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IOP 2 schedule
IOP 2 Schedule Above is the itinerary for IOP 2, set for Wednesday, June 27th. We will be running every instrument during this event. Feel free to stop by the TAMU Golf Course if you are interested in...
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ALL GREEN LIGHTS
Last week on June 20, 2012 at 17:30 UTC (12:30 PM Central), mission “Flight 38” was initiated during the intensive operational period (IOP); read Jared’s post about the purpose of Flight 38. As the...
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IOP 2 photo post
Since the first IOP was discussed, I thought it might be good to share more photographs of the actual event and just post captions about the pictures. Here are some of my pictures from the second IOP....
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So last Wednesday, we had our second IOP (Intensive Observational Period). IOPs are marked by being outside and continuously taking surface and cloud observations, along with flying our blimp, Big Red,...
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Our group’s job on Friday was mostly to run the radar at its normal 18 degrees/second rotation rate and wait until its motion becomes erratic in order to send some files to the radar engineer in...
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Ceilometer Send Off!
On Thursday our group (Mark, Michael, Reece) managed to finish all measurements and fittings for the Ceilometer shipment box! Thankfully there were no major snags when sliding the unit onto the rails....
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Resurrecting Radiosondes
This is a picture of the PP11 processor with a Vaisala RS80 sonde (the light blue box) sitting on top. One of the interesting devices we worked on during the Summer Soap was a Vaisala PP11. The PP11...
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Weather Balloon 101
On June 27, 2012, “Flight 39″ was initiated. During the intensive operation period (IOP) 2, my task, along with Jonathan Rivas, was to prepare the weather balloon for launch. You might be asking, “How...
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Connecting your Batteries in Parallel
One of the last projects that Group 3 (Cody, Amanda and myself) worked on was to use a soldering iron to fuse together the wires connecting the batteries to the RS80. According to Dr. D., when...
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What? There is a Ceilometer on the Roof?
Yes! One of the ceilometers that SOAP was working with has now been placed in a more permanent fashion on the 13th floor roof of the O&M building. ceilometer without cover The ceilometer shoots a...
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Group 6: 6/19/13 Cloud Observations
Wednesday Cloud Observations from Nash Crawley, Andrew Cook, and Christian Thomas. Scattered low level cumulus clouds observed between 3:07 and 3:15pm.
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Group 6: Cloud Observations 6/20/2013
Thursday Cloud Observations from Nash Crawley, Andrew Cook, and Christian Thomas took place between 1:58 and 2:04pm. Scattered low level cumulus clouds were observed during this time.
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Group 2 Cloud Observations: 6/21/2013
Cloud Observations taken Friday, June 21st by Amanda Harte, Sarah Spivey and Matthew Wood from 1:04 to 1:15pm. Both low level cumulus clouds and upper level cirrus were observed during this time. Haze...
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SMART-R Adventures
We arrived at the O&M building at approximately 4pm. Dr. Conlee gave us a brief overview of forecasting techniques and methodology, after which we gathered the supplies necessary for a trip to...
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Group 1 Cloud Observations 6/20/13
Cloud Observations taken Thursday, June 20th by Megan Murat, Ben Richardson, Avery Tomasco, and Lainey Barta from 1604L to 1611L. Both low level cumulus clouds and upper level cirrus were observed...
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Corn-gratulations! You lost your Weather Data!
In dealing with the mesonet site, we had to consider the directional antenna used to communicate the data over a long distance. The directional antenna is only useful if it is pointed directly to where...
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Beta Testing Sounding Software
Soundings are an integral part of illustrating atmospheric data; specifically, soundings are very useful in forecasting convective weather. The software we were testing was the iMet OS-II system. We...
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June 30th Ceilometer data
Today we analyzed ceilometer data from this past Sunday, June 30th. The ceilometer shoots up a beam every 30 seconds and records the height of the bases of each cloud layer directly above the sensor....
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Probing into the unknown
Every day for the past three weeks, the morning has begun with a goofily grinning Dr. Conlee telling us we’re going to go work on the green roof, to brave the heat. Before we get into the actual...
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Probing the Green Roof
June 18th, 2013 Green Roofs have been used for centuries in European countries for their ease of construction, maintenance and ability to keep houses both warm in the winter and cool in the summer....
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