ISS operations at CFACT
NCAR/EOL is operating Integrated Sounding Systems (ISS) in the Heber Valley in Utah for the CFACT winter time fog study.
EOL ISS Staff
ISS Lead Scientist: William Brown
Engineers: John Sobtzak, Gary Granger, Isabel Suhr, David Ortigoza
Technicians: Lou Verstraete, Liz Bernhardt
Data Managers: Jacquie Witte, Matt Paulus
Realtime Preliminary Plots (not quality controlled)
- Preliminary plots for the North Pivot site (ISS1: radar wind profiler, RASS, CL51, surface met, webcam)
- Preliminary plots for the DC Supersite area (ISS2: soundings, wind lidar, CL61, surface met, webcam)
Instrumentation
Sensor | Manufacturer | Site Location |
Radar Wind Profiler | NCAR 449 MHz Modular Wind Profiler with RASS | North Pivot |
Wind Lidar | Vaisala / Leosphere Windcube 200S | Railway Service Pad |
Soundings | Vaisala MW41 launching 120 RS41 radiosondes |
DC Supersite |
Ceilometers | Vaisala CL51 and CL61 | North Pivot & DC Supersite |
GPS water Vapor | Trimble NetR8 and WXT | Railway Service Pad |
Surface met | Lufft WS800, Hukseflux NR01 and PTB210 | North Pivot & DC Supersite |
Web cameras | (various) | North Pivot & Railway Service Pad |
Visibility Sensor | Campbell CS125 | TBD |
Radiometer | Hukseflux NR01 | North Pivot |
Disdrometer | ORR Persivel 2 | North Pivot |
Aerosol | PurpkeAir PA-II-SD | North Pivot |
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