ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER EXPERIMENTS
Introduction
The Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiments (ABLE) is a research initiative devoted to atmospheric research. This project has been developed by the Atmospheric Section of Argonne National Laboratory. The ABLE is located on the lower Walnut Watershed, mostly in Butler County east of the city of Wichita, Kansas. This location is within the existing boundaries of DOE's Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Southern Great Plains (SGP) Clouds and Radiation Testbed (CART) site. The establishment of this facility offers a virtual atmospheric observatory and provides essential research tools for addressing a myriad of unresolved fundamental questions in atmospheric research. The ABLE provides a continuous view of processes in the lower atmosphere over a limited domain within the SGP CART site.The initial focus of the ABLE is measurements of the planetary boundary layer (PBL) where almost all interactions between the atmosphere and humans take place. Many scientific issues may be addressed by use of such a facility, including;
- Natural disaster reduction and public safety
- Safe and efficient aviation and other transportation
- Agriculture
- Water resource management
- Effective energy production, use and environmental protection
- Space flight operations
- Defense
- Related areas of Earth Science
CASES99 Archive
ABLE IOP Questionnaire
Quick Link to Current ABLE Data
ABLE Instrumentation
ABLE Deployment History
ABLE Data Archive
ABLE Log Information
ABLE Area Current Weather
ABLE Topographic Map
ABLE Site Latitude/Longitude
ABLE Site Visit Information
ABLE Shipment Notification Form
ABLE Safety Documentation
CASES
Associated Information Sites
CASES
NCAR-National Center for Atmospheric
Research
ARM Archive
U. S. Department of Energy
Penn State University Field Project
Data Archive
GEWEX - Global Energy
and Water Cycle Experiment
Kansas GeoDataBase
GCIP - GEWEX Continental-Scale
International Project
Facility Contact:
Richard L. Coulter - ER 203
Argonne National Laboratory
9700 South Cass Avenue
Argonne, IL 60439
Voice: 630 252-5833
Fax: 630 252-5498
Email: rl_coulter@anl.gov
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last update: 05/26/04