Abstract: Evidence is presented confirming the existence of a late-afternoon mesoscale eddy primarily caused by local diabatic heating. Simulations with the Colorado State University (CSU) mesoscale model show that the eddy forms ...

Abstract: An intense Gobi Desert dust storm in April 1998 loaded the midtroposphere with dust that was transported across the Pacific to western North America. The Mesoscale Compressible Community (MC2) model was used to investigate ...

Abstract: mountain air chemistry observatory has been operational on the summit of Whistler Mountain in British Columbia, Canada, since 2002. A 1-yr dataset of condensation nuclei (CN) concentration from this site has been analyzed ...

Abstract: ground-based lidar system that has been deployed in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, since the spring of 2010 provides a means of evaluating vertical aerosol structure in a mountainous environment. This information is ...