ARM Archive
Program scientific goals
- to improve radiative transfer functions in General Circulation Models (GCMs)
- to improve parameterization of cloud properties and formation in GCMs
Program components
- operates field sites (Oklahoma, Tropical Western Pacific, Alaska)
- sponsors research (~50 funded projects)
- manages data systems (ESD operates ARM Archive)
Archive stores data
- 1.9 million files (1100 GB)
- 70,000 new files (70 GB) per month
Archive provides data to scientists
- ~22,000 files (20 GB) per month
- ~280 registered users