Skip to data content Skip to data search

EOL data archive

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)
BAMEX: Bow Echo and Mesoscale Convective Vortex Experiment 2003
BAMEX is a study using highly mobile platforms to examine the life cycles of mesoscale convective systems. It represents a combination of two related programs to investigate (a) bow echoes, principally those which produce damaging surface winds and...
2003-05-20 00:00:00 2003-07-06 23:59:59
COBRA-NA: CO2 Budget and Regional Airborne Study: North America 2003
The objective of COBRA 2003 is to test concepts for observations and data assimilation to determine the large scale sources and sinks of greenhouse gases and ozone-destroying gases from North America. The study will cover spatial scales from regional...
2003-05-20 00:00:00 2003-07-01 23:59:59
ELSS: Electrification and Lightning of Severe Storms (aka TELEX-1)
The broad objective of TELEX is to learn how lightning and other electrical storm properties are dependent on storm structure, updrafts, and precipitation. This information will point to new ways for the National Weather Service to use lightning...
2003-05-01 00:00:00 2003-06-20 23:59:59
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
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
FLOSS-II: Fluxes Over Snow Surfaces II
FLOSSII is the second phase of the FLOSS project, studying the surface meteorology of snow-covered rangeland in the North Park region of Colorado, near Walden. The project used CSAT3 sonic anemometers for all wind sensing. Overall, their performance...
2002-12-01 00:00:00 2003-04-10 23:59:59
SALLJEX: South American Low-Level Jet Experiment
The South American Low-Level Jet Experiment (SALLJEX), a component of the CLIVAR/VAMOS program, is an internationally coordinated effort in order to contribute to the understanding of the role of the South American Low-Level Jet in moisture and energy...
2002-11-15 00:00:00 2003-02-15 23:59:59
ALLS: American Low-Level jetS
The ALLS program is an internationally coordinated effort to monitor, quantify, and analyze low-level circulations that modulate regional rainfall. These circulations commonly assume a jet-like structure in the lower troposphere, referred to as the Low...
2002-11-01 00:00:00 2003-02-15 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
CEOP/EOP-3: Coordinated Enhanced Observing Period EOP-3
The Coordinated Enhanced ObservingPeriod (CEOP) seeks to establish an integrated global observing system for the water cycle which responds to both scientific and social needs. It is built as the foundation of the World Climate Research Program (WCRP)...
2002-10-01 00:00:00 2003-09-30 23:59:59
CEOP: Coordinated Energy and Water Cycle Observation Project
The goal of the Coordinated Energy and Water Cycle Observation Project (CEOP) is to understand and predict continental to local-scale hydroclimates with application to water resources. Associated science questions include: What are the average...
2002-10-01 00:00:00 2012-12-31 23:23:00
NIWOT02: Niwot Ridge Pilot Experiment
The goals of the Niwot Ridge Pilot Experiment are: - To understand the significance of the horizontal transport of CO_2 in the nocturnal boundary layer. - To study correlations between CO_2 transport and surface heteorogeneity. - The expected results...
2002-08-01 00:00:00 2002-08-30 23:59:59
CHILL_TEX-2002: CHILL T-28 Experiment 2002
The main goal of the CHILL T-28 Experiment 2002 (CHILL-TEX 2002) was to develop a technique for monitoring production of NOx compounds by lightning in thunderstorms using a light-weight relatively inexpensive analyzer. Additionally, observations of...
2002-06-03 00:00:00 2002-06-18 23:59:59
SMEX02: Soil Moisture Experiments in 2002
Soil moisture is the most significant boundary condition that controls summer precipitation over the central US and other large mid-latitude continental regions, and essential initial information for seasonal predictions. A common goal of a wide range...
2002-06-01 00:00:00 2002-07-31 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
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
SBI: Western Arctic Shelf Basin Interactions Project
The Western Arctic Shelf Basin Interactions (SBI) project is a multi-year, interdisciplinary program to investigate the impact of global change on physical, biological and geochemical processes over the Chukchi and Beaufort Sea shelf basin region in...
2002-05-01 00:00:00 2006-10-31 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
BARROW: The Barrow Project
The U.S. Arctic remains one of the most difficult places on Earth for year-round scientific observations and research. Logistical support is very expensive, and scientists frequently face dangerous, cold sea-ice dynamics, aircraft icing, and even polar...
