Skip to data content Skip to data search
Earth Observing Laboratory
Field Data Archive

CBMF: Cumulonimbus Mass Flux

Summary

The Cumulonimbus Mass Flux study collected convergence measurements around cumulonimbus clouds over the Magdalena Mountain Range of New Mexico in the vicinity of the Langmuir Laboratory. The Sabreliner was used to obtain horizontal mass fluxes in and out of cumulonimbus clouds and compare the measurements with those obtained by the Doppler radar. Radar chaff drops by aircraft outside the cloud further enhanced the usefulness of the radar measurements and allowed estimates of flow in and out of the storms over a broad altitude range.

Data access

Datasets from this project

Additional information

Related links

Temporal coverage

Begin Date 1984-07-20 12:45:46
End Date 1984-08-17 12:17:44

Spatial coverage


Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 35.065, Minimum (South) Latitude: 33.719
Minimum (West) Longitude: -109.048, Maximum (East) Longitude: -106.48

NSF

This material is based upon work supported by the NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, a major facility sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation and managed by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. National Science Foundation.