Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility (ACRF) (ACRF)

Country

Media sampled/studied/modelled

Air/aerosol

Regions studied

Alaska

Keywords

Updated 2012-07-25

The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility (ACRF) is a multi-platform national scientific user facility, with instruments at fixed and varying locations around the globe for obtaining continuous field measurements of climate data. Each ACRF site uses a leading edge array of cloud- and aerosol-observing instruments to record long-term continuous atmospheric and surface properties that affect cloud formation and radiation transport through the atmosphere. The ARCF also provides shorter-term (months rather than years) measurements with its two mobile facilities (AMFs) and its aerial measurements. Network type: - Atmosphere, with a focus on the impact of clouds and aerosol on the Earth’s radiation budget. - Location: Primary site: Barrow, Alaska, 71° 19' 23.73" N, 156° 36' 56.70" W Secondary site: Atqasuk, Alaska, 70° 28' 19.11" N, 157° 24' 28.99" W - Community-based: No.

http://www.arm.gov

Status: Ongoing
Project time span: 1997 -
Data collection: 1997 -
Data processing: 1997 -
Data reporting: 1997 -

Contact information

Contact person: - -
Address: Dr. Wanda Ferrell
Email: vog.eod.ecneics@llerref.adnaw

Parameters and Media

Parameter groups measured/observed/modelled

Media sampled/studied/modelled

Air/aerosol

Geography

Regions studied: Alaska

Data availability

Samples/specimens archived in specimen banks?: No

Methods & Procedures

Procedures and methodology used for, e.g., sampling and sample storage, sample pretreatment, extraction and analysis, including which laboratories are involved, references to methods employed, etc.: Cloud & aerosol properties, radiation budget, surface characterization, water vapour, precipitation (See http://www.arm.gov/measurements)

Additional Information

Is this a bi- AND multi-lateral project (i.e. a project involving cooperation between different countries)?: No
Other institutes involved in the project: Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility (ACRF)
Is this project reporting to other organizations/programmes?: NOAA provides aerosol and radiosonde measurements at Barrow. Networks: GCOS Upper-Air Network (GCOS GRUAN), World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)
Indigenous AND traditional knowledge used in this project: No