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The Boulder Atmospheric Observatory (BAO)
For more details contact Dan Wolfe, 303-497-6204
In Case of Emergency (including tower light outage), contact Security Dispatch Center: 303-497-3530.
The BAO is research facility in Erie, Colorado maintained by the Physical Sciences Division, which is used for studying the planetary boundary layer and for testing and calibrating atmospheric sensors. Ongoing measurements include solar radiation and greenhouse gases. The centerpiece of the facility is a 300-m tower instrumented at multiple levels with slow-response temperature, relative humidity and wind sensors, a profiling instrument carriage, a variety of remote sensing systems, and a real-time processing and display capability that greatly reduces analysis time for scientists. The BAO has been the host of several large national and international experiments and numerous smaller ones.
Data
- Data Browser for BAO Tower Data
- FTP Site for BAO Tower Data
- ESRL/GMD Tall Towers CO2 Monitoring
- ESRL/GMD Solar & Thermal Atmospheric Radiation
- ESRL/GMD Surface Met
In the News
- High Above Erie, Something Unexpected in the Air (CO Public Radio, 03/07/11)
- NOAA scientists study surprising pollutant found in Boulder County's night air (Daily Camera, 03/01/11)
- Metro tower to size up new pollutant (Denver Post, 03/01/11)
- Carbon Detectives Are Tracking Gases in Colorado (NY Times, December 2008)
- New Tower to Examine Front Range Colorado Carbon Emissions (Cherry Creek News, August 2008)
- Towering Experiment (Colorado Springs Gazette, August 2007)
- NOAA 'Tall Tower' to Track Front Range Carbon Emissions, Air Quality (NOAA Magazine, July 2007)
- NOAA ESRL Scientists Unveil New Experiment to Track Front Range Carbon Emissions, Check Air Quality (NOAA Press Release, July 2007)