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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
• Sign up for class!
Schedule today:
1300-1500 (Leach & Contezac)
• Lightning safety
• Instrumentation & launch
1500-1630 (Leach & Chiao)
• Forecasting practicum
Schedule tomorrow:
0830 – all!!
• Arrive at SJSU ready to go!
• Help load vans!
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
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
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
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
Main goals:
1. Study convective weather
– Very rare in the Bay Area in summer– Occasional in the Sierra– Not rare elsewhere – need to experience for
“well roundedness”
Main goals:
2. Develop the following skills:
– Developing experimental protocols– Instrumentation set-up & break-down– Data analysis– Short-term forecasting (24h max)– Oral and written presentations
Also:
3. Develop the instrumentation & field study skills of SJSU undergrads & grads
4. Improve our program!
Where to go?
Where to go to study convection?
Arizona!
Why?
The monsoon!
Arizona topography
Flagstaff, AZ
“the rim”
Imagery…
Imagery…
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.
Fri Aug 3 Class starts @ SJSU; forecasting & instruments “review” (theory & practical)
Sat Aug 4 Depart; overnight in Barstow
Sun Aug 5 Drive to Flagstaff (FLG)
Mon Aug 6 Set up & field experiments
Tues Aug 7 Field experiments
Wed Aug 8 Field experiments (and/or rest ½ day and/or Grand Canyon)
Thur Aug 9 Midterm (after breakfast); field experiments
Fri Aug 10 Field experiments
Sat Aug 11 Depart for Bishop
Sun Aug 12 Depart for SJSU via Yosemite
Mon Aug 13 Class @ SJSU & final exam
Overall schedule…
Barstow Ramada Inn (1-760-256-5673)
Flagstaff La Quinta Inn (near NAU)
1-928-556-8666 • Includes meeting room every night except Tuesday
Bishop Vagabond Inn (1-760-873-6351)
Hotels…
0730-0830 Breakfast
0830-0900 Pack vans
0900-1100 Drive to location; deploy instruments
1100-1600 Gather data; analysis etc. of yesterday’s data
1600-1800 Breakdown & return to hotel
1800-2000 Dinner & downtime
2000-2200 Forecasting for tomorrow; discussions
2200+ Relax & watch olympics
Rough daily schedule…
Registration
1. You will register for METR 166 in Fall 2010
2. You need to register for one unit of 180 in summer for “legal/liability reasons”
– cost $50
Costs
1. Project covers: travel, hotels, meals
2. You pay for:• One unit of 180 in summer• Fees etc. in Fall• “Spending money”• Tee shirts???
Rules 1. Bad behavior will NOT be tolerated.
2. Bad behavior will reflect badly on the SJSU-Meteorology program, which is my main concern.
3. I will be very happy to escort students to the nearest airport, and send them home (at YOUR expense).
4. Booze…drugs…sex…rock and roll…JUST SAY NO.
Don’t worry – this is gonna be fun!!!