CCOPE project description

Cooperative Convective Precipitation Experiment

Summary

The Bureau of Reclamation (BuREC) and the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) collaborated in a joint field program called the Cooperative Convective Precipitation Experiment (CCOPE) that was conducted near Miles City, Montana (22 May - 7 August 1981). CCOPE was a coordinated measurement program on convective clouds and storms carried out to elucidate how the microphysical processes and the air motions interact in the formation and development of precipitation.

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homepage: CCOPE

Temporal coverage

Begin date: 1981-05-22 00:00:00, End date: 1981-08-07 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Minimum latitude: 45.000000, Minimum longitude: -108.000000
Maximum latitude: 48.000000, Maximum longitude: -104.000000