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The EOL data archive contains atmospheric, meteorological, and other geophysical datasets from operational sources and the scientific research programs and projects for which NCAR/EOL has provided data management support. The project list may be sorted by selecting the header keys and full project descriptions and dataset lists are available by selecting the project title. You may search for projects with the form below. You may also search for datasets by keyword or space and time.

Projects

535 projects (100 shown)

Name: Title / Summary Begin Date (UTC) End Date (UTC)
NBL: Nocturnal Boundary Layer
The Nocturnal Boundary Layer (NBL) project investigated the vertical structure of the nocturnal boundary layer under clear conditions. The main objectives of this project were to observe the turbulent flux structure with respect to the position of the...
1979-05-01 00:00:00 1979-05-09 23:59:59
Nauru99: Nauru ARM Experiment, 1999
Nauru99 continues a series of intensive field studies in support of the DOE/Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) program in the tropical Western Pacific (TWP). Centered around the island of Nauru, the NOAA R/V Ronald H. Brown and the JAMSTEC R/V...
1999-06-15 00:00:00 1999-07-17 23:59:59
NASA-LITE: Lidar-In-Space Technology Experiment
The objective of the NASA LITE program was to demonstrate the measurement capabilities of a lidar system in orbit aboard the space shuttle. The experiment was designed to test the feasibility of space-based lidar systems. To validate the LITE...
1994-09-02 00:00:00 1994-09-19 23:59:59
NARE-AIR: North Atlantic Regional Experiment - Aircraft
This cost-recovery program sought to determine and quantify the processes responsible for the transport of ozone and ozone precursors from North America to the North Atlantic Ocean. Specific goals included improved understanding of (1) the fate of...
1993-08-08 13:34:34 1993-08-28 18:22:15
NAMMA: NASA African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis
The African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses (AMMA) project was an international collaboration aimed at improving our knowledge and understanding of the West African Monsoon and its variability.  The NASA African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses ...
2006-08-06 00:00:00 2006-09-12 23:59:59
NAME: North American Monsoon Experiment
The North American Monsoon Experiment (NAME) is an internationally coordinated, joint CLIVAR-GEWEX process study aimed at determining the sources and limits of predictability of warm season precipitation over North America, with emphasis on time scales...
2004-06-01 00:00:00 2004-09-30 23:59:59
NAMAP: NAME Model Assessment Project
The purpose of the NAME Model Assessment Project (NAMAP) is to provide focus to high-resolution modeling activities in support of the North American Monsoon Experiment (NAME). NAMAP Phase I consists of simulations of the single 1990 warm season when...
1990-05-01 00:00:00 1990-10-31 23:59:59
NaLidar: NaLidar
During the Sodium Lidar (NaLidar) project, airborne lidar measurements were taken over the central US of atmospheric density perturbations in the upper stratosphere and lower mesosphere and of the mesospheric sodium layer to test a new sodium lidar...
1986-11-13 20:50:26 1986-11-18 05:42:00
NADO: nado
NADO involved two PAM stations from July, 1985, through August, 1986. These were setup to the northeast of the Denver-metro area; in the vicinity of Denver's new airport. The intension of the experiment was to provide long-term, seasonal wind...
1986-01-01 00:00:00 1986-08-30 23:59:59
MSS-82: Marine Stratus Studies - 1982
The Marine Stratus Studies (MSS) project, led by Dr. James W. Telford, studied the marine stratus near the California coast. This project was aimed at explaining the development of the dynamics, microphysics and radioactive properties of stratus clouds...
1982-08-10 00:00:00 1982-08-25 23:59:59
MSS-81: Marine Stratus Studies - 1981
The Marine Stratus Studies (MSS) project, led by Dr. James W. Telford, studied the marine stratus near the California coast. This project was aimed at explaining the development of the dynamics, microphysics and radioactive properties of stratus clouds...
1981-09-23 00:00:00 1981-10-12 23:59:59
MPI2019: Mixed Phase Isotopes 2019
Scientific relevance Ice crystals and supercooled liquid droplets exist simultaneously in mixed-phase clouds. As a result, precipitation may form by distinct pathways. Water vapor in the atmosphere can deposit directly onto tiny particulates called ice...
