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CINDE - Convection Initiation and Downburst Experiment - Highlights field experiment, 1987

 Item — Box: 24
Identifier: RAL RAL Box 24
Convection Initiation and Downburst Experiment (CINDE) film

Dates

  • Creation: 1987

General

CINDE Convection Initiation and Downburst Experiment. The field campaign was named by Cindy Mueller. Dates: 22 June – 7 Aug 1987 near Denver, CO. Participants: NCAR, NOAA, FAA, MIT, LL, U of N. Dakota, U of Wyoming, U of CA at LA & CO State University. Initiation of storms along a stationary convergence line 07/24/87. Photos by Jeff Lew from Lookout Mountain 1200-1900 MDT. The film is dirty and scratched. No sound. 2:57 CP3 Radar Reflectivity 1200-1900 MDT. 3:35 PAM winds & rainfall 1200-1900 MDT. 4:14 Downbursts U of North Dakota citation aircraft 07/09/87. 5:33 Downburst from virga at Byers photographic site 07/09/87. 6:20 tornado development along a convergence line 07/02/87. 7:22 Steve Krueger NOAA D radar site. Slow motion tornado. 7:47 Robert Shaw & Kendall Crager NOAA video tornado. 8:20 radar reflectivity. 8:30 Doppler velocity.

Film digitized in 2017 and saved at smb:// qnap-28/qnap-28/video/cinde_highlights_field_experiment_video_1987.mp4

Repository Details

Part of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Archives Repository