DOE OSTI · 2341871
Surface Atmosphere Integrated Field Laboratory (SAIL) (Field Campaign Report)
Abstract
Mountains are the natural water towers of the world, effectively turning water vapor into readily available fresh water through precipitation, snowpack, and runoff. They contribute disproportionately to precipitation over land, but are under-observed, leading to large gaps in the scientific understanding of convection, extreme precipitation and weather, and interactions between atmospheric circulation, radiation, and land-surface conditions. The mountain hydrometeorology community has repeatedly called for integrated atmospheric and land observations of water and energy budgets in complex terrain that span these scales to establish benchmarks against which scale-dependent models can be further developed.
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Feldman, Daniel, Aiken, Allison, Boos, William, Carroll, Rosemary, Chandrasekar, Venkatachalam, Collis, Scott, Creamean, Jessie, de Boer, Gijs, Deems, Jeff, DeMott, Paul, Fan, Jiwen, Flores, Alejandro, Gochis, David, Grover, Maxwell, Hill, Thomas, Hodshire, Anna, Hulm, Erik, Hume, Carson, Jackson, Robert, Junyant, Francesc, Kennedy, Aaron, Kumjian, Matt, Levin, Ezra, Lundquist, Jessica, O'Brien, Joseph, Raleigh, Mark, Reithel, Jennifer, Rhoades, Alan, Rittger, Karl, Rudisill, Will, Sherman, Zach, Siirila-Woodburn, Erica, Skiles, S. McKenzie, Smith, Jim, Sullivan, Ryan, Theisen, Adam, Tuftedal, Matt, Varble, Adam, Wiedlea, Andrew, Wielandt, Stijn, Williams, Ken, Xu, Zexuan. 2024-04-01. Surface Atmosphere Integrated Field Laboratory (SAIL) (Field Campaign Report). https://doi.org/10.2172/2341871
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