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STAR scientists Nick Nalli and Jonathan Smith (NRC)
investigate 'atmospheric rivers' on the CalWater 2015 mission
28 January 2015 - The NOAA ship Ronald
H. Brown set sail on January 15 as part of CalWater 2015, a two-month
research study to investigate how West Coast rain and snow are impacted
by atmospheric rivers and aerosols. The research crew includes STAR's
Nick Nalli and NRC visiting scientist Jonathan Smith, who are launching
dedicated radiosondes to observe atmospheric rivers and to collect data
for validating JPSS environmental data records. CalWater 2015 has
research teams working in air, on the ocean, and on land to improve our
understanding of 'atmospheric rivers' of rain-bearing clouds that bring
floods and extreme weather to the Pacific coast every winter. This
year's CalWater project activities was recently featured in the
Washington Post.
Atmospheric river along the California coast. (photo: Nick Nalli, NOAA)
Stephen Demetry and Jonathan Smith inflates a balloon that will measure wind, pressure and temperature in an atmospheric river. (photo: Nick Nalli, NOAA)
Lt. David Cowan preparing to fly over an atmospheric river in NOAA's Gulfstream jet in California. (photo: Jason Monsour)
NOAA's Ronald H. Brown, "the Cadillac of the fleet", sets sail for California. (NOAA)
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