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Data description paper
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09 Feb 2021
Data description paper |
| 09 Feb 2021
| 09 Feb 2021
Observations of the thermodynamic and kinematic state of the atmospheric boundary layer over the San Luis Valley, CO, using the CopterSonde 2 remotely piloted aircraft system in support of the LAPSE-RATE field campaign
Elizabeth A. Pillar-Little
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73072, USA
Center for Autonomous Sensing and Sampling, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73072, USA
Brian R. Greene
School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73072, USA
Center for Autonomous Sensing and Sampling, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73072, USA
Advanced Radar Research Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA
Francesca M. Lappin
School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73072, USA
Center for Autonomous Sensing and Sampling, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73072, USA
Tyler M. Bell
School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73072, USA
Center for Autonomous Sensing and Sampling, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73072, USA
Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73072, USA
NOAA/OAR National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, OK 73072, USA
Antonio R. Segales
Center for Autonomous Sensing and Sampling, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73072, USA
Advanced Radar Research Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA
Gustavo Britto Hupsel de Azevedo
Center for Autonomous Sensing and Sampling, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73072, USA
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA
William Doyle
Center for Autonomous Sensing and Sampling, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73072, USA
Sai Teja Kanneganti
Center for Autonomous Sensing and Sampling, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73072, USA
School of Computer Science, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA
Daniel D. Tripp
Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73072, USA
NOAA/OAR National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, OK 73072, USA
Phillip B. Chilson
School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73072, USA
Center for Autonomous Sensing and Sampling, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73072, USA
Advanced Radar Research Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA
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During July 2018, researchers from OU participated in the LAPSE-RATE field campaign in San Luis Valley, Colorado. The OU team completed 180 flights using three RPASs over the course of 6 d of operation to collect vertical profiles of the thermodynamic and kinematic state of the ABL. This article describes sampling strategies, data collection, platform intercomparibility, data quality, and the dataset's possible applications to convective initiation, drainage flows, and ABL transitions.
During July 2018, researchers from OU participated in the LAPSE-RATE field campaign in San Luis...
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