Verification of Precipitation Forecasts over the Western United States
John Horel. University of Utah
Utah Mesonet: Monitoring Weather Conditions in the Intermountain West
Personnel: B. White, M. Splitt (CIMMS), C. Clements
Project began during 1994 with support from COMET. Continued funding from NWS
Surface observations obtained from local, state, and federal agencies and private firms
Considerable interaction with SLC NWSFO to operate and maintain
Deployment of sensors as part of joint project with NWS Western
Region and NSSL for high elevation radar project and in support of 2002 Winter Olympics
15 minute processing cycle
Quality control measures in place
Fall 1998: port files into WFO Advanced via LDADS for use at the SLC NWSFO
Stiff, C. J., 1997: The Utah Mesonet. University of
Utah M.S. Thesis. 120 pp.
Slemmer, J. W., 1998: Characteristics of Winter Snowstorms near Salt Lake City as Deduced from Surface and Radar Observations. University of Utah M.S. Thesis. 138 pp.
Splitt, M. E., and J. Horel, 1998: Use of multivariate
linear regression for meteorological data analysis and
quality assessment in complex terrain.
Tenth Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation.
Phoenix, AZ