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ENA-ARM

European North Atlantic — Atmospheric Radiation Mesurement (ENA ARM) — an international platform for advanced climate studies in the Atlantic, aimed at understanding ocean/atmosphere interactions, in particular to study the microphysical mechanisms of the formation and influence of marine clouds on the current climate and, with particular relevance, their influence on the future climate. The plant develops studies to improve global climate models and is highlighted by the innovative nature of the technologies and instruments that equip the infrastructure, enabling the testing of pioneering equipment for the study of new atmospheric models, corresponding to the latest technology serving atmospheric sciences and climate and an effective structure for calibration and validation of data available to the international scientific community.

The project is the result of an international programme promoted by the United States Department of Energy through the Los Alamos National Laboratory and is supported by the Government of the Azores (FRCT — Regional Fund for Science and Technology — equipment importer, owned by the Los Alamos National Laboratory, with exemption from payment of import duties and bank guarantee for their customs and tax value) and with the partnership of the University of the Azores (Center of Clima, Meteorology and Mudas), with exemption from payment of import duties and bank guarantee for their customs and tax value, and the partnership of the University of the Azores (Center of Climate, Meteorology and Mudances), with exemption from payment of import duties and bank guarantee relating to their customs and tax value, and the partnership of the University of the Azores (Center of Clima, Meteorology and Mudances), with exemption from payment of import duties and bank guarantee for the related customs and tax value, and the partnership of the University of the Azores (Centre of Climate, Meteorology and Mudances), with the exemption from payment of import duties and bank guarantee relating to their customs and tax value, and the partnership of the University of the Azores (Center of Climate, Meteorology and Mudances), with the exemption from payment of import duties and bank guarantee relating to their customs and fiscal value, and the partnership of the University of the Azores (Centre of Climate, Meteorology and Mudances), with the exemption from payment of import duties and bank guarantee relating to their customs and tax value, and the partnership of the University of the Azores (Climate Centre, Meteorology and Mudances), with the exemption from payment of import duties and bank guarantee relating to their customs and tax value, and the partnership of the University of the Azores (Climate Centre, Meteorology and Mudances), with the exemption from payment of import duties and bank guarantee for their customs and tax value, and with the partnership of the University of the Azores (Climate Centre, Meteorology and Mudances), with the exception of the

2009-2010 — First campaign of the project (with mobile station), with the support of the Government of the Azores, is successful — the location of the Archipelago and the small area and altitude of the island of Graciosa are ideal for studying a number of ocean-Atmosphere phenomena that influence the global climate and significantly interfere with climate change.

Sept. 2013 — Feb. 2014 — Construction of the station and entry into operation with new equipment (RWP — Radar Wind Profiler and the KaWband Scanning ARM Cloud Radar), and provision is made for constant technological updating, in particular with the installation
of Banda-X precipitation radar. US partners built the infrastructure and provided the equipment/equipment. Maintenance is provided via the Climate Centre, Meteorology and Global Change with funding from US partners to the Gaspar Frutuoso Foundation.
Direct contacts with US partners have been carried out by Professor Eduardo Brito de Azevedo, University of the Azores.