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Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program
The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program is the largest global change research program supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). It was created to help resolve scientific uncertainties related to global climate change, with a specific focus on the crucial role of clouds and their influence on radiative feedback processes in the atmosphere. The primary goal of the ARM Program is to improve the treatment of cloud and radiation physics in global climate models in order to improve the climate simulation capabilities of these models. ARM's scientists research a broad range of issues that span remote sensing, physical process investigation and modeling on all scales. ARM's site operators focus on obtaining continuous field measurements and providing data products to promote the advancement of climate models.
ARM Climate Research Facility
ARM's climate research sites serve as a national scientific user facility for collaborative research primarily with university, government agency, and national laboratory researchers. These sites provide significant research capability for the global scientific community. The resulting new ARM Climate Research Facility (ACRF) has been designated a national user facility for the purpose of providing this unique asset for the study of global change to a broader national and international research community. Proposed projects at the ACRF are reviewed by the ACRF Science Board, a highly respected group of scientists who assist with reviewing proposals for use of the facility.