The U.S. Department of Energy's Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program was established in 1990 and is still going strong today. This monograph chronicles the history of the first 20 years of the ARM Program and provides descriptions of its scientific accomplishments at a level understandable to readers with a basic physics background. Subjects include:

The scientific maturation of the program

ARM mobile facilities

Radiative transfer modeling for climate and weather applications

Aerosol physical and optical properties and processes

Impact on numerical weather prediction