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WINTER TIME VISIBILITY MEASUREMENTS AT STORM PEAK LABORATORY
As part of a field meteorology class held during the Spring 1996 semester, four
students and two research professors took part in a winter break measurement
study in Colorado. While attending this field class all were lodged at the
Storm Peak Laboratory in addition to carrying most of our experiments there.
Storm Peak Laboratory is Located in north central Colorado, west of the Rocky
Mountains. The laboratory is conveniently located on top of Mount Werner at
an elevation of 10,520 feet and accessible through the
Steamboat ski area.
Quick summary of measurements
A small winter air monitoring network was established at the Steamboat Ski resort and at a
site in the town of Steamboat Springs, Colorado. The primary measurements collected were
5-minute light scattering observations from three nephelometers. Visibility measurements
began on January 10 and concluded on January 18, 1996.
Aerosol scattering -- three Optec NGN-2 open air nephelometers
Black carbon -- a Magee Scientific aethalometer
Meteorological data -- three met stations measuring wind speed, wind direction, temperature, pressure
Sulfur Dioxide -- one Monitor Labs fluorescence SO2 monitor
* Campbell data loggers and emergency equipment repair were kindly provided
by Air Resource Specialists of Ft. Collins, CO
(Thanks guys!)
General Map of Area (40k)
Terrain map of area (153k)
About the Measurements:
Read about the Storm Peak Laboratory:
Randolph D. Borys, Melanie A. Wetzel, Storm Peak Laboratory: A Research, Teaching, and Service Facility for the Atmospheric Sciences.
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society: Vol. 78, No. 10, pp. 2115–2123.
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