In September, the ARM Climate Research Facility became an official member of the National Science Foundation’s Center for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere, or CASA. Initial discussions for partnering began nearly a year ago. After a series of informative visits and presentations, the decision was made to move forward with membership process. The transfer of interagency funds was completed on September 18, 2007, solidifying the partnership. In the meantime, CASA dedicated a significant effort to support the CLASIC field campaign in June 2007 by providing a network of four scanning X-band radars.
CASA is a multi-sector partnership among academia, industry, and government dedicated to engineering revolutionary weather-sensing networks for the region of the lower atmosphere currently below conventional radar range. For more information about CASA, see http://www.casa.umass.edu.