====== SNOwD UNDER ====== * Project: (SNOwD UNDER) * Dates: November 15th - December 6th, 2010 * Location: Eastern North Dakota * Documentation: {{:atmos:fieldprojects:snowd-under:op_manual_public.pdf|Operations Plan}} * Press Releases: [[http://www2.und.nodak.edu/our/news/story.php?id=3270|UND Press Room]] [[http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/181664/group/News/|Grand Forks Herald]] [[http://www2.und.edu/our/uletter/?p=8213|Dr. Wurman's Visit]] * Photos: [[http://www.facebook.com/snowdunder/|Facebook]] [[http://snowdunder.blogspot.com/ |Blogger]] * Forecasts: [[http://stwrc.und.edu/snowdundr/index.html|RWIC]] * EOL Grant Info: [[http://www.eol.ucar.edu/deployment/educational-deployments|Grant]] * Articles: [[http://www2.ucar.edu/magazine/features/different-kind-snow-day|UCAR Article]] ====== PLANNING MEETINGS ====== * 26 Aug 2010 Student Organizational Meeting * 30 Aug 2010 Student Leader Meeting ====== GROUP LEADERS ====== * Flight Scientist - Andrea Neumann * UND Radar Scientist - Jason Naylor * DOW Radar Scientist - Aaron Kennedy * Lead Forecaster/WRF - Matt Clegg * Satellite Scientist - Yingxi Shi * Surface Observations- Dan Koller * Media & Photos - Corey Amiot and Krista Cooley * Field Coordinators - Andrea Neumann, Jason Naylor, and Aaron Kennedy ====== INSTRUMENTS AND TOOLS ====== ===== Citation Aircraft ===== * [[atmos:citation:instruments:Status|Status]] ===== UND Radar ===== * [[http://radar.atmos.und.edu/layout.php?page=animation&product=0&loop=0|UND Radar]] ===== DOW Radar ===== ===== Surface Measurements ===== * K-12 Schools & Co-op * ND-DOT * NWS ===== Radar Software ===== * [[http://www.vaisala.com/weather/products/iris.html|Documentation on the IRIS radar software]] * [[http://www.ral.ucar.edu/projects/titan/docs/|TITAN Documentation]] ===== Modeling ===== * Model Info: *Initialization - * Matt Clegg's WRF Model Page *Current run of the WRF model * Data from the WRF model runs are being documented on the ___________ server. ===== Forecasting ===== * [[http://weather.cod.edu/analysis/analysis.1kmvis.html|Satellite and Radar]] * High resolution 1-km visible satellite imagery and regional radar mosaic with animation capabilities from College of DuPage * [[http://weather.cod.edu/forecast/|Model Analysis Page]] * Generate contour plots using the forecast models (RUC, GFS, NAM, etc...) from College of DuPage * [[http://www.stormchaser.niu.edu/machine/fcstsound.html|Model Sounding Page]] * Generate point soundings using the forecast models (RUC, GFS, NAM, etc...) for any location which produces a METAR * [[http://weather.unisys.com/gfs/init/gfs_pres_init.html| Extended GFS Model]] * Extended (60-hr) GFS plots from UNYSIS with multi-panel capabilities * [[http://www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/|SPC Forecast Tools page]] * Mesoanalysis Graphics are particularly helpful when SPC has us in a risk area * [[http://www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/mmb/mpyle/cent4km/conus/00/|4.0 km WRF Simulated Reflectivity]] * Non-operational reflectivity product from the WRF model ===== Journal Articles on Other Educational Field Projects ===== Rauber, R. M. et al., 2007: In the driver's seat. RICO and Education. //Bull Amer Meteor. Soc.//, **88**, 1929-1937. http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/BAMS-88-12-1929 Richardson, Y., P. Markowski, J. Verlinde, and J. Wurman, 2008: FIELD EXPERIENCE: Integrating classroom learning and research: The Pennsylvania Area Mobile Radar Experiment. //Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc.//, **89**, 1097-1101. http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/2007BAMS2567.1