ISS Operations at SWEX

NCAR/EOL is operating up three ISS (Integrated Sounding Systems) for the SWEX field campaign to observe Sundowner winds in the Santa Barbara area March - May 2022.

Quick look plots are available here:

NEW: Interactive Wind Barb plotting tool for the three radar wind profilers and the wind lidar

Please note that this data is preliminary only and requires correction. The instrumentation includes:

ISS instruments being deployed at SWEX2022
ISS1 (Santa Barbara)
Radar Wind Profiler	NCAR 449 MHz Modular Wind Profiler
Wind Lidar	Vaisala / Leosphere Windcube 200S
Ceilometer	Vaisala CL61 with polarization filter
Surface met station	Gill Wind Observer (2D sonic) at 10m Lufft WS300 (Temp/RH/Pressure) at 2m Vaisala PTB210 (Pressure) at 2m Hukseflux NR01 4-cmpt radiation Trimble NetR8 with Vaisala WXT at 2m Lufft WS800 (Wind/Precip/T/RH/P) at 3m
ISS2 (Rancho Alegre)
Radar Wind Profiler	915 MHz LAP3000 DBS wind profiler
Soundings	Vaisala MW41 launching RS41 radiosondes
Ceilometer	Vaisala CL51
Surface met station	Gill Wind Observer (2D sonic) at 10m Lufft WS300 (Temp/RH/Pressure) at 2m Vaisala PTB210 (Pressure) at 2m Lufft WS800 (Wind/Precip/T/RH/P) at 3m
ISS3 (Sedgwick Reserve)
Radar Wind Profiler	915 MHz LAP3000 DBS wind profiler with RASS
Soundings	Vaisala MW41 launching RS41 radiosondes
Ceilometer	Vaisala CL31
Surface met station	Gill Wind Observer (2D sonic) at 10m Lufft WS300 (Temp/RH/Pressure) at 2m Vaisala PTB210 (Pressure) at 2m Lufft WS800 (Wind/Precip/T/RH/P) at 3m

ISS Contact: Bill Brown

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