Development of the Platteville Atmospheric Observatory

这笔拨款用于开发位于科罗拉多州普拉特维尔的普拉特维尔大气观测站。天文台目前有甚高频、超高频和边界层风廓线仪，用于低层大气的风、波和稳定性测量。PI计划建立一个中频雷达和全天空流星雷达，提供高层大气风的测量。她还将升级甚高频风廓线仪和超高频边界层廓线仪，为大气耦合和降水研究提供更高的灵敏度。总而言之，这些获取、开发和升级将实现大尺度波浪运动及其对环流、波-波相互作用、大气区域之间通过重力波的能量和动量耦合、边界层演化和陆地-大气水文过程的影响的研究。

This grant develops the Platteville Atmospheric Observatory, located in Platteville, Colorado. The observatory currently has VHF, UHF, and boundary layer wind profilers for lower atmospheric measurements of winds, waves and stability. The PI plans to establish a medium frequency radar and all-sky meteor radar, providing measurements of upper atmosphere winds. She will also upgrade the VHF wind profiler and UHF boundary layer profiler to provide greater sensitivity for atmospheric coupling and precipitation studies. In sum, these acquisitions, developments and upgrades will implement research of large scale wave motions and their influence on circulation, wave-wave interactions, coupling of energy and momentum between regions of the atmosphere via gravity waves, boundary layer evolution, and land-atmosphere hydrological processes.