After a disappointing end to the day on Friday we gave ourselves an extra hour in the morning to recover.  After returning to the site we began to work on some of the issues that remain. Tim Martin began work on setting up the Virtual Machines and installing a guest network hub and a hub…

Today was a sad day as Dick Eagan and Brad Orr both flew home to Chicago, IL.  Brad and Dick’s humor and experience will be missed. The weather has been great.  It starts out a bit cool early in the morning but by mid-morning we are taking off layers as the sun is still pretty…

We continued installing sensors on the ground radiation (GNDRAD), Sky Radiation (SKYRAD), Surface Meteorology (MET),  Total Sky Imager (TSI) and Multi-filter Rotating Shadowband Radiometer (MFRSR).  All sensors were installed and the task of connecting the myriad of cables has begun. The Met tower has been tipped vertical now that all the sensors have been installed…

Setup continues under nearly ideal conditions.  Installation of the rather complex communications is underway.  Having the main AMF2 data system in the valley, two instrumented mountain sites and final transmission of the data out through the Storm Peak Lab connection is a non-trivial task.  Other activities included the installation of several radiation sensors.  The AMF2…

‘Tis the “MUD” season now.  Yes, the term in its most fundamental form: water plus dirt.  You see signs to this effect on many stores in town. Gives shivers up our spines as we race to finish the install, knowing that we are on a “slippery slope” of good weather.  Most instruments are installed at…

A day of rest has been decreed (or is that demanded…?). This was Octoberwest in Steamboat, so there were many off-road bikers carousing the slopes in various races and competitions. The Aspens are rapidly turning a golden hue, moving down the slopes, preambling the coming winter. The locals have been uniformly friendly and welcoming, some…

The last two days have been very productive. The basic infrastructure at the Valley site has been set up and preparations for instrument deployments are underway. The AMF2 OPS van was deployed at the Thunderhead site and the SWACR was installed on the roof of the OPS van.  Weather has been amazingly cooperative with temperatures in…

Busy and productive few days. Offloaded the four containers at the Valley site yesterday in preparation for moving two of them up the mountain soon. Everything survived trip a-okay, with the AMF2 modules gleaming away in the sunshine during unpack. We feel like proud parents. Today the valley site was “weed whacked” so we could…

Welcome to the AMF2 Blog for STORMVEX! We’re sort of new at this so please be patient with us, as we – your bloggers, Brad Orr, Rich Coulter, and Mike Ritsche – warm up to this new task. Today we arrived in Denver and evaded any delays due to forest fires on our way to…