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2024

• CAESAR 24: Cold Air Outbreak Experiment in the Sub-Arctic Region (NSF/NCAR C-130)
  • 22 Feb - 7 Apr in Kiruna, Sweden
  • PI: Paquita Zuidema, Bart Geerts, Greg McFarquhar
  • Measurements of the structure of marine boundary layer clouds during CAOs.
  • Processed data (unavailable until one year after project): WCL, WCR 

 

2023

2022

• CHACHA 22 : CHemistry in the Arctic: Clouds, Halogens, and Aerosols
  
  • 15 Feb - 16 Apr in Utqiagvik, AK
  • PI: Paul Shepson, Co-Investigators: Kerri Pratt Sara Lance Jose Fuentes William Simpson Christine Hrycyna
  • Measurements characterizing air chemistry, aerosols, and clouds over the North Slope of Alaska and over open leads in the sea ice offshore.
  • PDF archive of UWKA facility project webpage (part 1), (part 2)
• TRANS²Am 22 : Transport and Transformation of Ammonia
  
  • Aug 15 - Sep 23 in Laramie, WY
  • PI: Emily Fischer, Co-Investigators: Dana Caulton Ilana Pollack Amy Sullivan
  • Characterization of chemistry and aerosols around agriculture sites in Colorado and in upslope wind events over the higher mountains.
  • PDF archive of UWKA facility project webpage
• SWEX 22 : Sundowner Winds Experiment (NPS Twin Otter)
  
  • Apr 1 - May 15 in Santa Barbara, CA
  • PI: Leila Carvalho, Co-Investigators: Charles Jones, Gert-Jan Duine, Joe Fernanado, Craig Clements et al
  • Improve the current understanding of the dynamics and predictablility of downslope windstorms in the coastal Santa Barbara County.
  • Processed data: WCL

 

2021

• TRANS²Am 21 : Transport and Transformation of Ammonia
  
  • Aug 1 - Oct 15 in Laramie, WY
  • PI: Emily Fischer, Co-Investigators: Dana Caulton Ilana Pollack Amy Sullivan
  • Characterization of chemistry and aerosols around agriculture sites in Colorado and in upslope wind events over the higher mountains.
  • PDF archive of UWKA facility project webpage
• DILBERT 21 : Deployable Instruments - Laramie Based - Research Test flights
  
  • 2021 in Laramie, WY
  • PIs: Nick Mahon, Matt Burkhart, Samuel Haimov
  • Flights testing functionality of newly-installed equipment and instrumentation.
  • King Air processed flight level data: 1 Hz; 25 Hz
  • PDF archive of UWKA facility project webpage

 

2020

• MONARK 20 : A^3 Project Monark
  
  • Feb in Laramie, WY
  • PI: Michael Vergalla, Co-Investigator: Bryan Chan
  • Water vapor retrieval using GPS signal occultation.
  • King Air processed flight level data: 1 Hz; 10 Hz; 1 Hz (ICARTT)
  • PDF archive of UWKA facility project webpage

• DILBERT 20 : Deployable Instruments - Laramie Based - Research Test flights
  • July in Laramie, WY
  • PIs: Nick Mahon, Matt Burkhart
  • Flights testing functionality of newly-installed equipment and instrumentation.
  • King Air processed flight level data: 1 Hz; 25 Hz
  • WCL
  • PDF archive of UWKA facility project webpage

• HCPI 20 : Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.'s Holographic Cloud Particle Imager test flights
  
  • August in Laramie, WY
  • PI: Daniel McAdams
  • Flights testing functionality of holographic particle imager.
  • King Air processed flight level data: 1 Hz; 25 Hz
  • WCL
  • PDF archive of UWKA facility project webpage
• FLUX 20 : Test measurements using a 10 Hz CO2/CH4 Picarro gas analyzer
  
  • September in Laramie, WY
  • PI: Dana Caulton
  • Flights to obtain eddy covariance measurements over the Pawnee National Grasslands in Colorado.
  • King Air processed flight level data: 1 Hz; 10 Hz; 25 Hz
  • PDF archive of UWKA facility project webpage

