The Olympic Mountains Experiment (OLYMPEX)
contributor author | Houze, Robert A. | |
contributor author | McMurdie, Lynn A. | |
contributor author | Petersen, Walter A. | |
contributor author | Schwaller, Mathew R. | |
contributor author | Baccus, William | |
contributor author | Lundquist, Jessica | |
contributor author | Mass, Cliff | |
contributor author | Nijssen, Bart | |
contributor author | Rutledge, Steven A. | |
contributor author | Hudak, David | |
contributor author | Tanelli, Simone | |
contributor author | Mace, Gerald G. | |
contributor author | Poellot, Michael | |
contributor author | Lettenmaier, Dennis | |
contributor author | Zagrodnik, Joseph | |
contributor author | Rowe, Angela | |
contributor author | DeHart, Jennifer | |
contributor author | Madaus, Luke | |
contributor author | Barnes, Hannah | |
date accessioned | 2017-06-09T16:46:45Z | |
date available | 2017-06-09T16:46:45Z | |
date issued | 2017 | |
identifier issn | 0003-0007 | |
identifier other | ams-73904.pdf | |
identifier uri | http://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4216070 | |
description abstract | he Olympic Mountains Experiment (OLYMPEX) took place during the 2015-2016 fall-winter season in the vicinity of the mountainous Olympic Peninsula of Washington State. The goals of OLYMPEX were to provide physical and hydrologic ground validation for the U.S./Japan Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) satellite mission and, more specifically, to study how precipitation in Pacific frontal systems is modified by passage over coastal mountains. Four transportable scanning dual-polarization Doppler radars of various wavelengths were installed. Surface stations were placed at various altitudes to measure precipitation rates, particle size distributions, and fall velocities. Autonomous recording cameras monitored and recorded snow accumulation. Four research aircraft supplied by NASA investigated precipitation processes and snow cover, and supplemental rawinsondes and dropsondes were deployed during precipitation events. Numerous Pacific frontal systems were sampled, including several reaching ?atmospheric river? status, warm and cold frontal systems, and postfrontal convection. | |
publisher | American Meteorological Society | |
title | The Olympic Mountains Experiment (OLYMPEX) | |
type | Journal Paper | |
journal volume | 098 | |
journal issue | 010 | |
journal title | Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society | |
identifier doi | 10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0182.1 | |
journal fristpage | 2167 | |
journal lastpage | 2188 | |
tree | Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society:;2017:;volume( 098 ):;issue: 010 | |
contenttype | Fulltext |