2018-12-20 00:00:00 2019-01-07 23:59:59
MPEX: Mesoscale Predictability Experiment
The Mesoscale Predictability Experiment (MPEX) will be conducted within the U.S. intermountain region and high plains during the late spring/early summer of 2013 and will include the use of the NCAR GV, along with the new Airborne Vertical Atmospheric...
2013-05-01 00:00:00 2013-06-30 23:59:59
MPD-NetDemo: Micro-Pulse DIAL (MPD) Network Demonstration
This project is the first deployment of the network of five NCAR Micro-Pulse DIALs (MPDs). We test the network capability of these systems toward providing continuous water vapor profiles. EOL also fields two GPS receivers to provide precipitable water...
2019-04-16 00:00:00 2019-07-22 23:59:59
MONEX-77: Monsoon Experiment
The Monsoon Experiment (MONEX) was the core of the Global Atmospheric Research Program (GARP) Monsoon subprogram, which was a major international effort to achieve a better understanding of the planetary monsoon circulation, the major seasonal...
1977-06-07 00:00:00 1977-07-04 23:59:59
MOHPREX: Monsoon Himalayan Precipitation Experiment
In the spring of 1999, a network of sixteen meteorological stations was installed at elevations ranging from 500 to 4,500m from the leading edge of the Himalayas to the accessible headwaters of the Marsyandi river basin in Central Nepal. Two types of...
2002-05-15 00:00:00 2002-06-15 23:59:59
MLO_CN2: Mauna Loa Seeing Study (Cn-squared study)
Sonic anemometers were deployed during Summer 2006 at the Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii to quantify the atmospheric seeing quality, to help NCAR/HAO plan current and future telescope observations. This study was intended to replicate measurements made...
2006-06-09 00:00:00 2006-08-08 23:59:59
MITTS: Monitoring the Intensification and Track of Tropical Storms (MITTS)
The purpose of the MITTS (Monitoring the Intensification and Track of Tropical Storms) project was to support NOAA operational hurricane tracking and observations while the G-IV was undergoing repairs.  The NSF/NCAR GV was outfitted with AVAPS to take...
2016-08-29 00:00:00 2016-10-14 23:59:59
MIT: MIT
MIT experiment was from October 1983 to Apri 1984
1983-10-11 00:00:00 1984-12-31 23:59:59
MIST: Microburst and Severe Thunderstorm Experiment
Project MIST involved fourty-one PAMII stations arranged in a dense cluster around the Huntsville, Alabama airport during June and July, 1986. The full PAM field base was deployed with one of the doppler radars, and an aircraft tracking system, and...
1986-05-25 00:00:00 1986-07-31 23:59:59
MISMO: The Mirai Indian Ocean Cruise for the Study of the MJO-Convection Onset
The Mirai Indian Ocean cruise for the Study of the Madden-Julian oscillation (MJO)-convection Onset (MISMO) was a field experiment that took place in the central equatorial Indian Ocean during October–December 2006, using the research vessel Mirai, a...
2006-10-24 00:00:00 2006-12-25 23:59:59
MIRAGE_Mexico: Megacities Impact on Regional and Global Environment (a MILAGRO sub-program)
The goal of the MIRAGE program is to characterize the chemical/physical transformations and the ultimate fate of pollutants exported from urban areas, and to assess the current and future impacts of these exported pollutants on regional and global air...
2006-03-01 00:00:00 2006-03-30 23:59:59
MILAGRO: Megacity Initiative: Local and Global Research Observations
The Megacity Initiative: Local and Global Research Observations (MILAGRO) project brought an international research team of hundreds of scientists and students including Mexican investigators and collaborating Mexican government agencies to the Mexico...
2006-03-01 00:00:00 2006-03-30 23:59:00
MICROFRONTS: Microfronts Experiment, 1995
Boundary-layer micro-meteorology measurement program designed to study radiation properties and dissipation properties in frontal regions. Objectives: The objectives of the MICROFRONTS Experiment are: 1. To determine the dissipation of kinetic energy...
1995-02-26 00:00:00 1995-03-31 23:59:59
MIC-80: Mountain-Induced Convection - 1980
The Mountain-Induced Convection (MIC) project focused on making measurements of the flow patterns, thermodynamics, and transport properties of moist convective systems induced by the Magdalene Mountains in New Mexico. This was an extension of...