 

2019

• APART-LITE 19 : Test flights for Ammonia Phase Partitioning and Transport
  
  • Nov in Laramie, WY
  • PI: Emily V. Fischer, Co-Investigators: Ilana B. Pollack, Amy Sullivan, Dana Caulton
  • Test flights sampling emissions sources associated with animal feeding and agriculture operations around the Colorado Front Range.
  • King Air processed flight level data: 1 Hz; 25 Hz; 1 Hz (ICARTT)
  • PDF archive of UWKA facility project webpage
• CHEESEHEAD 19 : Chequamegon Heterogeneous Ecosystem Energy-balance Study Enabled by a High-density Extensive Array of Detectors
  
  • Jul - Sep in Rhinelander, WI
  • PI: Ankur Desai, Co-Investigators: Mark Schwartz, Matthias Mauder, Stefan Metzger
  • Surface energy balance and PBL response over an evolving vegetation environment.
  • King Air processed flight level data: 1 Hz; 25 Hz
  • Zenith cloud lidar: L0 initial procerssed files; L1 processed files
  • PDF archive of UWKA facility project webpage
• APEX 19 : The All-Phase Water Probe Experiment
  
  • May 2019 in Laramie, WY
  • PIs: Dave Leon, Perry Wechsler, Co-investigators: Zhien Wang, Jeff French
  • Instrumentation testing for Alpenglow All-Phase Water Probe.
  • King Air processed flight level data: 1 Hz; 25 Hz
  • Wyoming Cloud Lidar data: Nadir lidar; Zenith lidar
  • Wyoming Cloud Radar data: Level 1 processing; Level 2 processing
  • Cloud Imaging Probe: 2D imagery
  • PDF archive of UWKA facility project webpage
• TECPEC 19 : Terrain Effect on Clouds and Precipitation - an Educational Campaign
  
  • March 2019 in Laramie, WY and Salt Lake City, UT
  • PI: Bart Geerts, Co-investigators: Jeff French, Gannet Hallar, Ed Zipser, John Lin
  • Educational project with student-led investigation of orographic clouds and precipitation, as well as air chemistry over the Uinta basin.
  • King Air processed flight level data: 1 Hz; 25 Hz
  • Wyoming Cloud Lidar data: Nadir lidar
  • Wyoming Cloud Radar data: Level 1 processing; Level 2 processing
  • Cloud Imaging Probe: 2D imagery
  • PDF archive of UWKA facility project webpage

 

2018

• BB-FLUX 18 : Biomass Burning Fluxes
  
  • Jul 17 - Sep 22 in Boise, ID
  • PI: Rainer Volkamer
  • Quantifying plume characteristics for fires around the western US.
  • King Air processed flight level data: 1 Hz; 25 Hz
  • Wyoming Zenith Cloud Lidar data: Level 0 processing; Level 1 processing
  • Lidar and PCASP: Quicklooks
  • PDF archive of UWKA facility project webpage
• TEST 18 : Internal instrument development and testing
  
  • Feb - June in Laramie, WY
  • Contacts: Nick Mahon, Matt Burkhart, Samuel Haimov, Min Deng
  • Development and testing of AVAPS dropsonde system, supplementary IMU measurements with KPR, and nadir lidar testing.
  • King Air processed flight level data: 1 Hz; 25 Hz
  • Wyoming Cloud Lidar data: Nadir lidar
  • PDF archive of UWKA facility project webpage

 

2017

• SNOWIE 17 : Seeded and Natural Orographic Wintertime clouds—the Idaho Experiment
  