2002-04-03 00:00:00 2002-09-23 23:59:59
CRYSTAL-FACE: The Cirrus Regional Study of Tropical Anvils and Cirrus Layers - Florida Area Cirrus Experiment
Carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from human activities warm our climate. Two effects of this warming are the increase of clouds and the rise of water vapor in the atmosphere. Both of these in turn influence the impacts of the man-made gases on...
2002-04-01 00:00:00 2002-07-29 23:59:59
RenoBasin_2002: Reno Basin/Desert Research Institute Education Project
RenoBasin 2002 was an ISS Educational Project with DRI in the Reno Basin.
2002-02-25 00:00:00 2002-03-26 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
AMMA: African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses
AMMA has 3 main goals : - to improve our inderstanding of the West African Monsoon and its influence on the physical, chemical and biological environment, regionally and globally. - to provide the underpinning science that relates variability of the...
2002-01-01 00:00:00 2010-12-31 23:59:00
CPPA: Climate Prediction Project for the Americas (derived from PACS and GAPP)
The Climate Prediction Program for the Americas (CPPA) is a competitive research program to improve operational intraseasonal to interannual climate prediction and the hydrological applications. This program is strongly motivated by the Nation's need...
2002-01-01 00:00:00 2006-12-31 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
FLOSS: Fluxes Over Snow Surfaces
The FLOSS project studied the surface meteorology of snow-covered rangeland in the North Park region of Colorado, near Walden, from December 2001 to March 2002. The sonic anemometers were all Campbell CSAT3 anemometers, which generally performed well....
2001-10-09 00:00:00 2002-04-02 23:59:59
EPIC: Eastern Pacific Investigation of Climate
EPIC-2001 field campaign is part of the CLIVAR/PACS multinational cooperative experiment sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, in collaboration with CONACyT (Mexico) and INAMHI ...
2001-09-01 00:00:00 2001-10-15 23:59:59
CAMEX4: Convection And Moisture Experiment - 4
The Convection And Moisture EXperiment (CAMEX) is a series of field research investigations sponsored by the Earth Science Enterprise of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The fourth field campaign in the CAMEX series (CAMEX-4)...
2001-08-01 00:00:00 2001-09-30 23:59:59
AOE2001: PBL-AOE Planetary Boundary Layer - Arctic Ocean Experiment
The overall objective is to increase knowledge of the impact of aerosols on climate. Whilst greenhouse gases are responsible for increases in the Earth's temperature, aerosols have the opposite effect due to their impact on the radiation balance....
2001-07-22 00:00:00 2001-08-21 23:59:59
DYCOMS-II: Dynamics and Chemistry of Marine Stratocumulus Phase II
DYCOMS-II is the name given to a field campaign which collected data for the purposes of testing large-eddy simulations of nocturnal stratocumulus. The experiment consisted of nine flights out of North Island Naval Air Station (just west of San Diego)...
2001-07-07 00:00:00 2001-07-28 23:59:59
CEOP/EOP-1: Coordinated Enhanced Observing Period EOP-1
The Coordinated Enhanced ObservingPeriod (CEOP) seeks to establish an integrated global observing system for the water cycle which responds to both scientific and social needs. It is built as the foundation of the World Climate Research Program (WCRP)...
2001-07-01 00:00:00 2001-09-30 23:59:59
PROPHET_II: Program for Research on Oxidants: Photochemistry, Emissions and Transport, II
The Program for Research on Oxidants: PHotochemistry, Emissions, and Transport (PROPHET) was created in 1996, as a coordinated research effort aimed at investigation of the relationships between atmospheric odd nitrogen, ozone, and forest-atmosphere...
2001-06-25 00:00:00 2001-08-15 23:59:59
GAPP: GEWEX Americas Prediction Project
The Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Americas Prediction Project (GAPP) initiative is developing an improved capability to make seasonal to annual forecasts through better land surface and hydrologic modeling. Funded by both NOAA and...
2001-04-01 00:00:00 2007-12-31 23:59:59
ACE-ASIA: Asian Pacific Regional Aerosol Characterization Experiment
The Aerosol Characterization Experiments (ACE) are designed to increase our understanding of how atmospheric aerosol particles affect the Earth's climate system. These experiments integrate in-situ measurements, satellite observations, and models to...
