edu.ucar.opensky::articles:26891 UCAR/NCAR - Library OpenSky Support PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 opensky@ucar.edu http://opensky.ucar.edu/ homepage pointOfContact 2025-12-24T18:59:55.478931 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) https://n2t.org/ark:/85065/d7pv6qhn https://doi.org/10.15485/1617203 https Related Dataset #1 NEON AOP Survey of Upper East River CO Watersheds: LAZ Files, LiDAR Surface Elevation, Terrain Elevation, and Canopy Height Rasters https://doi.org/10.15485/1845448 https Related Dataset #2 Dynamically Downscaled (WRF) 1km, Hourly Meteorological Conditions 1987-2020. East/Taylor Watersheds https://doi.org/10.5439/1855341 https Related Dataset #3 ARM: Corrected Moments in Antenna Coordinates, Version 2 (CMAC2) https://doi.org/10.5065/D6ZC80XJ https Related PhysicalObject #1 NCAR Integrated Surface Flux System (ISFS) The Surface Atmosphere Integrated Field Laboratory (SAIL) campaign 2023-12-01T00:00:00Z publication https://n2t.org/ark:/85065/d7pv6qhn https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-22-0049.1 Feldman, D. R. author Aiken, A. C. author Boos, W. R. author Carroll, R. W. H. author Chandrasekar, V. author Collis, S. author Creamean, J. M. author de Boer, G. author Deems, J. author DeMott, P. J. author Fan, J. author Flores, A. N. author Gochis, David author Grover, M. author Hill, T. C. J. author Hodshire, A. author Hulm, E. author Hume, C. C. author Jackson, R. author Junyent, F. author Kennedy, A. author Kumjian, M. author Levin, E. J. T. author Lundquist, J. D. author O'Brien, J. author Raleigh, M. S. author Reithel, J. author Rhoades, A. author Rittger, K. author Rudisill, W. author Sherman, Z. author Siirila-Woodburn, E. author Skiles, S. M. author Smith, J. N. author Sullivan, R. C. author Theisen, A. author Tuftedal, M. author Varble, A. C. author Wiedlea, A. author Wielandt, S. author Williams, K. author Xu, Z. author UCAR/NCAR - Library publisher The science of mountainous hydrology spans the atmosphere through the bedrock and inherently crosses physical and disciplinary boundaries: land-atmosphere interactions in complex terrain enhance clouds and precipitation, while watersheds retain and release water over a large range of spatial and temporal scales. Limited observations in complex terrain challenge efforts to improve predictive models of the hydrology in the face of rapid changes. The Upper Colorado River exemplifies these challenges, especially with ongoing mismatches between precipitation, snowpack, and discharge. Consequently, the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility has deployed an observatory to the East River Watershed near Crested Butte, Colorado, between September 2021 and June 2023 to measure the main atmospheric drivers of water resources, including precipitation, clouds, winds, aerosols, radiation, temperature, and humidity. This effort, called the Surface Atmosphere Integrated Field Laboratory (SAIL), is also working in tandem with DOE-sponsored surface and subsurface hydrologists and other federal, state, and local partners. SAIL data can be benchmarks for model development by producing a wide range of observational information on precipitation and its associated processes, including those processes that impact snowpack sublimation and redistribution, aerosol direct radiative effects in the atmosphere and in the snowpack, aerosol impacts on clouds and precipitation, and processes controlling surface fluxes of energy and mass. Preliminary data from SAIL's first year showcase the rich information content in SAIL's many datastreams and support testing hypotheses that will ultimately improve scientific understanding and predictability of Upper Colorado River hydrology in 2023 and beyond. UCAR/NCAR - Library OpenSky Support PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 opensky@ucar.edu http://opensky.ucar.edu/ homepage pointOfContact PDF Text theme Resource Type 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z publication Copyright 2023 American Meteorological Society (AMS). None eng geoscientificInformation