1980-07-24 00:00:00 1980-08-09 23:59:59
MIC-78: Mountain-Induced Convection - 1978
The Mountain-Induced Convection (MIC) project focused on making measurements of the flow patterns, thermodynamics, and transport properties of moist convective systems induced by the Magdalene Mountains in New Mexico.
1978-05-22 00:00:00 1978-06-08 23:59:59
MFI: Momentum Flux Intercomparison
The Momentun Flux Intercomparison project flew the King Air to evaluate the performance of the interferometric NCAR profiler during one week in November 1992. UHF wind profilers have proven their usefulness for atmospheric boundary layer studies by...
1992-11-10 17:36:00 1992-11-17 22:00:00
MexCAPS: Mexico City Air Pollution study
The Mexico City Air Pollution study (MexCAPS) was the first comprehensive program designed to provide substantive recommendations for improving the air quality of Mexico City. This effort began under the joint auspices of Los Alamos National Laboratory...
1991-02-09 00:00:00 1991-02-27 23:59:00
MethaneAIR: MethaneAIR
MethaneAIR is an airborne imaging spectrometer funded by the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and private philanthropy as part of the EDF International Methane project. The first scientific goal of the EDF program is to accurately measure emissions of...
2019-10-28 00:00:00 2021-08-16 23:59:59
METCRAX-II: Meteor Crater Experiment II
METCRAX-II was the second experiment studying the atmospheric boundary layer of the Arizona Meteor Crater. METCRAX-II investigated downslope-windstorm-type flows that develop when thermally-driven drainage flows cascade over the rim of the Arizona...
2013-09-30 00:00:00 2013-10-30 23:59:59
METCRAX: Meteor Crater Experiment
The Meteor Crater Experiment (METCRAX) is a 3-year meteorological research program supported by the Mesoscale Dynamics Division of the U. S. National Science Foundation (NSF). The program is investigating the structure and evolution of temperature...
2006-09-25 00:00:00 2006-11-01 23:59:59
MET: Mass and Energy Transport
The Mass and Energy Transport (M. E. T) project focused on atmospheric observations over the Pacific Ocean, west of the Mount Sutro Tower in San Francisco. It also studied the process of quantifying the transport of mass and energy through...
1978-08-03 00:00:00 1978-08-16 23:59:59
Meso18-19: Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes EXperiment-Southeast (VORTEX-SE) Meso18-19
The VORTEX-SE Scientific Steering Committe determined that it is highly desirable to conduct observations across the Southeast cool season.  The period of slightly enhanced tornado potential extends from October through early May, and the forecasting...
2018-10-22 00:00:00 2019-04-30 23:59:59
MESA: Monsoon Experiment South America
MESA is a component of the CLIVAR-VAMOS program, and its main goal is to investigate the main characteristics and variability of the South American Monsoon Systems (SAMS). The main hypothesis driving MESA is that SAMS provides a physical basis for...
2001-01-01 00:00:00 2001-01-01 23:59:59
MC3E: The Midlatitude Continental Convective Cloud Experiment
The Midlatitude Continental Convective Cloud Experiment (MC3E) was a collaborative effort between the NASA Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission Ground Validation (GV) program and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Atmospheric Radiation...
2011-04-22 00:00:00 2011-06-06 23:59:59
MAYPOLE84: May Polarization Experiment 1984
MAYPOLE84 was a joint experiment between FOF at NCAR, OSU (Ohio State University), CSU (Colorado State University), and NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration).  The experiment was conducted near Boulder, Colorado during May and June 198...
1984-05-13 00:00:00 1984-06-28 23:59:59
MAYPOLE: May Polarization Experiment
MAYPOLE was a joint experiment between FOF at NCAR, OSU (Ohio State University), CSU (Colorado State University), and NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration).  The experiment was conducted near Boulder, Colorado during May and June 1983....
1983-05-02 00:00:00 1983-06-14 23:59:59
MATERHORN-X: Mountain Terrain Atmospheric Modeling and Observations
The Mountain Terrain Atmospheric Modeling and Observations (MATERHORN) Program, funded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), was designed to investigate complex-terrain meteorology over a wide range of scales, topographic features, and driving...
