WMOD00299

• Title: Physical Structure of Northern Colorado River Basin Cloud Systems
• Date: 9/1/1985
• State: CO
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Report

xiv

I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I

LIST OF FIGURES

Number Page

1. The upper Colorado River basin and primary watersheds..........2

2. 1981 COSE field instrumentation network.......................24

3. Topographic profile of COSE study area........................25

4. N306D flight track for 26 November 1979.......................28

5. Generalized flight track of N83TW.............................30

6. JW vs. FSSP liquid water contents for 5 January 82 flight.....34

7. 2D-c probe artifacts and problem images.......................39

8. Integrated ~iquid water content observations observed on 20

December 1981................................................. 43

9. Maximum integrated liquid water contents observed during
3600 azimuth scans as a function of surface temperature
for nine storm periods........................................45

10. Liquid water content (LWC) and ice crystal concentrations
observed during a descent sounding of the Cheyenne II
cloud physics aircraft over the radiometer site on

5 January 1981..................;............................. .49

11. Surface and remote sensing measurements at the radiometer
site (RAD) and Storm Peak Laboratory (SPL)) on 5 Jan 82.......50

12. Model predicted total condensate (gm-3) and parcel
streamlines for the 15 December 1981.1500 GMT simulation.....54

13. 85 kPa chart for 22 January 82 at 0000 GMT....................64

14. 70 kPa chart for 22 January 82 at 0000 GMT....................6~

15. Time cross section of rawinsQnde data for the 22 January

82 storm...................................................... 67

16. Surface and remote sensing measurements at the radiometer
site (RAD) and Storm Peak Laboratory (SPL)) on 22 Jan 82

.(0030-0330 GMT).. 1.1" .. . .. . . .... . ._,e_I;I," . .. .. .. .... . ..-.. ..--.. _.,..:,'69