Collaborations

The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility collaborates extensively with other U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) programs and laboratories, agencies, universities, and private firms in gathering and sharing data. This collaborative approach allows ARM to leverage its investment in instruments, sites, data, and science and to gain the knowledge necessary to improve the accuracy of the computer models used to simulate global and regional climate changes.

The following programs fall under the Earth and Environmental Systems Sciences Division (EESSD) of the Office of Biological & Environmental Research (BER). EESSD also manages ARM, and ARM maintains strong ties with many of the EESSD programs, including:

• Atmospheric System Research (ASR)
• Earth System Model Development
  • Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM)
• Regional & Global Climate Modeling (RGCM)
• Terrestrial Ecosystem Science (TES)
  • Next-Generation Ecosystem Experiments (NGEE)-Arctic
• Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL).

Outside of DOE, ARM works with several other US government agencies. Examples of collaborations include ARM providing data or instrument support and partners leading field campaigns or sitting on advisory boards. Three major collaborators are:

• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
• National Science Foundation (NSF).

• Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM) project
• Community Earth System Model (CESM) project
• Global Energy and Water Exchanges/Global Atmospheric System Studies (GEWEX/GASS)
• Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL)
• European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)

• Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) program
• Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission

• Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) project
• Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN)

ARM maintains connections with a number of universities and educational organizations, in the United States and around the world. In addition to working with scientists and researchers who hold academic positions, ARM provides access and training to the next generation of atmospheric scientists.