2012-08-25 00:00:00 2015-02-15 23:59:59
MASCRAD: Multi Angle Snowflake Camera-Radar experiment
Detailed snow particle imagery will be taken by a custom-designed multiple view digital camera.  The resultant 3D representations of the particles will be used to initialize an improved electromagnetic scattering model.  The model results will be...
2014-11-15 00:00:00 2015-03-31 23:59:59
Marine_Stratus: Marine Stratus Cloud Tops Experiment
The objective of this research is the physics of marine stratus clouds which exist over large portions of the ocean adjacent to the Americas. The competing effects of radiative exchange; vertical motion within the clouds and the heat exchange at the...
1994-08-01 00:00:00 1994-12-14 20:13:00
MAPR: Multiple Antenna Profiler at BAO
The NCAR/ARM MAPR (Multiple Antenna Profiler) was developed with the objective of using new spaced antenna techniques to meet these goals. The MAPR participated in two field deployments in 1995. The first, in May, was next to the 300 m tower of the...
1995-05-15 00:00:00 1995-05-31 23:59:59
MAP: Mesoscale Alpine Programme
The Mesoscale Alpine Programme (MAP), the first WWRP Research and Development Project (RDP), is an international research initiative devoted to the study of atmospheric and hydrological processes over mountainous terrain. It aims towards expanding our...
1999-09-07 00:00:00 1999-11-15 23:59:59
MAIR-E: Methane Emissions Quantification at scales from 20 m to 200 km using the MethaneAIR Imaging Spectrometer on the NSF Gulfstream-V (MAIR-E)
MethaneAIR is a novel airborne imaging spectrometer with the unique capability of efficiently imaging large regions with high precision and granularity. It has been demonstrated to provide images of methane total column concentrations with...
2022-10-03 00:00:00 2022-11-18 23:59:59
MAF: Mountain Airflow
The main objective of project Mountain Airflow (MAF) was to observe the spatial distribution of airflow, temperature and turbulence in and adjacent to the planetary boundary layer in the undisturbed flow upwind as well as the disturbed flow downwind of...
1979-02-15 00:00:00 1979-02-28 23:59:59
MACAWS: Multi-Center Airborne Coherent Atmospheric Wind Sensor
The Multicenter Airborne Coherent Atmospheric Wind Sensor (MACAWS), installed in the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center DC-8 Airborne Laboratory. Combines technology elements from the JPL ABL, the NOAA Environmental Technology Laboratory (Boulder, Colo...
1995-08-28 00:00:00 1995-09-26 23:59:59
MAC-94: Marine Atmospheric Chemistry
A single SSSF Cross-Chain LORAN Atmospheric Sounding System (CLASS) station was deployed on Christmas Island in summer 1994. The CLASS was used to support an experiment designed to better understand sulfite processes occurring in the ocean-atmosphere...
1994-07-01 00:00:00 1994-10-01 23:59:59
M2HATS: Multi-point Monin-Obukhov Similarity Horizontal Array Turbulence Study
The Multi-point Monin-Obukhov similarity horizontal array turbulence study (M2HATS) will investigate the recently developed multi-point Monin-Obukhov similarity (MMO) in the convective atmospheric surface layer (CBL). The original Monin-Obukhov...
2023-07-23 00:00:00 2023-09-16 23:59:59
M-RADON: Marine Radon
This project was a field test of the sampling system for measuring 222Rn. This technique was later used in the project DYCOMS to measure 222Rn in and just above the marine boundary layer of the stratocumulus region to estimate the rate of entrainment...
1984-08-10 08:42:03 1984-08-18 16:48:11
LUCIE: Land Use and Cloud Interaction Experiment
Observations and numerical modeling studies in the past suggested that land use modulates formation and development of convective and orographic clouds in northern Costa Rica. During the dry season of March, satellite observations in this region show...
2003-03-01 00:00:00 2003-03-31 23:59:59
LTI: Low Turbulence Inlet test
Collecting coarse aerosols (up to 10 microns) by diffuser and curved-tube samplers on research aircraft has been less efficient than needed, and the LTI was designed to improve sampling of such particle populations. The LTI was developed jointly by...
