TY - JOUR
T1 - The ARM Mobile Facility and its first international deployment
T2 - Measuring radiative flux divergence in West Africa
AU - Miller, Mark A.
AU - Slingo, Anthony
PY - 2007/8
Y1 - 2007/8
N2 - The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Mobile Facility (AMF) was recently developed to enable collection of detailed climate data in locations not currently sampled by ARM's five fixed sites. The AMF includes a comprehensive suite of active and passive remote sensors, including cloud radar, that sample the atmosphere in a narrow column above its location. Surface radiation, aerosols, and fluxes are also measured and there is an ancillary measurement facility to help quantify local gradients. The AMF is deployed at no cost to the principal investigator or institution for periods from six months to one year on the basis of an international proposal competition judged by a nonpartisan board. The proposal to ARM that led to the initial international deployment of the AMF in Niamey, Niger, was titled "Radiative Atmospheric Divergence Using the AMF, GERB Data, and AMMA Stations (RADAGAST)." This paper provides a description of the instruments that compose the AMF, its charter, a description of its deployment in support of RADAGAST, and examples of data that have been collected in Africa.
AB - The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Mobile Facility (AMF) was recently developed to enable collection of detailed climate data in locations not currently sampled by ARM's five fixed sites. The AMF includes a comprehensive suite of active and passive remote sensors, including cloud radar, that sample the atmosphere in a narrow column above its location. Surface radiation, aerosols, and fluxes are also measured and there is an ancillary measurement facility to help quantify local gradients. The AMF is deployed at no cost to the principal investigator or institution for periods from six months to one year on the basis of an international proposal competition judged by a nonpartisan board. The proposal to ARM that led to the initial international deployment of the AMF in Niamey, Niger, was titled "Radiative Atmospheric Divergence Using the AMF, GERB Data, and AMMA Stations (RADAGAST)." This paper provides a description of the instruments that compose the AMF, its charter, a description of its deployment in support of RADAGAST, and examples of data that have been collected in Africa.
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U2 - 10.1175/BAMS-88-8-1229
DO - 10.1175/BAMS-88-8-1229
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34548646927
SN - 0003-0007
VL - 88
SP - 1229
EP - 1244
JO - Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
JF - Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
IS - 8
ER -