ARM Mobile Facility Leaving Alaska for U.S. Southeast

Technical Report · Wed Apr 01 04:00:00 EDT 2020

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1660431· OSTI ID:1660431

Dorsey, Katie ^[1]

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1. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility will soon begin the process of moving its third mobile facility (AMF3) from Alaska to the Southeastern United States. A workshop in August 2018 identified the Southeast as a priority region of interest for further study by ARM. The Southeast is a region with abundant atmospheric convection, yet the land surface, boundary layer, vegetation, and aerosol properties are markedly different from those seen at ARM’s fixed observatory in Oklahoma, allowing opportunities to explore new research questions. To maximize the scientific value of the new site, DOE’s Biological and Environmental Research program selected a site science team that will help guide the move of AMF3. Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) in New York will lead the AMF3 relocation effort. Supported by ARM and DOE’s Atmospheric System Research (ASR), the multi-institutional team is responsible for developing a science plan and initial research project for the Southeastern U.S. deployment.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
• Contributing Organization: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL); Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 1660431
• Report Number(s): DOE/SC-ARM--20-007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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