ARM Southern Great Plains (SGP)
Authors
Nicki Hickmon — Argonne National Laboratory
Douglas L Sisterson — Argonne National Laboratory
Michael T. Ritsche — Argonne National Laboratory
Category
ARM next generation – Megasite and LES activities
Description
The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility Southern Great Plains (SGP) site has been in operation for 25 years! This poster provides an update on the SGP capabilities. The SGP comprises 24 instrumented locations including an extensively instrumented SGP Central Facility (CF) located near Billings, OK. SGP operates instruments for in situ and remote-sensing observations that are made available through the ARM Data Archive. In 2016, SGP added instrumentation improving our ability to capture temperature, winds, and relatively humidity in the boundary layer along with improvements to our Raman lidar and Aerosol Observing System (AOS). Our Next-Generation upgrades are designed to support the development of continuous forcing data sets. Details will be provided regarding current instrumentation, access to the data, and opportunities for scientists to propose instrumentation and field campaigns at the SGP.
