JAWS - Joint Airport Weather Studies
Scope and Contents
This series contains records of several of RAL's field projects. Records include planning documents, data, photographs, correspondence, and reports. The series is organized by project.
Dates
- Creation: 1960 - 2015
Conditions Governing Access
Not all of the material in this collection is in the public domain. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine copyright and obtain permission to use materials.
All records must be viewed in the Archives. The Archives does not have playback capability for some materials.
Biographical / Historical
The Jaws Project was a joint research and technology transfer effort of NCAR and the University of Chicago. The project began on October 1, 1981 and continued for three years. The principal focus of JAWS was on the convective microburst event, a small region of intense downflow and associated outflow which occurs in the convective boundary layer, usually, but not always, associated with thunderstorms. JAWS conducted research on the fine-scale structure of thunderstorm kinematics in the vicinity of Denver’s Stapleton International Airport during the summer of 1982. JAWS facilities included three NCAR Doppler radars, the Portable Automated Mesonet, or PAM, two research aircraft, three rawinsonde units, and a lightning detection system. During this project, close working relationships existed between JAWS, PROFS (NOAA’s Prototype Regional Observing and Forecasting Service), the FAA, DOD Next Generation Doppler Radar Program (NEXRAD) and NASA’s Office of Aviation Technology (OAST).
Full Extent
From the Collection: 28 Boxes : 25 record cartons, 2 letter-size archival boxes,1 archival film reel box
Language of Materials
English
Repository Details
Part of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Archives Repository