Is The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program new to you? It was to me until I discovered it a little while ago.
ACRF is the largest global change research program supported by the U.S. Department of Energy. Its primary goal is to improve the treatment of cloud and radiation physics in global climate models in order to improve the climate simulation capabilities of these models.
To achieve this goal, ARM scientists and researchers around the world use continuous data obtained through the ARM Climate Research Facility. This scientific user facility provides a unique asset for interdisciplinary global change research among the national and international scientific community.
ARM gathers a wide variety of measurements from many different sources. Each day, the Data Archive stores and distributes large quantities of data collected from these sources.
Scientists then use these data to research atmospheric radiation balance and cloud feedback processes, which are critical elements of global climate change.
Measurement Categories covered include: Aerosols, Atmospheric Carbon, Atmospheric State, Cloud Properties, Radiometric and Surface Properties.
The ARM Archive receives data daily. The following data sets and streams may be of interest to you:
* Climate Modeling Best Estimate Product
* 3-hour Temporal Resolution ISCCP Cloud Data Around the ARM sites: ISCCP Cloud ARM Evaluation Data
* Aerosol Best Estimate and Best Estimate Angstrom Exponent and Aerosol Extinction Profiles: ABE ARM Evaluation Data for NSA and SGP
* Direct Aerosol Forcing for NSA, SGP, and TWP: Aerosol Uncertainty PI Product Data
* Aerosol Retrievals from SGP MFRSR data: PI Product Data
* 95 GHz W-Band ARM Cloud Radar (WACR) and MPL observations from the Niamey AMF deployment: WACR-ARSCL PI Product Data
Data collected through these routine operations and scientific field experiments of the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program and ARM Climate Research Facility (ACRF) are stored at and distributed through the Archive. These data are available to the public free of charge and can be reviewed by clicking here or the title above.
Data can be acquired via the methods described or by browsing the “instruments”, “measurements”, and other tabs above and looking for pages that have “Build an Order” in their right-side navigation.
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