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:

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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