Scientific Results

Research papers for download in pdf format

12th Annual Workshop on Weather Prediction in the Intermountain West, Reno, NV, 3 Nov 2005

• METCRAX - The Meteor Crater Experiment: An upcoming study of cold air pools and seiches in Arizona's Meteor Crater (5MB Powerpoint file)

Poster for Meteor Crater Museum visitors during the October 2006 field experiment

• Visitor Center poster (8.5MB Powerpoint file)

13th Annual Workshop on Weather Prediction in the Intermountain West, Salt Lake City, UT, 16 Nov 2006

• Diurnal temperature inverson evolution in a small idealized circular basin (49MB Powerpoint file)

29th International Conference on Alpine Meteorology, Chambery, France, 4-8 June 2007

• METCRAX 2006 - First Results from the Meteor Crater experiment

• Comparison of stable boundary layer evolution in a small basin and over the surrounding plain

• The surface radiation balance in and around Arizona's Meteor Crater

• An observational and numerical study of a regional-scale downslope flow in northern Arizona

• Slope flows observed during METCRAX (pdf)

• Slope flows observed during METCRAX (pps poster)

• The development and characteristics of a cold air pool in a small, enclosed basin and its relationship with regional and large-scale forcing

24th General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, Perugia, Italy, 2-13 July 2007

• The Meteor Crater during METCRAX - A case study for 3D radiative transfer modeling

• First results from the 2006 Meteor Crater field experiment (METCRAX)

• Observations of radiative flux divergence and vertical temperature structure evolution

The above papers are in A4 format - keep that in mind when printing

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

• Effect of dewfall and frostfall on nighttime cooling in a small, closed basin

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

• METCRAX 2006 - Meteorological experiments in Arizona's Meteor Crater (Submitted)

Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 2008

• Diurnal evolution of atmospheric structure within Meteor Crater, Arizona: Implications for microniches on Mars

NCAR/EOL seminar, 29 January 2008

• Boundary layer meteorology in a terrestrial meteorite impact crater

UCAR Quarterly article by Bob Henson

• Meteorologists and a meteor: Sampling the weather at Earth's best-preserved impact site (coming soon)

Quicktime animations

Sensible heat flux (W/m^2)at Meteor Crater, 21 Oct 2006 [16 MB]

Sensible heat flux (W/m^2) at idealized Meteor Crater, 21 Oct 2006 [16 MB]