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
Deep learning of PBL heights using ARM SGP data
13 November 2024
Zhang, Yunyan; Su, Tianning
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Research area: Atmospheric Thermodynamics and Vertical Structures
This study developed an advanced deep learning model to estimate the planetary boundary-layer height (PBLH) by using morning sounding data and surface meteorological conditions. By training data from Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility observations, our model examines the influence of various meteorological factors on PBLH and demonstrates effectiveness across [...]
Characterizing giant storm precipitation in the central Amazon
6 November 2024
Fast, Jerome D
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Research area: Cloud Processes
The prediction of rainfall over the Amazon rainforest by weather and climate models is highly uncertain, particularly for large rainstorms, which are commonly seen during the wet season, from March to May. Using an advanced object tracking algorithm, researchers tracked storms that were observed by satellite and then simulated them [...]
Agricultural soils are efficient ice nucleating particles in the Southern Great Plains
30 October 2024
Burrows, Susannah M.
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Research area: Cloud Processes
Ice nucleating particles (INPs) are a rare subset of particles that can have an outsized impact on weather and clouds by initiating the process of ice formation in clouds. Cloud ice plays an important role in the formation of precipitation as well as in changing the amount of sunlight clouds [...]