Janine Goldstein studying thunderstorms in South-Western Germany
Hi! My name is Janine Goldstein and I am a software engineer at NCAR in the
Earth Observing Laboratory (EOL). I have worked at NCAR for 17 years. This
summer I am in Germany helping to operate a
radar that is mounted on the back of a truck. It is called the "Doppler
on Wheels" or DOW for short. In the picture above, the radar is the big
circular dome on the right. It is facing toward you, but a little to the left.
The DOW
and I are in Germany for a project called the "Convective and Orographically-Induced
Precipitation Study (COPS)". Scientists from Germany, France, Austria,
Switzerland, The Netherlands, Italy, and the U.K are all working together
to try and gain a better understanding of
how and why thunderstorms form in the region
of the Black Forest with the goal of being able to make better forecasts in
the future.
I will be in Germany for two more weeks and I will be sending online postcards
to Windows to the Universe. I hope you enjoy my postcards from the field.
Janine
Postcards from the Field: COPS
The Earth Observing Laboratory at the National Center for Atmospheric
Research
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