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BNF - Bankhead National Forest, AL, AMF3 (Main Site)

Established

1 October 2024

Latitude

34.342481° N

Longitude

87.338177° W

Altitude

293 meters

Surface Type

Awaiting Information

Instruments

36 (35 active)

Primary Measurement Types

54 (54 active)

A site near Moulton, Alabama, will house the core instrumentation of the Bankhead National Forest (BNF) atmospheric observatory and will be the center of operations for BNF fieldwork. Because of its extensive collection of in situ and ground-based remote-sensing instruments, it will be an ideal site for major collaborative field projects.

The state-of-the-art instrumentation of the ARM Mobile Facility at the BNF main site will be augmented by balloon-borne atmospheric profiling, surface radiation measurements, and surface latent and sensible heat flux measurements.

Instruments deployed at BNF - Bankhead National Forest, AL, AMF3 (Main Site)

acsm

Aerosol Chemical Speciation Monitor

2024-10-30 — Currently Deployed

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aeri

Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer

2024-10-01 — Currently Deployed

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aos

Aerosol Observing System

2024-10-01 — Currently Deployed

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aosmet

Meteorological Measurements associated with the Aerosol Observing System

2024-10-02 — Currently Deployed

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aps

Aerodynamic Particle Sizer

2024-09-13 — Currently Deployed

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asi

All Sky Imager

2024-09-27 — Currently Deployed

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caps-pmex

Cavity Attenuated Phase Shift Extinction Monitor

2024-10-17 — Currently Deployed

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ccn

Cloud Condensation Nuclei Particle Counter

2024-11-06 — Currently Deployed

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ceil

Ceilometer

2024-09-30 — Currently Deployed

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ceilpblht

Boundary-layer height data with CEIL

2024-09-18 — Currently Deployed

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co-analyzer

Carbon Monoxide Analyzer

2024-10-01 — Currently Deployed

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cpc

Condensation Particle Counter

2024-10-01 — Currently Deployed

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csphot

Sunphotometer

2024-10-01 — Currently Deployed

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dl

Doppler Lidar

2024-10-01 — Currently Deployed

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gndrad

Ground Radiometers on Stand for Upwelling Radiation

2024-10-01 — Currently Deployed

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irt

Infrared Thermometer

2024-10-01 — Currently Deployed

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kazr

Ka ARM Zenith Radar

2024-09-09 — Currently Deployed

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ldis

Laser Disdrometer

2024-10-01 — Currently Deployed

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maws

Automatic Weather Station

2024-10-01 — Currently Deployed

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met

Surface Meteorological Instrumentation

2024-10-01 — Currently Deployed

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mfrsr

Multifilter Rotating Shadowband Radiometer

2024-08-27 — Currently Deployed

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mpl

Micropulse Lidar

2024-10-01 — Currently Deployed

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mwr3c

Microwave Radiometer, 3 Channel

2025-01-02 — Currently Deployed

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ozone

Ozone Monitor

2024-10-08 — Currently Deployed

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rl

Raman Lidar

2024-10-08 — Currently Deployed

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rwp

Radar Wind Profiler

2024-10-01 — Currently Deployed

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sirs

Solar and Infrared Radiation Station for Downwelling and Upwelling Radiation

2024-10-01 — Currently Deployed

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skyrad

Sky Radiometers on Stand for Downwelling Radiation

2024-10-01 — Currently Deployed

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smps

Scanning mobility particle sizer

2024-10-01 — Currently Deployed

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so2

Sulfur Dioxide Monitor

2024-10-08 — Currently Deployed

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sonde

Balloon-Borne Sounding System

2024-10-01 — Currently Deployed

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sp2

Single Particle Soot Photometer

2024-08-20 — Currently Deployed

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uhsas

Ultra-High Sensitivity Aerosol Spectrometer

2024-10-01 — Currently Deployed

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vdis

Video Disdrometer

2024-11-20 — Currently Deployed

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wb

Weighing Bucket Precipitation Gauge

2024-10-01 — Currently Deployed

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BNF - Bankhead National Forest, AL, AMF3 (Main Site)

Instruments deployed at BNF - Bankhead National Forest, AL, AMF3 (Main Site)

Primary Measurements collected at BNF - Bankhead National Forest, AL, AMF3 (Main Site)

Aerosol concentration

Aerosol extinction

Aerosol optical depth

Aerosol optical properties

Aerosol particle size

Aerosol particle size distribution

Atmospheric moisture

Atmospheric pressure

Atmospheric temperature

Backscattered radiation

Black carbon concentration

Carbon monoxide (CO) Concentration

Cloud base height

Cloud condensation nuclei

Cloud fraction

Horizontal wind

Hydrometeor Geometry

Hydrometeor Size Distribution

Hydrometeor fall velocity

Hydrometeor size

Hygroscopic growth

Inorganic chemical composition

Lidar Doppler

Lidar polarization

Liquid water content

Liquid water path

Longwave broadband downwelling irradiance

Longwave broadband upwelling irradiance

Longwave narrowband brightness temperature

Longwave spectral brightness temperature

Longwave spectral radiance

Microwave narrowband brightness temperature

Nitrogen oxides

Organic Material Concentration

Ozone Concentration

Planetary boundary layer height

Precipitable water

Precipitation

Radar Doppler

Radar polarization

Radar reflectivity

Shortwave broadband diffuse downwelling irradiance

Shortwave broadband direct normal irradiance

Shortwave broadband total downwelling irradiance

Shortwave broadband total upwelling irradiance

Shortwave narrowband diffuse downwelling irradiance

Shortwave narrowband direct normal irradiance

Shortwave narrowband radiance

Shortwave narrowband total downwelling irradiance

Shortwave spectral radiance

Snow depth

Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) Concentration

Vertical velocity

Visibility

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