2000-04-03 21:10:14 2000-06-01 19:05:35
LROSE: Lidar Radar Open Software Environment
The LROSE (Lidar Radar Open Software Environment) software development is a 4-year joint project between the Atmospheric Science Department at Colorado State University (CSU) and the Earth Observing Laboratory (EOL) at the National Center for...
2016-01-01 00:00:00 2020-12-31 23:59:59
LPB: La Plata River Basin
CLIVAR/VAMOS and GEWEX/GHP identified the Rio La Plata Basin as a climate-hydrology system with components that are potentially predictable with useful skill from seasons in advance, and whose variability has important impacts on human activities. LPB...
2007-01-01 00:00:00 2015-12-31 23:59:00
LIFT96: Lidars in Flat Terrain
Three lidars were deployed at the LIFT experiment in 1996, a backscatter lidar (SABL), a Doppler lidar (HRDL), and an ozone DIAL. In addition, two ISS and three Flux-PAM stations were deployed for a companion field study, Flatland Observatory Project...
1996-06-15 00:00:00 1996-08-30 23:59:59
LIE: Line Islands Experiment
During March and April 1967, field parties from NCAR and other meteorological research organizations, universities, and governmental agencies established research bases in the Line Islands, a group of small atolls more than 1000 miles south of Hawaii....
1967-03-01 00:00:00 1967-04-30 23:59:59
LESS84: Lake Effect Snow Storms - 1984
In this study state parameters, motion fields, and microphysical parameters were measured from two aircraft and combined with data from multiple Doppler radars in an effort to increase our knowledge of the organization, internal structure, and...
1983-12-01 10:57:00 1984-01-27 15:26:00
LESS-80: Lake Effect Snow Storms - 1980
Lake-induced clouds and snowstorms are important elements of winter weather in the Great Lakes Region. The Lake Effect Snow Storms - 1980 (LESS-80) experiment was a continuation of research that began in 1977. This experiment used the, B-80 QueenAir to...
1980-12-01 00:00:00 1981-01-22 23:59:59
Leonids: Airborne Leonids Meteor Storm Campaign
Astrobiologists on a NASA mission to study the Leonid meteors were in the right place at the right time to study a rare natural phenomenon -- a meteor storm. At the peak of the storm, which occurred at 02:10 GMT, Nov. 18, the Leonid meteors were...
1998-08-20 16:30:00 1998-11-25 23:59:59
LEE: Lake Effect Electrification
The Lake-Effect Electrification (LEE) Project is focused over and east (the typical downwind/leeside) of Lake Ontario during the cool season. Project LEE aims to document, for the first time, the total lightning and electrical charge structures of lake...
2022-09-01 00:00:00 2023-03-01 23:59:59
LCS-II: Lidar Cirrus Studies II
In this study measurements of atmospheric state parameters, particle size distribution, particle shape and concentration, and the various components of the radiation budget within cirrus clouds were measured. A ground-based polarization diversity lidar...
1985-02-17 10:19:18 1985-03-10 13:22:53
LCS: Lidar Cirrus Studies
The Lidar Cirrus Studies project took in situ measurements of atmospheric state parameters, particle size distribution, particle shape and concentration, and the various components of the radiation budget within cirrus clouds with the Sabreliner....
1983-10-07 10:06:49 1983-10-17 13:29:52
LATTE: Lower Atmospheric Thermodynamics & Turbulence Experiment
Background The purpose of this document is to briefly outline and discuss the upcoming Lower Atmospheric Thermodynamics & Turbulence Experiment (LATTE) to be conducted at the Boulder Atmospheric Observatory (BAO) in February of 2014.  A primary...
2014-02-10 00:00:00 2014-02-28 23:59:59
LAS: Laser Absorption Spectroscopy
The Laser Absorption Spectroscopy (LAS) project focused on testing the usefulness of tunable laser absorption spectroscopy for the measurement of atmospheric trace gases. Dr. William Mankin flew a tunable infrared diode laser and a small white...
1981-01-19 00:00:00 1981-02-09 23:59:59
LANTEX: Lantau Experiment (LANTEX) and Operational Windshear Warning System (OWWS)
SSSF provided an ISS from April through mid-August 1994 for the LANTEX OWWS study of the site of the new airport at Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong. The OWWS provides real-time turbulence alerts and warnings, using real-time sensor data in conjunction with...
