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Submitting Proposals: Guideline Overview
Proposals are welcome from all members of the scientific community for conducting field campaigns using the ARM User Facility. ARM provides operational and logistical resources to conduct field campaigns at ARM’s fixed-location atmospheric observatories or to deploy one of the ARM Mobile Facilities and/or ARM Aerial Facility.
ARM provides use of its resources for campaigns, but does not provide research funding associated with the campaign. Principal investigators should demonstrate in their preproposal that funding for research is secured already or that a research grant is being submitted.
Proposed campaigns should focus on research that addresses the ARM mission of improving the understanding and representation of clouds and aerosols in climate and earth system models, as well as their interactions and coupling with Earth’s surface. Priority will be given to proposals that make comprehensive use of ARM facilities, focus on strategic goals of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Biological and Environmental Research (BER) program, and have the ability to improve regional or global earth system models.
Proposals that coordinate with other BER community capabilities or that support the goals of the Global Energy and Water cycle Exchanges (GEWEX) project are encouraged.
Types of Proposals
ARM accepts proposals for the following types of campaigns:
Annual Facility Call
Deployment of an ARM Mobile Facility, ARM Aerial Facility, or complex campaign at a fixed site will be accepted and reviewed once per year.
Small Campaigns
Deployment of guest instruments, instruments for offsite deployments, or special operations, such as enhanced radiosondes or special scanning strategies at a fixed site with cost to ARM, will be accepted anytime* and reviewed on a monthly to semi-annual basis.
Tethered Balloon System Missions
Requests for tethered balloon system (TBS) missions may be made through TBS calls, which will be held near the beginning of the calendar year, or through a call for the ARM Mobile Facility.
*Note: Please give ample lead time for your campaign proposal submissions. The timing for submitting a proposal depends on the size and complexity of the proposal and the timing of the request relative to the review cycle. For example, a small (level 1) campaign may take approximately 3 to 6 months from submission to implementation depending on those factors. Use the proposal deadlines calendar to estimate when you should submit a proposal to begin a campaign by a particular date.
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