Asmeret Berhe helps launch a weather balloon.

Attendees get a high-level view of the SGP observatory from on top of the radiometer calibration facility.

ARM deploys profiling instruments such as radars and lidars like those shown in the forefront of the image to obtain information on cloud and aerosol properties above the site. The new guest instrument facility (back left) provides a resource for scientists to deploy their own instruments.

Michael Ritsche, SGP manager, describes how instrumentation in the field operates to collect valuable data for the scientific community. The Solar and Infrared Radiation Station measures solar radiation.