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The Mobile Integrated Sounding System (MISS): Description and Lessons from the Sierra Rotors Project
Stephen A. Cohn, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. O. J. Brown and V. Grubisic
The NCAR Mobile ISS (MISS) is a mobile version of the transportable NCAR Integrated Sounding System (ISS). The same instruments are available, including a 915 MHz boundary layer wind profiler with RASS temperature profiling, a GPS rawinsonde system, and surface instruments including wind speed and direction at 10 m, temperature, humidity and pressure at 2 m, and surface visible and IR radiation. While a standard ISS is deployed by a crew of 3 people in 2-3 days, MISS can be deployed by 2 people in about 1-hour after arrival at a suitable site. Thus, while not a "chase" system, MISS does allow much greater flexibility in deployment. This presentation will describe the MISS system, and its participation in and observations from the Sierra Rotors Project (Owens Valley, CA).
Session 7, New Instrumentation
Wednesday, 22 June 2005, 2:30 PM-3:45 PM, South Ballroom
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