96/04/27 CART site activity
Meteorology at the Central Facility
Weather Conditions from Site Operators Log
Altocumulus and thin cirrus mixture.
Visiting Instruments at Central Facilities
CART Instrument Operations at Central Facilities
Key: O = operational, X = down or degraded
- RASS, 50 MHz, (hourly): O
- RASS, 915 MHz, (hourly): O
- BSRN: O
- SIROS: O
- SMOS, (24 hrs): O
- SWATS (24 hrs): O
- EBBR, (24 hrs): O
- WSI, (every 10 min.) O
- 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): O
- 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: O
- 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
- E24: SIROS
Key Comments/Observations related to flights
This is likely a key observation day for the campaign. The CART site
was visited by the ER-2, DC-8, and the T-39. In addition, the Egrett
and Otter of the ARM UAV program also flew coordinated missions over the
CART site. To top it off, both SUCCESS and UAV programs were able to
coordinate missions during the NOAA-14 satellite overpass at 19:47.
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