2001-03-15 00:00:00 2001-05-10 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
VAMOS: Variability ofthe American MOnsoon Systems
Monsoon systems provide a framework for studies on the predictability of precipitation during the warm season. The Variability of the American Monsoon Systems (VAMOS) project emphasize the interplay between the atmosphere, oceans and continental...
2001-02-01 00:00:00 2008-12-01 23:59:00
Snowfall_Rate: Snowfall Rate Reduction by Pollution Aerosols
SNOWFALL-ISS studied the effects of pollution aerosol loading has on snowfall rates in winter storms that are solely orographic or have a "feeder/seeder" cloud couplet with an orographic cloud component.
2001-01-31 00:00:00 2001-03-03 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
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
ISCAT: Investigation of Sulfur Chemistry in the Antarctic Troposphere
2000-11-22 00:00:00 2000-12-28 23:59:59
VTMX: Vertical Transport and Mixing
VTMX (Vertical Transport and MiXing) is a new program of the Dept of Energy's Environmental Meteorology Program (EMP). It is concerned with vertical transport and mixing in the boundary layer, particularly in stably stratified conditions, weak or...
2000-10-01 00:00:00 2000-10-31 23:59:59
SGS00: Sub-Gridscale Studies, 2000 (aka HATS)
A field experiment is proposed to study the response of small turbulent eddies to large turbulent motions and to develop better subgrid-scale (SGS) models for large eddy simulation (LES). LES is a popular numerical tool for studying turbulence; in this...
2000-09-01 00:00:00 2000-10-01 23:59:59
AESOP/TEXASAQS: Texas Air Quality Study
The Texas Air Quality Study was done In August and September of 2000. The study was designed to improve understanding of the factors that control the formation and transport of air pollutants along the Gulf Coast of southeastern Texas. Measurements of...
2000-08-15 00:00:00 2000-09-15 23:59:59
Sea_Salinity: PALS Sea Salinity Experiment
Testing of PALS instrument over land and sea, Des Moines, IA and East Coast (TBD)
2000-08-11 00:00:00 2000-08-26 23:59:59
EBEX: Energy Balance Experiment, 2000
The Energy Balance Experiment (EBEX-2000) studied the ability of state-of-the-art measurements to close the surface energy balance over a surface (a vegetative canopy with large evapotranspiration) where closure has been difficult to obtain. A flood...
2000-07-20 00:00:00 2000-08-24 23:59:59
PELTI: Passing Efficiency of the Low-Turbulence Inlet
In July, 2000 we tested the new porous-diffuser low-turbulence inlet (LTI), developed at the University of Denver, by flying it and three other inlets on NCAR?s C-130 in the Caribbean, using both dust and sea salt as test aerosols. Aerosols were...
2000-07-05 00:00:00 2000-07-23 23:59:59
PROPHET: Program for Research on Oxidants: Photochemistry, Emissions and Transport
The Program for Research on Oxidants: PHotochemistry, Emissions, and Transport (PROPHET) was created in 1996, as a coordinated research effort aimed at investigation of the relationships between atmospheric odd nitrogen, ozone, and forest-atmosphere...
2000-06-20 00:00:00 2000-08-21 23:59:59
Transitions: Spatial and Temporal Transition of Climate and Ecosystems in the Circumpolar Arctic
This project is designed to test the primary hypothesis that the surface energy and moisture exchange between atmosphere, ecosystem, snow, permafrost, and soil is the principal mechanism for coupling the land surface to the climate on seasonal to...
2000-06-20 00:00:00 2000-07-17 23:59:59
STEPS: Severe Thunderstorm Electrification and Precipitation Study
STEPS had two broad goals concerning storm electricity: 1. to improve understanding of how severe storms become electrified and 2. to better understand how variations in the type and flash rate of lightning relate to the type of severe storm and its...
2000-05-22 00:00:00 2000-07-16 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
WAMME: West African Monsoon Modeling and Evaluation
West African Monsoon Modeling and Evaluation (WAMME) is a Coordinated Enhanced Observing Period (CEOP) Inter-Monsoon Model Study (CIMS) initiative. We plan to initiate a West African Monsoon Modeling and Evaluation project (WAMME) using GCMs and...
