Subject: [Ihop] AERI-bago IHOP Report 3-June-2002 (heat burst to south)
From: Wayne Feltz
Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2002 16:42:16 -0500
To: IHOP/Mail/list
CC: David Parsons , Tammy Weckwerth

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AERI-bago Daily Summary
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Date: 3 June 2002 CST (Monday)
Location: UW-Madison SSEC/CIMSS
Operator: W. Feltz

Weather Conditions:

Very hot again, temps in the middle 90's, extensive cirrus developed over site in the afternoon.  Thunderstorms developed west and north of site. A heat burst was detected at Amarillo, TX at 830UTC, temperature went from mid-70's to near 90F at 3 am local.  AERI retrieval profiles indicated very hot well mixed atmosphere above radiational inversion and several near surface temperature fluctuations as  air mixed down (thought to be due to nearby convection)

http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/misc/020603/020603.html

Instrument Status:

AERI operating well, stirling cooler is nominal.

http://scooby.ssec.wisc.edu/AERI-BAGO

Science:
Convective initiation mission was conducted by aircraft.  A bore alert was called into early morning on 4 June 2002.  Heat burst needs to be investigated from previous night.

http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/ihop/aeribago/
http://www.joss.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/catalog/ihop/research/index

Miscellaneous:
AERIbago is running unattended.  Raman Lidar personnel (Belay Demoz and Dave Whiteman) providing
emergency support if needed.  Bob Knuteson and Ralph Dedecker are supporting the S-HIS and NAST-I
in OKC and can respond within six hours if AERI needs attendance.






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Wayne F. Feltz                                      CIMSS/SSEC
Cooperative Institute for Meteorlogical Studies     UW-Madison
Space Science and Engineering Center                1225 W. Dayton Rm 239 University of Wisconsin - Madison                   Madison, Wisconsin  53706
wayne.feltz@ssec.wisc.edu       Tel:  (608) 265-6283  Fax:  (608) 262-5974




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