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Mesoscale Alpine Program (MAP) Science Summaries: 1999

15-16 Sep 1999 IOP-01: MAP Begins
17-18 Sep 1999 IOP-02a: Squall Line Over the Lago Maggiore
18-21 Sep 1999 IOP-02b: Frontal System & Heavy Rain Over the Lago Maggiore Region
24-26 Sep 1999 IOP-03: Heavy Orographic Rain in the Mountains of the Lago Maggiore Region
30 Sep - 2 Oct 1999 IOP-04: Rapid Frontal Passage over the Lago Maggiore Region
2-5 Oct 1999 IOP-05: Frontal Passage and Cyclogenesis Over Northern Italy
13 Oct 1999 IOP06: Upper-level Low Moving into a Ridge Over Northern Italy
16-18 Oct 1999 IOP07: Cold Air Damming on the South Side of the Alps and Convection Forming Over the Ligurian Sea
19-21 Oct 1999 IOP08: Persistent Lifting of Stable Air During a Frontal Passage Over the Alps
21-23 Oct 1999 IOP09: Stratiform Precipitation in Frontal System Passing Rapidly Over Northern Italy
23-24 Oct 1999 IOP10: Stratiform Precipitation in Northern Italy Ahead of a Slowly Moving Front with Strong Southwest Flow Aloft
26-27 Oct 1999 IOP11: Boundary Layer Structure and Surface Fluxes Over the Po Valley of Northern Italy
29-30 Oct 1999 IOP12: Light Precipitation Over the French Alps and the Western Po Valley
2 Nov 1999 IOP13: No Science Summary
2-4 Nov 1999 IOP14: Convection Over the Ligurian Coast and Persistent Precipitation Over the Lago Maggiore Region
5-7 Nov 1999 IOP15: Detailed Observations of a Cold Frontal Passage Over the Alps
11-13 Nov 1999 IOP16: No Science Summary
15 Nov 1999 IOP17: No Science Summary