Author Archives: Louise

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, … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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. … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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. … Continue reading →

He also lifted his leg and did his duty on the radar, but so fast I could not take a shot of it.

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 … Continue reading →