ARM Pioneers Reflect on Two Decades of Progress

Published: 22 June 2009

At the Southern Great Plains site in 1992, some freshly poured concrete and a trailer brought in by truck mark the modest beginnings of what would become a scientific user facility for global climate change research.

Since the launch of the ARM Program in 1989, scientists have dramatically improved climate models and scientists’ understanding of how to use them. This is due in large part to the ARM Climate Research Facility’s fixed, mobile, and aerial measurement capabilities. Reflecting on the program’s 20-year anniversary, a few of the early leaders of the program describe the beginnings of this effort and how it evolved to become a major contributor to national and international research efforts related to global climate change. Read the article in Earthzine.

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The ARM Climate Research Facility is a DOE Office of Science user facility. The ARM Facility is operated by nine DOE national laboratories, including .