  • Jan 7 - Mar 17 in Boise, ID
  • PIs: Jeff French, Bart Geerts, Katja Friedrich, Co-Investigator: Robert Rauber
  • Sampling orographic precipitation and studying the effectiveness of ground and airborne seeding over Payette Basin region.
  • King Air processed flight level data: 1 Hz; 25 Hz
  • Wyoming Cloud Lidar data: Processed data
  • Wyoming Cloud Radar data: Level 1 processing; Level 2 processing
  • Optical Array Probes: 2D imagery
  • PDF archive of UWKA facility project webpage
• SEAR-MAR 17 : Multi-institutional Collaborative Student Experience in Airborne Research in the Mid-Atlantic Region
  
  • Nov 4 - Nov 18 in Lancaster, PA
  • PI: Richard Clark, Co-Investigators: Paul Markowski, Ken Davis, Mark Miller, Belay Demoz, Zhibo Zhang, Todd Sikora, Brian Billings
  • Sampling atmospheric phenomena in the mid-Atlantic region, with a focus on student involvement in association with Millersville University, Pennsylvania State University, Rutgers, and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
  • King Air processed flight level data: 1 Hz; 25 Hz
  • Wyoming Cloud Lidar data: Zenith lidar; Nadir lidar
  • Picarro: Methane measurements
  • PDF archive of UWKA facility project webpage

 

2016

• MARLi 16 : Multi-function Airborne Raman Lidar Testing Experiment
  
  • Jun 1 - Aug 1 in Laramie, WY
  • PIs: Zhien Wang
  • Testing of newly developed MARLi system.
  • King Air processed flight level data: 1 Hz; 10 Hz; 25 Hz
  • PDF archive of UWKA facility project webpage
• RadFIRE 16 : Rapid-Deployments to Wildfires Campaign
  
  • Aug 17 - Oct 31 in Laramie, WY
  • PIs: Craig Clements, David Kingsmill
  • Test the effectiveness of the WCR to measure wildire plumes.
  • King Air processed flight level data: 1 Hz; 25 Hz
  • Wyoming Cloud Radar data: Level 1 processing; Level 2 processing
  • Wyoming Cloud Lidar data: Level 0 processing; Level 1 processing
  • Optical Array Probes: 2D imagery
  • PDF archive of UWKA facility project webpage
• PACMICE 16 : Precipitation and Cloud Measurements for Instrument Characterization and Evaluation
  
  • Aug 17 - Oct 31 in Laramie, WY
  • PIs: Jeff French, Samuel Haimov, Bart Geerts
  • New instrument testing over a wide range of cloud and precipitation environments for recently acquired equipment.
  • King Air processed flight level data: 1 Hz; 10 Hz; 25 Hz
  • PDF archive of UWKA facility project webpage

 

2015

• PECAN 15 : Plains Elevated Convection at Night
  
  • Jun 1 - Jul 17 in Great Bend, KS
  • PIs: Bart Geerts, Tom Parish, Dave Parsons, Tammy Weckworth, Josh Wurman, Conrad Zeigler
  • Advance understanding of nocturnal warm-season precipation with focus on low-level jet and stable boundary layer with the largest Convective Available Potential Energy aloft.
  • King Air processed flight level data: 1 Hz; 10 Hz
  • Wyoming Cloud Lidar: Processed data; Lidar quicklooks
  • Wyoming Compact Raman Lidar: Processed data (EOL)
  • PDF archive of UWKA facility project webpage

 

2014

• START 14 : Student Training in Airborne Research and Technology
  
  • Mar 26 - Apr 9 in Prescott, AZ
  • PIs: Melanie Wetzel, Dorothea Ivanova
  • Educational experiment working with undergraduates and faculty at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-focus on Research Aviation.
  • King Air processed flight level data: 1 Hz; 25 Hz;
  • Cloud Imaging Probe: 2D imagery
  • PDF archive of UWKA facility project webpage

 

