96/04/26 CART site activity
Meteorology at the Central Facility
Weather Conditions from Site Operators Log
Visiting Instruments at Central Facilities
CART Instrument Operations at Central Facilities
Key: O = operational, X = down or degraded
- RASS, 50 MHz, (hourly): X
- RASS, 915 MHz, (hourly): O
- BSRN: X
- SIROS: X
- SMOS, (24 hrs): O
- SWATS (24 hrs): O
- EBBR, (24 hrs): O
- WSI, (every 10 min.) X
- MWR, (24 hrs): O
- IRT: X
- MPL, (24 hrs): X
- BLC, (24 hrs): O
- AERI, (24 hrs): O
- SORTI, (daytime, sunny): O
- Raman Lidar (daytime): X
- 60M Temperature and Humidity: O
- 25M Temperature and Humidity: O
- 25M IRT: O
- 25M MultiFilter Radiometer: O
- 25M Upwelling IR: O
- 25M Upwelling Solar: O
- 10M IRT: O
- 10M MultiFilter Radiometer: O
- Aerosol System: X
- Radiosondes, (Every 3 hrs, from 1:30 UTC): O
There are four staffed Boundary Facilities, each having Balloon Borne Sounding Systems (BBSS)
and MicroWave Radiometers (MWR). During the IOP period, sondes are launched every three hours
round the clock, starting at 5:30 GMT (12:30 CST). The sites are listed below. Times listed following a
site indicate questionable data or failed sonde launches. Weather conditions are recorded in the
Boundary Facilities Site Operator's Log.
- Hillsboro, KS (BF-1): Okay
- Vici, OK (BF-4): Okay
- Morris, OK (BF-5): Okay
- Purcell, OK (BF-6): Okay
There are numerous unstaffed Extended Facilities. The specific instrumentation at the extended facilities
varies from site to site, but generally includes a flux station (either an Energy Balance Bowen Ration (EBBR)
system or an Eddy Correlation (ECOR) system), a Solar and InfraRed Observing System (SIROS), and a Standard
Meteorology Observing Station (SMOS). For the locations of the Extended Facilities, and their suite of
instrumentation, see the table and
map of the Extended CART site.
The comments below indicate specific data streams with identified problems.
- Problem at Extended Facility:
- E1: ECOR
- E2: SIROS
- E3: SIROS
- E7: SIROS
- E10: SIROS
- E16: ECOR
Key Comments/Observations related to flights
Good cirrus and contrails, but scattered low cumulus made
ground-based remote sensing intermittent.
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