Members of the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility’s science team are major contributors to radiation and cloud research. Scientists and investigators using ARM publish about 150 peer-reviewed journal articles per year, and ARM data are used in many studies published by other scientific organizations. These documented research efforts represent tangible evidence of ARM’s contribution to advances in almost all areas of atmospheric radiation and cloud research.
Research Highlights
Recent Highlights
Bridging the data gap in Southern Hemisphere aerosol research
17 January 2025
Fast, Jerome D
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Research area: Aerosol Processes
Aerosols are known to affect cloud properties, including their formation, growth, and precipitation, which in turn influences climate over long time scales. Aerosol-cloud-interactions (ACI) depend on how their properties change together, yet few measurements capture this variability, especially in the presence of convective cloud populations that can be observed routinely [...]
Revealing atmospheric secrets with advanced airborne data
16 January 2025
Mei, Fan
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Research area: Cloud-Aerosol-Precipitation Interactions
This research addressed the challenge of using extensive, complex airborne field campaign data from the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility's Data Center to study the Earth's atmosphere more effectively. By standardizing these data into a single, easily accessible format, it simplifies data management and enables more detailed atmospheric studies. [...]
Storm width dictates which atmospheric properties control storm depth
16 January 2025
Fast, Jerome D
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Research area: Cloud Distributions/Characterizations
Storms are a primary mechanism for transporting atmospheric properties, such as trace gases, aerosols, moisture, heat, and momentum, that significantly impact weather and climate. Where these constituents are transported is modulated by storm depth; therefore, accurate prediction of this parameter affects the subsequent ability to accurately predict weather and climate. [...]