DOE Science Showcase - Atmospheric Radiation Measurement

Atmospheric radiation measurements are fundamental data used to better understand the radiation budget of the earth, why climate is changing, and how climate change will affect our future.  DOE's Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program was established as a comprehensive program to collect and make available these data to the global climate science community.  ARM deploys a suite of cutting-edge instrumentation at strategically located fixed, mobile, and aerial facilities for scientists to observe continuous, long-term measurements of radiative fluxes, cloud and aerosol properties, precipitation interactions, and related atmospheric characteristics in diverse climate regimes.  This measurement approach examines atmospheric processes and evaluates earth model performance, helping reduce uncertainties in climate models and advance predictive capabilities.  The ARM scientific infrastructure helps to advance Earth systems science.

Related Research Information in DOE Databases

• DOE PAGES^Beta – journal articles and accepted manuscripts related to the ARM program resulting from DOE funding.
• SciTech Connect – Atmospheric radiation measurement research from DOE science, technology, and engineering programs.
• DOE Data Explorer – scientific research data and data sets from the ARM program.
• In the OSTI Collections – Clouds, Sunlight, and Radiant Heat, Dr. William Watson 

For additional information, see the OSTI Catalogue of Collections.

Additional Resources

• Department of Energy Office of Science
• DOE Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
• Atmospheric System Research Program, DOE Office of Biological and Environmental Research
• DOE Climate Change Adaptation Plan
• Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility, a DOE Office of Science User Facility
• The DOE Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program, Part 1, ARM YouTube
• The DOE Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program, Part 2, ARM YouTube 
• The DOE Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program, Part 3, ARM YouTube   
• Live Atmospheric Radiation Data From Around the World, ARM     
• ARM Data Archive 
• ARM Aerial Facility, ARM YouTube
• ARM Photo Gallery, Argonne National Laboratory
• Atmospheric Sciences and Global Change, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Environmental and Climate Sciences, Brookhaven National Laboratory
• GlobalChange.gov, 13 Federal Agencies
• Our Changing Planet: The U.S. Global Change Research Program for Fiscal Year 2015, USGCRP's Annual Report to Congress
• Global Change Information System, USGCRP
• In the OSTI Collections: Earth System Models, Dr. William Watson (archive)
• First direct observation of carbon dioxide's increasing greenhouse effect at the Earth's surface, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• "Change Is in the Air" as Scientists Evaluate Data Collections with Unmanned Aircraft, ARM
• Climate Change is Here, Now What?,  Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory YouTube

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