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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): O
- RASS, 915 MHz, (hourly): O
- BSRN: 0
- 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): O
- 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 MultiFilter Radiometer: X
- 25M Upwelling IR: X
- 25M Upwelling Solar: X
- 10M MulitiFilter Radiometer: O
- Aerosol System: O
- Radiosondes, (Every 3 hrs, from 1:30 UTC): O
There are four staffed Boundry 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 recordedin the
Boundry 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 Meterology Observing
Station (SMOS) tower. For the locations of the Extended Facilities, see
the map of the Extended SGP CART Site. The comments below indicate
specific data streams with identified problems.
- Problem at Extended Facility
- E1, ECOR
- E2, SIROS
- E4, SIROS
- E12, SIROS
- E16,ECOR
Key Comments/Observations related to flights
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