- Summary plots from the Rogers Farm Lincoln (ISS2) site
- Summary plots from the York Minicipal Airport (ISS3) site
Two NCAR ISS (Integrated Sounding System) were deployed to Nebraska for the GRAINEX field campaign May - July 2018. The systems were located at the University of Nebraska Rogers Memorial Farm about 12 km east of Lincoln and at the York Municipal Airport, about 3 km NW of York NE.
ISS2 | Rogers Memorial Farm, Lincoln | 40° 50' 40" N, 96° 28' 6" W, alt: 374 m |
ISS3 | York Municipal Airport | 40° 53' 30" N, 97° 37' 34" W, alt: 508m |
The systems included the following instrumentation:
Radar Wind Profiler | LAP3000 915 MHz DBS wind profiler with RASS |
Soundings | Vaisala MW41 / RS 41 radiosondes |
Ceilometer | Vaisala CL31 and CL51 |
Surface Met | Lufft WS700/800 weather sensors at 3m PTB210 Pressure at 3m Hukseflux NR01 4-component radiation at 1m HSA Tipping bucket rain gauge Web camera |
The campaign was run in two intensive phases, IOP #1 (May 30 - June 13, 2018) and IOP #2 (July 16 - 30, 2018). The surface met systems and ceilometers were run continuously for the whole campaign; the wind profilers and soundings were only operated during the IOP phases. Quick look plots from the campaign (sorted by date) are available here (note that these include test data and periods where equipment was not fully operational).
GRAINEX Data Submission Instructions (Post Field)
- Collaborative Research: The Great Plains Irrigation Experiment (GRAINEX) for Understanding the Influence of Irrigation on the Planetary Boundary Layer and Weather Events
- UNL Study confirms irrigation's impact on humidity, yields possible link to rain
- Irrigation applications could play a role in understanding ongoing changes in weather
- UAH Low-Cost Weather Stations to Join Irrigation/Weather Study
- Scientists Study Connection Between Great Plains Precipitation and Agricultural Irrigation
- WKU Scientist, Meteorology Students Part of NSF-funded Project on How Irrigation Affects Precipitation
- Husker-led Research Team to Examine Irrigation's Role in Precipitation
- UAH Low-cost Weather Stations to Join Irrigation/Weather Study
- GRAINEX - Investigating the Impacts of Irrigation on Regional weather
- NSF grant to examine irrigation's role in preciptation
- NSF GRAINEX Award Abstract #1720417