2013

• OWLES 13 : Ontario Winter Lake-effect Systems
  
  • Dec 3 - Jan 29 in Penn Yan, NY
  • PIs: Bart Geerts, Dave Kristovich
  • Investigate Lake-effect snow systems that form over Lake Ontario and better understand processes for the development and maintenance of such systems.
  • King Air processed flight level data: 1 Hz; http://flights.uwyo.edu/projects/owles13/order_25hz.shtml
  • Cloud Imaging Probe: 2D imagery
  • Wyoming Cloud Radar data: Level 1 processing; Level 2 processing
  • Wyoming Cloud Lidar: Processed data
  • PDF archive of UWKA facility project webpage
• COPE-MED 13 : Convective Precipitation Experiment - Microphysics and Entrainment Dependencies
  
  • Jul 3 - Aug 28 in Southwest UK
  • PIs: Sonia Lasher-Trapp, Jeff French, Dave Leon
  • Investigate microphysics pathways and entrainment dependencies on the develoment of precipitation in convective storms in Southwest England.
  • King Air processed flight level data: 1 Hz; 25 Hz
  • Cloud Imaging Probe: 2D imagery
  • Wyoming Cloud Radar data: Processed data
  • Wyoming Cloud Lidar: Processed data; Quicklooks
  • PDF archive of UWKA facility project webpage
• ASCII 13 : AgI Seeding of Clouds Impact Investigation
  
  • Jan 3 - Mar 3 in Laramie, WY
  • PIs: Bart Geerts
  • Continuation of ASCII-12.
  • King Air processed flight level data: 1 Hz; 25 Hz
  • WCL
  • Cloud Imaging Probe: 2D imagery
  • PDF archive of UWKA facility project webpage

 

2012

• IDEAS 12 : Instrument Development and Education in Airborne Science
  
  • Sep - Nov in Laramie, WY
  • PIs: Al Rodi, Jeff Stith, Raymond Shaw, Jeff French
  • Test new instruments on the UWKA to be used for Airborne science.
  • King Air processed flight level data: 1 Hz; 25 Hz
  • Cloud Imaging Probe: 2D imagery
  • PDF archive of UWKA facility project webpage
• PREAMBLE 12 : Precision Atmospheric Marine Boundary Layer Experiment
  
  • May 17 - Jun 17 in Southern California
  • PIs: Tom Parish
  • Examine the atmospheric dynamics associated with the summertime MABL near Point Conception using the UWKA.
  • King Air processed flight level data: 1 Hz; 10 Hz
  • WCL
  • PDF archive of UWKA facility project webpage
• ASCII 12 : AgI Seeding of Clouds Impact Investigation
  
  • Jan 4 - Mar 4 in Laramie, WY
  • PIs: Bart Geerts
  • Investigate how ground-based glaciogenic seeding affect microphysics of cold orographic clouds.
  • King Air processed flight level data: 1 Hz; 25 Hz
  • WCL
  • Cloud Imaging Probe: 2D imagery
  • PDF archive of UWKA facility project webpage
• CASI 12
  • WCL

 

2011

• DOMEX 11 : The Dominica Experiment
  
  • Apr 4 - May 8 in Fort-De-France, Martinique
  • PIs: Ron Smith
  • Understand the physics of convective initiation and precipitation in a simple steady tropical environment.
  • King Air processed flight level data: 1 Hz; 25 Hz
  • Cloud Imaging Probe: 2D imagery
• CAMPS 11 : Colorado Airborne Multi-phase Cloud Study
  
  • Jan 3 - Feb 28 in Laramie, WY
  • PIs: Linnea Avallone
  • In situ and remotely sensed measurements of wintertime clouds in the Northern Rocky Mountains of Colorado.
  • King Air processed flight level data: 1 Hz; 25 Hz
  • WCL
  • Cloud Imaging Probe: 2D imagery
  • PDF archive of UWKA facility project webpage
• ICE-T
  • WCL

 

2010

• LPVEX 10 : Light Precipitation Validation Experiment
  
  • Sep 10 - Oct 10 in Turku, Finland
  • PIs: Tristan L'Ecuyer
  • Development and testing of new radar algorithms in regions of light precipitation at high latitudes.
  • King Air processed flight level data: 1 Hz; 25 Hz
  • Cloud Imaging Probe: 2D imagery
  • PDF archive of UWKA facility project webpage
• KAPEE 10 : King Air PBL Exploratory Experiment
  
