CSU-NCAR-Wyoming-NSF
Wave Cloud Studies - March 2000

 David C. Rogers
Scientist
update 20 Dec 2000
This research is sponsored by the National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric Sciences under grant ATM97-14177. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

Studies of ice formation in wave clouds were conducted in the Colorado-Wyoming Front Range region during March 2000. Project investigators include Dave Rogers (NCAR/RAF), Paul DeMott and Sonia Kreidenweis from the CSU Department of Atmospheric Science, Andy Heymsfield and Nancy Knight from the Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology, division at NCAR, and Narihiro Orikasa from the Meteorological Research Institute of Japan. The primary observational platform is the University of Wyoming King Air, with additional equipment from CSU, NCAR and NASA. Measurements included cloud microphysics, kinematics and aerosol properties. Flights were based out of the Laramie airport.

This web page describes the research plans, responsibilities and authority for conduction the flights, forecasting, communicating with the Wyoming flight crew, performing data analyses, coordinating the installation, calibration and operation of non-Wyoming instrumentation, analyzing data and publishing the results.
Project photo gallery

Project Overview

Mission Plans and Flight Patterns

Wave Cloud Forecast and Daily Plan

Schedule

Instruments & Status

Logistics Plan

Data Management and Publishing Results

Flight Summaries, Cloud Photos and Data Plots
Contacts (email, phone numbers, etc.)

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