1994-04-15 00:00:00 1994-08-23 23:59:59
Lake-ICE: Lake-Induced Convection Experiment
The Lake-Induced Convection Experiment (Lake-ICE) will document boundary layer (BL) phenomena over and in the vicinity of Lake Michigan to determine how BL processes are controlled by Mesoscale BL convective structures and interactions between these...
1997-12-01 00:00:00 1998-01-24 23:59:59
LAFE: Land-Atmosphere Feedback Experiment
The Land-Atmosphere Feedback Experiment (LAFE; pronounced “la-fey”) deploys several state-of-the art scanning lidar and remote sensing systems to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility’s...
2017-08-01 00:00:00 2017-08-31 23:59:59
LABSEA: Airborne Measurements of Oceanic Wind-Vector Fields Over the Labrador Sea using Passive Polarimetric Radiometry
The LABSEA experiment was a test of the Georgia Tech scanning polarimetric microwave radiometer and its ability to measure ocean surface winds. The radiometer was flown on the NASA DC-8 in January 1997 over a site in the Labrador Sea that contained a...
1997-01-01 00:00:00 1997-01-31 23:59:59
LABEX: Lake Breeze Experiment
The prime goal of the Lake Breeze Experiment was to provide initial observational documentation of lake breeze circulations around lakes of small-to-moderate size (several km to tens of km). The data obtained will be used to determine the...
1995-07-07 00:00:00 1995-07-14 23:59:59
KWAJEX: The Kwajalein Experiment
The Kwajalein Experiment (KWAJEX), held 23 July - 15 September 1999, was a field observation campaign centered on Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands and sponsored by NASA in cooperation with the U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll/Kwajalein Missile Range and the...
1999-07-23 00:00:00 1999-09-15 23:59:59
KOFSE: Kuwait Oil-Fire Smoke Experiment
Airborne studies of smoke from the Kuwait oil fires were carried out in the spring of 1991 when ~4.6 million barrels of oil were burning per day. Emissions of sulfur dioxide were ~57% of that from electric utilities in the United States; emissions of...
1991-01-01 00:00:00 1991-12-31 23:59:59
Juneau: Project Juneau
NCAR/RAP investigators requested the use of one of SSSF?s ISS wind profilers at a site near the Juneau, Alaska airport. SSSF personnel set up the system, optimized its operation in order to reduce ground clutter, and monitored the data in Boulder...
1996-12-05 00:00:00 2001-06-30 23:59:59
JPOLE/TELEX: Joint Polarization Experiment / Thunderstorm Electrification and Lightning Experiment
The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology T-28 armored research airplane and its crew of pilots and scientists participated in two Norman-area field programs. Flight activities were coordinated with the National Severe Storms Laboratory and the...
2003-03-01 00:00:00 2003-06-15 23:59:59
JOINT-II: JOINT-II
During March through May of 1976, the Coastal Upwelling Ecosystem Analysis (CUEA) program of the International Decade for Ocean Exploration (IDOE) of the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Peruvian Government conducted an international multi...
1976-03-01 00:00:00 1977-05-31 23:59:59
JHWRP: Joint HaWaiian Rainband Project
Four experiments were conducted in Hawaii in summer 1985, one primarily by NCAR scientists (William Cooper and Darrel Baumgardner of RAF and James Dye of the Convective Storms Division) and the others by university scientists (David Johnson of the...
1985-07-10 07:44:29 1985-08-15 10:43:26
JetStream-81: Project Jet Stream - 1981
Project Jet Stream investigated the structure of the jet stream, associated fronts and stratospheric tropospheric exchanges. It is also focused on observing the geostrophic character of the wind field at and in the vicinity of the jet stream. This...
1981-02-16 00:00:00 1981-04-04 23:59:59
JetStream-79: Project Jet Stream - 1979
Project Jet Stream investigated the structure of the jet stream, associated fronts and stratospheric tropospheric exchanges. It is also focused on observing the geostrophic character of the wind field at and in the vicinity of the jet stream.
