Presenter(s):
Chongai Kuang, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Mark Spychala, Argonne National Laboratory

Primary Convener:
Chongai Kuang, Brookhaven National Laboratory

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility has established a new site in the Bankhead National Forest (BNF) in northern Alabama that will gather data on how clouds, the land surface, and aerosols interact at a hierarchy of scales important to understanding and simulating the Earth system. Starting its operations in October 2024, the BNF site provides a multi-year opportunity for scientists to unravel complex land-atmosphere interactions. A suite of distributed ground-based in-situ sensors and atmospheric profilers, elevated tower-based instrumentation, and aerial facilities will enable scientists to investigate those interactions from the land surface through the canopy and up through the clouds. The target audience for this town hall includes the broader atmospheric and terrestrial ecosystem science communities, as well as regional measurement networks, agencies, and universities. The goals of the proposed town hall are to raise community awareness of key facility measurement platforms, communicate the coordination of planned intensive operational periods, and discuss the opportunities for inter-agency collaboration to enhance the science impact of the site.

Co-Sponsored Sessions:
ESA： Ecological Society of America
AMS： American Meteorological Society

Cross-Listed:
A - Atmospheric Sciences
B - Biogeosciences
EP - Earth and Planetary Surface Processes