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CalWater

Global Water & Energy Cycle, Weather

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Platforms
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Data Products

The Campaign

CalWater was a multi-year campaign conducted during the boreal winter over the Sierra Nevada mountain range from 2009 to 2015. NASA was a significant participant only in the 2015 deployment (CalWater 2015) by providing the NASA ER-2 and various instruments. The main goals of CalWater were to examine how atmospheric rivers affect hydrometeorology and how aerosols influence clouds and precipitation processes. Measurements of aerosols, cloud properties, precipitation, and water vapor were gathered using airborne, ship-borne, and ground-based sensors. CalWater was a collaborative effort involving NOAA, the Department of Energy (DoE), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and NASA.

CalWater-1, CalWater-2

2015-01-12 — 2015-03-08

California, Sierra Nevada Range
boreal spring, boreal winter

N: 42°N

S: 32°N

W: 125°W

E: 114°W

Additional Notes

This campaign had multiple deployments from 2009-2015, but only the 2015 deployment is included in this inventory as NASA did not participate in earlier deployments.

HYDROLOGY
PRECIPITATION
AEROSOLS
CLOUDS
CLOUD SEEDING
ANTHROPOGENIC AEROSOLS
WATER SUPPLY
ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS
OROGRAPHIC PRECIPITATION
SNOW-WATER EQUIVALENT
CALIPSO
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Events

1 Deployment
1 IOP
2 Significant Events
20162017
NOAA, DoE, NSF, NASA
Airborne Science Program
Currently unavailable
Kimberly Prather, David Diner
Currently unavailable

ASDCExternal Link

DoE, NOAA