1979-03-01 00:00:00 1979-03-12 23:59:59
JETEX_97: Low-level Jet Experiment
In JETEX-97, the PIs seek to improve the ability of the NCAR/Pennsylvania State University MM5 mesoscale model to replicate the low level jet. Dennis Ojima of Colorado State University will be conducting runs using the CENTURY model to assess ecosystem...
1997-05-01 00:00:00 1997-05-31 23:59:59
JAWS: Joint Airport Weather Studies
The Joint Airport Weather Studies (JAWS) Project, formed in 1980, conducted a major field investigation during the summer of 1982 (15 May to 13 August, inclusive) in and around Denver, Colorado. The project was jointly administrated by the National...
1982-05-15 00:00:00 1982-08-13 23:59:59
JASIN: Joint Air Sea INteraction experiment
For the Joint Air Sea Interaction (JASIN) project, the L-188 Electra was utilized to obtain horizontal distributions of fluxes of momentum, heat and water vapor over the JASIN array. This experiment was conducted in coordination with the UK C-130...
1978-07-20 00:00:00 1978-09-01 23:59:59
ITOP: Impact of Typhoons on the Ocean in the Pacific
The Impacts of Typhoons on the Ocean in the Pacific (ITOP) program is a multi-national field campaign that aims to study the ocean response to typhoons in the western Pacific Ocean. ITOP is focused on the following scientific questions: How does the...
2010-08-11 00:00:00 2010-11-09 23:59:00
ITEX: International Tundra Experiment
The International Tundra Experiment, ITEX, was established in 1990 as a MAB-NSN initiative (Man-And-the-Biosphere, Northern Sciences Network). Since then the programme has grown rapidly and is today one of the most active international field programmes...
1993-01-01 00:00:00 2002-12-31 23:59:59
ISPA-2010: Inhibition of Snowfall by Pollution Aerosol 2010
The Inhibition of Snowfall by Pollution Aerosol (ISPA) field project examines the link between pollution aerosols and snow riming. The study is centered around DRI's Storm Peak Laboratory (SPL) on Mt. Warner near Steamboat Springs. SPL operates a range...
2010-01-14 00:00:00 2010-02-28 23:59:59
ISPA-2007: Inhibition of Snowfall by Pollution Aerosol, 2007
NCAR / EOL is deploying an Integrated Sounding System ISS to the Inhibition of Snowfall by Pollution Aerosols (ISPA) project in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. The project is being carried out for the Desert Research Institute's Storm Peak Laboratory (SPL...
2007-01-02 00:00:00 2007-02-28 23:59:59
ISPA-2002: Inhibition of Snowfall by Pollution Aerosol, 2002
This is an NSF funded project with the Desert Research Institute's Storm Peak Laboratory (SPL) at Steamboat Springs, Colorado. The project is examining the effect of pollution aerosols on snowfall rate. The principal investigators at SPL are Randy...
2002-01-13 00:00:00 2002-03-03 23:59:59
ISPA-2001: Inhibition of Snowfall by Pollution Aerosol
This is an NSF funded project being carried with the Desert Research Institute's Storm Peak Laboratory (SPL) at Steamboat Springs, Colorado. The project is examining the effect of pollution aerosols on snowfall rate. The principal investigators at SPL...
2001-02-03 00:00:00 2001-03-03 23:59:59
ISCAT: Investigation of Sulfur Chemistry in the Antarctic Troposphere
2000-11-22 00:00:00 2000-12-28 23:59:59
INTEX-B2: Intercontinental chemical transport Experiment (second MILAGRO segment)
INTEX-B will be conducted during a 10-week period from March 1 to May 15, 2006. The first phase of the study will be performed during March and will focus on Mexico City pollution outflow, while the second phase will be performed during April and May...
2006-01-20 00:00:00 2006-05-19 23:59:59
Infrared_Corona: Infrared Solar Corona
The project is an effort from an aircraft platform at the toal solar eclipse of 18 February 1998 with the following objectives: 1) To survey the intermediate infrared spectral region for coronal emission lines, toward the goal of adding diagnostic...
1998-01-05 00:00:00 1998-03-10 23:59:59
INDOEX-98: Indian Ocean Experiment: First Field Phase
The 1998 Indian Ocean Experiment: First Field Phase is an experiment over the Indian Ocean with international participation of the United States, Europe and the Indian Ocean region.  The Indian Ocean Experiment (INDOEX) first field phase was conducted...