  • June in Laramie, WY
  • PI: Zhien Wang
  • Test and demonstrate the capability of a new compact Raman Lidar for measurements from the UWKA for investigating BL aerosol and water vapor profiles.
  • King Air processed flight level data: 1 Hz; 20 Hz
  • WCL
  • PDF archive of UWKA facility project webpage

 

2009

• ISPA 09 : Inhibition of Snowfall by Pollution Aerosols
  
  • December in Laramie, WY
  • PIs: Dan Ward, Bill Cotton
  • Sampling of CCN and aerosol upwind of the Park Range in North Central CO and the San Juan Mountains of South Western CO in the winter.
  • King Air processed flight level data: 1 Hz; 25 Hz
  • PDF archive of UWKA facility project webpage
• ASP 09 : Advanced Study Program
  
  • June in JeffCo airport, NCAR
  • Four flights/2 days in support of ASP Summer Colloquium. Projects led by advanced graduate students, utilizing multiple NSF observing facilities, including UWKA.
  • King Air processed flight level data: 1 Hz; 25 Hz
  • WCL
  • Cloud Imaging Probe: 2D imagery
  • PDF archive of UWKA facility project webpage
• WWDC 09 : Wyoming Water Development Commission (Experiment)
  
  • Feb - Apr in Laramie, WY
  • PI: Bart Geerts
  • Continuation of WWDC 08. To be conducted in parallel with WAICO. Investigate the effects of AgI seeding of supercooled clouds in the Medicine Bow mountains.
  • King Air processed flight level data: 1 Hz; 25 Hz
  • WCL
  • PDF archive of UWKA facility project webpage
• WAICO 09 : Wyoming Airborne Integrated Cloud Observations (Experiment)
  
  • Feb - Apr in Laramie, WY
  • PI: Zhien Wang
  • Continuation of WWDC 08. Test and demonstrate the capability of new remote sensing tools for the UWKA. This project centers around the upward Wyoming Cloud Lidar (WCL-I), a new (downward-pointing) cloud lidar (WCL-II), and the Wyoming Cloud Radar (WCR).
  • King Air processed flight level data: 1 Hz; 25 Hz
  • WCL
  • PDF archive of UWKA facility project webpage
• PLOWS 09
  • WCL

 

2008

• CLDGPS 08 : Measurement of Cloud Perturbation Pressures using Differential GPS
  
  • May - Jun in Laramie, WY
  • PIs: Tom Parish, Dave Leon
  • Use measures of basic state variables combined with Differential GPS to investigate pressure perturbations around actively growing cumulus clouds. The perturbations will be tied to the cloud kinematics through measurements from in-situ probes and airborne Doppler radar (WCR).
  • King Air processed flight level data: 1 Hz; 10 Hz; 25 Hz
  • WCL
  • PDF archive of UWKA facility project webpage
• WWDC 08 : Wyoming Water Development Commission (Experiment)
  
  • Feb - Mar in Laramie, WY
  • PIs: Bart Geerts
  • Conducted in parallel with WAICO, investigate the effects of AgI seeding of supercooled clouds in the Medicine Bow mountains.
  • King Air processed flight level data: 1 Hz; 25 Hz
  • WCL
  • PDF archive of UWKA facility project webpage
• WAICO 08 : Wyoming Airborne Integrated Cloud Observations (Experiment)
  
  • Feb - Mar in Laramie, WY
  • PI: Zhien Wang
  • Test and demonstrate the capability of new remote sensing tools for the UWKA. This project centers around the new Wyoming Cloud Lidar (WCL), a new microwave radiometer built by Prosensing, and the Wyoming Cloud Radar (WCR).
  • King Air processed flight level data: 1 Hz; 25 Hz
  • WCL
  • PDF archive of UWKA facility project webpage
• VOCALS 08
  • WCL

2007