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MET 166

MET 166. Summer field course – August 2012. Schedule today:. 0930-1030 (Bridger) Introductions Overview; greensheet Rules Equipment Registration for 180 Questions?. Schedule today:. 1030-1200 (Leach & Chiao) Synoptics of the monsoon Forecasting & software (IDV) 1200-1300 Lunch

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MET 166

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  1. MET 166 Summer field course – August 2012

  2. Schedule today: 0930-1030 (Bridger) • Introductions • Overview; greensheet • Rules • Equipment • Registration for 180 • Questions?

  3. Schedule today: 1030-1200 (Leach & Chiao) • Synoptics of the monsoon • Forecasting & software (IDV) 1200-1300 • Lunch • Sign up for class!

  4. Schedule today: 1300-1500 (Leach & Contezac) • Lightning safety • Instrumentation & launch 1500-1630 (Leach & Chiao) • Forecasting practicum

  5. Schedule tomorrow: 0830 – all!! • Arrive at SJSU ready to go! • Help load vans!

  6. Last year – 1st road day: 0950 – depart campus (stopped @ Gilroy) 1225 – Coalinga (lunch to 1310) 1425 – Bakersfield 1505 – left Bakersfield (gas etc.) 1705 – Barstow city limit

  7. Last year – 2nd road day: 0700 – depart hotel @ Barstow 0702 – arrive at Starbucks 0730 – depart Starbucks 0930 – Needles calibrate estrels, gas etc. 1200-1300 – Seligman (AZ) lunch (Roadkill Café) 1435 – Flagstaff city limit

  8. Last year – FLG to Bishop: 0730 – depart hotel @ FLG 0940 – Kingman 1245 – Barstow lunch 1414 – turn onto Hwy 395 1730 – Bishop city limit Dinner Star gazing 

  9. Last year –Bishop to SJSU: 0840 – depart Bishop (Schat’s Bakery!!) Lunch & mini-hike at Tuolomne Meadows 1245 – depart Tuolomne Meadows 1250 – dip toes in river 1420 – depart Yosemite 1800 – arrive back at SJSU

  10. Main goals: • Study convective weather • Very rare in the Bay Area in summer • Occasional in the Sierra • Not rare elsewhere – need to experience for “well roundedness”

  11. Main goals: • Develop the following skills: • Developing experimental protocols • Instrumentation set-up & break-down • Data analysis • Short-term forecasting (24h max) • Oral and written presentations

  12. Also: • Develop the instrumentation & field study skills of SJSU undergrads & grads • Improve our program!

  13. Where to go? Where to go to study convection? Arizona! Why? The monsoon!

  14. Arizona topography Flagstaff, AZ “the rim”

  15. Imagery…

  16. Imagery…

  17. Synoptics… Later today… The big, fat anticyclone over the midwest was helping lock in the monsoonal moisture flow. We want it to stay in place.

  18. Overall schedule…

  19. Hotels…

  20. Rough daily schedule…

  21. Registration • You will register for METR 166 in Fall 2010 • You need to register for one unit of 180 in summer for “legal/liability reasons” • cost $50

  22. Costs • Project covers: travel, hotels, meals • You pay for: • One unit of 180 in summer • Fees etc. in Fall • “Spending money” • Tee shirts???

  23. Rules • Bad behavior will NOT be tolerated. • Bad behavior will reflect badly on the SJSU-Meteorology program, which is my main concern. • I will be very happy to escort students to the nearest airport, and send them home (at YOUR expense). • Booze…drugs…sex…rock and roll…JUST SAY NO.

  24. Don’t worry – this is gonna be fun!!!

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