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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

33 (25 active)

Primary Measurement Types

49 (44 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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aos

Aerosol Observing System

2024-10-01 — 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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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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csphot

Sunphotometer

2024-08-30 — Currently Deployed

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gndrad

Ground Radiometers on Stand for Upwelling Radiation

2024-10-01 — Currently Deployed

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hsrl

High Spectral Resolution Lidar

2025-03-11 — Currently Deployed

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kazr

Ka ARM Zenith Radar

2024-09-09 — 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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monitorinst

sensors for providing instrument system monitoring

2024-09-03 — Currently Deployed

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mpl

Micropulse Lidar

2024-10-01 — Currently Deployed

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nephelometer

Nephelometer

2024-10-01 — Currently Deployed

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psap

Particle Soot Absorption Photometer

2024-10-01 — Currently Deployed

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rl

Raman Lidar

2024-10-08 — 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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sonde

Balloon-Borne Sounding System

2024-10-01 — Currently Deployed

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tbsground

Tethered Balloon System Ground Measurement

2025-03-24 — 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

2024-09-30 — Currently Deployed

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

Aerosol absorption

Aerosol backscattered radiation

Aerosol concentration

Aerosol extinction

Aerosol optical depth

Aerosol optical properties

Aerosol particle size

Aerosol particle size distribution

Aerosol scattering

Atmospheric moisture

Atmospheric pressure

Atmospheric temperature

Backscatter depolarization ratio

Backscattered radiation

Carbon monoxide (CO) Concentration

Cloud fraction

Cloud location

Horizontal wind

Hydrometeor Geometry

Hydrometeor Size Distribution

Hydrometeor fall velocity

Hydrometeor size

Inorganic chemical composition

Lidar polarization

Longwave broadband downwelling irradiance

Longwave broadband upwelling irradiance

Nitrogen oxides

Organic Material 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

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