WMOD00594

• Title: Investigations of Winter Mountain Storms in Utah during the 1987 Utah/NOAA Field Program
• Date: 1/1/1990
• State: UT
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Report

and Mr. H. Robert Swart of NAWC coordinated the transport studies.
Each specific group in Fig. 2 was expert in its own area and
was responsible for its own instrumentation and data collection.
Each group was also aware of the overall project goals and the
importance of joint data collection. Dr. Long coordinated the
timing of this joint data collection. Additional details related
to personnel and logistics can be found in the 1987 Field Operations
Report (Long, 1987b) and Operations and Analysis Plan (1987a).
d. Work schedule
The daily work schedule was usually set at the morning briefing
which was conducted at 0900 MST by Dr. Long. The briefings
consisted of a discussion of current weather and forecasts,
instrumentation and personnel status, and logistics matters. Based
on the briefings a decision was made regarding the conduct of
transport studies and cloud physics studies. On some occasions an
update briefing occurred at 2100 MST. In order to collect a maximum
of storm information, project participants kept a flexible work
schedule.
e. Data management
The 1987 Field Operations and Analysis Plan details the data
management plan. The overall policy on data gathered in 1987 was
one of unrestricted access by the participants. The plan ensured
that all preliminary data sets would be available by May 1987, and
most processed and archived data were ready by July 1987.

f. STORK periods
Table 4 lists the dates and times of the 11 STORMS which

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