ARM Translator Group

The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement user facility is a multi-laboratory collaboration that is a key contributor to national and international climate research efforts. Translators are liaisons between the scientific community and ARM staff. Our work explores radar meteorology,

radar meteorology

Weather information based upon the returned burst of energy emited by the radar. Radiowaves strike an object (rain drop, snowflake, hail, bug, etc.) and return a small fraction of energy directly back toward the radar.

Source: National Weather Service Source

precipitation and cloud radar techniques for estimating rainfall and drop size distributions, and adaptive radar scanning

adaptive radar scanning

Adaptive radar (weather) scanning consists of changing the radar’s scanning strategy in response to changes in the atmosphere.

Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Source

for climate applications.