ARM BNF Summer School 2025

Monday, May 19, to Friday, May 23, 2025

Instructors and Mentors

Please list your instructors and mentors below!

Instructor	Affiliation	Links
Max Grover	Argonne National Laboratory	Github
Scott Collis	Argonne National Laboratory	Github
Scott Giangrande	Brookhaven National Laboratory
Brenda Dolan	Colorado State University
Michael Giansiracusa	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Sébastien Biraud	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Mark Spychala	Argonne National Laboratory
Tim Wagner	University of Wisconsin
Bill Gustafson	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Patty Campbell	Argonne National Laboratory
Chongai Kuang	Brookhaven National Laboratory
Joseph O'Brien	Argonne National Laboratory
Tim Juliano	NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research
Sid Gupta	Argonne National Laboratory
Sean Freeman	University of Alabama Huntsville
Shawn Serbin	NASA	Github
Andrew Feldman	NASA	Github
Thijs Heus	Cleveland State University

Schedule

Sunday May 18, 2025

Time	Location	Activity
06:00 PM	Drury Inn Lobby	Go to Stovehouse for Dinner

Monday May 19, 2025

Time	Topic	Presenter(s)
08:30 AM - 09:00 AM	Intro to ARM	Jim Mather and Sally McFarlane
09:00 AM - 09:30 AM	Intro to Bankhead National Forest + Summer School	AMF3 Science Team + Max Grover
09:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Coffee Break
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Intro to ARM Accounts and Site Visit Requests	Mark S.
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Intro to BNF Science: Deep Convection	Brenda D.
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Intro to ARM Data/Accounts	Michael G.
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM	Elevator Pitch Intro Lunch	Max G.
01:00 PM - 01:30 PM	Fundamentals of Radar Meteorology	Scott G. and Scott C.
01:30 PM - 02:00 PM	Fundamentals of Sensing Columns Using Remote Sensing	Tim W.
02:00 PM - 02:30 PM	Fundamentals in Aerosol Instrumentation - In Situ	Chongai K.
02:30 PM - 03:00 PM	Coffee/Tea Break
03:00 PM - 04:00 PM	Tracking Data at BNF - Sean, Tracking Data - Sid	Sean and Sid
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM	Project Pitches

Tuesday May 20, 2025

Time	Location	Activity
08:30 AM	Drury Inn Hotel Lobby	Depart for Field Site
09:30 AM	CSAPR2 Radar Site	Guided Tour
10:45 AM	Main Office	Orientation
11:30 AM	Sonde Pad	Sonde Launch & Lunch
12:00 PM	Instrument Field and S10	Departure
02:00 PM	Main Office	Guided Tour
03:00 PM	Drury Inn Hotel	Arrive back at hotel

Wednesday May 21, 2025

Time	Topic	Presenter(s)
08:30 AM - 09:00 AM	Finalize Project Pitch Decks	Max G.
09:00 AM - 09:30 AM	Introduction to Field Campaign Dashboard	Max G.
09:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Intro to ARM Jupyterhub	Max G.
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Coffee Break
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM	Introduction to ACT	Joe O'Brien
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM	Introduction to Py-ART	Joe O'Brien
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM	Lunch and Learn: Introduction to AI/ML with ARM	Sid Gupta
01:00 PM - 05:00 PM	Group Work!

Thursday May 22, 2025

Time	Topic	Presenter(s)
08:30 AM - 09:30 AM	Office Hours - Any Issues?	Max Grover + Scott Collis
09:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Coffee/Tea Break
10:00 AM - 01:00 PM	Group Project Work Time	Everyone
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM	Lunch and Learn: Simulation Data with LASSO	Bill G.
02:00 PM - 04:00 PM	Group Work Time	Everyone
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM	Final Prep of Presentations	Everyone

Friday May 23, 2025

Time	Topic	Presenter(s)
08:30 AM - 09:00 AM	Next Steps with the Jupyterhub + ARM	Mike Giansiracusa
09:00 AM - 09:30 AM	Survey Time + Coffee	Max Grover and Scott Collis
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM	Project Presentations
11:15 AM	Closing Remarks + Lunch to Go	Max Grover