SONDE-08

Simultaneous Observation of the Near-Dryline Environment

1 May - 6 June 2008, near Lubbock Texas

 

Abstract: SONDE-08 aims to study the land-surface impact on dryline formation, and the fine-scale structure of mature drylines, using multi-scale observations and numerical simulations.

 

Scientific Overview Document (June 07)

 

List of instruments

 

NSF Proposal Summaries (submitted in Jan 07)

University of Wyoming: Geerts & LeMone (full proposal)

Texas Tech University: Chris Weiss & LeMone

University of Alabama in Huntsville: Kevin Knupp

Purdue: Dev Niyogi

 

Facility requests (submitted in Dec 06)

University of Wyoming King Air + WCR

ISFF

OFAP review and PI response

 

Presentations from the first planning meeting (9/6/06, Boulder CO)

Chris Weiss: overview of earlier efforts, and update

Qun Miao: fine-scale dynamics of drylines observed in IHOP

Bart Geerts: further thoughts, and relevance to SONDE-08 (includes map)

Miao and Geerts (MWR, 2007, revised) dryline study

Fei Chen: HRLDAS and coupled WRF simulations in IHOP and SONDE-08

 

Dryline characteristics near Lubbock, Texas, based on radar and West Texas Mesonet data for May 2005 and May 2006 (submitted to Wea. and Forecasting, May 07)

 

last updated: June 12, 2007, by Bart Geerts