2000-04-01 00:00:00 2005-10-31 23:59:00
TOPSE: Tropospheric Ozone Production about the Spring Equinox
The Tropospheric Ozone Production about the Spring Equinox (TOPSE) experiment was conducted during February?March, 2000 to study the evolution of tropospheric chemistry at mid to high latitudes over North America. The experiment used airborne in situ...
2000-02-04 00:00:00 2000-05-23 23:59:59
AIRS: Alliance Icing Research Study
The Alliance Icing Research Study (AIRS) is a collaborative effort involving several Canadian and U.S. research agencies and Universities. AIRS is a project endorsed by the Aircraft Icing Research Alliance (AIRA), which consists of government...
1999-11-19 00:00:00 2000-02-18 23:59:59
CASES-99: Cooperative Atmospheric Surface Exchange Study 1999
The Cooperative Atmospheric Surface Exchange Study October 1999 (CASES-99) field observational program represents the second study to investigate linkages between the atmosphere and the Earth's surface. This study is designed to examine events in the...
1999-10-01 00:00:00 1999-10-31 23:59:59
SIT: Sulfur Instrumentation Test
During October and early November 1999, Alan Bandy from Drexel University installed a new atmospheric pressure ionization mass spectrometer (APIMS) on the NCAR/NSF C130 for determination of sulphur dioxide and dimethyl sulphide (DMS) with a time...
1999-10-01 00:00:00 1999-11-12 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
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
SEET: Study of Electrical Evolution in Thunderstorms
The main goal of the Study of Electrical Evolution in Thunderstorms was to measure the evolution of principal charge regions inside small thunderstorms that occurred over central New Mexico. In order to meet his needs, SSSF modified their GPS...
1999-07-05 00:00:00 1999-08-10 23:59:59
SGP99: Southern Great Plains 1999 Hydrology Experiment
There are current and near future satellite observing systems that, while not ideal for soil moisture measurement, can provide information for some conditions. These systems include the Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I), the Tropical Rainfall...
1999-07-01 00:00:00 1999-07-31 23:59:59
WVSS: Water Vapor Sensing System
Atmospheric water vapor measurements from commercial aircraft are now available to complement the real-time winds and temperatures available from the Aircraft Communication, Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS). The technology of this first...
1999-07-01 00:00:00 2005-12-31 23:59:59
AMTS: Arctic Mesopause Temperature Study
The Arctic Mesopause Temperature Study (AMTS) targeted the coldest part of the earth's atmosphere: the mesopause, about 85 kilometers (53 miles) above the North Pole in summer. The cold is caused by an upwelling of air over the polar caps, says...
1999-06-16 00:00:00 1999-07-09 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
TCAD: Turbulence Characterization and Detection
The Turbulence Characterization and Detection (TCAD) field program was conducted near Greeley, Colorado during June 1999. Participating agencies included the National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA), the National Center for Atmospheric...
1999-06-02 00:00:00 1999-06-25 23:59:59
UMRBPP: Upper Missouri River Basin Pilot Project
A observational and modeling field experiment focusing on the coupled atmospheric, surface hydrology and subsurface hydrology issues in the Black Hills region of South Dakota and Wyoming. Objectives: 1. Assess the importance of "deep" groundwater in...
1999-04-05 00:00:00 1999-05-05 23:59:59
Cloud_Seeding: Numerical Simulation of Weather Modification by Cloud Seeding
In April 1999, SSSF's Mobile GLASS supported the Cloud Seeding project for Harold Orville and Richard Farley from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSMT). Scientists at SDSMT develop and use various types of models to simulate the...
1999-04-01 00:00:00 1999-04-30 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
TBLMTN98: Table Mountain Experiment, 1998
The table Mountain Experiment 1998 (TBLMTN98) ran from 19 Nov to mid Dec, 1998. A single flux-PAM station was deployed near the middle of Table Mountain (north of Boulder, not in Golden) to support NCAR/NOAA lidar development. Momentum, sensible, and...
