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ARMARMAtmospheric Radiation MeasurementAtmospheric Radiation Measurement
DOE’s Flagship Global Climate Change Program
ARM Climate Research Facilities in Alaska
The North Slope of Alaska Team at Sandia Labs/NM:
Bernie Zak, Jeff Zirzow, Kathy Anguiano, Jean Lewis, Mark Ivey
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Improve Climate Predictions Improve Climate Predictions
Improve Global Climate Models Improve Global Climate Models
- Radiative Transfer w/Clouds- Radiative Transfer w/Clouds
- Treatment of Clouds- Treatment of Clouds
ARM Overview: Goals ARM Overview: Goals
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AA
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Tethered Sonde
Doppler Radar
Calibrationand SupportFacility
RASSProfilingSystem
Raman Lidar
Radiation MeasurementTower
RepresentativeARM Measurements
AuxiliaryFacilities
BoundaryFacilities
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Extended Facility
Central Facility
• Temperature• Radiative Fluxes• Wind• Greenhouse Gases• Clouds• Aerosols• Water Vapor• Vertical Velocities
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HighResolutionSpectrometer
200 x 200kmGrid
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ARM Mobile Facility Now in the Black Forest, Germany
ARM Climate Research Facility Locations
ARM Sites Taken Together Form aNational User Facility: ARM Climate Research Facility (ACRF)
-Open to All on a Proposal Basis
-Uses Not Limited to Climate Research
-Number of Users is the Figure of Merit -No Sunset Date for ACRF
-Use Fees Limited to Additional Costs
North Slope ARM Climate Research Facility:Where Climate Change is Most Rapid
Categories of Instrumentation*-Surface Meteorological Sensors-Wind, Temperature and Humidity Profilers-Cloud Observation Instrumentation-Downwelling Radiation Sensors-Upwelling Radiation Sensors-Aerosol Instrumentation-Gas Instrumentation
*About 70 sensors in all (on the North Slope), including radars, lidars, spectrometers, imagers, etc. etc.
Selected NSA ACRF Field Experiments*
• Upcoming: Indirect and Semi-Direct Aerosol Campaign (2008)
• International Polar Year 2007-09• IR Loss (On-going, 2006) and RHUBC, 2007• Boundary Layer Cloud (2005)• Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud (M-PACE 2004)• NASA AIRS Validation (2002-ongoing)• Arctic Winter Water Vapor (2001, 2004)• Aerosonde Robotic Aircraft (1999-2005)• SHEBA (1997-98)
*About two dozen have taken place at the NSA
Barrow ACRF Facility: “Great White”
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Barrow ‘Duplex’ and Visiting ARM Scientists