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BAO Tower Study on Water Vapor and Climate Featured in National Science Foundation Video
June 24, 2013
ESRL Physical Sciences Laboratory (PSL) researcher Dan Wolfe of CIRES, is co-author of a study investigating how water vapor moving around Earth's atmosphere could impact climate and water resources. The study was recently highlighted in a National Science Foundation video.
Data for the study was collected from a 1,000-ft. tower at the Boulder Atmospheric Observatory (BAO) in Erie, Colorado. The BAO is a research facility maintained by PSL and used for a variety of research experiments that focus on the planetary boundary layer, and for testing and calibrating atmospheric sensors.
Related Scientific Paper:
Noone, D., Risi, C., Bailey, A., Berkelhammer, M., Brown, D. P., Buenning, N., Gregory, S., Nusbaumer, J., Schneider, D., Sykes, J., Vanderwende, B., Wong, J., Meillier, Y., and Wolfe, D., (Feb 2013): Determining water sources in the boundary layer from tall tower profiles of water vapor and surface water isotope ratios after a snowstorm in Colorado. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 13, 1607-1623, doi:10.5194/acp-13-1607-2013.