1998-11-18 00:00:00 1999-01-31 23:59:59
TRMM-LBA: Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, Large-scale Biosphere-Atmosphere
TRMM-LBA was carried out in Amazonia from 1 November 1998 to 28 February 1999. The experiment was a major component of the NASA TRMM ground validation program and focused on the dynamical, microphysical, electrical and diabatic heating characteristics...
1998-11-01 00:00:00 1999-02-28 23:59:59
WiFE-Test: Wild Fires Experiment - Test
The WiFE test program was conducted on the C-130 during six weeks in September and October of 1998 (spanning FY98/99). The program was intended to access the viability of various remote sensing devices in the study of wildfire behavior in complex...
1998-09-01 00:00:00 1998-10-15 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
PRECIP98: Precipitation Project, 1998
PRECIP98 (also called TEFLUN-B by NASA) was an experiment in the Melborne, FL area. TUFLUN-B was the study of stratiform systems within close range of the S-POL radar, which were sampled with downlooking radars and radiometers. Comparisons were done ...
1998-07-20 00:00:00 1998-07-20 23:59:59
CAMEX3: Convection And Moisture Experiment - 3
The Convection And Moisture EXperiment (CAMEX) is a series of field research investigations sponsored by the Earth Science Enterprise of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The third field campaign in the CAMEX series (CAMEX-3)...
1998-07-13 00:00:00 1998-09-30 23:59:59
TINT: T-28 Instrument Test 1998
During the T-28 Instrument Test 1998 (TINT), the armored T-28 deployed to Ft. Collins-Loveland Airport (FNL), for two weeks in June 1998 for flight tests of new and refurbished research equipment. New equipment included a Science Engineering Associates...
1998-06-22 00:00:00 1998-06-22 23:59:59
ATLAS: Arctic Transitions in the Land-Atmosphere System
The Land-Atmosphere-Ice Interactions (LAII) Program is part of the Arctic System Science (ARCSS) Program of the National Science Foundation. LAII has overall goals of understanding how the fe edback processes within Arctic system affects global climate...
1998-05-01 00:00:00 2002-12-31 23:59:00
THERMEX: Thermal Wave Experiment
The Thermal Wave Experiment (THERMEX), conducted in May and early June 1998, used a a unique high-performance motorglider to collect data above Boulder, CO.  The German motorglider used in THERMEX was a Stemme S-10VT turbo with a variable propeller. ...
1998-05-01 00:00:00 1998-06-15 23:59:59
SCSMEX: The South China Sea Monsoon Experiment
The South China Sea Monsoon Experiment (SCSMEX) was an international experiment designed to understand the key physical processes for the onset, maintenance and variability of the Southeast Asian monsoon. The field phase of SCSMEX was held from 1 May...
1998-05-01 00:00:00 1998-06-30 23:59:59
ACLAIM: Airborne Coherent Lidar for Advanced In-flight Measurements
The purpose of the ACLAIM program is ultimately to establish the viability of light detection and ranging (lidar) as a forward-looking sensor for turbulence. The goals of this fight test are to: 1) demonstrate that the ACLAIM lidar system operates...
1998-03-24 00:00:00 1998-04-09 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
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
SNOWBAND: Snowband Dynamics (coincident w/ Lake-ICE)
SNOWBAND seeks to understand the dynamic and thermodynamic structures of heavy precipitation bands in the northwest quadrant of cyclones and in the "reverse lake-effect" regions west of Lake Michigan. The goal of the project is to determine the...
1997-12-01 00:00:00 1998-01-31 23:59:59
OASIS: Oklahoma Atmospheric Surface-layer Instrumentation System
The Oklahoma Mesonet (Brock et al., 1995), a system of 115 automated measurement stations across Oklahoma, is serving as the foundation for the Oklahoma Atmospheric Surface-layer Instrumentation System (OASIS) Project. OASIS (Brotzge et al. 1999a;...
1997-10-01 00:00:00 2000-10-01 23:59:59
SHEBA: Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean Project
SHEBA is motivated by the large discrepancies among simulations by global climate models (GCMs) of the present and future climate in the arctic and by uncertainty about the impact of the arctic on climate change. These problems arise from an incomplete...
