This experiment is a collaboration between the U. of Colorado and the North Carolina State University (Prof. Sandra Yuter) conducted between 1 March – 30 April 2010.
Current observations (updated every 15 min):
Microwave rain radar (MRR1) |
Disdrometer (Disd1) |
Ceilometer |
Raingauge |
Wxobs |
Camera |
Instrument setup: View <<photo gallerie here>> |
We thank Scott Kittelman, James Rudolph for setting up the instruments, Sam LeBlance, Peter Pilewskie, and John Cassano for providing measuremenets from the skywatch laboratory. |
To download the data:
1.) Contact for Username/Password
2.) Log onto http://clouds.colorado.edu/user
3.) To download data go to http://clouds.colorado.edu/get-boulder-snow-experiment-data
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Days with precipitation (Notes are in MT):
9 March: Light rain in the evening
10 March: Snow/rain in afternoon/evening
14 March: light snow/rain entire day
18/19 March: snow started ~0700 UTC
23/24 March: heavy snow
26 March: Rain/snow in the afternoon
1 April: short convective event
6 April: Graupel at night
7 April: light snow at night and morning
17 April: light rain in afternoon
22 April: thunderstorm early afternoon (6pm) followed by heavy rain
23 April: rain throughout the day, heavy rain in the afternoon
24 April: rain -> snow in the morning
28/29 April: light rain in the evening and snow in the morning