The next meeting of the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility Users and Atmospheric System Research (ASR) Principal Investigators will take place during the week of March 13 to 17, 2017, at the Sheraton Tysons Hotel in Tysons, Virginia. This meeting brings together over 250 ASR researchers and ARM Facility users and infrastructure staff members to review progress and plan future directions for ASR research and the ARM user facility.
For a draft agenda, registration and hotel information, and instructions on submitting poster abstracts and breakout session requests, visit the meeting planning website.
General meeting sessions will begin on Monday, March 13, with topical breakout session meetings. Tuesday and Wednesday will feature plenary sessions that include presentations by U.S. Department of Energy program managers, reports from ARM and ASR on research progress, scientific presentations by ASR principal investigators and ARM Facility users, and tutorial sessions on how to use the ARM Facility.
Poster sessions will be held both Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons to review research results. Thursday morning and early afternoon will be devoted primarily to breakout sessions addressing priority science and facility topics. General meeting sessions will end by 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 16.
Important deadlines for the Joint PI Meeting:
- Poster abstracts by Friday, January 6, 2017.
- Breakout session requests by Friday, January 6, 2017.
- Hotel room registration by Friday, February 17, 2017.
- Meeting registration by Monday, February 27, 2017.
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The ARM Climate Research Facility is a national scientific user facility funded through the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science. The ARM Facility is operated by nine Department of Energy national laboratories.