Research / Campaigns

STORMVEXSNOW

Colorado: Direct Measurements of Snowfall

15 November 2010 - 25 April 2011

Lead Scientist: Ian McCubbin

Observatory: AMF, SBS

This campaign was in direct support of the AMF2 deployment during the Storm Peak Validation Experiment (StormVEx), held between November 2010 and April 2011 in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. While a wide array of remote and direct sensors were deployed during the StormVEx campaign, no reliable direct snowfall precipitation measurements were planned to be part of StormVEx activities. This crucial measurement gap was addressed with the deployment of three precipitation stations to provide measurements of snowfall rate and accumulation. This information was made available to all researchers as part of the combined StormVEx data set. The deployment locations were the mountain summit Storm Peak Laboratory (SPL) site, the mid-slope AMF2 Thunderhead site, and the Valley Floor site.

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Baseline Instruments

Co-Investigators

Greg McCurdy

Timeline

Campaign Data Sets

IOP Participant	Data Source Name	Final Data
Ian McCubbin	Cloud and Rainfall Parameter Retrievals	Order Data
Ian McCubbin	Sonic Precipitation Measurements- Thunderhead	Order Data
Ian McCubbin	Manual Snowboard and Snowstakes	Order Data

SBS Data Sources

Name	Full Name	Browse Data
`AOD-MFRSR`	Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) derived from MFRSR measurements	Browse Data
`AOP`	Aerosol Optical Properties	Browse Data
`AOSMET`	Meteorological Measurements associated with the Aerosol Observing System	Browse Data
`CCN`	Cloud Condensation Nuclei Particle Counter	Browse Data
`CEIL`	Ceilometer	Browse Data
`CPC`	Condensation Particle Counter	Browse Data
`CSPHOT`	Sunphotometer	Browse Data
`ECOR`	Eddy Correlation Flux Measurement System	Browse Data
`GNDRAD`	Ground Radiometers on Stand for Upwelling Radiation	Browse Data
`HSRL`	High Spectral Resolution Lidar	Browse Data
`MET`	Surface Meteorological Instrumentation	Browse Data
`MFRSR`	Multifilter Rotating Shadowband Radiometer	Browse Data
`MPL`	Micropulse Lidar	Browse Data
`MWR`	Microwave Radiometer	Browse Data
`MWR3C`	Microwave Radiometer, 3 Channel	Browse Data
`MWRRET`	MWR Retrievals	Browse Data
`NEPHELOMETER`	Nephelometer	Browse Data
`OZONE`	Ozone Monitor	Browse Data
`PBLHT`	Planetary Boundary Layer Height	Browse Data
`PSAP`	Particle Soot Absorption Photometer	Browse Data
`QCRAD`	Data Quality Assessment for ARM Radiation Data	Browse Data
`RWP`	Radar Wind Profiler	Browse Data
`SEBS`	Surface Energy Balance System	Browse Data
`SKYRAD`	Sky Radiometers on Stand for Downwelling Radiation	Browse Data
`SONDE`	Balloon-Borne Sounding System	Browse Data
`SONDEADJUST`	Sonde Adjust	Browse Data
`SWACR`	W-Band (95 GHz) ARM Cloud Radar, mounted to scan	Browse Data
`TSI`	Total Sky Imager	Browse Data