Access to an archive of meteorological images obtained during the US warm
seasons (May through August) from 1998 to present. This archive is
made available courtesy the USWRP and NOAA/NEXRAD ROC projects.
Posted June 8, 2001.
KGLD radar data tapes in the WSR-88D
Level II
format. Updated May 2, 2001.
During the field study, copies were made of the original data tapes
from the Goodland radar. Individual volume scans were combined into
tarfiles by UTC day, compressed (gzip), and placed on the NCAR Mass
Store System (MSS).
Access to KGLD Level (Archive) II data on the NCAR MSS.
MSS files are usually named by date, with some days requiring more
than one file. Volume scans within the MSS files are named by
starting time and Volume Coverage Pattern
(VCP-11,
VCP-21,
VCP-31, or
VCP-32).
NCAR/ATD S-Pol radar data. Updated March 27, 2001.
Mobile GLASS from NCAR/ATD/SSSF. Individual ASCII and Gif
image files for each sounding. A tarfile of the entire dataset is
also available. Modified September 25, 2001.
Colorado Collaborative Rain and Hail Study from Colorado State
University.
After sidebar "View Maps" select either "Older Precipitation Maps" or
Hail Maps "2000" for days during STEPS. Posted September 21, 2000.
FIELD CAMPAIGN:
STEPS-related links: Several links to websites that are
directly related to STEPS. This includes such sites as the Goodland
Kansas Weather Forecast Office, the research facilities, current
weather sites, and software. Information from the current weather
sites will be used for nowcasting during the field campaign.
Updated May 2, 2000.
Operations Journal. Operations calendar and detailed summary
of 9am MDT current day's weather forecast, equipment status, and expected
operations. The debriefing of the current day's operations is posted
after the next day's AM meeting. Updated daily.
Observational Priorities. Table of observational priorities
including description of the phenomena and observing systems to be
coordinated.
Updated May 1, 2000.
Forecast Matrix. Matrix of scores assigned to various
forecast variables and forecast totals.
Updated May 2, 2000.
Landmarks relative to the Goodland WSR-88D radar.
Posted May 11, 2000.
Radar angular resolutions. Numbers of samples to average
and angular resolutions for CHILL and S-Pol.
Posted May 19, 2000.
CHILL quick scan parameters. Parameters for scanning
CHILL at antenna rotation rates faster than 6 deg/sec.
Posted May 11, 2000.
Radar scans. Nominal numbers of elevation angles possible
for antenna scan rates (4-12 deg/sec, not including turn-around
time), angular sectors (30-120 deg), and storm volume scan times
(60-300 sec).
Updated June 21, 2000.
Radar beam heights. Height of radar beam for several
elevation angles (0.0-45.5 deg) and ranges (10-100 km).
Posted May 11, 2000.
FIELD CAMPAIGN PLANNING:
Updates. Includes information regarding preparations
for the field campaign to be conducted during the 8-week period,
22 May through 16 July 2000. Important email message about basing
the mobile mesonet in Norman OK.
Updated June 21, 2000.
Severe weather days in the Goodland WFO warning area. Composite
WSR-88D echoes for
May,
June, and
July of 1999.
Updated April 19, 2000.
Lightning climatology for the STEPS area for the months
of May-July (1989-1999). Provided by Richard E. Orville, Director
of CIAMS Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University.
Posted June 22, 2000.
Relocation meeting. In response to questions raised by the
NSF Facilities Advisory Council, a meeting was held at NCAR on 1
November 1999 to discuss the possible relocation of STEPS from the
Goodland Kansas area to the Greeley Colorado area.
NSF Proposals. Includes names of the principal
investigator(s), title of the proposal, and the status
as of April 20, 2000.
Webmaster: L. Jay Miller at
ljmill@ucar.edu Subject: Severe Thunderstorm Electrification and
Precipitation Study (STEPS-2000)
Address: http://www.mmm.ucar.edu/community/steps.html
Last Modified: 2 October 2002