[1] In 1992, ASL was disestablished, and the majority of its operations, personnel, and facilities were incorporated into the newly created U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL).

[2] The headquarters for the Atmospheric Sciences Laboratory and the bulk of its research facilities were established in White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.

During the 1930s and 1940s, the Signal Corps directed research on electronics, radar, and communication systems at Fort Monmouth and nearby satellite laboratories.

[6] On April 2, 1946, SCEL deployed a team of ten men from Fort Monmouth with two modified SCR-584 vans to “A” station at White Sands Proving Ground (later renamed White Sands Missile Range) to perform tests on the captured German V-2 rockets.

[7] From these tests, it became increasingly apparent after the war that atmospheric research was vital in predicting the behavior of missiles and where it would impact.

In addition, the White Sands Signal Corps Agency saw a string of successes in multiple areas of weather research.

These stations were installed at 16 different points at WSMR and were also equipped to measure wind speed, temperature, and humidity.

SMSA also built meteorological rockets that could carry a 70-pound instrument package as high as 600,000 feet in order to obtain upper atmospheric data.

The material development and procurement functions of the Signal Corps were transferred to the newly created Army Materiel Command (AMC), and the U.S. Army Electronics Command (ECOM) was created as a subordinate element of AMC to continue the Signal Corps' research and development endeavors.

[8] As a remnant of its days as part of the Signal Corps Laboratories, ASL headquarters was located at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, but the majority of its meteorological research activities took place at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) in New Mexico.

[8] Shortly afterward, ASL assumed operational control of the meteorological efforts conducted at Fort Huachuca.

This task was performed by developing models that described mesoscale systems, boundary layer phenomena, and the effects of terrain on atmospheric structure.

ASL researchers developed methods to improve the monitoring of mesoscale phenomena and collect meteorological data in inaccessible areas.

ASL researchers were keen on studying warm fogs and developed numerical models that described their life cycle.