A laser ceilometer deployed by the University of Utah near Roosevelt helps delineate wavy layers near the ground of high aerosol concentration (orange & yellow colors) compared to cleaner layers between and above (green and blue colors).    

Monitoring of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer for the Uintah Basin 2012/13 Winter Ozone Study


University of Utah Department of Atmospheric Sciences


UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RAWINSONDE OBSERVATIONS
[Roosevelt 1800 UTC 26 January] [Ceilometer at Time of Launch]

UNIVERSITY OF UTAH LASER CEILOMETER OBSERVATIONS
[Roosevelt Ceilometer Jan 19-Jan 26]
[ Viasala CL-31 Laser Ceilometer : Roosevelt Utah ]     [ Viasala CT-12 Laser Ceilometer: Fort Duschesne Utah (Uintah River High School) ]

7 DAY WEATHER DISCUSSION

[ Recent and Archived University of Utah Weather Discussion] [ January 21-27 Time Height GFS Forecast for Vernal [ January 22-28 Time Height GFS Forecast for Vernal ]     [ Latest Grand Junction National Weather Service Forecast Discussion ]     [ Latest Salt Lake City National Weather Service Forecast Discussion

NOAA ESRL CSD High Resolution Doppler Lidar (HRDL) at Horsepool
[ HRDL Archive]

SURFACE METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS

[ MESOWEST Network for Utah ]     [ University of Utah UU2DVAR surface analyses (click on layer options to load UU2DVAR) ]     [ Vernal Airport ]     [ Fort Duchesne ]     [ Roosevelt ]     [ Yampa Plateau ]     [ Myton ]     [ Redwash AIRNOW ]     [ Ouray AIRNOW ]

SURFACE AIR QUALITY OBSERVATIONS

[ Utah DEQ Ozone 5-Day Trends ]     [ Utah DEQ Uintah County Air Quality Forecast ]

SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS

    [ MODIS Rapid Response Uintah Basin Sector ]     [ RAP Satellite Loops ]     [ UW Sounding Data (SLC and Riverton nearest locations) ]

NUMERICAL WEATHER GUIDANCE

[ University of Utah NCEP GFS and NAM Plots ]     [ GFS 7 Day Forecast Soundings for Vernal ]     [ Salt Lake City NWS 12 km Local WRF ]     [ NSL 4 km WRF United States ]     [ Salt Lake City NWS 4 km Local WRF ]     [ 4 km Local WRF 48 hr surface forecast for Vernal ]     [ 4 km Local WRF 48 hr surface forecast for Roosevelt ]     [ 4 km Local WRF 48 hr surface forecast for Fort Duchesne ]     [ Bufkit Sounding Guidance for Uintah Basin (click on either Vernal, Roosevelt, or Fort Duchesne ]

MISCELLANEOUS LINKS

[ Current NOHRSC National Snow Analyses ]     [ HPC 3-day Snowfall Probability Forecasts ]    [ The Persistent Cold Air Pool Study ]     [ University of Utah Mountain Meteorology Group ]     [ Salt Lake City National Weather Service ]     [ Utah DEQ Uintah County Air Quality Forecast ]     [ AirNow ]     [ Western Region Climate Center ]     [ Climate Prediction Center (6-14 day outlook) ]

WEB CAMERAS

[ Uintah Basin Applied Tech College Vernal Utah ]     [ UDOT Commuterlink Cameras ]     [ Starvation Reservoir ]

SELECTED REFERENCES

[ Schnell et al. 2009 ]     [ Carter and Seinfeld 2012 ]     [ Wang and Sassen 2000 ]