Aerosol Regimes and Processes with SAIL Data

This project uses data collected from ground-based instruments and tethered balloon sondes

sonde

An instrument attached to a weather balloon that measures and transmits pressure, humidity, temperature, and winds as it ascends.

Source: National Weather Service Source

(i.e. tethered weather balloons) in the Colorado East River Watershed

watershed

An area of land that channels rainfall and snowmelt to creeks, streams, and rivers, and eventually flows to the lowest point in a basin.

Source: USGS Source

Basin to study variability of aerosol

aerosols

Small particles or droplets, such as wildfire smoke, volcanic gases, or salty sea spray, that float in the air. They are emitted by both natural events and human activities.

Source: NASA Global Climate Change Source

processes seasonally. Aerosols are fine solid or liquid particles in a gas and most of the data collected are in situ (in its original place) measurements of different types of aerosols. Our goal is to understand the role of aerosols within mountain hydrology.

hydrology

The science that deals with water, its properties, circulation, or distribution on Earth's surface, and in the atmosphere through evapotranspiration.

Source: NASA earth observatory Source