Members of the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility’s science team are major contributors to radiation and cloud research. Scientists and investigators using ARM publish about 150 peer-reviewed journal articles per year, and ARM data are used in many studies published by other scientific organizations. These documented research efforts represent tangible evidence of ARM’s contribution to advances in almost all areas of atmospheric radiation and cloud research.
Research Highlights
Recent Highlights
Above-cloud concentrations of cloud condensation nuclei help to sustain some arctic low-level clouds
24 April 2024
Igel, Adele
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Research area: Cloud-Aerosol-Precipitation Interactions
We investigated the importance of aerosol particles above cloud top for maintaining low-level clouds in the Arctic.
Are atmospheric models too cold in the mountains? The state of science and insights from SAIL
20 April 2024
Feldman, Daniel
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Research area: Atmospheric Thermodynamics and Vertical Structures
We reviewed the peer-reviewed literature, and found that many types of high-resolution atmospheric models produce surface air temperatures that are colder than what is observed in high-altitude complex terrain. We evaluate the possible causes of this bias, and also examine data using three different high-resolution models and data collected by [...]
Relationships between cloud and land surface fluxes across cumulus and stratiform coupling
12 April 2024
Su, Tianning; Li, Zhanqing
Supported by:
Research area: Cloud Processes
In our study, we systematically explored the multifaceted relationships between land surface fluxes and low-cloud formation across different cloud regimes. By analyzing merged data of the long-term ARM ground observations with coupling diagnostics, we identified distinct cloud-land interaction patterns contingent upon different coupling regimes and critically assessed the capabilities of [...]