KWAJEX Cloud Photographs
| Jul 1999 | |||
| 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| 31 | - | - | - |
| Aug 1999 | |||
| 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 |
| 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 |
| 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| 29 | 30 | 31 | - |
| Sep 1999 | |||
| 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 |
| 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 |
| 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | 14 | - | - |
Digital cloud photos are taken three times daily (01,06, and 20 UTC) from the roof of the Aeromet building on the South end of Kwajalein Island. To view the photographs taken with the digital camera, follow the links provided on the calendar to the left. Dates and time are all UTC, thus 20 UTC photos actually correspond to 0800 Local Time the next day. Below, we provide a link to the places where we took pictures.
Digital
Camera Positions
Photo-Radar
Comparisons
We took 12 pictures of the horizon on a tower. A compass was used to determine the direction of each picture.
Description
of data format on the cloud pages:
Each hour of each day will have pictures and surface MET data associated
with them. The following is a description of the format of the MET data.
| EXAMPLE - July 26 1999 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time
(UTC) |
Time
(local) |
P
(mb) |
T
(oC) |
RH
(%) |
Wd
(deg) |
Ws
(m/s) |
Octa | CL | CM | CH |
| 0100 | 1300 | 1000.7 | 25.9 | 92 | 060 | 5.6 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| Large
Cb to SW, Cu of little vertical extent all around. Some Ac to S, blending into Ac. Cs where upper levels are visible. |
||||||||||
 |
 |
 |
| 330 | 0 | 30 |
 |
 |
 |
| 60 | 90 | 120 |
 |
 |
 |
| 150 | 180 | 210 |
 |
 |
 |
| 240 | 270 | 300 |
P - Pressure
T - Temperature
RH - Relative Humidity
Wd - wind direction
Ws - wind speed
Octa, CL, CM and CH are described further
by following their links.
Scientific contacts: Professor Sandra Yuter, KWAJEX Project Science Coordinator; Professor Robert A. Houze, Jr.
