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The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility produces news and features, data announcements, event announcements, and highlights about its activities to keep users informed.
DUSTIEAIM Deployment Moves Closer to Kickoff
28 May 2026ARM staff are in Phoenix, Arizona, getting ready to start operations June 1, 2026, for the Desert-Urban SysTem IntegratEd AtmospherIc Monsoon (DUSTIEAIM) field campaign.
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ARM Navigating Changes in Data Quality Operations
ARM develops a new organizational structure to address evolving needs and hosts a hackathon to increase the number of staff knowledgeable about data quality processes.
Sondes in the Sky Probe Atmospheric Rivers
ARM provides supplemental data for an international field campaign exploring high-impact atmospheric phenomena.
Features
Streamlining ARM Data Access With AI-Ready Infrastructure
New storage, software, and computing frameworks set the stage for next-generation data tools and research support.
Capturing Coastal Cloud Complexity
More than two years after ending operations in La Jolla, California, the Eastern Pacific Cloud Aerosol Precipitation Experiment (EPCAPE) is producing journal articles and cases for model evaluation.
Data Announcements
New Aerosol Optical Depth Data Available for CAPE-k, COURAGE, and BNF
This product reports cloud-screened aerosol optical depth from the direct normal irradiance measured by ARM 7-channel multifilter rotating shadowband radiometers.
Radiosonde Parameters Product Released for CoURAGE, EPCAPE Campaigns
The Convective Parameters Derived from Radiosonde Data (SONDEPARAM) value-added product applies stable and consistent algorithms to ARM radiosonde data to calculate useful convective cloud parameters.
Events & Meetings
Register for Third CoURAGE Science Team Meeting
The third Coast-Urban-Rural Atmospheric Gradient Experiment (CoURAGE) science team meeting will be held June 25, 2026, in Baltimore, Maryland.
Recording Available: AI in ARM Webinar
Attend the AI in ARM webinar on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, at 2 p.m. Eastern time to learn about ARM's ongoing and upcoming AI-focused activities.
Publications
ARM Workshop Report Explores Weather Impacts on Energy and National Security
The report summarizes a November 2025 workshop in which participants discussed how ARM observations can improve understanding of risks to the nation’s energy and security infrastructure.
New ARM Plans Detail FY2026 Priorities for Radars and Aerosol Instruments
A pair of fiscal year 2026 (FY2026) planning documents also describe progress related to two of ARM’s most critical instrument suites.
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