1997-09-15 00:00:00 1998-11-01 23:59:59
ARC-MIP: Arctic Regional Climate Model Intercomparison Project
An international intercomparison of 5 regional model simulations in the Arctic will be conducted using a common forcing dataset. The Arctic Regional Climate Model Intercomparison Project (ARCMIP) will focus on the SHEBA year. The rationale for...
1997-09-01 00:00:00 1998-09-30 23:59:59
FABLE: Forest Atmosphere Boundary Layer Experiment
An NCAR ISS will be deployed at the Park Falls, Wisconis tall tower site (WLEF-TV tower, instrumented as part of the Chequamegon Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study) for the month of August, 2000. The deployment will conincide both with continuous flux and...
1997-09-01 00:00:00 2000-08-31 23:59:59
SGP97: Southern Great Plains 1997 Hydrology Experiment
The Southern Great Plains 1997 (SGP97) Hydrology Experiment originated from an interdisciplinary investigation, "Soil Moisture Mapping at Satellite Temporal and Spatial Scales" (PI Thomas J. Jackson, USDA ARS). The core of this field experiment...
1997-06-18 00:00:00 1997-07-18 23:59:59
CAINE-2A/2C: Community Aerosol Inlet Evaluation Program, Phase II
Based on both in-flight measurements and a fluid dynamics model, airflow in the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Community Aerosol Inlet (CAI) is similar to fully developed pipe flow. Distortions of the velocity field were pronounced...
1997-05-14 00:00:00 1998-02-28 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
CASES-97: Cooperative Atmospheric Surface Exchange Study 1997
Observing and Modeling the effects of soil moisture on the diurnal behavoir of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer. Objectives: The broad objectives were two-fold: a) observe and model the effects of the fair weather boundary layer's diurnal cycle, and b)...
1997-04-22 00:00:00 1997-05-22 23:59:59
TOCS/JAMSTEC: Tropical Ocean Climate Study/Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, South Pacific
On April 1, 2004, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) was inaugurated as one of the independent administrative institutions upon re-organized from its former organization, Japan Marine Science and Technology Center. JAMSTEC...
1997-01-26 00:00:00 1997-03-10 23:59:59
PROWS97: Polarization Radar Observatory for Winter Storms
During the PROWS97 (Polarimetric Radar Observations of Winter Storms 1997) project both the CSU-CHILL and the NCAR S-POL dual polarization S-band research radar systems participated in the project. The NCAR / S-POL component of the project was directed...
1997-01-15 00:00:00 1997-03-31 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
FASTEX: Fronts and Atlantic Storm Track Experiment
The primary goal of the FASTEX field program was to advance the scientific understanding necessary to enable detailed diagnosis and prediction of the life cycles and effects of eastern oceanic storms and their associated cloud and precipitation systems...
1997-01-01 00:00:00 1997-02-28 23:59:59
Pre-INDOEX: Pre-Indian Ocean Experiment
Regional consequences of global warming depend critically on the potentially large cooling effect of another pollutant, known as aerosols. These tiny particles, of about a millionth of a centimeter or smaller in diameter, scatter sunlight back to space...
1996-12-19 00:00:00 1997-01-18 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
BLX-96: Boundary Layer Experiment 1996
The Boundary Layer Experiment 1996 (BLX-96) was located near Dexter, Kansas
1996-07-24 22:00:00 1996-08-14 23:59:59
FLATLAND96: Flatland Observatory Project II
The 1996 Flatland Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment, FLATLAND96, was an investigation of the structure and dynamics of the planetary boundary layer. The scientific objectives of the study were: 1. To measure entrainment velocity in the convective...
1996-06-20 00:00:00 1996-08-19 23:59:59
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
STERAO-A: Stratosphere-Troposphere Experiments: Radiation, Aerosols, and Ozone (STERAO)
The Stratospheric-Tropospheric Experiment: Radiation, Aerosols, and Ozone (STERAO) series of projects was initiated to address these important problems. STERAO-A (Deep Convection and the Composition of the Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere) was...
1996-06-01 00:00:00 1996-07-31 23:59:59
CTW: Coastal Waves 1996 (Coastally Trapped Waves)
The Coastal Waves 1996 experiment was designed to study coastal atmospheric phenomena along the California coast. This study was designed to address several problems, including the cross-shore variability and turbulent structure of the marine boundary...
1996-06-01 00:00:00 1996-07-03 23:59:59