The atmospheric emitted radiance interferometer (AERI) is a ground-based instrument that measures the downwelling infrared radiance from the Earth’s atmosphere. The observations have broad spectral content and sufficient spectral resolution to discriminate among gaseous emitters (e.g., carbon dioxide and water vapor) and suspended matter (e.g., aerosols, water droplets, and ice crystals). These upward-looking surface observations can be used to obtain vertical profiles of tropospheric temperature and water vapor, as well as measurements of trace gases (e.g., ozone, carbon monoxide, and methane) and downwelling infrared spectral signatures of clouds and aerosols.
AERI
aeri > Atmospheric Emitted Radiance InterferometerInstrument Type(s) > Baseline • External • Guest
Measurements
Locations
- Fixed
- AMF1
- AMF2
- AMF3
Active Instrument Locations
| Facility Name | Instrument Start Date |
|---|---|
| Central Facility, Barrow AK | 1998-02-22 |
| Central Facility, Lamont, OK | 1994-01-10 |
| Oliktok Point, Alaska; AMF3 | 2015-08-01 |
| Waukomis, OK (Extended) | 2016-04-06 |
| Medford, OK (Extended) | 2016-04-07 |
| Houston, TX; AMF1 (main site for TRACER) | 2021-04-14 |
Related Publications
2020
Achtert P, E O'Connor, I Brooks, G Sotiropoulou, M Shupe, B Pospichal, B Brooks, and M Tjernström. 2020. "Properties of Arctic liquid and mixed-phase clouds from shipborne Cloudnet observations during ACSE 2014." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 20(23), 10.5194/acp-20-14983-2020.
Degelia S, X Wang, D Stensrud, and D Turner. 2020. "Systematic Evaluation of the Impact of Assimilating a Network of Ground-Based Remote Sensing Profilers for Forecasts of Nocturnal Convection Initiation during PECAN." Monthly Weather Review, 148(12), 10.1175/MWR-D-20-0118.1.
Dawson K, R Ferrare, R Moore, M Clayton, T Thorsen, and E Eloranta. 2020. "Ambient Aerosol Hygroscopic Growth From Combined Raman Lidar and HSRL." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 125(7), e2019JD031708, 10.1029/2019JD031708.
Goss HB, KS Dorsey, CB Ireland, MR Wasem, RA Stafford, and R Jundt. 2020. 2019 Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Annual Report. Ed. by Kathryn Dorsey, ARM user facility. DOE/SC-ARM-19-032.
Lubin D, D Zhang, I Silber, R Scott, P Kalogeras, A Battaglia, D Bromwich, M Cadeddu, E Eloranta, A Fridlind, A Frossard, K Hines, S Kneifel, W Leaitch, W Lin, J Nicolas, H Powers, P Quinn, P Rowe, L Russell, S Sharma, J Verlinde, and A Vogelmann. 2020. "AWARE: The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) West Antarctic Radiation Experiment." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 101(7), 10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0278.1.
Weckworth TM, S Spuler, and DD Turner. 2020. Micropulse Differential Absorption Lidar (MPD) Network Demonstration Field Campaign Report. Ed. by Robert Stafford, ARM user facility. DOE/SC-ARM-20-002.
Gustafson W, A Vogelmann, Z Li, X Cheng, K Dumas, S Endo, K Johnson, B Krishna, T Toto, and H Xiao. 2020. "The Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Symbiotic Simulation and Observation (LASSO) Activity for Continental Shallow Convection." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 101(4), 10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0065.1.
Research Highlight
2019
Chipilski H, X Wang, and D Parsons. 2019. "Impact of Assimilating PECAN Profilers on the Prediction of Bore-Driven Nocturnal Convection: A Multi-Scale Forecast Evaluation for the 6 July 2015 Case Study." Monthly Weather Review, 148(3), 10.1175/MWR-D-19-0171.1.
Zhang C, Y Wang, and M Xue. 2019. " Evaluation of an -ε and three other Boundary Layer Parameterization Schemes in the WRF Model over the Southeast Pacific and the Southern Great Plains ." Monthly Weather Review, 148(3), 10.1175/MWR-D-19-0084.1.
Kollias P, N Bharadwaj, E Clothiaux, K Lamer, M Oue, J Hardin, B Isom, I Lindenmaier, A Matthews, E Luke, S Giangrande, K Johnson, S Collis, J Comstock, and J Mather. 2019. "The ARM Radar Network: At the Leading-edge of Cloud and Precipitation Observations." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 101(5), 10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0288.1.
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