of clouds and precipitation.

ARM teams up with a 22-nation consortium of observatories and data centers to broaden measurements of Earth’s atmosphere.

Scientific investigations, data analysis, and model improvements follow the June 2023 end of a Colorado field campaign on mountain hydrology.

With a boost from a new U.S. Department of Energy initiative, atomic physicist Daniel Vrinceanu works to help establish the first atmospheric science program at Texas Southern University.