Louise
Plenty of rain over the weekend!
On Friday and Saturday we experienced lots of rain here on Barbados, with flooded streets and flipped cars. Yesterday afternoon it started around 3 PM and did not stop until late in the evening, very similar to rain in Hamburg, except that temperatures are still comfortable. Winds are strong and … Continue reading →
Our first solo radiosonde launch!
Yesterday in the afternoon, we launched a radiosonde all by ourselves, without the presence of Adriel (who was by the way on stand by on the phone). It was a successful one – it traveled over the island and then southwards over the ocean. The sounding showed moistening at lower … Continue reading →
Aerosol wash-out due to rainfall
Yesterday the afternoon was cloudy and rain showers occurred upwind of the site after 4 PM (20 UTC), with a few of them passing over the site as seen by the cloud radar. These clouds had tops near 2-3 km. The lidar images have shown that this rainfall caused a … Continue reading →
Raman lidar measurements
The Raman lidar operates at three different wavelengths (1064, 532 and 355 nm) and measures (attenuated) backscatter from particles, being either aerosols or clouds, up to a height of 15 km. From these data we can have a good idea where cloud layers and aerosol layers are located. Data from … Continue reading →
Seeing ACTOS in action
Today we visited the Concorde center near Grantley Adams International Airport where a group from IfT Leipzig is doing measurements with ACTOS, their platform of instrumentation, that is hanging with a rope 150 m below a helicopter. ACTOS measures many things, among which high resolution humidity and wind components, CCN … Continue reading →
Vigorous cumuli and rain showers over the weekend
Over the weekend we experienced some nice rain showers – some of which got us almost completely soaked. Over the past few days the atmosphere has been getting more humid at levels near 800 hPa and inversions less well defined. Winds at lower levels have also been less steadily easterly … Continue reading →
An unusual visitor guarding the KIT radar
He also lifted his leg and did his duty on the radar, but so fast I could not take a shot of it.
Continue reading →Beautiful cumuli and our first successful launches
After a few days of adjustment, here is our first post from Deebles Point! We are here with four people, Ilya, Clara, Katrin and myself. Yesterday, November 11th, was a beautiful cumulus day on the site. The clouds were shallow but well developed, coming in random patches (see GOES image). … Continue reading →