Field Notes

Misha Krassovski, an information technology engineer from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, shares a personal video from his time on the Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) field campaign.

William Gustafson, principal investigator for the Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) ARM Symbiotic Simulation and Observation (LASSO) workflow, shares updates on the decision process for expanding LASSO.

Daniel Knopf of Stony Brook University reports on the Aerosol-Ice Formation Closure Pilot Study (AEROICESTUDY) at ARM's Southern Great Plains atmospheric observatory.

Vagner Castro (far left), ARM Mobile Facility lead technician, sends back snapshots from the far north as he works on the Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) field campaign.

Janek Uin, an ARM instrument mentor from Brookhaven National Laboratory, leaves the now-drifting icebreaker R/V Polarstern for a new mission in Norway.

The drifting part of the Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) field campaign has started. Matt Boyer and Janek Uin, ARM instrument mentors from Brookhaven National Laboratory, report that the R/V Polarstern is freezing into the ice.

Janek Uin, an ARM instrument mentor from Brookhaven National Laboratory, reports that the icebreaker R/V Polarstern has found its arctic home for the next year. Also, polar bears have been spotted.

Traveling up to the central Arctic for the Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) field campaign, scientist Jessie Creamean is mesmerized by all the blue that surrounds her.

Jessie Creamean, a research scientist at Colorado State University, shares why she is going on the Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) field campaign.

ARM staff and researchers complete final preparations for the Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) field campaign, which starts September 20.