Spring has turned to summer, and today—more than ever—is an exciting time to be at ASR.
Let’s start with a big announcement: The 2025 Joint Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility/Atmospheric System Research (ASR) Principal Investigators Meeting will be held from March 3-6, 2025, in the Washington, D.C. area. Mark your calendars now.
This week of plenaries, workshops, and breakout sessions is a prime opportunity to bring our communities together, foster collaborations, and shape the future of our science. Stay tuned for more details in the coming weeks.
Observations from Ships Workshop Report
And speaking of workshops, we are pleased to share the results of a recent DOE workshop on the observation of marine aerosols and clouds from commercial ships—an effort that several members of the ASR community contributed. Read about the workshop report.
Sharing Our Science—With Appropriate Images
In the May column, I emphasized the importance of sharing our science and regularly submitting science highlights, which in turn, draws more attention to your published research. First, we want to ensure all ASR scientists are familiar with our Resources for ASR Scientists page on our website. Here, you’ll find essential information on project reporting and how to subscribe to ASR and ARM newsletters and working group mailing lists.
We have made a crucial addition to this section of our website that affects how you share your science—your highlights, and Joint Meeting posters and presentations. It has to do with images—photos, figures, charts, graphics, artwork, etc.
In a nutshell, we need to ensure that we have the right to use the images submitted to the website. Infringements of copyright can have significant financial consequences, and those who track down violations of their copyright are getting much better at doing so.
Please visit our new Image Guidelines and Resources page to learn more about copyright and documenting the rights for the images you submit. Importantly, we also share resources where you can find freely available images, and provide a quick reference guide called “Can I Use This Image?”
When you submit a science highlight, a presentation, or a poster to our website, the form now asks you to provide credit for any image used and to confirm that you have permission or copyright to share your photos, figures, charts, graphics, artwork, etc.
We appreciate your participation as we continue to share our science while avoiding any copyright issues.
And we look forward to the exciting developments ahead!
# # #Author: Jeff Stehr, ASR Program Manager, U.S. Department of Energy
This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science, through the Biological and Environmental Research program as part of the Atmospheric System Research program.