Greeley 2002 Polarimetric radar hydrometeor identification, and NOx production by lightning

The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology T-28 armored research airplane and its crew of pilots and scientists participated in the Greeley field program from June 3 to June 18, 2002.  We were based at the Greeley, Colorado, airport, and coordinated our flight activities with the Colorado State University CHILL polarimetric Doppler meteorological radar facility. The main goal of the operations was to develop a technique for monitoring production of NO_x compounds by lightning in thunderstorms using a light-weight relatively inexpensive analyzer. In addition, observations of hail development in thunderstorms were sought to support research by V. N. Bringi and V. Chandrasekar of CSU into hydrometeor identification using polarimetric radar.

T-28 Research Flights during Greeley Project 

• Introduction

• Preliminary Survey of Observations

Air temperature
Vertical winds
Turbulence
Cloud Water
Precipitation
Electric field
Aircraft motion

• T-28 Instrument Table

• T-28 Recorded and Derived Parameter List

• T-28 Formula Table

• Data Organization and Software Availability

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