Wave Cloud Studies, March 2000 - Wyoming King Air Flights

update September 1, 2000

Links in this table lead to: narrative descriptions, photos and data plots. On another page is a (table) summary table of microphysical observations during cloud penetrations.

Photos and Data Take-Off Landing Hours Mb Ice Nuclei Data # Snow Stick Crystal Samples Comments
2 March 17:37 19:00 1.4 1.9 0 test flight
9 March 16:16 17:44 1.5 2.1 3 research flight
13 March 16:37 19:00 2.4 2.5 5 1. Elk Mtn cap cloud
2. upstream of Elk Mtn
14 March 20:52 00:16 3.4 3.9 6 1. North Park -10 to -18°C
2. 10 NE Laramie -27 to -33°C
17 March 16:22 18:52 2.5 2.8 6 20 S Laramie, -14 to -18°C
19 March #1
19 March #2
17:34
22:30
19:36
23:56
2.0
1.4
2.4
1.8
11
0
50 W Laramie, -14 to -26°C
30 S Laramie, -10 to -35°C
25 March 19:08 21:39 2.5 3.0 10 N end of Park Range, -26 to -37°C
BL cumulus North park, -13 to -18°C
28 March 16:39 20:04 3.6 3.7 16 South of Laramie, over Rawahs, layered wave clouds -23 to -28°C, some overlapping observations with Lear Jet ICE-9
30 March 16:37 18:45 2.1 2.6 7 NE corner of North Park, thin wave clouds -20°C
BL cumulus North Park and Laramie Basin, -10 to -13°C
10 flights 24.7 26.7 64 TOTALS

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