Bankhead National Forest Fact Sheet
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM), Data Center
By the end of 2023, the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility plans to open a new atmospheric observatory in northwestern Alabama. For at least five years, the Bankhead National Forest (BNF) atmospheric observatory will collect data for researchers to learn more about aerosols, clouds, and land-atmosphere interactions in the Southeastern United States. In turn, their studies will lead to improvements in models of the Earth’s climate. A U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) workshop in August 2018 identified the Southeast as a priority region of interest for further study by ARM, a DOE Office of Science user facility that operates fixed-location and mobile observatories worldwide. The Southeast experiences high humidity, frequent convection, and high biogenic emissions. The land surface, boundary layer, vegetation, and aerosol properties across the region are markedly different from those seen at ARM’s long-term observatory in Oklahoma, allowing opportunities to explore new research questions.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM), Data Center
- 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); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 2203082
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/SC-ARM--23-037
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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