1998-01-01 00:00:00 1998-12-31 23:59:59
INDOEX: Indian Ocean Experiment
The Indian Ocean Experiment (INDOEX) is a focused field experiment in the Indian Ocean with international participation from the United States, Europe, and the Indian Ocean Region. INDOEX addresses questions of climate change that are of high priority...
1999-01-01 00:00:00 1999-03-31 23:59:59
IMPROVE-II: Improvement of Microphysical Parameterization through Observational Verification Experiment II
The goal of the 2nd Improvement of Microphysical PaRameterization through Observational Verification Experiment (IMPROVE-2) study was to focus on orographic lifting as the primary precipitation generating mechanism. This required a mountain range that...
2001-11-26 00:00:00 2001-12-22 23:59:59
IMPROVE: Improvement of Microphysical Parameterization through Observational Verification Experiment
The goals of the offshore field project IMPROVE-1 (Improvement of Microphysical PaRameterization through Observational Verification Experiment-1) was to isolate the errors in the microphysical scheme by obtaining simultaneous ground-based radar, ground...
2001-01-01 00:00:00 2001-02-14 23:59:59
IMPACTS: Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms
IMPACTS aimed to determine how multi-scale dynamical and microphysical processes in winter storms interact to produce banded regions of snowfall, and provide knowledge that informs remote sensing of snow from space and improves US storm prediction...
2020-01-01 00:00:00 2023-02-08 23:59:59
IHOP_2002: International H2O Project 2002
IHOP_2002 took place over the Southern Great Plains of the United States from 13 May to 25 June 2002. The main goal of IHOP_2002 is to obtain more accurate and reliable measurements of moisture in the air. IHOP_2002 measurements will ultimately help us...
2002-05-13 00:00:00 2002-06-25 23:59:59
IFRACS_2014: Isotopic Fractionation in Snow
The Isotopic Fractionation in Snow experiment (IFRACS) is a meteorological research program conducted near Steamboat Springs, CO. This campaign was designed to investigate whether or not the degree of riming on the snow crystals could be determined by...
2014-01-17 00:00:00 2014-02-28 23:59:59
IDEAS-4: Instrument Development and Education in Airborne Science Phase 4
Instrument Development and Education in Airborne Science (IDEAS) phase 4 is a three year program to provide opportunities for flight testing of improved instrumentation for airborne research. The goal is to improve the capability of instrumentation for...
2011-10-17 00:00:00 2013-11-18 23:59:59
IDEAS-3: Instrument Development and Education in Airborne Science Phase 3
The "idea" for the IDEAS program came from the annual UCAR Members' Meeting in the fall of 2000. A review of facility needs was conducted at this meeting, and one major discussion issue was that university faculty and students want more opportunities...
2003-08-15 00:00:00 2003-09-22 23:59:59
IDEAS-2: Instrument Development and Education in Airborne Science, Phase 2
The "idea" for the IDEAS program came from the annual UCAR Members' Meeting in the fall of 2000. A review of facility needs was conducted at this meeting, and one major discussion issue was that university faculty and students want more opportunities...
2002-10-03 00:00:00 2002-11-01 23:59:59
IDEAS-1: Instrument Development and Education in Airborne Science, Phase 1
The "idea" for the IDEAS program came from the annual UCAR Members' Meeting in the fall of 2000. A review of facility needs was conducted at this meeting, and one major discussion issue was that university faculty and students want more opportunities...
2002-04-05 00:00:00 2002-05-14 23:59:59
IDEAL: Instabilities, Dynamics and Energetics accompanying Atmospheric Layering
The IDEAL (Instabilities, Dynamics and Energetics accompanying Atmospheric Layering) field project combines ground-based in-situ observations with modeling efforts and will quantify the understanding of “sheet-and-layer” (S&L) structures, morphologies,...
2017-10-23 00:00:00 2017-11-15 23:59:59
IDASS: lntegrated Data Assimilation and Sounding System
Under our previous ARM support, we developed an lntegrated Data Assimilation and Sounding System (IDASS). The IDASS system couples in situ and remote sensing instruments with a state-of-the-art mesoscale data assimilation system to provide a time...
1993-06-16 00:00:00 1993-06-25 23:59:59