AWARE – ARM WEST ANTARCTIC RADIATION EXPERIMENT
On November 5th 2015 the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility launched the ARM West Antarctic Radiation Experiment (AWARE), with equipment deployed to the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) and McMurdo Station. As a collaborative project between DOE and the National Science Foundation (NSF), which manages the U.S. Antarctic Program, AWARE scientists collected and analyzed data covering the atmospheric energy balance, cloud microphysics, precipitation, and aerosol chemistry. Also AWARE deployed the Second ARM Mobile Facility (AMF2), which is the most advanced and complete set of equipment for atmospheric and climate science ever sent to Antarctica.
Testing the AMF2 deployment for COS-RAY in Pagosa Springs, Colorado. Photo taken and provided as a courtesy by Ryan Scott (SIO) - July 2015
Testing the WAIS Divide AMF2 equipment for COS-RAY deployment at Hamelmann Communications in Pagosa Springs, Colorado. Photo taken and provided as a courtesy of Ryan Scott (SIO) - July 2015
Testing the Scanning ARM Cloud Radar (SACR) at Hamelmann Communications, Pagosa Springs, Colorado. Photo taken and provided as a courtesy by Ryan Scott (SIO) - July 2015
Exaggerated hero shot after the morning safety brief - 11 November 2015.
Installation of the AMF-2 at CosRay - 03 November 2015
Installation of the AMF-2 at CosRay - 08 November 2015
Installation of the AMF-2 at CosRay - 09 November 2015
Installation of the AMF-2 at CosRay - 10 November 2015
Installation of the AMF-2 at CosRay - 10 November 2015
Installation of the AMF-2 at CosRay - 10 November 2015
Installation of the AMF-2 at CosRay - 12 November 2015
Installation of the AMF-2 at CosRay - 12 November 2015
Principal Investigator Dan Lubin (right) and ARM Facility Manager Kim Nitschke (center) give NSF Representative Jessie Crain a tour of the AMF-2 rooftop installation. Instruments in the foreground are the SKYRAD radiometers. Instruments in the background are the Beam-Steerable Radar Wind Profiler (BSRWP) and the Ka-band ARM Zenith Radar (KAZR). Photo taken and given as a courtesy by Heath Powers (LANL) - 20 November 2015
Aurora at the CosRay site overlooking McMurdo Sound - 03 August 2016
Aurora at the CosRay site near McMurdo Sound.
The laser beam that appears is from the High Spectral Resolution Lidar (HSRL), which gives us information about cloud and aerosol layer microphysics - 03 August 2016
Aurora at the CosRay site overlooking McMurdo Sound.
The laser beam that appears is from the High Spectral Resolution Lidar (HSRL), which gives us information about cloud and aerosol layer microphysics - 03 August 2016
AWARE Team Arrival at McMurdo Station 06 November 2015
Group photo at the CosRay site as the AMF-2 installation is nearing completion. Front row seated (left to right): Paul Ortega (LANL), Krzysztof Krzton (BOM), Jeff Aquilina (BOM), Dan Lubin (SIO), Kim Nitschke (LANL), John Hamelmann (Hamelmann Communications). Back row standing (left to right): Heath Powers (LANL), Andrei Lindenmaier (PNNL), Colin Jenkinson (BOM), Mike Ryczek (BOM), Jody Ellis (Hamelmann Communications), Greg Stone (BOM) - 21 November 2015.
Map location of AWARE instrumentation
Climate and Weather Support for the AWARE Mission by the Ohio State University, Polar Meteorology Group View/Read More >>
Website: Gabrielle Ayres
The AWARE campaign is supported primarily by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program, and, jointly supported by the NSF Division of Polar Programs.
Lead Scientist: Dan Lubin, Climate, Atmospheric Science and Polar Oceanography (CASPO) – Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
Co-Principal Investigators: David Bromwich, Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State University; Lynn Russell, CASPO, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD; Johannes. Verlinde, The Pennsylvania State University; and Andrew Vogelmann, Brookhaven National Laboratory
On-the-Ice AWARE Team I (First Slider Photo) November 2015 – December 2015:
Back Left to Right: Greg Stone, Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM); Iosif “Andrei” Lindenmaier, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL); Jody Ellis, Hamelmann Communications; Maciej “Mike” Ryczek, BOM; Krzysztof Krzton, BOM; Paul Ortega, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL); Heath Powers, LANL; Kim Nitschke, LANL. Front row kneeling left to right: Dan Lubin, SIO; Colin Jenkinson, BOM; John Hamelmann, Hamelmann Communications; Jeff Aquilina, BOM
On-the-Ice AWARE Team II December 2015 – February 2016:
Ryan Scott, Site Scientist, SIO; Colin Jenkinson, Site Engineer, BOM; and Greg Stone, Site Technician, BOM
Nature Journal Article: “Antarctic Clouds Studied for First Time in Five Decades,” Author, Alexandra Witze, 05 January 2016.
Article here.
Photos in slider at left: Laser and Auroras photos at ARM overlooking McMurdo Station courtesy of Jeff Aquilina (BOM); Construction photos courtesy of Dan Lubin (SIO); other photos courtesy of Ryan Scott.